Preston Foster
Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera
Preston Foster (1900-1970)
Born in Ocean City, NJ, Preston Foster held a variety of jobs before going to Philadelphia for singing lessons. He was with a couple of opera companies in PA, then married and moved to New York to pursue a stage career. Foster credited Lionel Atwill for boosting him on the path to his Broadway debut in Congratulations in 1929. His earliest film appearances came during this period, a mixed bag of...
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