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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 18, 2020 15:33:12 GMT
So I've been on an Actresses' from the Golden Age of Hollywood biographies obsession.
I know Judy Garland and Natalie Wood's big films but not much about the following
Please recommend one of your favorite films by:
Carole Lombard
Jean Harlow
Lana Turner
Loretta Young
Joan Crawford
Dorothy Danridge
Mae West
Marlene Dietrich
Rita Hayworth
Ava Gardner
Jayne Mansfield
Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Fontaine
Irene Dunne
Olivia de Havilland (anything but Gone with the Wind)
Maureen O'Hara
Thanks!
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 18, 2020 16:01:05 GMT
Carole Lombard -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE (her final film)
Jean Harlow -- DINNER AT EIGHT
Lana Turner -- THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Loretta Young -- THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER **
Joan Crawford -- MILDRED PIERCE **
Dorothy Dandridge -- CARMEN JONES #
Mae West -- MY LITTLE CHICKADEE
Marlene Dietrich -- DESTRY RIDES AGAIN
Rita Hayworth -- GILDA
Ava Gardner -- THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA
Jayne Mansfield -- (ya got me on that one)
Barbara Stanwyck -- DOUBLE INDEMNITY #
Joan Fontaine -- REBECCA #
Irene Dunne -- THE AWFUL TRUTH #
Olivia de Havilland -- THE HEIRESS **
Maureen O'Hara -- THE QUIET MAN
# = Oscar Nomination
** = Oscar Winner
Enjoy!
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Post by marshamae on Oct 18, 2020 16:13:25 GMT
lease recommend one of your favorite films by:
Carole Lombard - TO BE OR NOT TO BE, MY MAN GODFREY, IN NAME ONLY
Jean Harlow- DINNER AT EIGHT, RED DUST, LIBELLED LADY
Lana Turner- THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, BETRAYED , THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Loretta Young- THE FARMERS DAUGHTER, LADIES IN LOVE, COME TO THE STABLE
Joan Crawford - MILDRED PIERCE, HUMORESQUE, GRAND HOTEL, RAIN, WHEN LADIES MEET
Dorothy Danridge- PORGY A D BESS, CARMEN JONES
Mae West- MY LITTLE CHICKADEE
Marlene Dietrich- THE SCARLET EMORESS, DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, STAGE FRIGHT
Rita Hayworth- GILDA , YOU WERE NEVER LOVLIER ( dumb story, but seeing her dance the shorty George with Fred Astaire is eye opening. YOULL NEVER GET RICH IS A BETTER FILM. )
Ava Gardner- SHOWBOAT, NIGHT OF TGE IGUANA, SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO
Jayne Mansfield
Barbara Stanwyck - STELLA DALLAS, BALL OF FIRE , MEET JOHN DOE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY
Joan Fontaine - REBECCA, SUSPICION, THE WOMEN
Irene Dunne- THE AWFUL TRUTH, MY FAVORITE WIFE, I REMEMBER MAMA
Olivia de Havilland (anything but Gone with the Wind) ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD , THE HEIRESS, HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE, MY COUSIN RACHEL
Maureen O'Hara- thE QUIET MAN, THE PARENT TRAP, THE FALLEN SPARRIW, MIRACLE ON THIRTY FOURTH STREET
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Post by politicidal on Oct 18, 2020 16:25:30 GMT
So I've been on an Actresses' from the Golden Age of Hollywood biographies obsession. I know Judy Garland and Natalie Wood's big films but not much about the following Please recommend one of your favorite films by: Carole Lombard Jean Harlow - China Seas (1935)Lana Turner - The Three Musketeers (1948)Loretta Young - China (1943)Joan Crawford - Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Dorothy Danridge - Island in the Sun (1957) Mae West Marlene Dietrich - Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) Rita Hayworth - Only Angels Have Wings (1939)Ava Gardner - Seven Days in May (1964) Jayne Mansfield Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity (1944) Joan Fontaine - Rebecca (1940) Irene Dunne Olivia de Havilland (anything but Gone with the Wind) - Hadn't even seen it yet. Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938). Maureen O'Hara - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)Thanks!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 18, 2020 16:48:53 GMT
poor neglected Jayne Mansfield Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter ? The Wayward Bus The Girl Can't Help It She does quite well with what she was given ... dumb blonde parts despite her IQ reputed to be 163 ! |
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 18, 2020 17:00:24 GMT
