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Post by teleadm on Mar 11, 2017 16:49:57 GMT
Cimmaron of 1931 won Oscar for best movie and went on to get loads of accolade.
Then it suddenly hit me, isn't this like A Star is Born, Richard Dix career went downwards, while Irene Dunne's career went upwards.
Not saying Richard Dix (What a name by the way), had alcoholic issues.
Any more parallels of stars going up while another went down?
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 11, 2017 17:19:31 GMT
Cimmaron of 1931 won Oscar for best movie and went on to get loads of accolade. Then it suddenly hit me, isn't this like A Star is Born, Richard Dix career went downwards, while Irene Dunne's career went upwards. Not saying Richard Dix (What a name by the way), had alcoholic issues. Any more parallels of stars going up while another went down? Well of course, there were Garbo and Gilbert, presumed by many to have factored into A Star Is Born inspiration, and Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler (but without the alcohol or tragic outcome...while Jolson's addiction of choice was narcissism, simple shifts in public tastes were the major contributors to his slide). |
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Post by teleadm on Mar 11, 2017 17:31:43 GMT
Garbo and Gilbert, what a good answer, she gave him one last chance in Queen Christina, the real Christina looked nothing like Garbo by the way.
Jolson and Keeler is also interesting, because Keeler's career was short, while Jolson had a resurrection in late 1949s
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 11, 2017 17:41:38 GMT
Garbo and Gilbert, what a good answer, she gave him one last chance in Queen Christina, the real Christina looked nothing like Garbo by the way. Jolson and Keeler is also interesting, because Keeler's career was short, while Jolson had a resurrection in late 1949s Good observation on the mirroring Jolson/Keeler ascent/descent patterns. And 30 years after her retirement, she had herself a big comeback on Broadway (directed by Busby Berkeley, no less). |
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Post by teleadm on Mar 11, 2017 18:07:19 GMT
That later Keeler Berkeley musical in late 1960's or early 1970s, I've never figured it out what it is.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 12, 2017 3:25:43 GMT
That later Keeler Berkeley musical in late 1960's or early 1970s, I've never figured it out what it is. That was No, No, Nanette, which opened at the 46th Street Theater, running for 861 performances from 1/71 to 1/73, and was Keeler's first Broadway appearance after 42 years away (as well as Berkeley's return after 40 years). |
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