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And there was the famous red dress incident.
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I kind of lost a little respect for Norma Shearer when I found out she had an affair with Mickey Rooney.
Any respect left for Ava, who married Rooney (#1 box-office attraction 1939,1940, 1941)?
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Nov 12, 2015 - 10:56 AM
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Class act that Rooney. Later, of course, a born-again you-know-what.
Born-again what?
What's going on, RoryR? I expect (and am even occasionally amused by) Disco Stu's perpetual bitterness and rage, but you have always been, at least to my memory, an even-keeled fellow around here. Hope whatever's got your Lawgiver's robe in a twist is resolved soon.
We're not allowed to talk religion or politics here, and I'm an atheist, so........
Anyway, anyone got something to say about Mrs. Irving Thalberg? Not exactly my cup of '30s WOW! I tend towards early '30s Joan Crawford or Jean Harlow, or more obscure starlets like Rochelle Hudson, or Helen Mack, or Marian Marsh, or Marie Wilson. Norma? Kind of bland.
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I "discovered" her tonight on TCM's presentation of The Divorcee (1930) and was hooked from the first frame. I simply couldn't take my eyes away. What a doll!
You should check out some of the books of the work of photographer George Hurell. She was his biggest early client and took a LOT of pictures of her. Some were meant to give her a racier "profile" as a star, and so (for the time) were plenty hot stuff.
I found these books in the library. Is there one near you? 
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Anyway, anyone got something to say about Mrs. Irving Thalberg? Not exactly my cup of '30s WOW! I tend towards early '30s Joan Crawford or Jean Harlow, or more obscure starlets like Rochelle Hudson, or Helen Mack, or Marian Marsh, or Marie Wilson. Norma? Kind of bland.
I've only seen her in THE WOMEN, and in photos she struck me as fairly matronly. Being married to whom she was, I guess they wanted her to look good, but still proper. (see exception above) The best she did in my eyes was the "lady in the parlor, ......" thing that they used to say about Kim Novak.
That said, I'd never stand in the way of Josh pawing the ground over one of her movies.
From the thirties (a new era to me), I'm so far more partial to Claudette Colbert and Olivia deHaviland.
NB to Rory: I think the "Marie Wilson" in the 40's and 50's noir was the cat's meow! Is that the same Marie Wilson you fancy?
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From the thirties (a new era to me), I'm so far more partial to Claudette Colbert and Olivia deHaviland.
Me too, DiB. But la Bette D. excepted (titans don't count), my favorite is and will always be Myrna Loy - I always feel a movie is worth watching when she's in it, whatever else is going on.
Oh, and Irene Dunne - Love Affair with Charles Boyer and Dunne is for me by far the best version of the film later remade in the 50's as An Affair to Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, and again as Love Affair in the 90's with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening.
Shearer I don't know so well, though, so I've got to check up on some of these. The Women may be the only film I've seen her in, and that was a long time ago, and all I can remember is Crawford and Rosalind Russell - ooh, Rosalind Russell - she's my favorite too!
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