Post by spiderwort on Jan 20, 2018 2:41:07 GMT
So true about "The Big Sleep," mikef6 . She surely did steal that scene.
I'm surprised you don't like "Written on the Wind." I know it's pretty soapy, but somehow it's stuck with me, I think in part because of her. But my real favorite is the next Sirk film, "Tarnished Angels." A much more honest and interesting film, I think, with a script based on Faulkner's novel, "Pylon." Oh, and I also remember her in "Man of a Thousand Faces," "Young at Heart," and "The Last Voyage." She never made really great films, but she had a beautiful presence that was memorable.
And she did have a long and interesting life. In particular, I find it interesting that she was born in Chicago, but was raised from childhood in Dallas, where she returned with her children in 1971, and where she lived for the rest of her life. She would have been 93 on January 30.
I'm surprised you don't like "Written on the Wind." I know it's pretty soapy, but somehow it's stuck with me, I think in part because of her. But my real favorite is the next Sirk film, "Tarnished Angels." A much more honest and interesting film, I think, with a script based on Faulkner's novel, "Pylon." Oh, and I also remember her in "Man of a Thousand Faces," "Young at Heart," and "The Last Voyage." She never made really great films, but she had a beautiful presence that was memorable.
And she did have a long and interesting life. In particular, I find it interesting that she was born in Chicago, but was raised from childhood in Dallas, where she returned with her children in 1971, and where she lived for the rest of her life. She would have been 93 on January 30.