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Post by spiderwort on Apr 21, 2018 2:11:18 GMT
Anne Sheridan Tribute
Also known as "The Oomph Girl," I always enjoyed Sheridan's work, in comedy, dramas, or melodramas. I never considered her a great actress, but I enjoyed watching her in everything. For a classic era actress, she was on of those rare "natural" actresses, foreshadowing what was to become the norm later in her career. I particularly loved her in Kings Row, City for Conquest, The Man Who Came to Dinner, George Washington Slept Here, I Was a Male War Bride, and Come Next Spring (1956), a film very hard to find today, but one that was a childhood favorite. I've always felt that it was one of best performances. But that's a distant child's memory, so I can't be sure. In any case, she was always a pleasure to watch, and it saddened me that she left us so soon. The "Oomph Girl" City for Conquest (1940)  Kings Row (1942)  The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)  George Washington Slept Here (1942)  I Was a Male War Bride (1949) and one of my little known favorites -
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Post by wmcclain on Apr 21, 2018 2:38:21 GMT
In Desperate Journey (1942) Ronald Reagan says to Errol Flynn: "Why do you wake me every time I have a date with Ann Sheridan?" Both actors made five films with her.
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Post by wmcclain on Apr 21, 2018 2:39:38 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Apr 21, 2018 3:47:11 GMT
pimpinainteasy's favourite classics actress.  |
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Post by marianne48 on Apr 21, 2018 5:13:02 GMT
When I was a kid and watched her in movies such as They Drive By Night (as the wisecracking waitress) and Angels With Dirty Faces (in which she smacks James Cagney in the face and gets away with it), I wished I could grow up to be like her characters--wise, tough, and beautiful (none of those wishes came true). She and Ida Lupino didn't get the respect they deserved, while all the accolades were lavished on such charmless pieces of lumber as Hepburn and Crawford.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Apr 21, 2018 5:37:00 GMT
OOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Possibly the sexiest actresss ever.
Whatever is posted, she will be my 'MOST WANTED TO FUCK' actress ever
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 21, 2018 5:45:11 GMT
I just realized I dont think I have seen any movie with her in it.
If I have, they aren't ringing a bell. I'll have to correct that soon.
I know her from a Daffy Duck cartoon where he gets hit on the head by a studio guard and then sees stars in his head, and one of them looks like Ann Sheridan.
When I was young the only actors I knew were ones that did some kind of adventure, horror or fantasy-so I knew Humphrey Bogart just because he had been in The Return of Dr. X (though I didnt see that one until a few years ago). Later for his crime and most famous films.
Others did genre work later in their careers (Edward G Robinson, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford).
I watched a movie with Randolph Scott in it tonight-probably the first I have seen with him.
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 21, 2018 14:01:04 GMT
When I was a kid and watched her in movies such as They Drive By Night (as the wisecracking waitress) and Angels With Dirty Faces (in which she smacks James Cagney in the face and gets away with it), I wished I could grow up to be like her characters--wise, tough, and beautiful (none of those wishes came true). She and Ida Lupino didn't get the respect they deserved, while all the accolades were lavished on such charmless pieces of lumber as Hepburn and Crawford. Very much agree, Marianne. So true about her and Lupino not getting the respect they deserved. Both held their own with everyone they ever worked with, from Cagney, Bogart, Bette Davis, whomever. And you've mentioned two more favorites (there are so many): Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) _01.jpg)  They Drive By Night (1940)  |
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Post by kijii on Apr 21, 2018 14:21:09 GMT
While about to finish my complete Leo McCarey viewing and working my way through Gary Cooper's movies, I discovered another movie with Ann Sheridan: Good Sam (1948) In this movie, Ann Sheridan is the totally natural wife with more than a little patience for her husband's overindulgent do-gooding habit. Here, the message seems to be "let no good deed go unpunished." I always remember her to whenever I see, Kings Row (1942). This is one the great movies of Sam Wood's very productive run of movies. It also has a nice meaty part for Ronald Reagan. Robert Cummings also had a good part in this multi-Oscar nominated movie. |
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Post by kijii on Apr 21, 2018 14:32:16 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Apr 21, 2018 16:51:38 GMT
 Oh La La  Every Christmas Ann Sheridan Comes!  Somehow she managed to drive out the best performance of George Raft, making him nearly human...  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Apr 22, 2018 3:24:37 GMT
