48. Famous Final Hours - Russ Columbo

Video 48: Singer Russ Columbo
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Sources
cemeteryguide.com/gotw-columbo.html
Wikipedia
Pola Negri: Temptress of Silent Hollywood book by Sergi Delgado
Two Lovers: The Love Story of Russ Columbo and Carole Lombard book by Beverly Adam
cinemafan2.livejournal.com/2514.html
Rudy Vallee obituary - Los Angeles Times, July 4th 1986
Movie Classic Magazine article by Sonia Lee
Russ Columbo’s Mother Dies Unaware of his Death in 1934 article - Associated Press
shsu.edu
web.archive.org
Los Angeles Times article, September 3rd 1934
New York Times article, September 3rd 1934
Associated Press article, September 3rd 1934
digitisingmorgan.org
findagrave.com
Photos
1. Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
2. Russell Ball (1896-1942), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
3. eBay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
4. Photographer uncredited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
5. Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
6. Paramount Pictures Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
7. Paramount Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
8. Unknown photographer, WGCU News (In The case of a photograph of unknown authorisation appearing in a newspaper or magazine copyright will expire 70 years from the end of the year in which the work was first published - digitisingmorgan.org.)
9. Screenland Magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
10. Uncredited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
11. Freulich, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
12. Studio publicity photo. Uploaded by Wikiwatcher1 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
13. University of Washington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
14. Arthur Dark, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons
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[@l.russellbrown9732]

Thanks!!!!

[@l.russellbrown9732]

I was named after the singer songwiter
L.Russell Brown
My father idolized Russ and Bing Crosby
Im certain that from the great beyond Russ
Has seen the boy named after him wrote some of the worlds greatest music..
L.Russell Brown

[@famousfinalhours]

Oh that's great. I looked up L. Russell Brown and realised he wrote one of my all-time favourites! Knock Three Times! Also Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree, both hits for Tony Orlando and Dawn.

[@gmanette188]

Thank you for using your own voice
These are very interesting

[@muffassa6739]

This was so sad 😞 😥 I'm sorry to say that I've never seen him before but thank you for your video.

[@famousfinalhours]

Yes it is very sad. His recordings are on TH-cam and his films Broadway Thru a Keyhole and Wake Up and Dream are on TH-cam.

[@joconnor9256]

Thank you for this very interesting vlog , I’ve heard the name but never knew story

[@famousfinalhours]

His movies Broadway Thru a Keyhole and Wake Up and Dream are on TH-cam. He wanted to look after his parents. He seemed to be a good person.

[@LS-im5ki]

I have just sub to your channel, like the premise.

[@famousfinalhours]

Thank you.

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

I knew of his relationship with Carole and his accidental death, but not that weird situation with the truth being kept from his mother. I'll bet she suspected something when her son's 'tour' kept on beyond five years.

[@famousfinalhours]

Yes, it seemed a very strange situation.

[@ericdreizen1463]

She had a relationship w/ Russ Columbo? I never knew that!

[@famousfinalhours]

Yes, it must have been very painful for her when he died.

[@marciajacobs1105]

no sound

[@famousfinalhours]

There is sound on the video.