Why Was Susan Hayward the Only True Person in Hollywood? 

You are spot on about Miss. Hayward, which is why I put her on the top of my list of greatest actresses. She was not a prima donna.

Forgot to mention Susan Hayward as Helen Lawson in valley of the dolls !!!

Simply Beautiful. I always had a crush on her. And still do. I am 66 yrs. old now. She still takes my breath away just to see her again.

I remember watching Miss Susan Hayward in "Rawhide" (1951) and "Untamed" (1955), two excellent movies with the great and unforgettable Tyrone Power! She was a talented, versatile and beautiful actress! Thanks!

She was sooooo beautiful!!! ❤️❤️

I loved her in Demetrius and the Gladiators and the Fighting Seebees! It is quite possible that she died of cancer caused by the testing. My mother was diagnosed with cancer after being raised in Roswell!

Interesting commentary, I enjoyed it very much. She truly was an amazing actress and I loved her in Valley of the Dolls. Good show....

She was one of the best actresses on the screen in the '50s and sixties.

I just finished watching "With a Song in My Heart". I saw it as a child, but appreciated it even more as an adult. I have worked in healthcare for 40 years and now working on my graduate degree in Epidemiology. I am inclined to believe that the 3 cancer deaths mentioned were not the cause of the nuclear fallout. All cancers have different causes, Cancers associated with radiation are leukemia, breast, bladder, colon, liver, lung, esophagus, ovarian, multiple myeloma, and stomach cancers. The cancers of Hayward, Wayne and Moorehead were 3 different types of cancer. Hayward was, as noted, brain cancer. John Wayne had lung and stomach cancer which is uncommon in this country, but the cause tends to be diet related (ie beer). It is possible that the stomach cancer was radiation related, but looking at his lifestyle, I doubt it. Lung cancer is the 3rd leading cause of cancer and he was also a heavy smoker of unfiltered cigarettes, so he had an 80-90% risk of getting lung cancer from cigarettes. Moorehead died of uterine cancer which is also not common, but the cause is more likely due to genetics, older age, obesity and human papillomavirus infection. Family history of Ms. Moorehead should be considered. I would be interested to know the causes of death of the other crew members.

One of my favorite actress. She was a beautiful woman to me.

She was an amazing actress!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Aunt Nora looked so much like her that I find it hard to separate the two. Still enjoy her films!!!

It was too much of a coincidence. Not everyone died but a good number did.

I have only ever seen her in I Want to Live. She was excellent in that film. I am proud for her to have won the Oscar, especially seeing how many times prior to this win she had been nominated but not taken home the gold. Sadly, this year she was nominated against Rosalyn Russell who had portrayed 'Auntie Mame', and NAILED the performance. Like Susan, Rosalyn had received a number of noms in the years leading up to this role, and lost each time. I feel torn because I loved both women in both of these roles--but I had seen Rosalyn in The Women, Mourning Becomes Electra, His Girl Friday, and Sister Kenny and knew that she had shown her full range of talent and abilities as an actress. Because I had seen this body of work, I felt sad when I learned that Rosalyn had lost out to Susan. Still, after seeing Susan in the role, I understood that she deserved the award. Today we don't see displays of talent on the scale we saw between Susan and Rosalyn.

She was one of my favorite actresses ,I feel sad hearing about how sad her life was till the end. Awm

I adore Susan Hayward. You know the say that the scree doesn't lie and i have always got the feeling that Susan Hayward was the type of lady who did not BS ,and sure enough, that is what is described in this documentary. She also didn't take BS and she was very honest.

Stunning beauty !

My favorite film is My Foolish Heart. Another great performance was Back Street!

powerfully beautiful actor.

I liked her in Back Street.

One of my mothers favorite actresses.

One of the reasons that nuclear weapons are talked about casually is that few people have seen a nuclear explosion in person. I have. In the 1950's I would go out to the Nevada Test Site with my father to see atomic tests from 30 miles away. Even as a nine year old it was unforgettable to be in the pre-dawn blackness and see the sky light up like noon. Recently people have told me that they could see the horizon light up from Reno, a straight distance of 340 miles from Las Vegas. These Hiroshima-sized bombs were relatively small, being the "primers" for the H-bombs being tested in the Pacific. I have known downwinders in eastern Nevada - some in my family. Richard Rhodes in "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" said 30,000 Americans died as a result of the testing in Nevada. The statistics claiming otherwise are just gaslighting the real history.

Her death is obviously related to that nuclear fallout considering the fact that a lot of people working of the set developed and died of cancer. The company executive has a part of responsability in this chaos. They were neglecting or/and unaware of the risk working in those circumstances, just like in the 40’s-50’s era where actors were chainsmoking in all the movies.

In " I'll Cry Tomorrow " she played Lillian Roth, a bit more than a starlet - but, it's not an important point. She was a wonderful, emotional actress, and had a special something, no doubt about that, and beautiful voice. She said in an interview after hesitating for some time she thought Barbara Graham was " probably guilty " but she may have changed her mind - given her hesitation - had she known a vital statement of the chief prosecution witness was withheld from the trial. It came out in 1960 at a Subcomittee but has achieved more prominence in 2012 in a book by Kathleen A. Cairns. Nevertheless, Susan's performance was phenomenal, as she is - in " I'll Cry Tomorrow " and amazing scene where she staggers down the road and crashes into the garbage tins in an alley, drunk. If she did nothing else that scene would contribute to curing alcoholics by putting anyone off drink. She was a brilliant actress and gets me in in every film every time I see her. Something about her is - alluring.