Mini IMDb biographies Her sister thought her beautiful enough to send in a picture of Ann in a bathing suit to Paramount Studios. The "Search for Beauty" contest carried, as the prize, a screen test and a bit part in a movie. She won and was signed to a contract at the age of 19. Her first film was the prize: a bit role in Wagon Wheels (1934).She was put into a number of small roles under her real name of Clara Lou Sheridan. As she got better, her name was changed to Ann. In 1936, after two dozen films, she went to Warner Brothers, which billed her as the "Oomph Girl," a name she despised -- although she certainly looked the part. She was allowed to mature into a leading star who could be the girl next door or the tough-as-nails dame. She was in a lot of comedies and a number of forgettable movies, but the public liked her, and her career flourished. She also gave great performances such as the singer in Torrid Zone (1940) and the waitress in They Drive by Night (1940). In 1948, she was dropped by Warner Bros., but came back in Howard Hawks' comedy I Was a Male War Bride (1949) with Cary Grant. She continued to make films into the 1950s but retired before the end of the decade. She starred in the soap opera Another World (1964) and the western series Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966). Unfortunately, just as her career was reviving with this series, she died of cancer. Clara's Ann's IMDb linkShe is in these pictures somewhere   |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 23, 2018 3:51:13 GMT
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Post by timshelboy on Apr 23, 2018 11:48:02 GMT
Also known as "The Oomph Girl," I always enjoyed Sheridan's work, in comedy, dramas, or melodramas. I never considered her a great actress, but I enjoyed watching her in everything. For a classic era actress, she was on of those rare "natural" actresses, foreshadowing what was to become the norm later in her career. I particularly loved her in Kings Row, City for Conquest, The Man Who Came to Dinner, George Washington Slept Here, I Was a Male War Bride, and Come Next Spring (1956), a film very hard to find today, but one that was a childhood favorite. I've always felt that it was one of best performances. But that's a distant child's memory, so I can't be sure. In any case, she was always a pleasure to watch, and it saddened me that she left us so soon. The "Oomph Girl"City for Conquest (1940) Kings Row (1942)  The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) George Washington Slept Here (1942) I Was a Male War Bride (1949) 
Hey spiderwort
Here is COME NEXT SPRING
Yes I'm a fan too - KING'S ROW probably her biggest hit but she was fun in her apprentice days (BROADWAY MUSKETEERS etc)... and foor me she stole the show in THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS - no mean feat - with this perky number
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Post by spiderwort on Apr 23, 2018 18:51:07 GMT
Hey spiderwort
Here is COME NEXT SPRING
Yes I'm a fan too - KING'S ROW probably her biggest hit but she was fun in her apprentice days (BROADWAY MUSKETEERS etc)... and for me she stole the show in THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS - no mean feat - with this perky number
Oh, thank you, timshel!! I can't tell you how much it means to me to be able to see COME NEXT SPRING again. I look forward to it! And thanks for the THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS video. I'm in complete agreement with you. Now that I think about it, she was a natural scene stealer in almost everything. But especially in that. |
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Post by politicidal on Apr 23, 2018 21:02:33 GMT
Only saw her in a lead role opposite Errol Flynn in Silver River (1948) which was awful.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 23, 2018 21:14:49 GMT
Hopefully I will watch one of her movies this week, either San Quentin or They Drive By Night.
I see she was also in Dodge City. I may watch that some time, although I didnt care for Virginia City.
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Post by dagoldenage on Apr 25, 2018 1:13:30 GMT
Spiderwort:
I liked It All Came True (1940).
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 28, 2018 18:03:03 GMT
So I finally watched an AS movie. I do not recognize her so I think its safe to say I had never seen her in anything before. I went with SAN QUENTIN first because I like to study someone new, to see if I could detect star power even under more mundane or run of the mill performance parameters. I would say I did, she has sort of a "street wise June Cleaver" quality to her based on this introduction.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on May 5, 2018 6:29:26 GMT
They Drive By Night--AS certainly got the best lines.
Ida Lupino was already in my top five favorite actresses just for High Sierra (come to think of it, I have seen her in precious little else-I watched the Sea Wolf last year).
She was really good here. Killing the Skipper's dad drove her insane.
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