Another Thin Man 1939 The Return of William Powell

The Return of William Powell 1939
(and Nick Charles in Another Thin Man)

After the death of Jean Harlow, William Powell took time off from acting. Filming

William Powell Original 1928
Vintage Studio Publicity Photo
w/Printed Signature

of Double Wedding had to be halted due to both Powell's mourning and then another unforeseen complication, his own health scare.

The movie costarred long-time friend and acting partner Myrna Loy with whom he made 14 films together.

Later in 1937 reports began that he was having health problems. They said he had stomach and intestinal trouble, it was suggested he had appendicitis. 

Eventually they said he had colon cancer. Friends feared he was going to die. 

Powell had been diagnosed with cancer of the rectum (sometimes also known as colorectal cancer, colon cancer or bowel cancer). 

Some other notable people to have had this form of cancer are and were actress Spring Byington, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother; President Ronald Reagan, Peggy Lipton from The Mod Squad, Wade Hayes, Charles M. Schulz, creator of Peanuts; film

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critic Joel Siegel, New York Yankee outfielder Darryl Strawberry, Audrey Hepburn, Eartha Kitt and musician Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.

In 2002, Sharon Osbourne dealt with a bout of colon cancer while filming the second season of her family's MTV reality show, The Osbournes. Her struggles and openness brought a lot of notoriety to and understanding of the disease.


William Powell chose colon bypass surgery and an experimental radium treatment which within two years put the disease in full remission. Papers said to look at him, he was now 'the real Thin Man' after all he'd been through.

"I was one of the lucky ones," he would say later, that he'd lived at all.  

After Jean Harlow's death and his own illness, articles suggested that Powell would retire. But in an interview, he said he was going to carry on with his life and work because that's what Jean would have wanted him to do.

William Powell with Myrna Loy happy to have him back;
The Thin Man

There was some talk about replacing William Powell for the next Thin Man movie. Luckily for all there was enough argument against that idea and production was postponed until the 'real' Nick Charles was ready to return to the role. 

Now when many people read The Thin Man stories by Dashiell Hammett, the images they conjure up are those of Powell and Loy. They're some of the favorite detective stories around.



"He's back! And William Powell's return to the screen is the best movie news in two years!" These words flash across the screen as the soundtrack plays Happy days are here again in a trailer for Another Thin Man and the warm regard for the star is notable. 

"After the expected scenes from the move and promotion of this latest Thin Man adventure, the trailer ends: 'Welcome back ... Bill Powell!'

"Powell told a reporter after the film was released that walking onto the set the

Powell vows to get
back to work
March 1939

first day of shooting 'was like coming home again. Myrna and Woody were wonderful. If they had been sentimental or emotional about it -- I don't think I could have stood it, I was so choked up.' But those two knew. All they said was, 'Well, Powell at last -- and you're late again!'

"Myrna Loy later said that she got on the set bright and early to greet Powell. 'They'd cut [the cancer] out and he survived it and how!' She wrote in her memoirs. 'He still seemed a bit frail ... but he wasn't giving up a thing."
-- excerpt from William Powell: The Life and Films by Roger Bryant

The movie was released in November 1939.

When you're trying to think of some of the highest grossing movie franchises don't forget the classic ones like The Thin Man. They had humor, sex appeal, danger, glamor, mystery, money, martinis, just about everything -- including the wire haired fox terrier!

Myrna Loy was a trailblazer. They wanted to pay Powell more than they paid her. That was pretty standard in the 1930s-40s, but she fought for a better contract. Powell and Loy were a team, both were crucial to those movies.

On January 6, 1940, Powell married actress Diana Lewis. His new wife was 27 years his junior, and he called her Mousie. They remained married for 44 years. They lived in Palm Springs, California. 

Lewis was Daphne Fowler to Mickey Rooney's Andy Hardy in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940).  She was in Gold Diggers in Paris (1938), Go West (1940) and Johnny Eager with Robert Taylor, Lana Turner in 1942. 

Her final film was Cry 'Havoc' 1943, starring Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern and Joan Blondell.