Thanks Matt for the excellent recommends. Some were mentioned often during the bios such as Gilda, so that's definitely on my list. And thanks very much for Carole Lombard and Jean Harlow, those were a bit harder to decide what to watch, although sad, they had such short lives. And cheers on the Oscar info!  |
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 18, 2020 17:07:49 GMT
Thanks Marsharmae! And thanks for a few extra on your list. Looking forward to checking them out. |
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 18, 2020 17:22:48 GMT
Thanks Politiciadal. I've actually seen two on your list! You mention a different one for Dorothy Danridge, I look forward to looking it up. I often thought about how hard it must have been for a woman of color back then. Cheers on the list |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 18, 2020 17:24:36 GMT
For Dorothy Danridge ....Good luck on seeing Porgy and Bess ... it's still not being made public !
Try
Carmen Jones
or
Island in the Sun
or
The Harlem Globetrotters
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 18, 2020 17:25:27 GMT
Thanks for showing some love for Jayne Mansfield, Batouttaheck! Much appreciated. |
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Post by mikef6 on Oct 18, 2020 17:48:53 GMT
Carole Lombard – Twentieth Century
Jean Harlow – Red Dust
Lana Turner – The Postman Always Rings Twice
Loretta Young - China
Joan Crawford – Mildred Pierce
Dorothy Danridge - None
Mae West – She Done Him Wrong
Marlene Dietrich – Shanghai Express
Rita Hayworth – The Lady From Shanghai
Ava Gardner – The Killers
Jayne Mansfield – None (I could list Promises, Promises for two big obvious reasons)
Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity, The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, The File On Thelma Jordan, A Man Of Her Own (Pick one)
Joan Fontaine - Rebecca
Irene Dunne - Roberta
Olivia de Havilland (anything but Gone with the Wind) – The Heiress
Maureen O'Hara - The Quiet Man
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Post by cynthiagreen on Oct 19, 2020 7:57:13 GMT
Ava is a huge favourite
Try these (in chronological order)
THE KILLERS THE HUCKSTERS SINGAPORE
ONE TOUCH OF VENUS PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN SHOWBOAT
THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (see my user name and avatar!) MOGAMBO THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA BHOWANI JUNCTION ON THE BEACH 55 DAYS AT PEKING SEVEN DAYS IN MAY THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA TAM LIN
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Post by cynthiagreen on Oct 20, 2020 11:13:11 GMT
Don't want to short change your other suggestions, so (at least!) one each
Carole Lombard TWENTIETH CENTURY and IN NAME ONLY
Jean Harlow DINNER AT EIGHT , RED DUST and LIBELED LADY
Lana Turner THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and ZIEGFELD GIRL
Loretta Young THE STRANGER and CHINA
Joan Crawford JOHNNY GUITAR is the gift that keeps on giving but SUDDEN FEAR is a superb ladynoir and MILDRED PIERCE top notch
Dorothy Danridge CARMEN JONES
Mae West SHE DONE HIM WRONG
Marlene Dietrich SHANGHAI EXPRESS, DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, STAGE FRIGHT and her "guest" bit in TOUCH OF EVIL
Rita Hayworth THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, COVER GIRL . BLOOD AND SAND, SEPARATE TABLES
Ava Gardner see above
Jayne Mansfield THE WAYWARD BUS
Barbara Stanwyck NO MAN OF HER OWN, THE LADY EVE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN
Joan Fontaine REBECCA, SUSPICION, SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
Irene Dunne MY FAVOURITE WIFE
Olivia de Havilland (anything but Gone with the Wind) THE HEIRESS, THE SHAKE PIT, HOLD BACK THE DAWN
Maureen O'Hara JAMAICA INN
a few others
Evelyn Brent - silent star who reached her apotheosis as the muse of VonSternberg, fetishised in feathers and furs in UNDERWORLD and THE LAST COMMAND
Gene Tierney -exotic Fox star of the 40s, immortalised in LAURA and very effective in THE SHANGHAI GESTURE, THE RAZOR'S EDGE , WHIRLPOOL, and THE EGYPTIAN
Carroll Baker - bucked the prevailing trend by being a serious method trained actress who wanted to be a sex symbol... and she was, for a while... her European years produced some memorable giallo - BABY DOLL, THE BIG COUNTRY, STATION SIX SAHARA, THE CARPETBAGGERS, SYLVIA, ORGASMO/PARANOIA and ANDY WARHOL'S BAD  1956
,,, by 1964 she was at her most totally Levined
And great news - her x 4 giallo with Umberto Lenzi now in a box set! Something for Santa's list....
