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- September 27th, 2015, 3:30 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
- Replies: 42
- Views: 76368
Re: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
I'm glad I was able to address the fact of what a good person Glenda was, as well as a terrific actor and a very beautiful woman. That's part of what I find so fascinating about her. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of "juicy" Hollywood stories of tragedy and scandal that sell a lot of ...
- September 27th, 2015, 1:35 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
- Replies: 42
- Views: 76368
Re: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
By all accounts, Glenda Farrell was a very generous person. Is much known about any sort of charity projects she was involved in? Can you share with us anything about Glenda's relationship with her son and grandson if you can? There is a very interesting interview of Tommy Farrell at the bottom of t...
- September 26th, 2015, 10:14 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
- Replies: 42
- Views: 76368
Re: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
Glenda actually influenced many actresses who came after her, especially with the MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM/TORCHY BLANE female reporter character. Even film historians talk about how revolutionary HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), with Rosalind Russell, is, but nothing can be further from the truth. Glenda ...
- September 26th, 2015, 9:08 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
- Replies: 42
- Views: 76368
Re: Welcome Scott Nollen to Discuss Glenda Farrell: Hollywood's Hard-Boiled Dame on 9/26 & 9/27
What was the most unexpected discovery about Glenda Farrell that you encountered during your research?
Was there any information that you found, but that didn't make it into the book?
Was there any information that you found, but that didn't make it into the book?
- October 26th, 2014, 1:27 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Scott O'Brien Q & A on George Brent
- Replies: 46
- Views: 90573
Re: Scott O'Brien to Visit on 10/25 & 10/26
Thank you!
- October 26th, 2014, 12:16 pm
- Forum: Archived Guest Stars
- Topic: Scott O'Brien Q & A on George Brent
- Replies: 46
- Views: 90573
Re: Scott O'Brien to Visit on 10/25 & 10/26
Hello, Mr. O'Brien, and welcome to the Silver Screen Oasis. Your revelations have been very interesting. As you know, George Brent appeared on stage with Glenda Farrell on Broadway. As I am a big fan of Glenda Farrell, I was wondering if you had any interesting anecdotes about her that you discovere...
- September 10th, 2013, 1:29 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: GLENDA FARRELL
- Replies: 75
- Views: 82322
Re: GLENDA FARRELL
Thank you for posting that. It's an excellent article.
- August 30th, 2013, 12:24 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: GLENDA FARRELL
- Replies: 75
- Views: 82322
Re: GLENDA FARRELL
Thanks hbenthow! Did you enjoy Glenda's day? Unfortunately, I don't have TCM, so I wasn't able to see it. I wish I did, as they showed two of her movies that I haven't been able to find elsewhere ( The Personality Kid and Kansas City Princess ). Did you have any favorites? Well, out of those that t...
- August 30th, 2013, 11:26 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: GLENDA FARRELL
- Replies: 75
- Views: 82322
Re: GLENDA FARRELL
There's something I have been debating with myself about whether or not to mention here, as I'm not sure whether or not it's against the rules or frowned upon to link to something from one's own website or blog. If it is, please inform me, and I'll remove the links. I have written two online article...
- August 15th, 2013, 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Sailor walks into a bar . . .
- Replies: 882
- Views: 289336
Re: Sailor walks into a bar . . .
Another way for the joke about "The Amazing Claude" to end (and how i actually thought it was going to end as I was reading it) is if, after getting the audience to cluck like chickens, the following exchange would occur: The Amazing Claude: "Now, on the count of three, you will wake ...
- March 10th, 2013, 2:14 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Movie studios are trying to kill off film.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4726
Re: Movie studios are trying to kill off film.
A long, but interesting (to me), discussion on how movies are -- and may be in the future -- watched. http://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/doing-it-right/ I didn't read the whole thing, but I skimmed through it. It's pretty interesting. I really hope that physical media doesn't go extin...
- February 5th, 2013, 6:31 pm
- Forum: Dramas
- Topic: The Contender
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13437
Re: The Contender
I'm only familiar with The Contender because of Gary Oldman's complaints about it. From what I gather, his character was meant to be more nuanced and sympathetic, and a bunch of cuts were made to make him more one-dimensional. He also took issue with the movie itself, calling it propaganda, and accu...
- February 5th, 2013, 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Richard III remains confirmed
- Replies: 85
- Views: 29253
Re: Richard III remains confirmed
This just in from the BBC : Based on the skull found, there is a reconstruction of how Richard III may have looked and the familiar portrait of the king: http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac140/moirathefinn/aaaa/richardiii_zps921fbbef.jpg http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/ac140/moirathefinn/aaaa/...
- January 22nd, 2013, 7:36 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Movie studios are trying to kill off film.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4726
Re: Movie studios are trying to kill off film.
I've never seen a digitally projected movie myself, but I've heard a lot of complaints about it. The most common complaint I hear is that it looks sterile and lifeless, and the second most common is that, like you said, it looks "fake". Unfortunately, the studios don't care about any of th...
- January 22nd, 2013, 3:30 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Movie studios are trying to kill off film.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4726
Re: Movie studios are trying to kill off film.
I'm totally against digital production because it is not "natural" to me. I seen digital production movies and I feel it is totally "fake" and not "realistic" to me. I rather watch an old movie on TCM than go to a Movie House that shows digital production movies any da...