Peebs Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 7. The school dance scene was filmed at Beverly Hills High School. The school still has the retractable floor with a pool underneath, aka the swim gym. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 8. Beulah Bondi played Mrs. Bailey in the film. It was one of several times she played James Stewart's mother on film, a fact she acknowledged when Stewart was honored by the AFI in 1980. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 9.) Beulah Bondi also played Stewart's mother in his short-lived TV series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 10. In 1947, the FBI issued a memo noting the film as a potential “Communist infiltration of the motion picture industry,” citing its “rather obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a ‘Scrooge-type’ so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Thread is open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Young at Heart 1) The two co-stars, Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, started out as big band singers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 2.) This is a remake of "Four Daughters". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 3) Frank Sinatra sang two Great standards: " It Was Just One of Those Things" & " One For My Baby". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 4.) The title song was a hit for Frank Sinatra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 5) It featured a beautiful performance from a grand dame of the American Theater, Ethel Barrymore, who played the maiden aunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 6.) Frank Sinatra agreed to be in the film only if his character did not die. (John Garfield died in the original.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 7. Based on a Cosmopolitan magazine story by Fanny Hurst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess of Tap Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 😎 Doris Day's two sisters are played by Dorothy Malone and Elisabeth Fraser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 9. Sinatra took an instant dislike to Doris Day's husband, Martin Melcher. He thought Melcher was using Day and had him banned from the set. After Melcher's death in 1968 it was discovered that Melcher had wiped out Day's savings over her long career. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 10.) After this movie, Elisabeth Fraser would go on to appear with Doris Day in two more movies. Next: The Yearling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 1. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 2.) This was Jane Wyman's first Oscar nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 3. During filming 5 fawns were used. The fawn that Jody finds was three days old, resumed from a forest fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 4.) This movie was originally planned as a vehicle for Spencer Tracy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 5. It was filmed on location in the Juniper Prairie Wilderness in the Ocala National Forest in Florida. A hiking trail in the area, "The Yearling Trail", is named after the story, and gives access to sites where the family lived whose stories inspired the novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6) MGM's biggest box office hit of 1946 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7. Claude Jarman, Jr was discovered after a nationwide search by MGM. He received a special Academy Award as outstanding child actor of 1946. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 8. Gregory Peck received an Oscar nomination as Best Actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peebs Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 9. The Yearling was adapted into a 1994 TV movie starring Peter Strauss , Philp Seymour Hoffman, and Jean Smart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence1 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 10.) Jane Wyman' character was softened considerably from the novel. Next: Red River Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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