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 20, 2020 19:11:07 GMT
Thanks for you list Mike! and the few extra for Barbara Stanwyck, I very much loved learning a bit more about her, same as Mae West.
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 20, 2020 19:23:09 GMT
Thanks for the amazing photos Cynthiagreen! Loved learning a bit more about Ava Gardner, interesting that she's one of your favorites, I'll have to check them out for sure. It's a bit bitter sweet; especially the last one where's she's smoking. It reminds me of my friend that past away. Beautiful and strong. And thanks for adding a few others to my list. I'm still enjoying watching the bios. There's so many beautiful stars! (not just looks, but in the poignancy of their lives). I hope they do more of those box sets. Such a treasure. Thanks so much! |
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Post by cynthiagreen on Oct 20, 2020 20:08:55 GMT
Thanks for the amazing photos Cynthiagreen! Loved learning a bit more about Ava Gardner, interesting that she's one of your favorites, I'll have to check them out for sure. It's a bit bitter sweet; especially the last one where's she's smoking. It reminds me of my friend that past away. Beautiful and strong. And thanks for adding a few others to my list. I'm still enjoying watching the bios. There's so many beautiful stars! (not just looks, but in the poignancy of their lives). I hope they do more of those box sets. Such a treasure. Thanks so much! My pleasure. Yes I have always loved Ava - she may not have had the longest of lives but she sure made the most of the years she had. Yeah - the smoking pics do grate now = but they were the norm at the time - Ava wasn't the only one to die young from it. A flat in her old Kensington mews came up for sale recently - she's been dead for 30 years and she is still being used as a selling point.Guess that is stardom.....  A bit out of my price range!
If you like (auto) Biogs Carroll's is interesting - detailing her against the grain hollywood career, her "blacklisting" and exile to Italy in the late 60s and 70s where she was busy in sex thrillers, the first (and possibly only )- big name to appear in a "warhol" movie.. (Shelley Winters turned the part down down!) and her eventual resumption of her mainstream Hollywood career in the 80s as a featured player.
An absolute Must Read - and for my money the best actress autobiography going - are Mary Astor's two volumes - the first MY LIFE details her (busy) personal life and the scandalous custody trial in 1936, and the secoond A LIFE ON FILM goes into the technical aspects of classic movie making in a long career that began around 1924 in incredibly informed detail. Unlike say Lana's which essentially fills you in on who she was "dating" and what she was wearing .Both Astor volumes make fascinating reads if you can get copies  She wrote them partly as therapy for her alcohol problem in the 50s and they were so well received she enjoyed a second career as an author of several novels..
Backtracking a bit Carroll has also written two novels .. including a fun one called ROMAN TALES being a thinly veiled account of her Italian sojourn in Cinecitta with fictional portraits of Sophia & Carlo, Marcello, Ekberg etc to tantalise the movie buff reader. A real gullty pleasure.
