How Famous Celebrities Maintained Their Mormon Faith With Stardom

[Stargazer]

In my random meanderings through YouTube I found this gem. For some reason the video includes Howard Hughes! 

 

Edited March 24, 2025 by Stargazer

[Calm]

Do they say Hughes had faith in the Church, was a believer?  If so, why would I believe it had useful information about others? (Serious question)

[ZealouslyStriving]

8 hours ago, Calm said:

Do they say Hughes had faith in the Church, was a believer?  If so, why would I believe it had useful information about others? (Serious question)

It does not.

So you can.

[Stargazer]

23 hours ago, Calm said:

Do they say Hughes had faith in the Church, was a believer?  If so, why would I believe it had useful information about others? (Serious question)

I had taken the video at face value (except for Hughes) but in response to your comment I dug into its claims more deeply.

I'm familiar with a few of them and their connections with the church. As for Hughes, the video suggests his mother had family connections with the church, but a quick look at FamilySearch gives only proxy baptisms. In his later life Hughes became very reclusive and most of those whom he entrusted with his public interface and personal care were LDS members -- sometimes called his "Mormon Mafia." <- which I was aware of.

I knew that Gordon Jump, Philo Farnsworth, George Romney, Sterling W. Sill, and Harmon Killebrew were LDS members. Jump was an actor, and even appeared in the first (I presume) temple endowment film. Sill was a General Authority in addition to his career as a motivational writer. Killebrew of course was a Hall of Fame baseball player.

As for the others, I did check up on Wikipedia biographies and found that Laraine Day, Marie Windsor, and Dean Jagger were LDS, but for Dale Van Sickel, Maynard Dixon, there was no mention of any church affiliation. Earl Warren was definitely not LDS (he seems to have been a Baptist) and Frank Borzage, though born in Salt Lake City, was a Roman Catholic (interestingly, his father was a stonemason and helped build some LDS temples). So the video is only 8/15s accurate. 

 

Edited March 25, 2025 by Stargazer

[Calm]

4 hours ago, Stargazer said:

had taken the video at face value (except for Hughes) but in response to your comment I dug into its claims more deeply.

I am impressed.