Monday, April 6, 2020

TCM Star of the Month April 2020: Jane Russell



Jane Russell in The Outlaw, tonight at 8:00 PM

Now that we're in the first full week of a new month, it's time for a new Star of the Month. This time out it's Jane Russell, and her movies are going to be airing every Monday in prime time. The salute starts off with her debut in The Outlaw, racily bringing Russell and her ample assets to the screen. Russell plays the girlfriend of Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) becoming the girlfriend of Billy the Kid (Jack Beutel), and it's a bit of a mess, since Howard Hughes was using the movie to promote his new discoveries.



I was mildly surprised to see that I didn't have much in the way of Russell pictures to illustrate this post with. One was a lobby card for The French Line (midnight April 21, or late evening April 20 in more westerly time zones), which is undemanding fun but nothing special. That's followed by what I think may be the TCM premiere of The Revolt of Mamie Stover, which I blogged about years ago back when it aired on FXM.

Of course, considering when I was born, the first I learned of Russell and her bustline was when she was hawking the Playtex Cross-Your-Heart Bra:

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