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Post by waldolydecker on Oct 20, 2020 21:35:22 GMT
Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey
Jean Harlow - Dinner At Eight
Lana Turner - The Postman Always Rings Twice
Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter
Joan Crawford - Humouresque
Dorothy Danridge - ?
Mae West - She Done Him Wrong
Marlene Dietrich - The Scarlet Empress
Rita Hayworth - Gilda
Ava Gardner - The Killers
Jayne Mansfield - The Girl Can't Help It
Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity
Joan Fontaine - Letter From an Unknown Woman
Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth
Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress
Maureen O'Hara - The Black Swan
I haven't seen any of Danridge's films, and only a couple of O'Hara's.
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 24, 2020 2:38:14 GMT
Thanks for the amazing photos Cynthiagreen! Loved learning a bit more about Ava Gardner, interesting that she's one of your favorites, I'll have to check them out for sure. It's a bit bitter sweet; especially the last one where's she's smoking. It reminds me of my friend that past away. Beautiful and strong. And thanks for adding a few others to my list. I'm still enjoying watching the bios. There's so many beautiful stars! (not just looks, but in the poignancy of their lives). I hope they do more of those box sets. Such a treasure. Thanks so much! My pleasure. Yes I have always loved Ava - she may not have had the longest of lives but she sure made the most of the years she had. Yeah - the smoking pics do grate now = but they were the norm at the time - Ava wasn't the only one to die young from it. A flat in her old Kensington mews came up for sale recently - she's been dead for 30 years and she is still being used as a selling point.Guess that is stardom..... A bit out of my price range!
If you like (auto) Biogs Carroll's is interesting - detailing her against the grain hollywood career, her "blacklisting" and exile to Italy in the late 60s and 70s where she was busy in sex thrillers, the first (and possibly only )- big name to appear in a "warhol" movie.. (Shelley Winters turned the part down down!) and her eventual resumption of her mainstream Hollywood career in the 80s as a featured player.
An absolute Must Read - and for my money the best actress autobiography going - are Mary Astor's two volumes - the first MY LIFE details her (busy) personal life and the scandalous custody trial in 1936, and the secoond A LIFE ON FILM goes into the technical aspects of classic movie making in a long career that began around 1924 in incredibly informed detail. Unlike say Lana's which essentially fills you in on who she was "dating" and what she was wearing .Both Astor volumes make fascinating reads if you can get copies She wrote them partly as therapy for her alcohol problem in the 50s and they were so well received she enjoyed a second career as an author of several novels..
Backtracking a bit Carroll has also written two novels .. including a fun one called ROMAN TALES being a thinly veiled account of her Italian sojourn in Cinecitta with fictional portraits of Sophia & Carlo, Marcello, Ekberg etc to tantalise the movie buff reader. A real gullty pleasure.
Thanks for the extra info on books Cynthia, at your prompting I watch some Carroll Baker interviews from a couple of years ago. (a bit hard to find a good life bio) . I thought it must be hard for her, because she's outlived most of the actors/actresses of that era. Her health seemed poor (hard to say though, she is almost 90) but she's as sharp as if not sharper than anyone in the room. I'm sure her books are very good. I enjoyed the interview very much. Thanks again for more ideas!
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Post by alittlebirdie on Oct 24, 2020 2:41:36 GMT
Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey Jean Harlow - Dinner At Eight Lana Turner - The Postman Always Rings Twice Loretta Young - The Farmer's Daughter Joan Crawford - Humouresque Dorothy Danridge - ? Mae West - She Done Him Wrong Marlene Dietrich - The Scarlet Empress Rita Hayworth - Gilda Ava Gardner - The Killers Jayne Mansfield - The Girl Can't Help It Barbara Stanwyck - Double Indemnity Joan Fontaine - Letter From an Unknown Woman Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth Olivia de Havilland - The Heiress Maureen O'Hara - The Black Swan I haven't seen any of Danridge's films, and only a couple of O'Hara's. Thanks for the list waldoydecker. I did watch The Heiress, which I can understand it's critical acclaim, and Gilda's next. Many thanks!
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A bit out of my price range!