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	Kay Francis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kay Francis (13 January 1905- 26 August 1968) was an American actress who, after a brief beginning on Broadway in the 1920s, moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936.
		Francis was born Katharine Edwina Gibbs on January 13, 1905, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
		Francis married three times, and was involved in numerous well publicized affairs, but rumors of lesbianism followed her both during her life and since; Marjorie Main told author Boze Hadleigh when he interviewed her for his book on Hollywood lesbians: "I always heard she was queer for the ladies."
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kay_Francis (793 words)

	House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
		Kay said that she was to be buried at the national cemetery in Santa Fe with her husband of 56 years.
		When Kay called the VA again after her mothers’ death, they told her that the law prohibited her mother from being buried with her father because she had remarried a non-veteran who was living when Kay’s mom died.
		According to Kay, the VA asked her if her mother and father were still married at the time of his death.
	www.house.gov /va/hearings/schedule108/jun03/6-11-03b/hwilson.html (733 words)

	MetroActive Books Molly Giles
		He is critical and dismissive of Kay ("Don't spiral," he sniffs when she gets upset); he stops in the middle of sex to take out the trash; he wears the same socks three days in a row.
		Kay is married to Neal, a humor-impaired vegetarian who forgets anniversaries, steals inheritance money, and can't get it up in bed.
		Kay endures so much emotional abuse, with so little insight into her experience, that it becomes deeply frustrating to watch her.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/10.19.00/giles-0042.html (593 words)

	Home
		Kay's close friends and co-stars reveal a Kay Francis well worth remembering.
		Kay's story will surprise those who have seen her as simply a fashionable, glamorous screen star.
		Kay Johnson, Mae Clarke, Madge Evans, Lillian Roth, Helen Chandler, Joe E. Brown, Nancy Carroll, James Murray, Helen Kane and Genevieve Tobin.
	members.aol.com /kayfrancis01/page15.html (383 words)

	KAY FRANCIS
		Kay Francis always played in "women's pictures," usually portraying a long-suffering woman, a scorned wife, or an innocent victim.
		(1905-1968) Kay Francis's dark, wide-set eyes, dark hair, sultry-but-sophisticated manner, and glamorous wardrobe marked her as one of Hollywood's most beautiful, and highly paid, leading ladies of the 1930s.
		Kay Francis played summer stock through 1952 and then retired.
	www.ok-history.mus.ok.us /enc/francis.htm (340 words)

	Thomas Jefferson University - JMC Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology
		Francis, M.K., D. Phinney, and K. Ryder, Analysis of the mechanism of hormone-dependent regulation of a JunD-Estrogen Receptor chimera, J. Biol.
		Francis MK, Phinney DG, Ryder K. Analysis of the hormone-dependent regulation of a JunD-estrogen receptor chimera.
		Phinney DG, Keiper CL, Francis MK, Ryder K. Quantitative analysis of the contribution made by 5'-flanking and 3'-flanking sequences to the transcriptional regulation of junB by growth factors.
	www.tju.edu /pathology/faculty_profile.cfm?key=mkf101 (562 words)

	Amazon.com: Kay Francis: A Passionate Life and Career: Books: Lynn Kear,John Rossman
		Kay Francis came of age in the Roaring Twenties and relished the era’s hedonistic pursuits.
		Kay Francis-A Passionate Life and Career, McFarland copyright 2006, captures the decadence and moral abandonment of what was undoubtedly Hollywood's most fascinating era with well placed poignancy and understanding.
		Francis’ biography is the heart of this book, beginning with her family background and her upbringing by a vaudevillian actress mother.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0786423668?v=glance (1279 words)

	NESTA - Francis Kay awardee profile
		Francis Kay is develop a new and safer breathing valve for divers operating in deep and cold waters – the first major innovation in this field for more than 40 years.
		Francis Kay's second NESTA award of £30,000 was towards the commercialisation of his KIM breathing module - a new, safer, self-contained breathing element.
		Francis first realised the full commercial potential of his idea in 1995, but says: “The financial climate at the time was tough and I could not find anyone to back me, although on several occasions I thought I had succeeded.”
	www.nesta.org.uk /ourawardees/profiles/1948/print.htm (1012 words)

	Kay Francis Barksdale
		Kay Francis Barksdale, "Cincinnati's Gospel Jewel" has been a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Queen City of the West, since 1951.
		Kay has honored friends, through use of her beautiful soprano voice to congratulate, to cheer, and to soften adversity, at weddings, receptions, celebrations, and paid tribute to them at funerals.
		Kay was standing near the spot where the fire originated and could have lost her life.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/KAY_KFB1.HTM (891 words)

