Firearms Friday with Grace McDonald

Born in 1918, Grace McDonald began her show-business career in vaudeville, but transitioned to film as world war was looming in 1940. She was a rising Hollywood star during the World War ii years, with an energetic and cheerful screen presence, as well as talent both as a dancer and an actress, that saw her fit equally well into musicals, comedies, and even dramas.

McDonald had grown to be a B-level star and mainstay at Universal--she received top billing in the 1944 remake of "Secret of the Blue Room", "Murder in the Blue Room"-- when she abruptly traded acting for married life. In 1945, McDonald married Ralph Green. They raised three sons together and remained married until her death in 1999.

(I really hope someone cleaned that gun after McDonald was done posing with it...)