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Post by martha on Feb 21, 2008 17:46:39 GMT -5
Martha, I've been meaning to ask you this. Have you read the Judy Garland biography Get Happy? How much grains of salt should I take the book with? yessir. much salt to be taken with that one (and we can go into a different thread on this question .. or a private message .. a feature i haven't used yet on this board!) ... some have reflected that clark's GET HAPPY is two different books .. [though hardly as dramatically bipolar as david shipman's garland bio .. gack] ... i have read just about every garland biography ... so we can have quite the chat about them if you'd like. let's just say: people like to hypothesize about all kinds of things. and as with kate [as a friend and well respected biographer of garland says] .. how people respond to both these women says more about the person posing the question [or better said .. writing the dreck] then it does about either fabulous star ...
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Post by dreamer on Mar 1, 2008 5:19:59 GMT -5
Last night at 7:21PM PST I held a moment of silence for a certain actress who, 66 years ago, was killed in an airplane crash. Today, and for the next several days, would mark the aftermath to her tragedy. I'm sad -- was more so last night. R.I.P. Carole Lombard Gable (1908-1942) Would this be a site of interest to you Richard? community.livejournal.com/carole_and_co/
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Post by Richard on Mar 1, 2008 16:08:55 GMT -5
Dreamer, I've been visiting that journal every day for months.
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Post by Richard on May 16, 2008 21:23:36 GMT -5
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Post by rosie on May 17, 2008 1:51:22 GMT -5
Wow. She looks pretty damn good doesn't she? Who's your favourite, Joan or Olivia? Rosie
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Post by lionessinwinter on May 17, 2008 9:48:25 GMT -5
Wow ! I didn't realize that the anniversary fell recently I feel like I really need to watch more of Old Hollywood than I do of this more recent "New Hollywood" garbage. I do remember reading that after Carole was killed Gable took it very hard and was never quite the same. Though the circumstances were completely different and may not be new to most of the members of the forum but it is just as sad as the loss of Judy Holliday. So many classic wonderful actors and actresses gone before their time. Another few examples I can think of are Vivien Leigh and Lesley Howard any other thoughts on those gone before their time ? I guess when I think about it this could be a completely seperate topic
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Post by turtlebay on May 17, 2008 14:10:47 GMT -5
Lioness, definately Jean Harlow. In Cukor's "Dinner at Eight", a brilliant Actress. Spencer Tracy. Only 67 at his death. Can you image if he had another ten years after GWCTD? Garbo, though partly self imposed. As soon as I post this I know others will come to mind.
Jim
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Post by lionessinwinter on May 17, 2008 14:27:13 GMT -5
Lioness, definately Jean Harlow. In Cukor's "Dinner at Eight", a brilliant Actress. Spencer Tracy. Only 67 at his death. Can you image if he had another ten years after GWCTD? Garbo, though partly self imposed. As soon as I post this I know others will come to mind. Jim Thanks for the suggestion Jim and you are so right what Spencer could have done after GWCTD would have surely blown our minds artistically. I will have to see about getting a copy of DAE I am wanting to speaking of Garbo see Grand Hotel partly because of her but then also because of Joan Crawford as I just recently saw Joan in Mildred Pierce and thought it was wonderful.
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Post by Judy on May 17, 2008 15:24:23 GMT -5
Lioness, definately Jean Harlow. In Cukor's "Dinner at Eight", a brilliant Actress. Spencer Tracy. Only 67 at his death. Can you image if he had another ten years after GWCTD? Garbo, though partly self imposed. As soon as I post this I know others will come to mind. Jim Thanks for the suggestion Jim and you are so right what Spencer could have done after GWCTD would have surely blown our minds artistically. I will have to see about getting a copy of DAE I am wanting to speaking of Garbo see Grand Hotel partly because of her but then also because of Joan Crawford as I just recently saw Joan in Mildred Pierce and thought it was wonderful. There are many wonderful things about Grand Hotel, but in my opinion, Joan Crawford is the best thing in it. It's one of her 5 or 6 best performances ever, IMO.
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Post by lionessinwinter on May 18, 2008 12:48:50 GMT -5
Speaking of Ms Crawford aside from most people saying that Mildred Pierce was a fabulous performance what others would anyone reccommend ? I have only just started into her films and I have heard that she is great in The Women some if not all of her films with Gable and whatever happened to baby jane ?
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Post by Judy on May 18, 2008 19:15:14 GMT -5
Speaking of Ms Crawford aside from most people saying that Mildred Pierce was a fabulous performance what others would anyone reccommend ? I have only just started into her films and I have heard that she is great in The Women some if not all of her films with Gable and whatever happened to baby jane ? Hi lioness....Off the top of my head, I'd recommend these Crawford movies: Grand Hotel, The Women, Susan and God, A Woman's Face, Baby Jane (gruesome, yes, and Bette's sensational, but don't disregard Joan in this), Humoresque.....And the next time anyone watches Humoresque, please tell me I'm not crazy....I hadn't seen it in years and then it was on TCM not that long ago, or maybe not TCM but some other local station in NYC. I fell asleep and as I was waking up, kind of in a half sleep, I watched a scene with her and Garfield. He had just performed something on the violin and she approaches him and says: You're just a mass of prejudice; you're so much thought and so little feeling. A line straight out of The Philadelphia Story! Now, either I was still in a dream state or she really said it. I'll never know till they air the movie again. But I swear she uttered those words. Anyone recall this?
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Post by dreamer on May 18, 2008 23:18:58 GMT -5
Well Judy - YOU ain't crazy ;D - the words as you quoted them [what a memory you have] were spoken shortly after Paul Boray had played for Hagström.
Couldn't leave you like that - so played my DVD and F.F. the film to see the scenes when he had played for her. Was easy to find - it was in the begining of the film. So you didn't miss much.
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Post by dreamer on May 18, 2008 23:26:47 GMT -5
Other films that I would recommend are: Sudden Fear Autumn Leaves Possessed (1931) and (1947) Sadie McKee
At the same time I would recommend some Bette films (my faves pt. [the latest film of hers I have seen is Baby Jane): The Old Maid Now, Voyager The Great Lie Old Aquaintance Dark Victory The Catered Affair
Just recently saw Stardust - although I found the documentary cheasy with the choise of interviews - found great sympathy for Bette.
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Post by Shaun on May 19, 2008 12:46:01 GMT -5
More essential Joan: Rain The Shining Hour Strange Cargo (one of her best) They All Kissed The Bride (an underrated Crawford comedy) The Damned Don't Cry Harriet Craig
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Post by lionessinwinter on May 19, 2008 15:23:44 GMT -5
I have always read that Strange Cargo was one of her best with Gable I saw the trailer on you tube it does look wonderful I guess I can go ebay hunting and perhaps find a copy used
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