	Biography for Kay Francis
		Film buffs still revere her, but the public at large has forgotten Kay Francis, despite the fact that she was one of the top screen stars of the 1930s.
		Francis, once a stenographer (whose mother founded the Katherine Gibbs secretarial school), acted in summer stock and on Broadway before making her film debut opposite Walter Huston in Gentlemen of the Press (1929).
		Trouble in Paradise (1932) gave Francis one of her best screen roles, as the potential victim of jewel thieves Herbert Marshall and Miriam Hopkins, in a stylish comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0290215/bio (455 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 00021778
		Kay looked at the festive salting of gold and silver that had fallen from Nicky's card onto her mother's hospital sheet and let her eyes finally move past the lap to the two short lengths of thigh and then to the flat empty place where the rest of Ida's legs ought to be.
		She'd knock on the skylight and Francis would look up from his crossword puzzle and smile at her the way he used to, as if she were the most delightful creature in the universe.
		Francis coughed a little himself, finished his drink, remembered they were low on Scotch, and rose to put it on the list.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/simon031/00021778.html (4141 words)

	On the set
		Osborne (who wrote the foreword for Kay Francis "I Can't Wait to be Forgotten") claims "they love her at Turner Classic Movies" and it is indeed one of their missions to "keep the flame alive" for Kay Francis.
		Although most of Kay's films are forgotten and few released on DVD, she is well worth re-discovering for anyone who studies the cinema.
		Film expert Robert Osborne reserves much enthusiasm for Kay's talent and striking appearance in the 68 films she made from 1929 - 1946.
	www.kayfrancisbiography.com /On_the_set.htm (101 words)

	Trouble in Paradise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It stars Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles and Edward Everett Horton.
		The two of them go to work for a famous perfume manufacturer, and the thief finds himself torn between the two women.
		The movie was adapted by Grover Jones and Samson Raphaelson from the play The Honest Finder (A Becsuletes Megtalalo) by Hungarian playwright, Aladar Laszlo.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trouble_in_Paradise (166 words)

	James Kay: Publications
		Kay, J., Boyle, M., "A hierarchical conceptual model for discussing the relationships between natural ecosystems and societal systems" for Drake, J.A., C.R. Zimmermann, S. Gavrilets, and T. Fukami (eds), Complexity Emerging: a paradigm for ecological thought.
		Kay, J., 2002, "On Complexity Theory, Exergy and Industrial Ecology: Some Implications for Construction Ecology" in Kibert, C., Sendzimir, J. (eds), Guy, B., Construction Ecology: Nature as a Basis for Green Buildings, Spon Press, pp.72-107.
		Kay, J. "The relationship between information theory and thermodynamics: the second law of thermodynamics revisited" (85K PDF file)
	www.jameskay.ca /pubs (1577 words)

	Rare Kay Francis Footage & Bloopers
		Although Kay was unhappy during the filming, you'll see that she kept her sense of humor.
		This is a shorter clip from the above footage with Martha and Kay engaging in a bit of horseplay!
		Kay gets "swept off her feet" in a scene with Isabel Jeans.
	www.kayfrancis.com /rare.html (191 words)

	TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
		Francis' intelligence and compassion not only generated from her screen roles; full consideration is given to Kay Francis' work on behalf of the men and women in the armed services during World War II.
		Francis' godsons and her closest friend (who worked with her on stage) O'Brien was prompted to pay a long over-due tribute to Kay Francis' career.
		Francis' career turnabout and opens the door to her private world which she closely guarded.
	www.turnerclassicmovies.com /movienews/index?cid=112146 (531 words)

	Film Noir archivist Marc Dolezal
		Kay gets to strut her stuff and is stunning especially in the nightclub sequences which are highlighted by a jazz pianist.
		Kay as a con artist / racketeer / gangster posing as a socialite / philanthropist / entrepreneur with a marriage scam targeting servicemen.
		Kay as a over-the-hill film star who buys into a real estate venture only to discover it is a 'Lonely Hearts' scam.
	www.noirfilm.com /Screenings_Poverty_Row_2.htm (655 words)

	onewaypassage
		For the popular stars, William Powell and Kay Francis, this was the sixth and last film where they were teamed together, and is possibly their best.
		Joan (Kay Francis) and Don (William Powell) first meet in an international bar in Hong Kong, where she bumps Don--whereby he spills his precious 'paradise cocktail' which upsets him, but when their eyes meet they fall in love.
		Kay is a wealthy socialite who is terminally ill. William is a convicted murderer on his way to the slammer, where he is to be executed.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/onewaypassage.htm (628 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Women in the Wind : Main
		Kay Francis was anxious to complete her Warner Bros. contract when she agreed to appear in...
		Kay Francis was anxious to complete her Warner Bros. contract when she agreed to appear in this lower-berth drama.
		Francis plays a financially strapped aviatrix who enters an air race to pay for her brother's operation.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/80295/moviemain.jhtml (129 words)