Hi Age of Vintage, Wow Susan Hayward what an actress. The film that ultimately won her an Academy Award for best actress, in I Want To Live! was an absolute standout. Playing the role of Barbara Graham, she gave a gritty, down to earth performance, pulling out all the stops & really throwing herself into this role. It is probably my favourite movie of all her performance's. In some scenes she did come across as a bit vulnerable, which made you really think did she actually do it, or not. In the end she was convicted and sent to the gas chamber. She really stripped the character bare & gave the performance of her career, only my opinion of course. In my opinion when they were filming The Conqueror some scenes were shot near St George in Utah, nuclear fallout from testing was going on during the exterior scenes. The total amount of cast & crew was 220 people. By the end of 1980 91 of these had developed some sort form of cancer & 46 people had died of the disease. The government denied that the tests posed no hazard to public health. Me thinks another cover up, & it all seemed to get swept away. Another Hollywood cover up in my humble opinion. Love Love from Australia 🇦🇺 💜💚💛💖❤💙🎬📽💕⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘

Thanks for the cancer statistic at the end. She really was something, wasn’t she.

Backstreet with John Gavin!! True artist!!

Loved her

I rewatced "I Married a Witch" with Frederick March and Veronica Lake from 1942 and had forgotten Hayward had played the snobby fiancee to March that ends up calling off the wedding due to some pranks by Lake's character Jennifer!

She was a total red-headed hot movie legend

I thought the movie "rai" was pretty good. And your question about the cancer is not from Utah, if so alot of the crew & other castmates would have gotten it too. All 3 were heavy smokers back then when smoking was looked upon as sexy. If they only knew what we know now. The same happened to Lee Remick

I had an old friends whose father was invited to a snooty dinner party in Hollywood, attended by Susan Hayward. Though charming & beautiful, he remarked to a friend: "It's all fake! Her hair, teeth, eyes, skin!". By the end of an animated & enjoyable evening, Hayward laughing and such, he says to his friend leaving: "Oh My God! It's all REAL! False teeth would fall out, wigs would slip! she's DELICIOUS!". RIP Susan

John Wayne died in 1979. Hayward, 1975.

The studio apparently brought Radioactive sand to do,indoor shoots, if they had not done that the radiation mey have lessened, a you tubrr who does life stories of celebs spoke the film and Susan,s part in it and the others he mentioned the Radio Active sand. Jerry skinner. did a video on susan

Hi Age of Vintage, could you please make a video of the original Blonde Bombshell Jean Harlow. Fabulous Work as usual, Thankyou so much Love Ruth ❤❤❤ ⚘💋💋

In spite of her problems (because that’s what Hollywood and the studio bosses did to be people) She was beautiful and a very great actor 💫

She had may obstacles to overcome.. She had a humble childhood and at age 7, was run over by a car because she was very nearsighted and her parents could not afford eyeglasses.. I guess what "does not kill you makes you stronger"..

If someone is basically playing themselves are they really acting or reciting lines? If you pull off a believable performance of a character the polar opposite to yourself then that is acting.

(BEAUTIFUL *******Lady and Wonderful,Wonderful Actress.👏👍🌹🌹💐

I enjoy watching old Black & White pictures. I don't go to theaters anymore. To much politics.

A craftswoman actress more than a movie star then. Please do your next videos on Monty Clift, Barbara Stanwyck, Jeanne Crain and then Shirley Winters❣😘 Them too, were craftsmen in a way.

I loved her. She was one of my favorite female actresses

So, incredibly beautiful in her youth.

Love her so much

Unfortunately I can’t hide my feelings people can tell if I don’t like them

She was incredibly beautiful.

Yes, I do, I'm sadly afraid!!!

Ignorance can be bliss... 😞

I agree with the other commenters I'm I had she was stunningly attractive and my god she could actSusan was drinking while they made the film rip Susan also rip the legend those of you might not know this that was Judy's name

My guess would be 40% of the population as a whole. Several hundred people is not large enough a sample to get a true national reading. Which means the cancer had something to do with the area they were working in.

Statistics are an odd science! If you get a sample of 100 people and - based on the total deaths - 20 % should die of a particular cause then in that sample 20 should die of that cause. Equally so, none may, or all may!!! The reason why is the most important factor and the type of cause that is associated with the deaths. If ALL who were in the making of the film who died did so because of a particular cancer then it may be difficult to argue that the site had not played a major part in their demise however if the range of cancers were different then perhaps not so.

Another thing in her favor she was a republican! Bless her! 🌹

Her own woman

I was just a kid when she was making movies, I remember her very well. The first movie I saw her in was a safari movie with costar Gregory PEC and he was a big game hunter and she was his wife. After that I tried to find any thing else that she was in. Fell in love with her and she has always stayed at the top of my list as one of my favorite ladies of the silver screen! The other two were Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds. These three women were as far as I'm concerned were the true Queens of the theater and I still enjoy seeing their movies!

The narrator seems to go back & forth of incidents in Susan Haywards life. It screws up the momentum.

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Yeah. Emphasize the cancer to turn people against nuclear armament. That's how to memorialize an actress.

Well, of course the cancer illnesses/deaths were highly speculated due to fallout, because of the people involved; John Wayne, Susan Hayward and Agnes Moorhead are not names to be triffled with. However, I always felt that the deaths associated with the film were not terribly high, and I tend to side with the number crunchers.

Not beautiful enough for Scarlet.

Too much repetition of material.

Why did you mention the fact about her cancer, and where she may have gotten it, twice? This wastes time, and is annoying and unnecessary! Do you wanna be another Mo10tas? They are a good channel too, but they do that a lot...