Dorothy Kingsley

Don't Go Near The Water (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Never Second Class Having contrived a fake air raid to separate her from a higher-ranking suitor, yeoman sailor Garrett (Earl Holliman) confesses his admiration for Lt. Tomlen (Anne Francis, in her last feature before her long run as an in-demand TV guest star), on an MGM WWII South Pacific island, in Don’t Go Near The Water,1957, starring Glenn Ford.

Don't Go Near The Water (1957) -- (Movie Clip) They're Completely Unpredictable Jaded Lt. Siegel (Glenn Ford) with swabbie yeoman Garrett (Earl Holliman) stuck with showing goofball congressmen (Jansen and Smithfield, Jack Albertson and Charles Watts) around their rear-sector Pacific island base, meets (23 year-old Sicilian-Irish) Gia Scala as native schoolteacher Melora (Alba), Chuck Walters directing for MGM, in Don’t Go Near The Water, 1957, from the novel by Life magazine editor William Brinkley.

Don't Go Near The Water (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Playin' With His Sexton Opening the straightforward MGM/Glenn Ford service comedy (his first following the hit The Teahouse Of The August Moon, 1956), narration by Keenan Wynn (who appears later as a nutty newsman) introducing Fred Clark as the CO, with Ford, Russ Tamblyn and Ike Gibson as Pratt, in Don’t Go Near The Water,1957, featuring Gia Scala, Anne Francis and Eva Gabor.

Bathing Beauty (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Nastursiums To You! Comedy with Red Skelton and Esther Williams, him a songwriter, her a swimming teacher, who walked out at their wedding after he was wrongly accused of being already married, now trying to win her back by enrolling at her school, Bill Goodwin the foil, in MGM’s Bathing Beauty, 1944.

Pal Joey (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Here's Your Ticket Director George Sidney’s opening, shot at the Berkeley, California train station, introduces Frank Sinatra (title character) followed by the first of many San Francisco location scenes, in Pal Joey, 1957, also starring Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak, from the Rodgers & Hart musical.

Pal Joey (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Could Write A Book Planning to lure hot-property performer Linda (Kim Novak) to the club he’s about to open, singer Joey (Frank Sinatra, title character) disses their current boss (Hank Henry) then works his charms with the Rodgers & Hart standard from the Broadway original, in Pal Joey, 1957.

Pal Joey (1957) -- (Movie Clip) A Dog To Replace Snuffy Accidental boarding-house roommate and San Francisco night club colleague Linda (Kim Novak) tricks slippery Joey (Frank Sinatra, title character) into proving his professed love for pets, in Pal Joey, 1957, based on the Broadway musical, from stories by John O’Hara.

Jupiter's Darling (1955) -- (Movie Clip) -- Never Trust A Woman Curious Roman Amytis (Esther Williams) has pretty much caused herself to be captured by conqueror Hannibal of Carthage (Howard Keel), who offers a tune by Burton Lane and Harold Adamson as he considers whether to rely on her intelligence, George Sidney directing, in MGM’s Jupiter’s Darling,1955.

Texas Carnival (1951) -- (Movie Clip) She's Half A Girl And Half A Fish Opening the musical from producer Jack Cummings’ unit at MGM, Red Skelton is the carnival barker with a tune by Harry Warren and Dorothy Fields, Esther Williams as his brand new partner, discovering problems with their act, in Texas Carnival, 1951.

Angels In The Outfield (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Everyone Was Talking About Angels Top-billed Janet Leigh as reporter Jennifer resumes her narration as news of the Pirates’ heavenly support spreads, with comments from Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb in his only movie appearance, composer Harry Ruby, and Bing Crosby, who really did own 15% of the team, in Angels In The Outfield, 1951.

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Walter Kingsley

Father

Writer, press agent. Divorced from Kingsley's mother.

Alma Hanlon

Mother

Actor. Divorced from Kingsley's father.

Terry Kingsley-Smith

Son

Playwright, novelist. Survived her.

Michael Durney

Son

Survived her.

Susan Durney Mickelson

Daughter

Survived her.

Christine Durney Armanasco

Daughter

Survived her.

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William W Durney

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Died in 1989.

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