Adolphe Menjou

Menjou has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6822 Hollywood Blvd. He made only two more films before retiring permanently. He ended his career with such roles as a French officer during World War I in 1957's Paths of Glory, and as the town curmudgeon in Pollyanna in 1960. Following his admission before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Columbia Pictures dropped him. He published his autobiography, It Took Nine Tailors in that year. Following his Oscar nomination, he made a few more movies that did little in the box office, until he appeared in the sequel, Jolson Sings Again in 1949, which was another hit. In 1947, Menjou cooperated with the House Un-American Activities Committee in its hunt for Communists in Hollywood. He made several forgettable films untl he won the role of Al Jolson in the 1946 biographical film The Jolson Story, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. Having attended the University of Illinois, Parks played in stock companies for several years before signing a Hollywood contract in 1941. His career stalled with the coming of talkies, but in 1930 he starred in Morocco. Born Samuel Lawrence Klausman Parks in Olathe, Kansas, his career was virtually ended when he admitted in 1951 to having been a member of a Communist party cell. When he starred in 1923's A Woman of Paris, he solidified the image of a well-dressed man-about-town. Larry Parks (December 13, 1914 - April 13, 1975) was an American actor. Returning from the war, he became a star in such films as The Sheik and The Three Musketeers.

During World War I, he served as a captain in the ambulance service. Attracted to the vaudeville stage, he made his movie debut in 1916 in The Blue Envelope Mystery. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he attended the Culver Military Academy and graduated from Cornell University with a degree in engineering. Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 - October 29, 1963) was an American actor.