Joseph Cotten archive

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Happy birthday to Bette Davis and Gregory Peck, born on this day in 1908 & 1916, two of Joseph’s closest friends. Joseph starred in 3 movies with Davis, & 1 with Peck. Joseph & Bette on the set of Beyond the Forest in 1949. With Peck, J. Leigh, J. Garfield & G. Kelly in 1946.

Joseph, Joan Fontaine and director William Dieterle on the set of September Affair in 1950.

Joseph and Charles Laughton at a charity event around 1950. Joseph was very fond of clowns.

Joseph, Louis Jourdan and Alida Valli backstage for the Lux Radio Theatre version of the Paradine Case in 1949. Joseph was very good friends with the two of them, and especially close friends with Louis Jourdan.

Joseph and Rhonda Fleming in a promotional still for The Killer is loose (1956).

Happy birthday to Joan Crawford, born on this day. Joseph and her were good friends. Joan met one of her husbands at a party organised by Joseph at his house. Joseph & Joan in the first version of Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte before she was replaced by Olivia de Havilland in 1964.

Joseph, Teresa Wright and Alfred Hitchcock during a break on the set of Shadow of a Doubt in 1942.

A sketch of Joseph as C. K. Dexter Haven in the Broadway run of The Philadelphia Story, published in the New York Herald Tribune in April 1939.

Joseph and Eleanor Parker in The Oscar (1966).

Joseph posing in a promotional photo for Hollywood and the Stars, an anthology TV show that aired 1963. Joseph hosted and narrated it.

Joseph donating his blood and signing autographs around 1944-1945. He was recounted by several witnesses to have ran the streets of the Hollywood studios, yelling to fellow actors who were present to donate their blood immediately.

Joseph, Olivia de Havilland and other cast members on the set of The Screaming Woman in 1972.

Joseph with Gene Kelly, Janet Leigh and John Garfield during a break of the Hollywood Players Radio episode of Christmas 1946, All Trough The House.

Joseph and Dolores Del Río in a promotional still from Journey into Fear (1943). He often quoted Del Río as one of his favourite actresses along Ingrid Bergman, Dolores Costello and Loretta Young, and one of the most beautiful women he ever saw.

Joseph posing with his infamous handmade clown statuettes circa the early 1950s.

Joseph and Loretta Young in a promotional photo for Half Angel (1951).

Happy birthday to Jennifer Jones, Joseph’s closest friend, born on this day in 1919. They starred in four movies together. He chose her daughter’s name. She stayed by his side, nursing him with his wife, until his death. Joseph and Jennifer in 1982, at an hommage to Cary Grant.

Joseph and Bette Davis in a still from Beyond The Forest (1949).

Happy birthday to Joan Bennett, born on this day in 1910. Joseph and Joan Bennett starred together in a democratic radio program in November 1944 supporting Roosevelt’s reelection. Joseph and Joan around 1948, having dinner together. They seemed to have been on friendly terms.

Joseph in a photo for Too Much Johnson in 1938.