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Post by snsurone on Jun 9, 2019 21:42:25 GMT
This doe-eyed beauty is forgotten except by die-hard movie buffs.
Her first notable role was a Grazia opposite Fredric March's Prince Sirki in DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY.
Then only 20-years old, her father had it written in her contract that there were to be no kissing scenes involving hid daughter.
After that, she appeared in B-movies, except for bit roles in bigger films, such as Mildred Palmer in ALICE ADAMS.
But her most famous part was as the model for, and voice of, the Blue Fairy, in Disney's PINOCCHIO.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 9, 2019 22:14:42 GMT
I can say with certainty only that I've seen two of her films, Death Takes A Holiday and Alice Adams, and my memory of her is vague. Had a friend years ago who'd been one of her students at UCLA in the late '60's, and it was from him that I first heard that she'd been the original model for "Columbia."  He'd gotten it as first hand information from her and, whether true or merely legend, it's now enshrined among the "Trivia" on her IMDB page. |
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Post by snsurone on Jun 9, 2019 23:21:43 GMT
She played a featured role in an obscure film I saw in Bill Everson's class many years ago.
I believe it was called THE HOUSE ON FIFTH AVENUE, and it starred stage actress Mary Morris in her only movie role.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 9, 2019 23:35:00 GMT
She played a featured role in an obscure film I saw in Bill Everson's class many years ago. I believe it was called THE HOUSE ON FIFTH AVENUE, and it starred stage actress Mary Morris in her only movie role. You took class from Everson? Color me green with envy. He's been among my very favorite writers on film and its history since I first started cracking books on the subject well over fifty years ago.
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Post by snsurone on Jun 9, 2019 23:46:54 GMT
Yes, Bill Everson hosted a Friday night class at NYC's New School of Social Research.
I enjoyed it very much, especially being around fellow movie buffs.
Unfortunately, I generally couldn't stay the whole evening because I had to be up at the crack of dawn the next day for my painting group at the Art Students League.
Ah, the good old days!
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Post by snsurone on Jun 13, 2019 18:40:51 GMT
She played a featured role in an obscure film I saw in Bill Everson's class many years ago. I believe it was called THE HOUSE ON FIFTH AVENUE, and it starred stage actress Mary Morris in her only movie role. You took class from Everson? Color me green with envy. He's been among my very favorite writers on film and its history since I first started cracking books on the subject well over fifty years ago. Yes, Bill Everson was a great writer. I had two of his books: "The Bad Guys" and "The Films of Laurel & Hardy". However, he was a very poor speaker. Sorry to say, but the intros to his classes were terribly dull. I was in his class when the Great Blackout of 1977 occurred. Traffic was so snarled up with the lights out, that I ended up walking home (quite a long distance)!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 13, 2019 20:19:29 GMT
You took class from Everson? Color me green with envy. He's been among my very favorite writers on film and its history since I first started cracking books on the subject well over fifty years ago. Yes, Bill Everson was a great writer. I had two of his books: "The Bad Guys" and "The Films of Laurel & Hardy". However, he was a very poor speaker. Sorry to say, but the intros to his classes were terribly dull. I guess it shouldn't seem surprising when good writers are poor public speakers. They're, after all, entirely different talents. But it's sometimes surprising nevertheless. Everson's writing style was so conversational, colorfully descriptive and accessible. Yet, while avoiding scholarly dryness, it was never condescending. That would certainly tend to make his class memorable!
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