William Powell's future ambition as of August 1936
semi-retirement to retirement....
"And maybe Mrs. Powell -- nee Harlow -- will be doing it with him, eh?"

"The bride admits that the wedding ring purchased by the groom just before the ceremony had to be taped in order to stay on her finger and that she had a

Powell and 'his child bride,'
Diana Lewis, Sept 1940
"With a new trinket
from Hubby"

terrific run in her stocking, besides. But she also admits that being Mrs. William Powell is too wonderful for words. .... 

"Bill Powell's wedding gift to his young bride, Diana Lewis was a matching ring, pin and clips set with ruby stones." 
-- Modern Screen magazine, April 1940

"The dainty blue eyed bride wore a printed blue flowered dress with turban to match. Powell was attired in a gray suit with blue sweater. It was a single ring ceremony."
-- St. Petersburg Times, January 6, 1940

Reports such as this Modern Screen blurb
said Powell lavished his new wife with jewels and other
expensive gifts. He'd asked the town's leading merchants
to tip him off when his wife displays a yen for an item....

Powell slowed down his acting career over the years and did, in fact stop making movies. I read that Powell was the first contract player in MGM's history to be eligible for pension benefits.




His last film was the very successful Mr. Roberts in 1955. Powell played Doc. Another very successful later film of his was the 1947 Life with Father. This film earned him a Best Actor nomination for an Academy Award. 

March is Colorectal or Colon Cancer Awareness Month and the ribbon color is dark blue. March 6 is National Dress in Blue Day for Colon Cancer Awareness.

This was Powell's third nomination, having received them in the past for his work in My Man Godfrey and The Thin Man, 1934. The Thin Man had also received a Best Film Oscar nomination, then called the Outstanding Production.

Look for Life with Father to be shown on channels such as Turner Classic Movies, TCM around Father's Day.

Dueling Harlows 1965

In 1965 a group of Jean Harlow's friends and former coworkers publicly disputed the facts in a researched biography that still sells today. The book was the basis for a biopic that was being made about her life and her father had a lawsuit in the works.

When asked if he'd been contacted by biographers for quotes William Powell once said, "They know better. That's buried in the past. It'll stay there."

"Sometimes I'm tempted to almost go berserk when I read some of the things that are printed about me. But would making a fuss help matters? I'm sure that it would only attract more attention to what was said and, in the end make matters far worse.

"Hollywood has also taught me what a refuge home can be. The love and devotion of those who are nearest and dearest to me is all centered here."
-- Jean Harlow 1936

In one article appeared a blurb, almost unheard of a short interview with Powell himself. From the time they were dating on he usually chose not to answer questions or make comments regarding Harlow or their relationship. I'd read that he, like other stars such as Cary Grant, chose not to read biographies that included them.

Powell, in 1965 was "74 and living happily with his wife to whom he has been married for 25 years in Palm Springs labels the book 'scurrilous fiction,' and 'vile character assassination.'"

In a very rare interview, Powell commented on Arthur Landau who supplied information for a biography."'He knew very little about Jean's private life. ... He was her agent for a short while only. I understand he was broke and some years ago he had an operation on his throat for cancer, but nothing would justify such a depraved contribution.'

"'The accurate statements in the book are the dates of Jean's birth, marriages and death. Nearly everything else is false.'"
-- The Miami News, January 10, 1965

There are two movies from 1965. Both are called Harlow and the first name of the lead actress in each is the same, if spelled differently. Both are fictionalized accounts of Jean Harlow's life.

One movie stars Carroll Baker as Jean Harlow. Also featured are Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Raf Vallone. Angela Lansbury portrays her mother.

The other stars Carol Lynley as Jean Harlow. Ginger Rogers is her mother, Barry Sullivan is her mother's husband, Marino Bello. Unlike the Caroll Baker Harlow, this movie has a character modeled after William Powell; Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as William Mansfield.
 
There is even a book, Dueling Harlows: Race to the Silver Screen.

William Powell's son and only child, William David Powell (by his first marriage to Eileen Wilson) became very ill and committed suicide in 1968 at the age of 43. He was close to his father and had left the actor a long note. 

