While filming a guy named joe (1943), johnson was in an automobile accident and thrown through the car's windshield. Van johnson, 1940s heartthrob, dead at 92. The plastic surgery of the day could not totally remove his scars.
Van Johnson (1977) Historic Elitch Theatre
Van johnson's scar occurred while he was involved in a severe car accident midway through filming a guy named joe (1943).
The crash left him with a metal plate on his forehead, facial scars, and plastic surgery.
Johnson's scars are visible in a guy named joe, and you can spot a long scar on his forehead in later film roles. The injuries from his wreck and the metal plate kept johnson from serving in world war ii, but he frequently performed in military roles, and within a year was a top box office draw. After the plane crashes, you can see terrible scars on van johnson's forehead for the rest of the movie. He was in a car accident about a year before this film.
He suffered a fractured skull, multiple facial cuts, a severed artery in his neck and bone fragments that pierced his brain. (when friend june allyson told him he should get plastic surgery to remove his forehead scar, van said, this is now part of my character. The scars on van johnson's face resulted from his traumatic car accident in 1943, which was so serious that it required extensive medical treatment, including brain surgery. While filming following his accident, he had to hide his scars with heavy makeup.
Although his career began to fade in the beginning of the 1960s, he remained active both on stage and screen for
The scars visible on van johnson's forehead at the end of the film are not makeup, they're real. Til actor van johnson had his scalp nearly sheared off in a car accident. Rescuers couldn't cross the county line forcing him to slap his scalp into place and crawl nearly fifty yards in order to receive aid. And for the first time after all these years i noticed van johnson's large scars on his forehead.
They had to put a metal plate in The scars on van johnson's face in this film are real, not makeup. While filming a guy named joe, johnson was in an automobile accident and thrown through the car's windshield.the plastic surgery of the day could not totally remove his scars. In all his later films he wore heavy makeup to hide them but felt that, in this film, they added to his character's appearance.
Van graduated high school with one goal:
But as much as he despised the man, the thought of leaving charles alone in newport wracked him with guilt. The guilt eventually won, and van put his dream on hold to work as his father's accountant. And while this thrilled the senior johnson, van, shockingly, was more miserable than ever. Other hidden aspects of his life.
Beyond the careful camoflauge of his physical scars, van johnson, who was gay, and the hollywood publicity machine worked overtime to conceal his true sexuality. Other hidden aspects of his life. Beyond the careful camoflauge of his physical scars, van johnson, who was gay, and the hollywood publicity machine worked overtime to conceal his true sexuality. Mgm cashed in on his stardom with three or
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Other hidden aspects of his life. Beyond the careful camoflauge of his physical scars, van johnson, who was gay, and the hollywood publicity machine worked overtime to conceal his true sexuality.
