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

December 16, 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.

18 comments:

Ann Althouse said...: 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.; 12/16/13, 6:03 AM
MadisonMan said...: So Olivia has outdone her sister at last, by surviving.

I hope they reconciled before their permanent separation.; 12/16/13, 6:20 AM
Steven Wilson said...: 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.; 12/16/13, 6:58 AM
George M. Spencer said...: "Ms. Fontaine is survived by her sister, Ms. de Havilland...."

She is 97.; 12/16/13, 8:05 AM
William said...: 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.; 12/16/13, 8:29 AM
Ron said...: Tom Laughlin ("Billy Jack") died a couple of days ago....your third star?; 12/16/13, 8:54 AM
Ron said...: 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!; 12/16/13, 8:57 AM
lemondog said...: “In this brief transit where the dreams cross
The dreamcrossed twilight between birth and dying; 12/16/13, 9:32 AM
lemondog said...: Not as esteemed as O'toole/Fontaine:
Tom Laughlin; 12/16/13, 9:37 AM
Strelnikov said...: Love that movie.; 12/16/13, 9:58 AM
Strelnikov said...: 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.; 12/16/13, 10:00 AM
Anonymous said...: Two down, who else to go?; 12/16/13, 11:02 AM
The Godfather said...: Other than in an old movie, I don't recommend using the phrase "you little fool" in a marriage proposal.; 12/16/13, 11:12 AM
lemondog said...: Brian from Family Guy resurrected....but then he never counted, being tv and such.; 12/16/13, 11:51 AM
RonF said...: "I'm asking you to marry me, you little fool!"

There's a master of romance....; 12/16/13, 12:27 PM
YoungHegelian said...: @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.; 12/16/13, 12:33 PM
Alcibiades said...: I love that scene and that movie. Thanks for posting it!; 12/16/13, 1:01 PM
gpm said...: 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).; 12/16/13, 9:56 PM