In an interview around his 90th birthday they said he and his wife enjoyed their two dogs. One was a collie that someone abandoned near their yard. Makes sense that the man who'd played Nick Charles, caretaker of Asta in all those movies would be a dog person.

When Powell died in 1984 at the age of 91, his ashes were buried with his son at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California.  Friends including celebrities gave remembrances and quotes. Many fans wanted to hear from Myrna Loy.

William Powell and Myrna Loy
Libeled Lady

"'I never enjoyed my work more than when I worked with William Powell,' Loy 76 said yesterday through her press agent in New York. 

"'He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend and above all, a true gentleman. I have seen him frequently and we have kept in touch over the years. I shall miss him more than I can say.'" March 6, 1984. 




Anjelica Huston presented Myrna Loy with an Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1991. 
 



Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood download for your Kindle, or just to read on your phone or other device ,or get in paper form. Emily W. Leider, who's being interviewed,  has written other books on other Hollywood stars such as Mae West and Rudolph Valentino.


The last films of Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe

Clark Gable and Carole Lombard had married in 1939. On January 16, 1942 Carole Lombard, her mother and press agent died in Trans-World Airlines plane crash. All passengers on board had been killed. 

"The dead included Miss Lombard and her mother and two other women, the actress' press representative and 15 army fliers, in addition to the pilot and co-pilot." -- The Evening Independent, January 19, 1942

"All the world grieves at the sudden and tragic death of Carole Lombard the first Hollywood personality who died in the service of her country. Carole was returning to Hollywood after selling $2,000,000 in Defense Bonds in her native Indiana. 

"This is one of the last pictures taken of the patriotic star before the ill fated plane plummeted her, her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, and 19 other passengers to their death. Carole is shown with her devoted husband Clark Gable and their very good friend, Jack Benny. The editors of Hollywood salute the memory of a truly great person."
-- Hollywood magazine, February 1942


Her 1942 film, To Be or Not to Be directed by Ernst Lubitsch, costarring Jack Benny, was released after her death. There was a remake of this film years later starring Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft.

Clark Gable, suffered a major heart attack at age 59 and died later at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital on November 16, 1960. His final film, The Misfits, was released after his death. It co-starred Montgomery Clift and Marilyn Monroe. It is directed by John Huston. Thelma Ritter, Eli Wallach are also in the movie. Gable was then married to Kay Williams. Their son John Clark Gable would be born after Gable's death.

The Misfits would also be Marilyn Monroe's the final film. She'd started work on another, Something's Got to Give (to be a remake of the Cary Grant/Irene Dunne movie My Favorite Wife) but it was never completed. Monroe died in August 1962.

You may know that Jean Harlow's final film, Saratoga (1937) costarred Clark Gable. It was completed using stand-ins for Miss Harlow. This was the sixth time Harlow and Gable had worked together. The movie also featured Lionel Barrymore, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Morgan and Margaret Hamilton.

Each of the stars, Powell, Harlow, Lombard, Gable and Loy (and Marilyn Monroe) have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

William Powell: The Life and Films by Roger Bryant.
There are very few books on William Powell. This one has the best reviews, seems to have the most accurate information and interesting content.
Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado

Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937

Hollywood Romantic Comedy: States of the Union, 1934-1965 Whether you're a student of film (or marriage), a film buff or a particular fan of Powell and Loy or The Thin Man series this book is very interesting.
 
There will continue to be books written and probably films made from them. There may be more as the principals are gone, memories of course fade, rumors saturate and what's left seems more open for interpretation. 

New films about are Princess Grace and Errol Flynn are hitting movie theaters in 2014. Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock have had films made about them. There are too many to mention if you include the fictionalized movies and those where names are changed. 

Question: Which of our current stars will have their life stories made into movies?

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Nat King Cole sings Stardust 

"Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song..."
-- excerpt from lyrics

Powell and Harlow in Libeled Lady 1936

This page is the last in a short series about star sapphires, colored-gem engagement rings and old Hollywood icons, William Powell, Jean Harlow and Carole Lombard.

