Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on April 28, 2016

Share This! A girl with a heart of ice! Has anyone ever seen a film where Virginia Mayo is by far the lead star?  There aren’t a whole lot of them so the answer may be in the negative on that one.  Among those films which at least on the...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on August 14, 2014

Share This! That “White Heat” girl turns it on again! Directed in 1950 by veteran director Vincent Sherman, Backfire is fairly easy to describe if you can follow riddles wrapped in enigmas double bagged with confusion.  Another example would be flashback in a flashback in a flashback. Mo   read more

All Good Things Posted by monty on November 30, 2012

I gotta hand it to TCM..when it comes to honoring classic film stars on their birthdays, they don't hold back. The other day it was Gloria Grahame. Today it is Virginia Mayo. The actress will be honored with several films including Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948), White Heat (1949), The...   read more

Classic Cinema Gold Posted by Art on November 29, 2012

Virginia Mayo was born on November 30, 1920 in in St. Louis, Missouri to Luke and Martha Henrietta Jones. The family had a rich heritage in the St. Louis area. Her great-great-great-grandfather served in the American Revolution and later founded the city of East Saint Louis, Illinois, located rig   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on November 30, 2010

Virginia Mayo (November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005). Best known for the films: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and White Heat (1949). After Mayo signed a contract with Samuel Goldwyn she performed in several of Goldwyn's movies. With Danny Kaye in the films, Wonder Man (1945), The...   read more