Natalie Wood IM0 the screens greatest beauty
Posted: February 13th, 2008, 12:25 pm
i admit that if pushed that Marlene Dietrich was at face value the screens all-time beauty, but there were things in her character i found off putting. mixing beauty and personality combined my vote goes to Nataile Wood.
Laurence Olivier when making a tv version of A Hat On A Hot Tinned Roof with her and Robert Wagner was said to be in awe of here beauty.
like Liz Taylor and later on Hayley Mills, Nat managed to jump from child to adult star without a hitch. two child roles stand out The Miracle Of 34th Street and Margaret Sullavan's last film No Sad Songs For Me.
i'm not a great lover of the teen movie of which Natalie was Queen with the likes of Rebel Without A Cause and Splendour In The Grass. however, she played Debbie in The Searchers, a film regarded as one of the greatest westerns ever made and in what i consider her best role as Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy, the only musical she made singing with her own voice. she was dubbed both in West Side Story and the underrated Daisy Clover
however, i'm prepared to change my mind if i ever see Love With A Proper Stranger where according to Miss G she's terrific. she showed a gift for comedy in The Great Race and Sex And The Single Girl
i've heard a few say Natalie was finished by the mid 70s. that as far as i'm concerned is nonesense. she made a tv movie called The Cracker Factory, playing an alcholic housewife. her performance was so great i found myself comparing to other alcholic performances like Lee Remick in The Days Of Wine And Roses and believe it or not Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend.
i believe had she lived a normal lifespan Natalie, she may well have reached the same heights as Kate Hepburn and Bette Davis
Laurence Olivier when making a tv version of A Hat On A Hot Tinned Roof with her and Robert Wagner was said to be in awe of here beauty.
like Liz Taylor and later on Hayley Mills, Nat managed to jump from child to adult star without a hitch. two child roles stand out The Miracle Of 34th Street and Margaret Sullavan's last film No Sad Songs For Me.
i'm not a great lover of the teen movie of which Natalie was Queen with the likes of Rebel Without A Cause and Splendour In The Grass. however, she played Debbie in The Searchers, a film regarded as one of the greatest westerns ever made and in what i consider her best role as Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy, the only musical she made singing with her own voice. she was dubbed both in West Side Story and the underrated Daisy Clover
however, i'm prepared to change my mind if i ever see Love With A Proper Stranger where according to Miss G she's terrific. she showed a gift for comedy in The Great Race and Sex And The Single Girl
i've heard a few say Natalie was finished by the mid 70s. that as far as i'm concerned is nonesense. she made a tv movie called The Cracker Factory, playing an alcholic housewife. her performance was so great i found myself comparing to other alcholic performances like Lee Remick in The Days Of Wine And Roses and believe it or not Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend.
i believe had she lived a normal lifespan Natalie, she may well have reached the same heights as Kate Hepburn and Bette Davis