Related Pages of Interest:

William Powell and Jean Harlow, The 152-Carat Star Sapphire Ring

Carole Lombard and William Powell married 1931-1933; their sapphires, My Man Godfrey. Pre-Jean Harlow and Clark Gable

The Death of Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell in Reckless

The Misfits: The last film of Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, the baptism of Gable's son, similarities to Tyrone Power  

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Was Katharine Hepburn Box Office Poison?

My Favorite Wife, Cary Grant & Irene Dunne; Remake with Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse started in 1962

Bringing Up Cary Grant and the Oscars, Was he snubbed?

Colored Gemstone Sapphire & Emerald Engagement Rings, Princesses Diana & Catherine; Joan Crawford & Elizabeth Taylor, Halle Berry & Penélope Cruz ...

Where the woodbine twineth- Dolls that may comfort and frighten

Explaining the unexplainable, someone to accompany us on a final journey.

Hitchcock film dolls Psycho
Norman and Marion Doll Set

On Borrowed Time is a 1939 film with Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke and Beulah Bondi. Hardwicke is the Grim Reaper, an agent of Death, also known as Mr. Brink.

Mr. Brink arrives to take Gramps, Barrymore, "to the land where the woodbine twineth." 

He comes to take "folks who are worn out, ill and in pain." They can be "released from their earthly suffering."

You can find references to the woodbine twining in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and even poems by Robert Burns from the 1700s. 

Contemplation of your life and the passage of time. I wasn't able to find a definitive explanation of where the phrase originated. 

There's a song, here are some of the lyrics:
He is gone where the woodbine twineth, with the vine on the ivied wall. 'Neath the shade of the weeping willow, where its long drooping branches fall. Remember then the soldier once noble and so brave ....

Where the woodbine twineth is the name of an Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Season Three episode.

This show, which aired in January 1965, is sometimes mistakenly remembered as being a part of Twilight Zone or Night Gallery.

Nell Snyder (Margaret Leighton) is upset by the recent behavior of her orphaned niece, Eva (Eileen Baral), who has created an imaginary little person named Mr. Peppercorn. 

He and his cohorts are responsible for whatever happens, not Eva. Are these just invisible friends? Is it a phase that will pass?

Then Eva attaches herself to a doll which is in the image of a Creole girl. The doll is named Numa.

Nell is suspicious of the doll and her niece's relationship with it. There is a suggestion of voodoo magic in this episode. The ending is very memorable.

Season three also contains, among its over 30 episodes, The Glass Eye, with William Shatner, Billy Barty and Jessica Tandy. It's an unusual take on a ventriloquist story. Very well done. It fits in somewhat with the doll theme.

Actors in the season include  Peter Lorre, William Shatner, Vincent Price, Jack Klugman, George Peppard.

Directors: Robert Altman, Arthur Hiller, Don Taylor, Paul Henreid and of course, Hitchcock, himself. 

If you choose to stream the show, you can usually pick and choose which episodes you want. Sometimes you don't get credits, there may be reception issues, but there are benefits to both owning the media and streaming the shows.

Hitchcock created a one-of-a-kind Melanie Doll for Melanie Griffith

2013 marked the 50th anniversary of The Birds. Tippi Hedren was the star of the film. Her daughter is actress Melanie Griffith. 

"My daughter was presented with a box when Hitchcock took us to lunch, and it was a wooden box and Melanie opened it and it was an incredible doll of me in the green suit that I wore in The Birds," (Tippi) Hedren said. 

"The face was so perfect that it scared her to the point where she kind of freaked out. Everybody made it sound like it was Hitchcock playing a dirty trick or doing something really nasty to Melanie and that wasn't it. 

"It was supposed be a very, very beautiful gift and it just went awry. She was so affected by it that it was put away somewhere and I unfortunately don't even know what happened to it." 
 -- excerpt from The Examiner Arts & Entertainment January 2013

Barbie Collector 2008 Black Label
Pop Culture Collection - Alfred Hitchcock's THE BIRDS Barbie Doll 

Mattel made a Birds Barbie version of Hedren's character in that famous green outfit, complete with black birds. 

