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1. In Remembrance- Vera Ralston
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- In Remembrance: Vera Ralston.
- Vera Hruba Ralston, the Czech-born ice-skating star whose B-movie career at Republic Pictures in the 1940s and '50s never equaled her performances on the ice, died at home on February 9, 2003 after a long battle with cancer. ...
- Born Vera Hruba in Prague, Czechoslovakia, she first achieved modest fame as an ice skater and Olympic athlete who competed with Sonja Henie in the 1936 Winter Games. ... After featuring her in Ice Capades (1941) and Ice Capades Revue (1942), Yates added Ralston to her name and tried to pass her off as a leading lady. ...
- Despite the criticism, Yates pushed Ralston to become a latter-day "queen" of Republic Pictures. ... Unfortunately, Ralston's thick accent and lack of training made her a target of critics. ... It is rumored that Wayne threatened to leave Republic if forced to work with Ralston again. ...
- Ralston reciprocated the attention Yates gave her and they married in 1952. Ralston eventually became a passable actress, with Fair Wind to Java (1954) is considered one of her better pictures. ... Republic closed their doors the following year and Ralston never made another film. ...
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3. MMI Tribute: Vera Ralston
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- Vera Hruba Ralston was the unfortunate recipient of much teasing during her eighteen year career (from 1941-1958) at Republic. ... Yates tried to make every single one of Vera Ralston's 26 movies look like it had been made at MGM or Paramount or Universal, anywhere but at lowly Republic. Therein lies the problem with a fair evaluation of Vera Ralston's skills as a film actress. ... Vera Ralston never worked anywhere besides Republic and she never got over her thrill of escaping her native Czechoslovakia to work in America as an American. ...
- It was based on Curt Siodmak's classic science fiction novel "Donovan's Brain" and was creepy enough to make everyone in the cast look like they were born to the genre, including the young and inexperienced Vera Ralston. Thanks to the Westerns Channel, I've seen more of Ralston's work over the years and she DID improve as an actress, despite being miscast in nearly every movie she made. ...
- Vera Ralston once said that the role of Loxi Claborne (played by Paulette Goddard in 1942's "Reap The Wild Wind") was the part she most wanted to play. ... Springsteen, George Sherman, Allan Dwan, John Auer and TWELVE TIMES with her favorite, Joseph Kane, who had nothing but mean things to say about Vera Ralston as an actress. ... " But Ralston herself always seemed oblivious to the studio intrigues that propelled and sustained her career. As for her male co-stars, several were so furious at being loaned out to Republic from bigger studios that they performed most of their romantic sequences opposite Vera Ralston with an indifference that bordered on nausea. Even worse, if TWO of her male co-stars were competing for her attention, they BOTH looked equally bored, sick AND UNPROFESSIONAL! This, of course, did nothing to increase the already dismal box office returns of Vera Ralston on screen. ...
- Yates, Vera Ralston films can be more fun to watch than a batch of Greta Garbo flicks in which she listlessly wills herself to DIE when she can't have some GUY! Blanche Yurka, a great stage and film actress who worked with Vera Ralston on 1947's "The Flame," said, "Vera worked so hard to be a good actress that she won everyone's empathy. ... While so many of her less gallant colleagues seem to be disowning their own participation in her films, Vera Ralston took the high road, stayed in the game and did her best. ...
