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21NOVEMBERDECEMBER2013SomervilletheheiresstotheDuPontchemicalempirewiththeirfamilyhomebeingMontpelierformerresidenceofPresidentJamesMadison.Hiswifewasnotbyanymeansattractivehoweverthesayingisloveisblind.Themarriageonlylastedtwoyears.ScottspentthemajorityofhistimeonmoviesetsinHollywoodandMarionwasreluctanttoleaveherGrandNationalSteeplechasechampionshiphorsesforadomesticlifeinmake-believeland.Scottco-starredinMaeWestsGoWestYoungManParamount1936andthenwithIreneDunneandDorothyLamourinHighWideandHandsomeParamount1936amajorstudiofilmwithwell-producedmusicalinterludes.ItwasastretchforScotthoweverunderthedirectionofRoubenMamoulianheprovedhecouldplayacharacterwhichwascompletelyforeigntohispreviouscharacterroles.AdolphZukorParamountsCEOafterpreviewingthefilmtoldOscarHammersteinwhoprovidedthelyricsandJeromeKernthemusicThatsthegreatestpictureweevermade.HoweverZukorchangedhisopinionwhenitwasnotafinancialsuccess.TheNewYorkDailyNewsnotedRandolphScottsperformanceisoutstandingbecauseitfitsthefineactortoaT...itwasaspurelyapieceofAmericanaastheDeclarationofIndependence.TheNewYorkTimesdescribeditasarichlyproducedspectacularandmelodiousshow...Mr.ScottsportrayalofPeterCourtlandisresoluteandconsistentlynatural.ScottwasteamedupwithShirleyTemplewhohadbecomethemostpopularstarinHollywoodinFoxsRebeccaofSunnybrookFarm1938.ThefemalecostarwasPhyllisBrookswhowasdatinghispalCaryGrantatthetime.ThedirectorAlanDwanorderedGrantoffthesetsoBrookswouldconcentrateonherrole.ScottwouldendhiscontractwithParamountandfreelanceassoonashecompletedanaboveaveragewesternTheTexans1938withJoanBennettRobertCummingsandWalterBrennan.In1939ScottplayedinanevenbetterAwesternfor20thCentury-FoxJesseJamesstarringTyronePowerasJesseandHenryFondaasFrankJames.ProducedbyDarrylZanuckanddirectedbyHenryKing.OnlyGonewiththeWindTheWizardofOzandTheHunchbackofNotreDamemademoremoneyattheboxofficein1939thanJesseJamesHollywoodsgreatestboomyearforcinema.ScotthadfourthbillingasaUSMarshallhoweverhispartreceivedseveralpositivereviews.SusannahoftheMounties1939starringShirleyTemplefollowedandthenFrontierMarshall1939withRandolphScottasWyattEarpandCesarRomeroasDocHoliday.DirectedbytheveteranAlanDwanitisasolidBwesterneventhoughitstretchestheEarplegendsomewhat.AlanDwansaidlaterIlikedRandolphScottandpracticallyeveryoneinthecastIthinkitwaswelldone.TheNewYorkTimesagreedFrontierMarshallisacrackinggoodWesternandinthemoviestheresnothingmuchbetterthanthat.ScottsnextwesternwasacostarringroleinWarnerBrothersVirginiaCity1940withErrolFlynnandMiriamHopkinsproducedbyHalB.WallisanddirectedbyMichaelCurtiz.HumphreyBogartevenjoinedtheall-starcast.FlynnwasnotthemostagreeableofactorsandhewasnotenamoredplayinginwesternshavingoncereferredtohimselfastheRichmansRoyRogers.HopkinscomplainedtooandBogartwasnothappyeither.HoweverRandolphScottremainedtheconsummateprofessional.CurtizcomplimentedhimbysayingRandyScottisacompleteanachronism.Hesagentleman.AndsofarhestheonlyoneIvemetinthisbusinessofself-promotingsonsofbitches.Thepicturereceivedmixedreviews.Nextanon-westernthatwasquitepopularattheboxofficewasRKOsMyFavoriteWife1940withScottplayingsecondfiddletohisclosefriendandroommateCaryGrantandtheregalIreneDunne.Scottwasabletoshowararehumorousside.TheBostonPoststatedSlicksmartandsophisticated.Theplotispreposterousofcoursebutthereisalaughaminute.TheNewYorkPostgavekudostoScottRandolphScottasamuscularvegetarianisapleasingdeparturefromtype-casting.AsanasideScottandGranthadabeautifulhomeatthebeachreferredtoasBachelorsHallwhichdrewalotofattentionfromyoungstarletswhowerefrequentvisitors.Sadlyafterthedeathofthesetwosuperstarswhichwerenotabletodefendthemselvestheywerecharacterizedinsmut