The doll is part of their Pop Culture collection. 
Other dolls include representations of Grace Kelly characters from Rear Window and To Catch a Thief, Fay Wray in King Kong, Barbra Streisand and Carol Burnett in her Gone with the Wind parody television sketch with the curtains costume. Fun gift for a GWTW collector who has everything. 

Fans just celebrated Vivien Leigh's 100th birthday. Doll collectors might love this tribute piece as an addition to their collections.

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Related Links of Interest:

Nothing in the Dark: Twilight Zone with Robert Redford, Gladys Cooper

Grace Kelly Costume Mattel Barbie: To Catch a Prince

Memorable Science Fiction Dolls 

Remembering the British Comedy Mulberry

Gone where the Woodbine Twineth song source 

Who inherits your affiliate marketing pay and online sales earnings

When our Affiliate Marketing work outlives us
What happens to our online income after we die?

Are you an affiliate marketer or an online publisher who incorporates affiliate ads

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Sits behind the computer console
Early SEO?
David McCallum 8x10 Cast Photo

into the content on your blog or other web site? Are you an Amazon Associate or use Google AdSense?

Does the site you're working with allow you to name a beneficiary for the funds you earn in the case of your death? 

How would they handle the transfer of funds from one account to another? Different sites have different policies and their policies tend to change.

This isn't something people want to be thinking about at the time of someone's death. It's a loving and selfless thing for us to do something now so they'll know what to do.

If there's a significant lag time, your account can go dormant and your account could begin being penalized. It could be closed and your income could be lost altogether.

Jimmy Stewart The Shop Around the Corner photo

The first thing to do is let someone know that you're working online. Make note of your passwords and any other pertinent log on information. 

You probably don't want your beneficiaries to know this information now but arrange it so they'll receive it when you die. Don't forget intermediary or money management sites such as PayPal.

One thing I noticed when looking for information about this topic was emails from family members of a person who'd suddenly died, had an accident or taken ill. These weren't necessarily elderly people. 

They may not have had a really big online income that made them think in advance to create special arrangements.. Don't assume you have a lot of time to get this in order. 

If you have an Etsy, Amazon or eBay store, who will know how to find, package and ship products when they're ordered? Someone will need access to that email account if the shop is to stay active. Maybe you should have instructions that they at least should put your shop on vacation for a while? You could leave instructions to do this especially if you're injured or sick and expect to get back to work.

Here is some information I've found from a few online companies. Some of the info was found on their sites, some from personal emails. Always double check for yourself when you have the need. It can be a starting point.

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Accessing a deceased person's Google account:

"If an individual has passed away and you need access to the contents of his or her Google account, in rare cases we may be able to provide the account content to an authorized representative of the deceased user. We extend our condolences and appreciate your patience and understanding throughout this process.

"At Google, we’re keenly aware of the trust users place in us, and we take our responsibility to protect the privacy of people who use Google services very seriously. Any decision to provide the contents of a deceased user’s account will be made only after a careful review, and the application to obtain account content is a lengthy process." .....

"If you are the authorized representative of a deceased user and wish to proceed with an application to obtain the contents of a deceased user’s Google account, please carefully review the following information regarding our two stage process..." 
This is a part of Google's Inactive Account Manager feature. Check with them for information about your Google AdWords account, etc.
-- excerpts from Accessing a deceased person's account, Google.com

Google AdSense:

Getting paid: As a rightful heir to a deceased person, how do I get payment for any unpaid earnings?

Because the AdSense system doesn't know that an account owner is deceased, the system will automatically continue to make payments using the payment settings in the AdSense account. If you are the rightful heir and need payment of accrued earnings to be redirected, please upload the requested documentation electronically here or fax or mail your request and appropriate legal documentation to:

Google, Inc.
Attn: Google Legal Support, AdSense Support
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 618-8507, Attn: Google AdSense Support
-- From Google AdSense Help page retrieved January 14, 2014

Also from Google:
How do I change my payee name or address?

Though our Terms and Conditions don't permit transfers of account ownership, we do allow you to update your payee name to fix misspellings or to make adjustments for changes such as marriage, death, or company mergers. You can freely change your payee address at any time. ....

