The Death of the Heart-throb!

December 13, 2008

Van Johnson has died (this has been a bad week for classic movie stars!). He was 92.

Van Johnson was often described as having “affable charm and boyish good looks.” He was especially good in the MGM musicals of the 1940s, though as a dramatic actor he was often underrated.

Here’s Van (and June Allyson–a frequent costar) on the cover of the book High Barbaree by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, from my vintage book collection.