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Other InformationAwardsBest Actor (1935) Academy Awards [1935] (Won/Nominated: nominated) Franchot`s star is located at 6560 Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame Literature/PublicityLinks to Other WebsitesFRANCHOT TONE:BLack & White [the days of the sunny side and the dark] [Fan Site] www.classicmoviefavorites.com/tone/ [Fan Site] URBANE REBEL: THE FRANCHOT TONE STORY is a forthcoming biography by Lisa Burks that will shine long overdue klieg lights on the life and career of one of the most enigmatic actors of the 20th Century. The book will be published by BearManor Media in 2009 [Fan Site] www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAtone.htm [Miscellaneous] |
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The second husband of Joan Crawford. At the time he met Joan Crawford she was on an off-again relationship with Clark Gable. Although Joan and Clark would resume their relationship during Tone`s marriage to Crawford and years after. Every one in hollywood including Joan Crawford warned him not to marry Barbara Payton. His marriage to Jean Wallace was a clear rebound from his failed marriage to Joan Crawford. Starred alongside Loretta Young, Miriam Hopkins, and Jean Harlow. Great friends with Burgess Meredith.
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BiographyAmbitionsTo be a language teacherFriends and FamilyBurgess Meredith [Friend] :: Frank Jerome Tone [Brother] (elder brother aka Jerry) :: Gertrude Franchot Tone [Mother] :: Dr. Frank J. Tone [Father]Trivia and QuotesQuotes [on his ex-wife, Joan Crawford] "She`s like that old joke about Philadelphia: First prize, 4 years with Joan. Second prize, 8 years with her."Trivia Ex-brother-in-law of Hal Le Sueur. Following his Sept. 13, 1951, beating at the hands of Tom Neal over the affections of starlet Barbara Payton, Tone was hospitalized for almost a week and needed plastic surgery to repair his badly damaged face. Franchot Tone was one of the original members of the Group Theater (1931-1940), the first acting company in America to bring Stanislavski`s revolutionary acting techniques to America. He was also the first to leave the company for a Hollywood contract. A few years later another company member, Julie Garfinkle (John Garfield), followed Tone to Hollywood. Both movie stars considered their days at the Group the most satisfying years of their lives, and both continued to subsidize the theater`s productions until the Group Theater`s demise.
He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania; Cornell University (where he graduated with Phi Beta Kappa honors in 1927); and Rennes University in France. He is related to Theobald Wolfe Tone, a famous Irish patriot. He is responsible for the establishment of the Best Supporting Actor/Actress categories in the Academy Awards, owing to his supporting performance (and subsequent Best Actor nomination) in Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). His father was Dr. Frank Jerome (J.) Tone, a pioneer in the electrochemistry field. He was once the president of the Carborundum Company of America. Franchot`s brother, Frank Jerome "Jerry" Tone, Jr., also worked for Carborundum. His mother was Gertrude Van Vrancken Franchot Tone, who was of Dutch American, Scottish and French ancestry. His two sons with Jean Wallace are Pascal Franchot Tone and Thomas Jefferson Tone. Is portrayed by Robert Hawkins in Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983) (TV). Married 4 times. | ||
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