Payment Claims for a Heir 
Form asks you to Create new login, update email address and upload a Death Certificate. Your Gmail address should appear where it says Contact email address

Amazon Women on the Moon
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Rosanna Arquette Steve Guttenberg...
They don't care about state sales tax on the moon

Amazon.com
"As long as someone contacts from the email address that is associated to the Associates account we would be able to help them with any account information that is needed....

"If we are able to receive one of the requested documents from the list below from the corresponding person we would be able to take the requested action."

Please provide one of the following below:
    
* Estate Executor: A court-issued letter of administration for an estate subject to probate
  
  * Spouse/Family Member: A death certificate for the deceased (will list spouse's name)

This information can be faxed ...or if you prefer, can be mailed to the address listed below.

Attn: Associates Department
C/O Amazon.com
1550 S 48th Street
Grand Forks, ND 58201

Once the above listed information has been faxed or emailed please contact us back using the link that is listed below. You can use this specialized link to provide us with the information we requested above:
http://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/contact/

If you're unable to provide the above documentation or you can't write from the account holders e-mail address, please respond to this message to let us know. We'll need you to provide all of the following information about the account:

- The Associates Associates ID
- The Associates primary e-mail address on the Associates account
- The Associates payee name
- The complete Associates payee mailing address

You can use this specialized link for questions and to provide them with the information we requested above,
-- From personal email to Amazon.com Associates Help Contact April 2012; any company information shown was already available to the public


Zazzle: Death or Incapacity

In the unfortunate event that a member of our Seller community who is a natural person dies or becomes permanently incapacitated, Zazzle will take all necessary steps to work with their successors and assigns. However, Zazzle will need the following documentation from such deceased or incapacitated Seller's successors, assigns or their legal representatives for verification purposes:

    Death Certificate
    Proof of Succession
    Power of Attorney
-- excerpt from Zazzle Non-Exclusive License Agreement retrieved Jan 14, 2014

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Commission Junction:

"Commission Junction would act in accordance with standard legal death procedures, which may include requesting and reviewing a copy of the death certificate and/or will.

"If you need additional assistance, please update this incident through the

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Support Center."
-- From personal email with Help Center April 2012

Think about the different kinds of residual income you might have from an online site. Writing on Yahoo,  Wizzley, etc.? Selling on a site such as Zazzle, Etsy, eBay or ArtFire? 

Many of these online pages overlap. Amazon.com allows us to be affiliates and to sell items. 

On Yahoo, we can write for profit, have our email and Yahoo owns the photo-sharing site, Flckr. 

There are big affiliate networks such as ShareASale and Commission Junction (CJ). Some of us work directly with merchants, big ones like Amazon or smaller ones. They pay through direct deposit or check.

This article really isn't about all the other online parts of our lives.  People have been talking about digital media and what happens to our iTunes library and our Kindle eBook libraries. I've heard that we should think of our movies and MP3s as if we're just leasing them instead of owning them even though we paid for them.

Space 1999 Awful when you hear your photos are gone
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Other things of value that we have online, documents and photos.

Do you use Cloud storage? Here's a part of Apple's iCloud terms: 

Apple iCloud: No Right of Survivorship

"You agree that your Account is non-transferable and that any rights to your Apple ID or Content within your Account terminate upon your death. Upon receipt of a copy of a death certificate your Account may be terminated and all Content within your Account deleted." 

Make sure people know about your Flickr and other accounts so they're not deleted or terminated and all of your photos lost forever. This can be a big loss to your business and your family.

How many places do you have your important photos and documents saved? Does a family member have the password and login ID to your Apple and/or Flickr account?

We just faced the anniversary of the death of a young adult in our family. Someone's social media accounts become an issue as well. Facebook may become a memorial page.

If you have a business page or are selling ads on Facebook, I still need that information.

The Facebook blog discusses memorial pages 

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"When an account is memorialized, we also set privacy so that only confirmed friends can see the profile or locate it in search. We try to protect the deceased's privacy by removing sensitive information such as contact information and status updates. 

"Memorializing an account also prevents anyone from logging into it in the future, while still enabling friends and family to leave posts on the profile Wall in remembrance.

