GregoryPeckfan Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I haven't yet, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 I haven't yet, no. It's available free on YouTube at the Paramount Vault page. You'll enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Women's Suffrage films include: The Lady From Cheyenne - Starring Loretta Young as a teacher who runs for office and fights for women's suffrage Iron Jawed Angels (TV Movie-HBO) - Hillary Swank and Frances O'Connor portray Alice Paul and Lucy Burns who were little-known members of the women's suffrage movement Suffragette - Recent film starring Carey Mulligan & Ben Whishaw about women's suffrage in England Nurses & Doctors films include: Lady With A Lamp - British film starring Anna Neagle as Florence Nightingale who came from an upper class family to become a nurse and made enormous changes in the field of nursing in England during the reign of Queen Victoria The Girl In White - June Allyson portrays Emily Dunning Barringer a pioneering female surgeon Sister Kenny - Starring Rosalind Russell as the Australian Bush Nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny who fought to help people suffering from polio with her treatment which became known as "muscle re-education" Women in the "Work Place" Nine To Five - Wonderful comedy about three working women who make great changes to their office environment by providing women with the assistance needed in taking on jobs of responsibility Erin Brockovich - Single mother of three who perseveres, finds a job in a legal office and takes on a major public utility which has caused major illnesses due to their pollution of water in an area of Los Angeles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 THE DOLL'S HOUSE (I know the play, none of the filmed versions ) Natalie Wood's character in THE GREAT RACE Also there's a movie with Ginger Rogers called THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Just remembered a couple more suffragettes-- Glynis Johns in MARY POPPINS, the daughter of the house in "UPSTAIRS/DOWNSTAIRS", and therefore Sybill Crwaley in its modern remake DOWNTON ABBEY (let's face it, it's pretty much the same show) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Marsha-- I love how you defined specific subcategories for films about women's rights. That was very informative/helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulll Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) The Great Race (1965): I know someone mentioned Natalie Wood's character already. Vivian Vance's character also played a big role for women's rights, in her smaller part in the film! Adam's Rib (1939): A court case [spencer Tracy vs Katharine Hepburn as lawyers] one defending a woman who shot her husband! A League of Their Own (1992): A women's national baseball league consisting of Geena Davis, Madonna and Tom Hanks as coach/manager, during the WWII years! A great movie!! The Miracle Worker (1962): A film about the struggles and bond between Helen Keller and her teacher/mentor Annie! The Sound of Music (1965): You're all probably saying.... what??! Look at it in a different light; Maria awakens her romantic and sexual urges and embraces them! Edit: Legally Blonde (2001): It showed that feminine, family oriented, blonde, attractive women can be just as smart and successful (by their own merit) as feminist, attractive, career women! Edited April 5, 2016 by Paulll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 The Great Race (1965): I know someone mentioned Natalie Wood's character already. Vivian Vance's character also played a big role for women's rights, in her smaller part in the film! Adam's Rib (1939): A court case [spencer Tracy vs Katharine Hepburn as lawyers] one defending a woman who shot her husband! A League of Their Own (1992): A women's national baseball league consisting of Geena Davis, Madonna and Tom Hanks as coach/manager, during the WWII years! A great movie!! The Miracle Worker (1962): A film about the struggles and bond between Helen Keller and her teacher/mentor Annie! The Sound of Music (1965): You're all probably saying.... what??! Look at it in a different light; Maria awakens her romantic and sexual urges and embraces them! Legally Blonde (2001): It showed that feminine, family oriented, blonde, attractive women can be just as smart and successful (by their own merit) as feminist, attractive, career women! Such a great post. The comment about Vivian Vance's character is rather perceptive. And I find your rationale behind including THE SOUND OF MUSIC most interesting. Plus it sounds like you are saying the writers are exploiting a bimbo stereotype in LEGALLY BLONDE to make an ironic point about female intelligence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Thank you, all, for the most excellent replies on the women's rights category. Learned some new things, films to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 two hundred seventh categoryThe story is a biography THE STORY OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1939)...starring Don Ameche & Loretta Young THE STORY OF GILBERT AND SULLIVAN (1953)...featuring Robert Morley & Maurice Evans THE GLENN MILLER STORY (1954)...with James Stewart & June Allyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIPPER Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers ....."THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE" (1939) James Stewart & June Allyson ....."THE STRATTON STORY" (1949) Steve Allen & Donna Reed ....."THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY" (1956) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) - Paul Muni The Story of Adele H (1975) - Isabelle Adjani 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers ....."THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE" (1939) It's the least-played least-known of their films. And you know what? It's the one I like best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starliteyes Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 1936 - The Story of Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni) 1946 - The Jolson Story (Larry Parks) 1949 - The Story of Seabiscuit (Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McAllister) 1953 - The Eddie Cantor Story (Keefe Brasselle) 1957 - The Helen Morgan Story - (Ann Blyth, Paul Newman) 1960 - The Story of Ruth (Stuart Whitman, Elana Eden) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaKatz Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 The Babe Ruth Story (1948) William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 The Babe Ruth Story (1948) William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee, Minor Watson Yeah, I figured there some sports biopics I was failing to remember. Thanks for mentioning them! THE BOB MATHIAS STORY is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 1949 - The Story of Seabiscuit (Shirley Temple, Barry Fitzgerald, Lon McAllister) I just watched this charming picture last week. Love the scene where they get Barry to take some herbal remedy by spiking it with brandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Here's a biographical story TCM has never aired: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starliteyes Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 These may not all be biographical, but here are some more stories: 1940 - The Philadelphia Story - Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey 1959 - The FBI Story - James Stewart, Vera Miles 1935 - Vanessa, Her Love Story - Helen Hayes, Robert Montgomery 1950 - The West Point Story - James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Doris Day, Gordon McRae, Gene Nelson 1961 - West Side Story - Natalie Wood, Richared Beymer, George Chakiris, Russ Tamblyn, rita Moreno 1955 - An Annapolis Story - John Derek, Diana Lynn 1957 - The Story of Esther Costello - Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBeacon Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 And some military 'biographies': "Patton" "To Hell and Back" = Audie Murphy and possibly "MacArthur" and "They Died with Their Boots On" = George Custer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 two hundred eighth category$100,000 or more for a motion picture Rock Hudson...$100,000 for GIANT. Paulette Goddard...$175,000 plus a percentage of the profits for ANNA LUCASTA in 1949. Humphrey Bogart...$300,000 for SABRINA. Lana Turner...forfeited her usual weekly salary on IMITATION OF LIFE, for 50 percent of the profits. It was Universal’s most successful film at the time, and she wound up earning over $2 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulll Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Elizabeth Taylor: $1,000,000 for Cleopatra. I love the story behind it. She did not want to do the film and decided to ask for $1,000,000 figuring they would say no and she could refuse the movie. She said something along the lines of, "If they're too stupid to give me a million dollars, I'm smart enough to accept it!" $175,000 for Giant. $500,000 +10% profits for Suddenly Last Summer. Cary Grant: $750,000 + 10% of grosses over 8 mil for To Catch a Thief. $450,000 + $315,000 (accrued gross profit and over time) for North by Northwest. Arsenic and Old Lace and The Philadelphia Story, he donated over $100,000 of each of those salaries to the British War Relief, USO and The Red Cross. Natalie Wood: $250,000 for West Side Story. $750,000 for Sex and the Single Girl. Jack Lemmon: $125,000 for The Great Race. Incidentally, Natalie Wood was getting $7,000 for The Great Race, compared to Lemmon and Tony Curtis' $125,000. Lemmon being the kind man he is gave half his salary on the film to Natalie. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 On 4/6/2016 at 10:01 AM, Paulll said: Natalie Wood: $250,000 for West Side Story. $750,000 for Sex and the Single Girl. I read something where she regretted not foregoing her salary on WEST SIDE STORY for a share in the profits, which had been offered. She told an interviewer that it cost her several million. She was offered a profit deal on BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE later in the decade, and that time she took it. She wound up making over $2 million. And I think this is why she didn't have any films for the next few years. She no longer needed money and moved to Britain with her husband (the one she was with in between her two marriages to RJ). My guess-- the inflated salaries caused many stars' careers to be cut short. They would invariably out price themselves. Or they made so much in such a short period of time, they were no longer compelled to keep working. They weren't hungry anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I seem to recall Marlon Brando got a huge sum of money for Superman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 On 4/6/2016 at 10:52 AM, GregoryPeckfan said: I seem to recall Marlon Brando got a huge sum of money for Superman. According to notes in the trivia section for this movie on the IMDb: Brando's deal was for $3.7 million plus a percentage of the profits. It included the actor's participation in the sequel. So this amount was really for two pictures. However, Brando's scenes were cut out of the sequel, when he sued the production company. He claimed he deserved more of the profits, since the picture was a major box office success. He settled for around $14 million. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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