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Post by Tracy Lord on Dec 9, 2007 13:03:35 GMT -5
oh thats from the movie greats book! i just bought that last week. don't worry i had no idea about that supposed movie either and i have read almost all of kates bios out there. i was like 'oh, really?' i thought i was the only one that didn't know about it!
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Post by Shaun on Dec 10, 2007 15:34:44 GMT -5
Whoa never heard of it. The movie was made in 1934 with Helen Chandler playing the part of the daughter. She had a role in CHRISTOPHER STRONG. www.imdb.com/title/tt0025417/ |
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Post by Hepburner on Dec 10, 2007 18:27:39 GMT -5
How frightening that I didn't think to look it up. Thanks Shaun
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Post by Shaun on Dec 10, 2007 19:20:44 GMT -5
Anytime.
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Post by Hepburner on Jul 16, 2008 0:33:34 GMT -5
As a sidenote to my actual point here - I have to say I recently fell somewhat in love with Greta Garbo.
I think it just took some time to appreciate her. I mentioned not really being able to "get" her on this thread - thought I would update that.
ANYWAY!
Somewhere I read that Bette Davis had also at one time wanted to do Steel Magnolias with all of the characters a generation older, with her as Ouiser and Kate as Clairee.
I find that an intriguing idea, frankly.
Steel Magnolias is, sadly, a favorite of mine - and Shirley MacClaine and Olympia Dukakis are my favorite parts of it...
I'm not sure if this is true about Bette wanting to do it, but 'twould have been interesting.
Still don't like that woman. She has some good movies, but over all I just don't like her as an actress. I would have seen that version of Steel Mags for Kate.
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Post by Hep on Jul 16, 2008 0:54:01 GMT -5
hmm. Steel Magnolias with Kate and Bette;
would of LOVED that.
i admit its one of my favs as well. and Shirley is a thrill in it.
i havent quite gotten used to Miss Davis yet. forgive me for saying ive only seen one of her movies.. What ever Happened to Baby Jane.. yes i know. im young; give me time.
but that was an interesting little fun fact.
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Jul 16, 2008 1:16:58 GMT -5
I SMACKED OUISER BOUDREAUX.
IMHO, both Bette and Joan are brill. Pop in Now, Voyager, Alyssa. There's a reason why so many people worship her: she had the CHOPS, son. Do you own the Dick Cavett Old Hollywood boxset [the one with the Kate interviews]? Bette's hysterical and well-worth watching anyday, I think.
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Post by Hep on Jul 16, 2008 2:09:34 GMT -5
I gotta get a hold of the Dick Cavett box set; ive been meaning to. when i do ill watch Bettes interview. and ill have to get Now, Voyager.
see.. thats why im here; to get educated ;D
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Post by Hepburner on Jul 16, 2008 5:37:23 GMT -5
I also need to get the Cavett box. It's been on my wishlist for a long while also. My trouble is that it costs a lot of NZ money to import the stuff I want. Le sigh. Bette is definitely interesting. I have a few of her films. I just find her acting hammy. Now, Voyager is a sappy mess. But I'm a sappy mess by the end of it. So I guess it works in some way. The thing I find with La Bette is that as I watch her work I find myself imagining other actresses in it, and I always like that thought more. For example, Dark Victory I've always thought a Hepburn role. Mr. Skeffington a Crawford. The Letter a Stanwyck. etc. It's kind of an odd love hate thing with Bette and I. She's definitely not among what I would call my favorites. But everyone is different, Thank God. Do get Now, Voyager Alyssa. Or get the first boxed set. It's been repackaged for Bette's 100th anniversary. And they're good films, even if they are a bit hammed up. And get the Joan Crawford set too. She's MARVELOUS  |
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Jul 16, 2008 8:39:00 GMT -5
Oh snap, darling. I forgot to mention All About Eve. N,V and AAE seem to be the go-to for people who are new to Bette. Then slowly work your way backwards into the 40s--->30s. If you don't get a nice feel for her after, say, the 6th movie of her's, switch to somebody else. But come back to her! There's Missy Stanwyck [who, btw, turns 101 today!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARLING!!!!] Myrna? Joan? Jean Arthur? Garbo? [Two-Faced Woman has Kate people in it and a really snappy dance.... although it made her put the kabosh on her career...] Jeanette Macdonald? Tallu? Needleno---I mean, Irene Dunne? Maybe not.
Or, ya know, watch an episode of The X-Files and fall in love with Gilly Anderson. It's SO EASY TO DO THAT.
Ohhhhh, it's like---like---like you're my little ball of clay that I can mold.
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Post by Hep on Jul 16, 2008 11:04:11 GMT -5
oooooooh; im liking all these movies !
and you just gave me all new actresses to fall in love with Amber ;D
right now im falling in love with Rosalind Russel; after The Women i couldnt just leave her behind; plus shes the star of the month on TCM so im recording every movie theyre playing. but right after i see them im running to rent a bunch of movies youse just mentioned.
thank you, my prahhhfesahs ;D
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Post by Hepburner on Jul 20, 2008 5:57:53 GMT -5
Roz Russell blew me away in The Women. I've seen a few of her other movies and they've all failed to thrill me as much as The Women did.
Although, of course, The Women was just such a brill flick. I mean...the whole cast was fantastic.
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Post by Shaun on Jul 20, 2008 18:31:25 GMT -5
Roz is Star of the Month on TCM here in the states. I've been able to see quite a few of her movies and they really are hit or miss. I loathed It's No Time For Comedy, which is curiously named "Guy With a Grin formerly It's No Time For Comedy" in the opening credits. Considering the talent involved (Jimmy Stewart costars) it was quite the disappointment. Man-Proof, though really a Myrna Loy vehicle, wasn't very good either. However, My Sister Eileen was wonderful as was Craig's Wife. Craig's Wife was later remade with Joan Crawford as Harriet Craig so you may want to hunt that one down Shane.
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Post by babytheleopard on Jul 20, 2008 19:26:25 GMT -5
Roz is Star of the Month on TCM here in the states. I've been able to see quite a few of her movies and they really are hit or miss. I loathed It's No Time For Comedy, which is curiously named "Guy With a Grin formerly It's No Time For Comedy" in the opening credits. Considering the talent involved (Jimmy Stewart costars) it was quite the disappointment. Man-Proof, though really a Myrna Loy vehicle, wasn't very good either. However, My Sister Eileen was wonderful as was Craig's Wife. Craig's Wife was later remade with Joan Crawford as Harriet Craig so you may want to hunt that one down Shane. I saw No Time for Comedy years ago on TCM and I didn't enjoy it either...something about it wasn't appealing. I don't remember much of it but I do remember not liking it. |
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Post by Shaun on Jul 21, 2008 20:51:47 GMT -5
Jimmy Stewart's character is a really loathsome one. He treats Roz like dirt and she takes his sorry butt back at the end. Now THAT burns my goat. I hated You Belong To Me, with Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, for the same reason. Even the title makes me cringe on that one.
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Just stumbled upon this interesting board.. Does anyone have any video interviews with KH?? Or maybe transcripts of them? I´ve been especially looking for the full version of the famous Cavett one forever and ever...
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