"If you have a friend or a family member whose profile should be memorialized, please contact us, so their memory can properly live on among their friends on Facebook.

"As time passes, the sting of losing someone you care about also fades but it never goes away. I still visit my friend's memorialized profile to remember the good times we had and share them with our mutual friends."
-- excerpt from 2009 Facebook blog, Memory of friends departed endure on Facebook
 
Facebook will no longer limit who can view the accounts of its deceased members. Until now, Facebook would change the privacy settings on a deceased person's account — known as a memorial account — so that only their friends could view the page. But going forward, Facebook will leave privacy settings as the account's owner had set them, so anyone who could view their account while they were living will be able to view their memorial account as well. 
-- The Verge, 2014

"We are respecting the choices a person made in life while giving their extended community of family and friends ongoing visibility to the same content they could always see" 2014 Facebook blog post, Remembering Loved Ones.

Facebook Member Memorialization Request:
Choose Who Controls Your Page, Your Account After You Die
Memorialization Request "After someone has passed away, we’ll memorialize their account if a family member or friend submits a request. Learn about what happens when an account is memorialized. If you’d like a loved one's account to be memorialized, please use this form to let us know." 

Optionally you can request that there be proof of your death.
If you can, please provide a link to an obituary or other documentation about the death. This is very helpful to the team that reviews memorialization requests.


** All information is for the United States and all retrieved January 14, 2014 unless stated otherwise. I'm not an expert at any of this and cannot give guarantees, but found a need to gather this information and wanted to share with others. I expect to hear from a few more sources and will post more information when and if I receive it. Programs change or shut down completely unexpectedly sometimes. Some of the information here may be outdated and/or may not apply to you.  This page will be updated if possible. Major updates will be noted with a date.

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10 Songs for Second Weddings-Successful Second Marriages

Paul Newman Joanne Woodward
Rare Photo Shoot Circa 1970
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
were married for 50 years

Looking for some alternative music for a second wedding? Is someone you know getting married again?

• This is a list of songs that celebrate finding love again.
  
  The songs might talk about being hurt, being cautious and now you've found the love of your life. 

• There's also a list of successful celebrity second marriages.

There can be so much involved in planning a wedding. 

If you're getting married for the second time, there may be added stress. You could be concerned about what you should do differently from the first time you got married.

Maybe you're a widow or a widower. Maybe this is your third or another trip down the aisle. I've heard suggestions and found lists of songs for second weddings but often they include songs that could be for any wedding.

The songs here could be peppered in with other music, you might want one for your First Dance together. Your 2nd wedding is yours alone, so have it as you wish.

I'm going to give slightly different lists of songs for remarriages to a former spouse or to an old flame, but the songs here are still good for any remarriage. In our experience and with our friends, we've thought out so many situations. The list isn't in any particular order.

Signed Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
8x10 Photo autographed

Ten Songs for Second Weddings

The Second Time Around – Frank Sinatra
Scars And All - Jeff Carson
Two Less Lonely People in the World - Air Supply
Sun Comes Up - John Legend
Making Memories of Us - Keith Urban
So Good - Al Jarreau
I'd Love to be Your Last - Gretchen Wilson
Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
Bless the Broken Road - Rascal Flatts
Twice in a Lifetime - Paul McCartney, from the movie of the same name

A few more...
Darling I Do - Landon Pigg, Lucy Schwartz (from Shrek Forever After)
The Day Before You -  Matthew West
The First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes

Please note: In some cases there are entirely different songs by the same name sung by different artists. Be careful not to download a song without checking it out. An example is The Second Time Around.
And please send in your suggestions and your experiences. How have you personalized a second marriage, remarriage or vow renewal ceremony?

David Bowie and Iman 8x10 glossy

Jeff Carson - Scars And All (2000) Real Life (audio cd/MP3)
Excerpt:

I was living hard and fast
Running from my past

George Burns had been married before (for 26 days)
Then he & Gracie Allen were married nearly 40 years

On the day that I ran into you
Life had taken it's toll
I was staggered by the blows
I'd been through all I could go through

Chorus:
There was scars on my heart
Where love had left it's mark
Wounds that I still carried from the fall
Oh but your love built a bridge
Where I'd put up a wall
And you loved me scars and all ....


