Henry Jaynes Fonda
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<table><tr><td>http://www.afi.com/Images/tvevents/laa/archive/gal_Fonda_Henry_3.jpg Henry Fonda as Tom Joad</td><td> | <table><tr><td>http://www.afi.com/Images/tvevents/laa/archive/gal_Fonda_Henry_3.jpg Henry Fonda as Tom Joad</td><td> | ||
| − | Henry Fonda played the title role in 1939's ''Young Mr. Lincoln''. In 1940 Henry received his first Oscar nomination playing in arguably his best-known role, as Tom Joad in the 1940 film ''The Grapes of Wrath'' based on the novel by Steinway. | + | Henry Fonda played the title role in 1939's ''Young Mr. Lincoln''. In 1940 Henry received his first Oscar nomination playing in arguably his best-known role, as Tom Joad in the 1940 film ''The Grapes of Wrath'' based on the novel by Steinway. To get this role, he had agree to a seven-year contract which compelled him to play in such nothings as the romantic-comedy ''The Lady Eve'' in 1941 with [[Barbara Stanwyck]] and 1942's ''The Male Animal''. |
| − | In 1948 Henry returned to Broadway starring in ''Mister Roberts'' for it's multi-year run. He would reprise his role 7 years later in the film version. | + | Henry's co-starring role opposite [[Lucille Ball]] in 1942's ''The Big Street'' should probably be put into this category as well, except I can't quite get over this strangely self-centered, bitchy Lucy. It's so different from her remembered character that you're forced to watch. It's Lucy that makes this a movie to see, even though it's not her best work and it's a bit off-kilter. Henry plays a man deeply in love with her, who she doesn't notice, thinking him beneath her station, even though he comes to her rescue several times. |
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| + | During WWII Henry Fonda served in the Navy, even though he was exempt. For this he received a Bronze Star. | ||
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| + | In 1946 he played Wyatt Earp in ''My Darling Clementine''. In 1948 Henry returned to Broadway starring in ''Mister Roberts'' for it's multi-year run. He would reprise his role 7 years later in the film version. | ||
Jane states that Henry was a man of dark moods and that they "...lived in constant awareness of the minefield we had to tread so as not to trigger his rage." (''My Life'', p 35). On 14 Oct 1950 his then-wife Frances Seymour killed herself by slitting her throat while in a mental hospital. Three months later, Henry married Susan Blanchard. They divorced in 1956.</td></tr></table> | Jane states that Henry was a man of dark moods and that they "...lived in constant awareness of the minefield we had to tread so as not to trigger his rage." (''My Life'', p 35). On 14 Oct 1950 his then-wife Frances Seymour killed herself by slitting her throat while in a mental hospital. Three months later, Henry married Susan Blanchard. They divorced in 1956.</td></tr></table> | ||
