gaylesyboo

The sad thing is that she really wanted to play Ophelia in Olivier's film of Hamlet. I read that in Anne Edward's biography that he believed that she was too old for that part. Probably right about that, but it must have hurt that he picked her virtual doppelganger for that role.

Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman (Notorious and Indiscreet)

I just saw Design for Living and was bowled over by how handsome and how funny Gary Cooper was. When I think of Gary Cooper, serious movies like High Noon instantly come to mind. Design for Living was a real treat. Can anyone out there recommend other early Cooper movies that would be in the same vein. I've never seen any of his silents but I do remember from one viewing how moving his performance was in A Farewell to Arms.

> I've seen it once on TCM. I didn't "love" it but I > did enjoy it a lot, especially the Cyd Charise > stockings dance. She's the only ballet dancer I > really enjoy because she always added her own > personal style that made her so much more interesting > to watch. One of my favorite dance numbers of all > time is the dance with Gene Kelly that she did in the > green dress/stockings in Singing In The Rain. It's > stunning. > > I love musicals so much but yet I'm a bit picky about > them. I don't know why. My musical tastes are really > wierd. I don't usually like Rogers and Hammerstein > musicals like Oklahoma but I love State Fair. I don't > really like Broadway production musicals as well as > backstage musicals but yet my favorite movie of all > time is My Fair Lady. I love just about everything > Fred Astaire has ever done but yet I can't seem to > get into The Bandwagon which was one of his biggest > hits (although I do LOVE the shoe shine number and a > few other parts). I wish I weren't so picky....oh > well. I do adore musicals though. > > I'm really excited that Summer Stock came out on DVD. > I've only seen it a couple times but really loved it > those times. I want my sisters who are big Judy > Garland fans (and already knows all the words to "Get > Happy") to see it. It's a shame the studio made Judy > lose all her weight again. In the beginning of the > movie she seems healthy and happy looking and by the > end of the movie she's a twig. For once, MGM was not guilty in making Judy lose weight. What happened was that the film was finished, and she thought she was done. After previews, the studio felt they needed another, snappier Judy number to finish it so she was called back. While not filming, she lost the weight. The studio was shocked at how much weight she had lost, but they filmed the Get Happy number anyhow. When the film was released, she was so shockingly slim in that scene in comparison to the rest of the movie, that a lot of people thought it was an outtake from another movie.

> I don?t get Waterloo Bridge at all. So the girl?s > boyfriend or husband goes off to war, and the only > option in all of England that is available to any > girl in her position is to become a prostitute on > Waterloo Bridge? > > That doesn?t even make any sense. I just don?t get > it. > > I mean, can?t she get a job as a store clerk and find > another boyfriend? Her friend is sick so she needs to make quick money for doctors, medicines, rent, and food. A lot of the jobs that later generations came to think as feminine occupations (bank teller, secretary) were not yet available for a woman during WWI. Available jobs like shop girl positions were often so poorly paid that women frequently slid into prostitution. Plus, she was a ballet dancer so she didn't have any other really commercial skills. Also, during WWI, being on the stage in any form was still considered disreputable so prejudice may have kept her from being hired even as a shopgirl.

Fred and Ginger, first, last, and always!

> They do pop up occasionally on TCM. When I caught > Love, I was surprised by the soundtrack. It's > apparantly recorded at a live screening of the film > with a generous amount of distracting laughter > whenever John Gilbert goes ape over Garbo. Very > bizarre. I'd love to have those, Torrent (the > soundtrack on the version TCM plays is absolutely > beautiful!!), and the others on DVD. I realize > Warners is busy these days with an incredible amount > of product coming out this year, but maybe these > films will come out at some point. I'll keep my eye out for any showing of Love. While I saw it on TV years ago, it didn't have that particular soundtract. Sounds interesting! Thanks.

> Garbo was SOTM a few months ago and the station > showed all of her American films (not The Joyless > Street, as I recall). It was tied in with new > DVD releases on the Warner Home Video label, though I > don't remember what films were coming to DVD at the > time. Use the "suggest a movie" button at the top of > the page -- early and often doesn't hurt! Thanks for the suggestion. I will do that "early and often" as you suggest.

> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009S4IKG/102-999165 > 9-0296923?v=glance&n=130 > > That is a link to Amazon to purchase the garbo > Silents collection. It has "The Temptress", "Flesh > and the Devil" and "The Mysterious Lady" if you're > interested. Thanks for the info, but I made sure that I received the Garbo Signature Collection for Christmas, which, blessedly, had those silents. Much as I've enjoyed watching them over and over, they make my appetite grow for the Woman of Affairs and Love.

I am new to this message board so if this question has been asked ad nausem, please forgive me. What I want to know are A Woman of Affairs, The Kiss, and Love (all Gargo silents) going to be released anytime soon on DVD? I would dearly love to have them to own, but I'd settle for seeing them on TCM. Have they been shown recently? Thanks, Gaylesyboo