arlenemccarthy Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Kay Francis, Ann Dvorak, and Joan Blondell.. Edited by: arlenemccarthy on Mar 29, 2010 2:27 PM Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Chatterton, Mariam Hopkins, would be my picks. Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Helen Twelvetrees. And why the heck do we not see more of her on TCM??? Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Also, Glenda Farrell, and the Bennett sisters. Link to post Share on other sites
jh33 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Jean Harlow and Kay Francis Link to post Share on other sites
precoder Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Trying to stay with actual 'leading ladies' and not supporters ... Otherwise Lillian Roth makes the list. I'll do this by studio for the kick of it ... at Warners ... Barbara Stanwyck, Ann Dvorak, Kay Francis ... at M-G-M ... Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Garbo ... at Columbia ... Grace Moore (they mostly borrowed people) ... at Universal ... Gloria Stuart, Laura La Plante ... at RKO ... Mary Astor, Ann Harding, Dorothy Lee ... at Paramount ... Mae West, Marlene Dietrich, Jeanette MacDonald ,,, at Fox ... Sally Eilers, Janet Gaynor, Clara Bow ... at United Artists ... Ina Claire, Gloria Swanson, Virginia Cherrill ... Link to post Share on other sites
revgen1 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Jean Harlow Greta Garbo Barbara Stanwyck Sylvia Sidney Joan Blondell Kay Francis Dorothy Lee Lupe Velez Constance Bennet Joan Bennet Link to post Share on other sites
DeadlyNightshade Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Loretta Young Bebe Daniels Joan Blondell Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, etc. also many silent films should be really considered precode...check some of them out - Garbo and Crawford were in quite a few of them! Link to post Share on other sites
mrroberts Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Barbara Stanwyck, and although she was usually a supporting actress, Noel Francis. Link to post Share on other sites
stitch63 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Kay Francis Barbara Stanwyck Jean Harlow - especially Red Headed Woman Also like Ann Dvorak although I haven't seen alot of films, mainly Molly Louvain and Heat Lightning' Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Rumor has it that Thelma Todd is getting a day in August. Link to post Share on other sites
scottman1932 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Perhaps a few of her rarer titles will surface for that day. One can only hope! Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly125 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 OH Ole Thelma Todd getting her own day they in late August Link to post Share on other sites
arlenemccarthy Posted June 4, 2010 Author Share Posted June 4, 2010 If I had to cut my list to just one lady it would have to be Kay Francis. She was such clothes horse, I fell in love with her over forty years ago, and to my eye Kay was also very lovely. Joan was great too, and Ann Dvorak was one of a kind. OMG I cant pick just one. The 1930's was a time of so many fabulous American leading ladies. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 August 30th has quite a few Thelma Todd movies and shorts on, for her fans out there! Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites
PrinceSaliano Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Re Thelma Todd...Apparently UCLA has a nitrate print of TAKE THE STAND (Liberty, 1934), also starring Jack LaRue and Gail Patrick. And what of TRIAL MARRIAGE (Col., 1929), DECEPTION (Col., 1932) and THE POOR RICH RICH (Univ., 1934)? When is the last time LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE (RKO, 1934) has played on TCM? Do any of her First National silents survive (not including SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN with Italian inter-titles)? Link to post Share on other sites
musicalnovelty Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 > {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} >Do any of her First National silents survive (not including SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN with Italian inter-titles)? > Yes, I've seen HEART TO HEART (1928, First National). And regarding TRIAL MARRIAGE (1929, Columbia) a newly restored print of the silent version was shown at Cinecon last September. So I've been hoping it can and will be available to be shown on TCM. Although I'd be disappointed it's the silent version (I'd love to hear the original 1929 music score) I'd still very much like to see it on TCM, especially since along with Thelma we get the wonderful Sally Eilers. But since the print has no soundtrack, perhaps TCM will find that a problem in running it. Link to post Share on other sites
musicalnovelty Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 > {quote:title=PrinceSaliano wrote:}{quote} > Re Thelma Todd...Apparently UCLA has a nitrate print of TAKE THE STAND (Liberty, 1934), also starring Jack LaRue and Gail Patrick. > And what of TRIAL MARRIAGE (Col., 1929), DECEPTION (Col., 1932) and THE POOR RICH (Univ., 1934)? When is the last time LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE (RKO, 1934) has played on TCM? > Do any of her First National silents survive (not including SEVEN FOOTPRINTS TO SATAN with Italian inter-titles)? > Speaking of rare Thelma Todd films, her 1933 British feature YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU is scheduled to be shown at Slapsticon 7 in Arlington, Virginia on July 17, 2010. Here's the schedule: http://www.slapsticon.org/program.html Link to post Share on other sites
johnbabe Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 GARBO, CRAWFORD, STANWYCK Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly125 Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Speaking of pre code ladies they going reshow the Complicated women on TCM this Friday morning early check your local listings DVR IT Link to post Share on other sites
traceyk65 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Cool. Thanks! It was a great book too. Link to post Share on other sites
wouldbestar Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 You've got to be kidding! Where is Norma Shearer? She did it all with beauty, class and talent. Irving Thalberg's knowing it when he saw it didn't diminish it; she just proved him right. Link to post Share on other sites
traceyk65 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 > {quote:title=wouldbestar wrote:}{quote} > You've got to be kidding! Where is Norma Shearer? She did it all with beauty, class and talent. Irving Thalberg's knowing it when he saw it didn't diminish it; she just proved him right. She was sort of the "first" precode lady. Too bad she got so...nice and lost her edge after the Precode era. Other favorites: Jean Harlow Mae West (never quite the same after 1934) Precode Ginger Rogers was a lot of fun Kay Francis Ann Harding Myrna Loy (as much as I love Nick and Nora, she was a lot of fun as a vamp too) Ruth Chatterton Joan Crawford (she stayed edgy and I think that gave her a much longer shelf life than Norma Shearer) Dorothy Mackaill Marlene Dietrich (who should have done more comedy) Link to post Share on other sites
markbeckuaf Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I love your list of faves! That pretty much mirrors my own, though I'd add: Glenda Farrell Joan Blondell Aline McMahon Bebe Daniels Alice White Mae Clarke Link to post Share on other sites
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