Ann Doran(1911-2000)

Daughter of Rose Allen

[on Christopher Jones, her co-star in The Legend of Jesse James (1965)] Is he clean? Is he still on dope? He was on dope when we did the series. Whether or not he thought he was to be the next James Dean [reportedly his personal idol] matters not; he was on drugs and that was that. Allen Case was a very nice man, actually almost bland, as he tends to fade from my memory. But Christopher's problems were widely known. I don't know how he--or maybe I should say we--got through the season. We did have low ratings, but I think if it were not for the drug business, we might have been picked up for another year. I do hope Mr. Jones has gotten his act together by now. It's been almost 40 years, so surely he has!