4. Deathwatch Vera Hruba Ralston, ice skater and actress, 79
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- Vera Hruba Ralston Vampish actor skating on thin ice in America Ronald Bergan Friday February 28, 2003 There were few Hollywood actors of the studio era who suffered from as many snide remarks as the Czech-born ice-skater-turned-star Vera Hruba Ralston, who has died aged 81. ... As Vera Hruba, she had won a silver medal at the 1937 Berlin Olympics; she had gone to America with her mother after the Nazis invaded Prague. In 1941, Yates cast Vera - and the entire company of Ice-Capades - in a film of the same name, an inconsequential musical which revolved around skating numbers. ... Then, in 1943, Yates signed Hruba to a long-term contract, adding Ralston to her name. ... He had hoped that Ralston would rival Henie, at 20th Century Fox, billing her as a star who "skated out of Czechoslovakia into the hearts of America". ... Still in the B-movie category was Dakota (1945), in which Ralston waited patiently at home while husband John Wayne settled railroad disputes. ... Mainly, Ralston was confined to more than a dozen films made by Republic's journeyman director Joseph Kane. According to Kane, "Vera could have made it rough on everyone, but she never took advantage of that situation. ... " Despite this, it was reported that Wayne threatened to leave the studio if forced to work with Ralston again, and Sterling Hayden was offered a bonus to appear opposite her in Timberjack (1955). Kane directed Ralston in perhaps her best film, Fair Wind To Java (1953), a good adventure yarn with Fred MacMurray as a cynical captain, who falls for native girl Ralston while in search of south seas treasure. ... Two years later, Yates had to relinquish his post, and Ralston retired.
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- Vera Ralston and Buddy Baer in a solid Republic western that was supposed to make Vera famous but didn't. ...
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7. Telegraph | News | Vera Ralston
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- Vera Ralston, who has died at Santa Barbara, California, aged 79, was a Czech skating champion before moving into acting, at which she was notably bad; even John Wayne refused to appear with her after their two films as co-stars bombed at the box office.
- Vera Helena Hruba was born on June 12 1923 in Prague. ...
- After the Nazis marched into the Sudetenland, Vera Hruba was on the last plane out of Prague. ...
- Billed as Vera Hruba Ralston, who "skated out of Czechoslovakia into the heart of America", she obtained her first straight role in George Sherman's The Lady and the Monster (1944). The film was one of Republic's first forays into the genre of horror movies - though her co-star Helen Vinson was moved to declare that: "The only horror was Vera's inability to act. ...
- Vera Ralston then scored a moderate success in Murder in the Music Hall (1946), in which she displayed her ice-skating skills in numbers directed by the choreographer Fanchon. In Lake Placid Serenade (1944), Vera Ralston once again found herself on the ice. ...
- Other films followed, including The Lady and the Plainsman (1946); the Western Wyoming (1947); Angel on the Amazon (1948) with George Brent, and I Jane Doe (1948), a ludicrous courtroom "drama" with Vera Ralston cast as a murderess with her victim's wife (played by Ruth Hussey) defending her. ...
- Their objections to his spending on Vera Ralston's films finally took the form of a lawsuit that claimed the actor Sterling Hayden had been hired at an improvident and excessive salary to induce him to appear with her in the Timberjack (1955) after a dozen other actors had refused. The lawsuit concluded that only two of Vera Ralston's pictures had even made back their negative costs.
- Yates, 40 years Vera Ralston's senior, finally persuaded her to marry him in March 1952. ...
- The comeback never came, but in 1984, Vera Ralston and several other Olympians who had subsequently become film stars, including Eleanor Holm and Herman Brix, were guests of honour at the Los Angeles opening ceremony.
8. Vera Ralston - Movie Star Magazine Covers, Posters and CD's available
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- Below: Vera Ralston sampling the Ozona, TX BBS route (83112, stop 50) in 2000. ...
- This stop provides view of a prairie dog town where Vera often detects Burrowing Owls. ...
- Below: Vera´s other route -- Valley Springs, TX (83041). ...
- Below: Another view from the Valley Springs BBS route provided by Vera Ralston.
10. Guardian Unlimited Film | News | Obituary: Vera Hruba Ralston
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- Vera Hruba Ralston .
- There were few Hollywood actors of the studio era who suffered from as many snide remarks as the Czech-born ice-skater-turned-star Vera Hruba Ralston, who has died aged 81. ...
- As Vera Hruba, she had won a silver medal at the 1937 Berlin Olympics; she had gone to America with her mother after the Nazis invaded Prague. ...