	GIRLS ABOUT TOWN - Kay Francis Joel McCrea Good George Cukor Drama Romance 1931 -
		Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman are two carefree girls out to have fun, and maybe snag a rich man in the process.
		GIRLS ABOUT TOWN - Kay Francis Joel McCrea Good George Cukor Drama Romance 1931 -
		Francis does snare a rich man (Joel McCrea), but he is the one who resists her advances in order to preserve her virtue until they are married.
	www.movies2go.net /review/GirlsAboutTown.html (72 words)

	Kay Sharon Henshaw
		Kay Sharon Berry, 57, Sturgis, died at 8:55 pm Thursday at her home.
		Survivors include her husband, Whayne; one daughter, Julia Enlow of Mitchell, IN; one son, Stephen Berry of Harvest, Alabama; her parents, Morton and Francis Henshaw of Sturgis; three brothers, Douglas Henshaw of Alabama, John Norris Henshaw & Steve R. Henshaw, both of Sturgis; and three grandchildren.
		Kay Sharon Henshaw died Jan 1 1998, buried Pythian Ridge Cemetery, near Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky.
	www.rawbw.com /~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?a9879 (350 words)

	deseretnews.com
		Kay Francis Abel, 55, of American Fork, Utah passed away at home on October 28, 2003, after a valiant fight with heart problems.
		Kay loved his girls and his wife and his pets.
		Kay was an avid musician, played in the Argon's Band.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view_ob/0,1588,430005046,00.html (163 words)

	Flying Sound
		Kay Francis asked the WWII generation, "Are we worth coming home to?" She said, "No, not unless we buy the bonds." Are we worth it, these nails, that Cross?
		Kay Francis’ words painted a picture of pathos.
		"Ladies and gentlemen, we now present Kay Francis." She comes on the airwaves with a solemn, quiet voice.
	www.countylinechurch.com /flyingsound.htm (552 words)

	Wesleyan Cinema Archives: The Kay Francis Collection
		Throughout the decade of the 1930s, Kay Francis was a top Hollywood star, her career a perfect example of the sort that once flourished in the studio system.
		The Kay Francis Collection primarily consists of her private diaries, 1922-49.
		A tall and sultry beauty, she wore clothes with style and grace, and her name became synonymous with glamour, fashion and modern womanhood.
	www.wesleyan.edu /cinema/collections/francis.htm (312 words)

	A Marin Librarian Escapes the Spell of Her Glamorous Parents
		Now, doped up on morphine, Ida hallucinates snickering demons in the form of Kay and Francis, who copulate wildly at the side of her bed, and a blue horse who wants her to fly.
		Kay, for the umpteenth time in her adult life, finds herself in an awkward emotional position, stuck between pitying her now helpless mother and loathing her for, in effect, doing herself in, and doing in Kay in the process:
		Thus, Kay, married to an aging hippie who runs a profitless frame shop, mother of a dreamy little boy, finds herself continually playing the role of the self-censoring (she has inherited Ida's sharp tongue) self-sacrificing caregiver.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/08/20/RV6272.DTL (808 words)

	Kay Francis Barksdale #2
		Kay Francis Barksdale, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born in Danville, Virginia.
		Kay has two daughters, Adreiane and Demetria and one granddaughter, Ranee Alise.
		A practical nurse and a secretary for the Unemployment Offices of Ohio, before coming to Scripps Howard and WCPO-TV.
	www.coax.net /people/lwf/KAY_KFB2.HTM (376 words)

	Francis & Associates - Jobs, Executives
		In 1978, Kay became the research director for the Des Moines, Iowa office of a national search firm.
		In 1983, Francis and Associates opened its doors with Dwaine at the helm.
		A Midwesterner, Kay attended Parsons College in Fairfield, Iowa.
	www.francisassociates.com /staff_bottom.html (221 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Give Me Your Heart : Main
		Kay Francis, Warner Bros.' resident "wronged woman," was the star of Give Me Your Heart.
		Kay Francis, George Brent, Roland Young, Patric Knowles
		Francis plays a socialite whose illicit romance with married Patric Knowles results in a baby.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/59730/moviemain.jhtml (107 words)

	Kay Francis
		Find where Kay Francis is credited alongside another name
		Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Kay Francis
		Gentlemen of the Press (1929) (as Katherine Francis)....
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0290215 (131 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Kay Francis
		Born Katherine Gibbs, Kay Francis was a sophisticated brunette star with a lisp, deep voice, and stylish wardrobe.
		The daughter of actress Katherine Clinton, she began acting onstage in 1925 after schooling and a couple of jobs; she went on to...
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	www.mtv.com /movies/person/79676/personmain.jhtml (96 words)

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