butterscotchgreer Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 i just had the privilege of watching The Next Voice You Hear on TCM this morning, and had never seen it before. i loved it! nancy plays the perfect housewife. i thought she was so beautiful, and i think james whitmore is quite the cutie too. heehee! i know him from the Red Badge Of Curage, Asphalt Jungle, Please Believe Me, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma, and many other of his movies too. i havent seen many nancy davis/reagan (man i dont know which name to choose when typing. heehee) movies, but i would love to see more come on TCM. i think i have seen one or two others, but a long time ago, and dont even remember the names of them. i just remember seeing her in the movies at my grandmama's house. has anyone seen any of her other films and if so, are they cute or at least worth watching? any fans of nancy please chat with me. i love first ladies(my fav is lady laura ) so i read a lot about her, i just havent seen many of her movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 oh!! i have seen East Side, West Side and It's A Big Country, but a long time ago. on imbd.com it says that she was in Portrait of Jennie, but i dont remember her from that, i guess i have to watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 James Whitmore did a very fine job in "The Shawshank Redemption." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan appeared together in HELLCATS OF THE NAVY, an ok WWII submarine adventure. Nancy Davis also appeared in DONOVAN'S BRAIN, which is a very good thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Whitmore was also very good in THEM and ABOVE AND BEYOND. And he was excellent in those Miracle-Gro commercials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 It seems to me that Ms. Davis gave the same performance in every film she was in. Uptight, over-controlled and totally unbeleivable. How lucky she married Ronnie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 hello scsu1975, i knew that she was in a movie with ronnie reagan, but i had forgotten what it was called. ii obviously havent seen it yet. i would like to sooner or later. i hope TCM plays it. i looked up Donovan's Brain, and it sounds like quite a movie. i hope it comes on too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddysprimadonna Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I'd love to see some movies in which she acted, I thought that she was a very classy First Lady, and stood by Mr Reagan during his time with Alzheimer's, until his death, like a champ. She was so extremely elegant, yet tasteful and appropriate. We don't see ladies like that anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankGrimes Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 on imbd.com it says that she was in Portrait of Jennie, but i dont remember her from that, i guess i have to watch it again. Here you go, Sweet T: Nancy Davis Reagan is on the left, Nancy Olson is in the middle, and Anne Francis is on the right. This is their only scene in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Great photos, Frank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hi Miss Tea! I like Nancy alot in East Side, West Side as the supportive best friend of Barbara Stanwyck. It's funny, but now that I think of it, almost every character tries their hardest to be likable and reasonable to a degree that makes the James Mason and Ava Gardner characters look as though they are from another world in their venality. I like James Whitmore, too, because he reminds me of a less edgy Spencer Tracy type. He was great in The Killers and The Asphalt Jungle. He also continued to have a long, long career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 That's the same Nancy Davis in Jennie? It's astonishing that one year earlier she looks twenty years younger older in East Side, West Side! The miracle of make-up and costume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 thank you frankiescott!!!! i havent gotten a chance to watch it again since i last wrote that, now i remember!! i love seeing ann francis in her early movies too. oh my goodness april you are right arent you? wow! she does look totally different in East Side, West Side. make-up artists never cease to amaze me! you know this is funny, b/c when i first saw james whitmore and i didnt know who he was in the first movie i saw him in, he reminded me of spencer tracy! but when i watched him in a few more movies, he became a totally different person to me. isnt that interesting how an acotr or actress will do that to you. every time i first see an acotr in a movie, i see something, but as i watch more and more of their movies, i see something more thna i didnt see at first. i love that! i just wish i could see even more of nancy's movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 isnt that interesting how an acotr or actress will do that to you. every time i first see an acotr in a movie, i see something, but as i watch more and more of their movies, i see something more thna i didnt see at first. Yes indeed. Errol Flynn was that way for me, and, of course, Gary Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterscotchgreer Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 i can understand that. heehee! gary cooper did that for me too. im gonna fall on the floor fainting in a moment just thinking about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Just came across this thread and wanted to take the opportunity to send my very best wishes to Nancy, I hear she's doing better after that visit to the hospital due to the broken hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Love those PORTRAIT OF JENNIE photos, Frank, but I'm having a hard time believing that's Nancy on the left. Doesn't look anything like her at all. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I have to agree with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Maybe it's another actress named Nancy Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankGrimes Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 No, it's Nancy Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 *Maybe it's another actress named Nancy Davis.* Could it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Is it really? I do notice that her bone structure back then is the same as it is now, but her nose...I don't know...perhaps she had plastic surgery? This is really fascinating to figure out. She looks much younger than the 26 or 27 she would have been at the time of filming, if she was born in 1921. Message was edited by: Bronxgirl48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Just to throw this into the mix: I now remember that Nancy first met Ronald Reagan because she was concerned about getting confused with another actress by the name of Nancy Davis, who was being blacklisted in Hollywood at the time, and he I believe was president of SAG. Not that I'm disputing your claim that the woman in JENNIE is our former first lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankGrimes Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I'm starting to think you are right, Bronxie. I don't believe it's Nancy Davis in Portrait of Jennie. Here she is a year later: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Film_Fatale Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 It looks like a whole different person! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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