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    "Gone With the Wind" Trivia

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    She had her own Radio Program..I konow she was laso the first black actress who could "attend" the A.A. Ceremonies as a guest, not as a servant...

     

    What about the other question, was it Miriam, Mae, Tallulan.....Hmmm??

    What a Joy with Pre-Codes!!

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    I have many, many hours of TCM "specialties" taped, waiting "in line" to be seen...stuff ad old, as two years ago. When "The Complicated Women" Documentary aired more than a year ago, I taped a lot of saucy and juicy Pre-Codes....some I've already seen (i.e.: the wonderful "Faithless")...but yesterday I watched two of them in a row: The wonderful Claudette Colbert "Torch Singer" and Stanwyck's "Baby Face"

     

    To begin with, "Torch Singer" is such a greatly acted and excellently done film, unseen (thanks TCM for borrowing/leasing it from Universal), sophisticated early '30s Paramount, with Miss Colbert transforming herself, from a disgraced-fallen woman into a notorious, sizzling, sexy, chanteuse, extravagantly dressed, with outstanding outfits by that master of design: Travis Banton. She's a helluva an actress Claudette Colbert, great at dramatics, irony, comedy, what a joy! This picture is a-la-par with her more famous "Imitation of Life" (1934), I'd even say I liked this one even better.

     

    Ricardo Cortez is great as her good-natured lover-mentor; David Manners, very good, as the rich man who (unknowingly) disgraced her (-BTW, talking about disgraces, it would be great to watch Helen Twelvetrees 1933 Paramount "Disgraced!"), Ethel Griffies as Manners's stubborn, cold-hearted, aristocratic Aunt; Lyda Roberti as Colbert's pal "in disgrace", at the beginning of the movie ("punchy" Roberti, would love to watch her again in Eddie Cantor's "Kid from Spain") and last but not least, the wonderful Charley Grapewin, as the very funny (he delivers some really funny lines) sponsor of Miss Colbert's Radio Program, which she uses as "Aunt Jenny" (unaware the "innocent" public that she's notorious Club Singer, Mimi Benton (ex-Sally Trent)) to find her lost child.

     

    On the other hand, IMHO, "Babyface" must be one of the greatest Pre-Codes ever; when I watch such good & entertaining movies, I go either to www.us.imdb.com (if them movies are not released in any format) or to www.amazon.com (if they are), to write immediately a review, I just feel the "urge" of doing it so...'cos I need to share my amusement...my joy ...of watching these wonders...and upon doing these, I was appalled to read some negative comments about "Babyface"...'cos I think that really Stanwyck gives a grand performance, and her rising from the slums to the highest "kept-woman" positions, "money" can buy, is great!...Well, we all know the script changes, the cuts, and the contrived ending the censors imposed to this great movie....Stanwyck demonstrated the stuf she was made of, later to become a Hollywwod icon in films like "Stella Dallas", "Ball of Fire", "Double Indemnity".

     

    Mention apart deserve the two lovely & beautiful-ebony-skin actresses, who impersonated the heroines's pals and maids in both movies: the great Mildred Washington as Carry or Carrie in "Torch Singer" and Theresa Harris as Chico in "Babyface", they give great performances, and one think what might have became of them, in "more tolerant" times like ours, when people, because of the color of their skins, are not forced into typecasting.

     

    Great Pre-Codes!! in the same time I've got taped Ruth Chatterton's "Female" and "Frisco Jenny"...more about it later!

    "Gone With the Wind" Trivia

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    Not sure at all here....I knew that she had suggested Groucho Marx for Rhett!! (chuckles)....I know Paulette Goddard was Selznick's fave...But Mitchell should have wanted a "true" southern to portray Scarlett...so this leaves out Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Carole Lombard, et many more....I'd say she suggested either Miriam Hopkins or Tallulah Bankhead....

    The Movie is Good...but I just can't watch it

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    I rather don't want/like to confront people on these boards...there have been some "agressive" people 'round here and you're being too rough d377...if you criticize the society you live in...you can help with a little grain of sand, being more tolerant and less agressive towards other people...that's one of the reasons our world is full of wars, hatred, death...not only because of power & money ambitions....but people cannot talk or exchange opinions, with respect, without mistreating the OTHER...bad thing...

     

    On these boards, we're sick of useless confrontations and bashing...we don't care about politics here, Bush or whatever, there are other Boards for that...in our personal lives, yes of course (we do have political opinions, everybody should have)...but these boards are for movie lovers, film buffs, to share views, to exchange opinions respectfully, tolerating our differences...and do not misjudge people, don't be prejudiced against others...

     

    The other day you treated me like a guy who doesn't read...you misunderstood what I said completely...you were unpolite. For your info, I read since I was 3 years old...I'm 36 right now..., and I read a lot, novels, history, books that analyze ancient civilizations, like the Sumerians i.e., all kinds of cinema related books and studies, but I have my tastes, as I've aklready told you, and I do like Old movies, if not I wouldn't be participating on these boards...I don't want to start an issue with you, but it'd be better to be more friendly, perhaps? Thanks...

     

     

    "Gone With the Wind" Trivia

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    wait a minute...Marjorie Reynolds also was in GWTW...later on became Bing & Fred's leading lady in Holiday Inn (1942)...later remade as "White Xmas"...she apperaed in the 1950's in "Life of Riley" & "The Hollywood Theatre"

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