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Featured in this issue of The V&V Chronicles is the beautiful and fascinating —> MARGUERITE CHAPMAN
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The V&V Chronicles is a monthly newsletter produced by The Body House. Dyann Bridges is the website owner, writer, publisher and confidante for men at The Body House.
The V&V celebrates vintage vamps, varlets and sensuality.
These days, we’ve lost so much of what makes men; men and so much of the totality of what women can be.
The mission of The Body House is to highlight the differences between the sexes and to encourage those differences to be lived out.
The stars of decades gone by were not just beautiful and talented. They also embraced their femininity and grace.
I believe classic old Hollywood stars embodied the full spirit of what it meant to be a man or a woman.
Of course, this publication, as with all the content released through The Body House, focuses on female sensuality for a heterosexual male audience.
Beauty with humility.
Intelligence lead intuition.
Softness without weakness.
Strength without the edge.
Glamor with approachability.
Sensuality with subtly.
These features are written and researched with the intent to preserve the bulk of publicly known information about these exceptional women.
I hope you find the pictures and short bios interesting and ultimately inspiring.
In this August issue of The V&V we have a lesser known, but no less lovely movie star; Marguerite Chapman. As with all the ladies featured, Chapman strikes me as strong, smart, independent and sensual.
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Have a sensual day, Dyann Bridges Writer and Editor-in-Chief
In This Issue We Have ——>
- Early Life, Stardom
- Top Movies
- Gallery of Photos
- Quotes
- Loves & Marriages
MARGUERITE’S EARLY LIFE & STARDOM
Marguerite Florence Chapman was born in Chatham, New York, on March 9, 1918 and passed away on August 31, 1999 at the age of 81 in Burbank, California. She was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, in Culver City, California.
Chapman was an American actress.
Marguerite grew up a tomboy, with 4 brothers to keep her company. A good athlete, she earned the nickname, “Slugger”.
As a young woman, Marguerite worked as a telephone switchboard operator in White Plains, New York. A local girl!
Her beauty and height (5′ 7) brought the opportunity to pursue modeling. She was signed by the prestigious John Robert Powers Agency in New York City.
Here’s Marguerite modeling for Royal Crown Cola which later became RC Cola…
Here she is for Max Factor lipstick and for pan-cake make up.
More modeling pictures of Marguerite… one for lingerie and the other for Max Factor face powder.
After gracing numerous magazine covers and ads, Chapman was noticed by scouts from 20th Century Fox in Hollywood and was offered an acting contract.
This was not unusual for Hollywood studios of the day; to offer acting contracts to young beautiful women with no acting experience.
They felt they could teach a young person to act.
What was most important to the studios was “star quality”.
The big studios wanted people on screen who could captivate an audience.
Acting ability was secondary.
However, if they found both talent and looks in one individual, they considered that a fantastic bonus.
Chapman made her film debut in 1940, working for the next two years in small roles.
In 1942, her big break came with Republic Pictures when she was cast as the leading female in a twelve-part adventure film serial entitled Spy Smasher.
Marguerite was 24 years old.
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Spy Smasher is considered by many as one of the best serials ever made.
CHAPMAN WORKED WITH SOME BIG MOVIE STARS TOO…
As a result of her role in Spy Smasher, Chapman soon received offers for more leading roles and appeared opposite stars such as Edward G. Robinson and George Sanders.
From 1940 to 1943 she appeared in 18 movies, ranging from Charlie Chaplin comedies to military moral booster films as a member of the Warner Bros. singing and dancing Navy Blues Sextet.
Navy Blues Sextet pictured below. Chapman is second from left.
Chapman was cast as the leading lady in Destroyer (1943) with Edward G. Robinson and Glenn Ford. Being seen on screen with an actor as known as Robinson was a boon to Chapman’s career.
World War II was in full swing in the early 1940s and Marguerite did her part as she built her acting resume. She entertained troops, kissed buyers of war bonds and appeared in a string of war-themed pictures.
THE 1950s BROUGHT THE B ROLES
By the 1950s, however, Chapman had slipped into supporting roles. Most notably as the secretary in The Seven Year Itch (1955) with Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.
As her film career waned, she made many appearances on television, and occasionally in small theaters.
Her last film, The Amazing Transparent Man (1960), was a low-budget sci-fi quickie shot by cult director Edgar G. Ulmer. It took just a few days to shoot. The location was the grounds of the state fair in Texas.
ONE BIG ROLE WAS SUNK
It’s stated that Chapman was asked to appear as “Old Rose” Calver in Titanic (1997). Unfortunately, she was too sick at the time to do it so the role went to Gloria Stuart.
With America’s entry in World War II, she entertained the troops, worked for the War bond drive and at the Hollywood Canteen.
During the 1950s Chapman continued to perform mostly in secondary film roles, notably in Marilyn Monroe’s 1955 hit The Seven Year Itch.
However, with the advent of television throughout the 1950s, Chapman took many TV roles and worked into the early 1960s. She made guest appearances in shows such as; Rawhide, Perry Mason, and Four Star Playhouse.
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Marguerite Chapman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6290 Hollywood Blvd.
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QUOTES BY MARGUERITE CHAPMAN
THE LOVES OF MARGUERITE CHAPMAN
She was married and divorced twice. Once from attorney G. Bentley Ryan and then to assistant director Richard Bremerkamp.
G. BENTLEY RYAN – 31 Dec/1948 – 19 Feb/1950 (Divorced)
G. BENTLEY RYAN was an attorney and law firm partner of Greg Bautzer where they represented many Hollywood movie stars and high level production executives in the film industry.
On December 22nd of 1945, Marguerite and Bentley announced their soon-to-be marriage to the press. They were married on the 29th Dec/1948 in Santa Barbara, CA.
When they married Ryan was 41 and Chapman was 30. They’d known each other for eight years.
It was a Roman Catholic ceremony performed by the Reverend Thomas N. O’Toole (citation needed). Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Chapman of White Plains, New York, attended.
To celebrate, the couple will return to Hollywood for a reception at the Bel Air Hotel, then honeymoon in Mexico City and Acapulco.
Bentley Ryan and Marguerite Chapman were married for just one year.
They dated for 2 years before becoming engaged and one year later they married.
Chapman files for divorce from Ryan in Los Angeles charging cruelty and leaves him two weeks before their first anniversary. She wins a decree, claiming extreme cruelty. Marguerite charged that Ryan would leave home after a minor disagreement for a month to five weeks at a time. He was suspected of having affairs during this time. She also says he was critical of everything she did.
Chapman stated that she did “everything in my power” to make the marriage work, but Ryan said it all was a mistake.
Sadly, less than one year after their nuptials, they separated on 15th Dec/1949 and divorced on 20th February 1950.
RICHARD BREMERKAMP (July/1964 – Nov/1972) (Divorced)
Richard Bremerkamp was an assistant director on many Hollywood movie sets.
He was married three times. Divorced only once from Chapman.
Mary Meade (29 September 1973 – 12 December 2001) (his death)
Marguerite Chapman (24 July 1964 – November 1972) (divorced)
Ruth Rosemary James (15 July 1950 – 24 March 1963) (her death)
Bremerkamp was born in 1916 and passed in 2001.
Some of his notable credits are:
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REFERENCES For this Feature…
https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/marguerite-chapman/index.html
https://www.aenigma-images.com/2015/07/marguerite-chapman/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Chapman
http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/43/Marguerite+Chapman/index.html
https://www.wallofcelebrities.com/celebrities/marguerite-chapman/biography.html
https://thestickyfacts.com/marguerite-chapman-facts/
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-marguerite-chapman-1116960.html?r=64958
