16 ડિસેમ્બર, 2013

"I don't belong in your sort of world... I love you most dreadfully."



"It's a pity you have to grow up..." and then, so many years later, leave us, Joan Fontaine.
આમના દ્વારા પોસ્ટ કરેલા Ann Althouse પર 6:00 AM
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Ann Althouse કહ્યું...

2 posts in a row, marking the death of great movie stars. Both quite old. O'Toole was 81, Fontaine, 96.

Someone will say these deaths come 3s, so I will. But let's talk about Joan Fontaine. I love the movie "Rebecca." She won an Oscar for "Suspicion." Similar movies.

16/12/13 06:03 AM
MadisonMan કહ્યું...

So Olivia has outdone her sister at last, by surviving.

I hope they reconciled before their permanent separation.

16/12/13 06:20 AM
Steven Wilson કહ્યું...

I don't go for the triad theory, but if you want a candidate I offer Audrey Totter, one of the queens of B movies and film noir. She did a memorable turn in "THE SET UP" with Robert Ryan.

16/12/13 06:58 AM
George M. Spencer કહ્યું...

"Ms. Fontaine is survived by her sister, Ms. de Havilland...."

She is 97.

16/12/13 08:05 AM
William કહ્યું...

She outlived most of her mourners. Peter O'Toole died at an age when his passing can be felt as a loss. But if you're going for a tragic, mythic death of James Dean proportions, Paul Walker definitely has the starring role in this month's obituaries.

16/12/13 08:29 AM
Ron કહ્યું...

Tom Laughlin ("Billy Jack") died a couple of days ago....your third star?

16/12/13 08:54 AM
Ron કહ્યું...

Plus, Joan was the last of Astaire's dance partners....from the 1930's! The 70 year feud with her sister....that takes the cake!

16/12/13 08:57 AM
lemondog કહ્યું...

“In this brief transit where the dreams cross
The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying

16/12/13 09:32 AM
lemondog કહ્યું...

Not as esteemed as O'toole/Fontaine:
Tom Laughlin

16/12/13 09:37 AM
Strelnikov કહ્યું...

Love that movie.

16/12/13 09:58 AM
Strelnikov કહ્યું...

The moment where Olivier ("the brooding Max De Winter") turns to Joan and says of Rebecca, "Love her? I hated her!!", is one of the best surprise moments on film.

16/12/13 10:00 AM
અજ્ઞાત કહ્યું...

Two down, who else to go?

16/12/13 11:02 AM
The Godfather કહ્યું...

Other than in an old movie, I don't recommend using the phrase "you little fool" in a marriage proposal.

16/12/13 11:12 AM
lemondog કહ્યું...

Brian from Family Guy resurrected....but then he never counted, being tv and such.

16/12/13 11:51 AM
RonF કહ્યું...

"I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool!"

There's a master of romance....

16/12/13 12:27 PM
YoungHegelian કહ્યું...

@Godfather,

I don't recommend using the phrase "you little fool" in a marriage proposal.

Waaaay too old fashioned. Now, one uses the phrase "you stupid twat" in a marriage proposal.

16/12/13 12:33 PM
Alcibiades કહ્યું...

I love that scene and that movie. Thanks for posting it!

16/12/13 01:01 PM
gpm કહ્યું...

Astaire is TCM's star of the month. His dance with Joan, from Damsel in Distress, is featured in the clip that is being shown constantly. Not a great movie, but one of the few featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen. And a nice(!) version of "Nice Work If You Can Get It," first time I ever heard the full version of the song that provided the theme for Cybill Shepherd's eponymic TV show (though I now have an Ella Fitzgerald version as well).

16/12/13 09:56 PM

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