- In 1941, Yates cast Vera - and the entire company of Ice-Capades - in a film of the same name, an inconsequential musical which revolved around skating numbers. ... Then, in 1943, Yates signed Hruba to a long-term contract, adding Ralston to her name. ... He had hoped that Ralston would rival Henie, at 20th Century Fox, billing her as a star who "skated out of Czechoslovakia into the hearts of America". ...
- Still in the B-movie category was Dakota (1945), in which Ralston waited patiently at home while husband John Wayne settled railroad disputes. ...
- Mainly, Ralston was confined to more than a dozen films made by Republic's journeyman director Joseph Kane. According to Kane, "Vera could have made it rough on everyone, but she never took advantage of that situation. ...
- Despite this, it was reported that Wayne threatened to leave the studio if forced to work with Ralston again, and Sterling Hayden was offered a bonus to appear opposite her in Timberjack (1955). ...
- Kane directed Ralston in perhaps her best film, Fair Wind To Java (1953), a good adventure yarn with Fred MacMurray as a cynical captain, who falls for native girl Ralston while in search of south seas treasure. ...
- Two years later, Yates had to relinquish his post, and Ralston retired. ...
- · Vera Hruba Ralston, ice skater and actor, born June 12 1921; died February 9 2003 .
- In the above article, we said that Vera Hruba Ralston had won the silver medal for figure skating at the 1937 Berlin olympics. ...
11. Biography for Vera Ralston
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- Birth name Vera Helena Hruba Mini biography After achieving modest fame as an ice skater, Vera Hruba was brought to America by Republic Pictures head Herbert Yates who hoped to turn her into the next Sonja Henie. After featuring her in several Ice Capade movies, he added Ralston to her name and tried to pass her off as a leading lady. ...
- Ralston's songs in films were dubbed by Robie Lester.
- The surname Ralston was taken from the name of a popular breakfast cereal.
- "I look through the TV Guide and try to find a Vera Hruba Ralston picture to watch," said Stapleton, "Because I know, no matter HOW bad a performance I may have given, I could NEVER as bad as she was!".
- They remained married until Yates' death in 1966, at which point Ralston inherited half of his $10 million estate.
- With the addition of the surname "Ralston," she assumed leading-lady responsibilities in The Lady and the Monster (1944), followed by the wartime drama Storm Over Lisbon and the iceskating musical Lake Placid Serenade (both 1944). Ralston's thick accent and lack of training made her a target of critics from the first.
- Ralston eventually became a passable actress, but she lacked warmth (or, perhaps, the ability to project it) and never won public acceptance. ...
- Ralston, who never appeared on-screen after Republic folded, married Yates in 1952 and stayed with him until he died.
- OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1946: Plainsman and the Lady, Murder in the Music Hall 1947: Wyoming, The Flame 1948: Angel of the Amazon 1949: The Fighting Kentuckian (also starring Wayne, who reportedly threatened to leave the studio if forced to work with Ralston again); 1951: Belle Le Grand 1952: Hoodlum Empire 1953: Fair Wind to Java (as a dark-haired, exotic islander in one of her better pictures); 1954: The Jubilee Trail 1956: Accused of Murder1958: The Man Who Died Twice (her last).
12. The Fighting Kentuckian DVD Price Comparison - John Wayne, Vera Ralston, 017153100280
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13. Vera Hubra Ralston
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14. Classic Video Club - Fair Wind to Java
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- Vera Ralston (she was married to the head of the studio, which may help explain why a woman with so little talent got so many leading parts) is almost believable as Kim Kim, Fred's love interest. ...
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- Czechoslovakian figure skater Vera Hruba also participated in the 1936 Olympics, coming in second to Henie. ...
- Although she never rivaled Henie’s popularity at the box office, Vera Hruba was featured in 26 films at Republic before retiring in 1958, when her future husband, Republic’s head honcho Herbert Yates, was dethroned in a proxy fight. Vera Hruba Ralston (the surname, added because Yates thought moviegoers might not be able to pronounce Hruba, was borrowed from the breakfast cereal) passed away on February 9th. ...