Making Memories of Us - Keith Urban
Number one in 2005; From CD Be Here 2004 (audio cd/MP3)
Excerpt:

I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in a crowd for you
A man among men
I wanna make your world better than it's ever been

And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

We'll follow the rainbow
Wherever the four winds blow
And there'll be a new day
Comin' your way

I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know somehow
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now
And I'm gonna make you a promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss....

Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr Beloved Infidel

I'd Love To Be Your Last - Gretchen Wilson
2011 single from CD I Got Your Country Right Here (audio cd/MP3)
Excerpt:

If I had it my way, this would be the first time
That I made love
And I would be the first girl that your hands touched
But we've both done our share of livin'
Taking chances we've been given
I've never been too big on looking back
I don't care if I'm your first love,
But I'd love to be your last

If I could do it over I'd have waited for this moment
So I could give my heart to you unbroken
But if our mistakes brought us together
Does it really matter whether
We were saints or sinners in the past?
I don't care if I'm your first love,
But I'd love to be your last ....

Julie Andrews and Jack Lemmon Original Photo

Sun Comes Up - John Legend Live at SOB's
Excerpt:

I know you think I'm like the other man
You let him in and he breaks your heart again
But this things more than physical
I'll free your mind and I'll bless your soul

Tonight we're gonna loose track of time
Body and spirit will intertwine and we'll stay here
The rest of the night and

Baby when the sun comes up, I'm gonna be holding you
It's destiny that your next to me, I'm in love with you
Oh and baby when I wake up, I'm gonna be there with you
A new day rise I wanna look in your eyes when the sun comes up ....

A few Successful Celebrity Second Marriages, Actors and Singers, Personalities:
(One or both of the people may have been married before.)

George Burns and Gracie Allen
Gracie or Bette Davis? Who taught Paul Henreid to light 2 Cigarettes at once?

Original Photo The Lost Man
Sidney Poitier Joanna Shimkus
1969

Bing Crosby and Kathryn Grant
Ronald Colman and Benita Hume
Basil Rathbone and Ouida Bergère
Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus
Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards 
Frank Capra and Lucille Capra
Michael J Fox and Tracy Pollan
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson
Frank Zappa and Gail Zappa
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw
Lon Chaney Jr. and Patsy Beck 
Lon Chaney, Johnny Depp Knives Hands & Love
Walter and Carol Matthau 
Alan Ladd and Sue Carol
Angela Lansbury and Peter Shaw
Dana Andrews and Mary Todd
Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows
Arlene Francis and Martin Gabel
Preston Foster and Sheila Darcy
Peter Falk and Shera Danese 
Eric Idle and Tania Kosevich
Deborah Kerr and Peter Viertel
William Demarest  and Lucile Thayer
Shirley Temple and Charles Alden Black 
Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy
Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas
Gregory Peck and Veronique Passani
Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith
Walter Mathhau and Carol Marcus
Lee Remick and William Rory "Kip" Gowans
Jack Lemmon and Felicia Farr
Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft 84 Charing Cross Road
Mary Sue Milliken and Josh Schweitzer (Great story, Miliken's business partner and friend, chef Susan Feniger is Schweitzer's ex-wife. I read that she introduced the two of them.)
Kim Novak and Dr. Robert Malloy
Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower
Frederick March and Florence Eldridge
Edward G Robinson and Jane Robinson 
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer
Judith Sheindlin, Judge Judy and Jerry Sheindlin
Martin Clunes and Philippa Braithwaite
Shari Belafonte and Sam Behrens
Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin
Shari Lewis and Jeremy Tarcher
Iman and David Bowie
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos
Some couples have long marriages after more than two tries...
William Powell and Diana Lewis
Mary Pickford and Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Charles Chaplin and Oona O'Neill


Related Pages of Interest:

25 Songs for Anniversary Parties, Renewing your Vows

15 Great Songs for Marrying your first love, Remarrying a former spouse

Contemporary Pop, Rock, Country Memorial Songs




 

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