DICK FORAN FAMOUS SINGING COWBOY

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

Dick Foran made his breakthrough in motion pictures in singing roles. One of his earliest successes was as a co-star with the great Northridg-based Janet Gaynor in the 1934 film "Change of Heart." Foran worked in film and television from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Dick Foran died in 1979 in Panorama City. He is buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery, the Catholic cemetery next to the mission in Mission Hills.

Dick Foran  1910 to 1979 - vintage postcard - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on image to enlarge it.)

THREE VERY FAMOUS NORTHRIDGE NEIGHBORS

2010   THE YEAR OF VALLEY ADVENTURES                  Northridge100

The privacy and distance from the hustle and bustle of the movie studios brought some of the world's most famous entertainers to Northridge over the years. At the corner of Reseda Boulevard and Devonshire Street, three of the most important film actors of the 1930s and 1940s lived as neighbors. Jack Oakie lived in the house where Robert Taylor once resided. Janet Gaynor, a star of both silent and talking motion pictures lived next door.

 Janet Gaynor - historic postcard - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg December 2010.

Jack Oakie - film star - Photograph gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg December 2010.

Robert Taylor, husband of Barbara Stanwyk - historic postcard - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg December 2010.