- Born Vera Helena Hruba in Prague on July 12th, 1923, the future actress began her entertainment career as a ballerina-hopeful. ...
- According to director Charles Kane (who helmed nine of Hruba-Ralston’s pictures), the actress still had not mastered the English language and performed her role in Monster phonetically.
- Vera Hruba Ralston was 79.
16. DVD : The Fighting Kentuckian
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- starring: John Wayne, Vera Ralston.
- A Kentucky soldier (John Wayne) falls for a French general's daughter (Vera Ralston) and gets mixed up in a battle between unscrupulous river traders and French settlers. ...
- Vera Ralston as the French general's daughter was not the best choice, and I kept getting the two mustached villians mixed up, but I happily stayed with the movie until the "big calvary rescue" ending, and would watch it again. ...
- Although some may disagree I think Vera Rawlson is very good in this picture and quite believeable, despite her being the studio heads girl (or maybe because of it, after all she plays the pampered daughter of a French General).
17. AP Wire | 02/16/2003 | Actress, 'Ice-Capades' star Vera Hruba Ralston dead at 79
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- Actress, 'Ice-Capades' star Vera Hruba Ralston dead at 79.
- - Czech-born ice skater Vera Hruba Ralston, star of America's "Ice Capades" and Republic Pictures B-movies, has died. ...
- Ralston died Feb. ...
- Yates, head of Republic Pictures featured Ralston in "Ice-Capades," and followed in up in 1942 with "Ice-Capades Revue. ...
- In 1943, Ralston signed a long-term contract with Republic, where she became the married Yates' protegee and later his wife.
- Ralston was Republic Pictures' answer to 20th Century Fox's Olympic gold medalist-turned actress Sonja Henie. Ralston was billed as a star who "skated out of Czechoslovakia into the hearts of America. ...
- She added the surname Ralston - taken from the name of a popular breakfast cereal - because Americans had difficulty pronouncing Hruba.
- The daughter of a wealthy jeweler, Ralston was born in Prague in 1923.
- Ralston, who married Yates in 1952, retired from the screen in 1958, the year he was deposed from the studio in a proxy fight.
- Ralston inherited half of his estimated $10-million estate and later moved full time to the oceanfront house they had bought in the mid-1950s in the Hope Ranch section of Santa Barbara.
18. Fighting Kentuckian DVD - Only £17.99
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- John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Hugo Haas, Odette Myrtil, Oliver Hardy, Philip Dorn - Dir : George Waggne.
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- She chooses Ralston from the breakfast cereal, as her screen name.
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21. The Fighting Kentuckian
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- John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Philip Dorn, Oliver Hardy, Marie Windsor .
- In Mobile he meets and falls in love with a French woman (Vera Ralston), one of the Napoleonic refugees from Napoleon's wars (Napoleon being defeated at Waterloo in 1815). ...
22. DAKOTA (1945) - John Wayne Vera Ralston Average Joseph Kane Western Romance Adventure 1945 -
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- John Devlin (John Wayne), elopes with Sandy (Vera Ralston), the daughter of a railroad baron, and together they take the train to Dakota Territory. ... Vera Ralston started to get on my nerves by the end of the film. ...
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25. Vera Ralston
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- (cancer) Mini biography After achieving modest fame as an ice skater, Vera Hruba was brought to. ... (show more) Sometimes Credited As: Vera Hruba.
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- Murder in the Music Hall (1946) (as Vera Hruba Ralston). ...
- Dakota (1945) (as Vera Hruba Ralston). ...
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944) (as Vera Hruba Ralston). ... Vera Haschek.
- Storm Over Lisbon (1944) (as Vera Hruba Ralston). ...
- Lady and the Monster, The (1944) (as Vera Hruba Ralston). ...
- Ice-Capades Revue (1942) (as Vera Hruba). ...
- Ice-Capades (1941) (as Vera Hruba). ...
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