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To: EveningStar

I never really cared for the “musical” genre in film that much. But three exceptions to this, which I did tend to enjoy, were the Astaire/Rogers films, the Busby Berkelely films, and the Deanna Durbin films.

Durbin made a lot of films for Universal, and virtually all of them are rather pleasant and amusing. Used to see them on the late-shows quite often in the 1970s. They don’t circulate too much anymore. Mainly because the prime outlet for old films nowadays is Turner Classics, and they don’t have the Universal/Paramount library.

She was one of the last living “stars” of the 1930s. Only a tiny few left now (Mickey Rooney, Olivia de Havilland, Luise Rainer, etc.)


5 posted on 04/30/2013 8:02:42 PM PDT by greene66
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To: greene66

All that is wrong with the movie musical can be summed up in two words; Barbra Streisand.
From the Golddiggers and Big Broadcast to South Pacific and My Fair Lady, the art form was fine until those four horrid movies she made; Hello Dolly, Funny Girl, Funny Lady and Yentl.
Eccchh.


21 posted on 04/30/2013 9:08:16 PM PDT by steve8714 (Any homosexual man can marry any woman he wants. Just like any normal man.)
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To: greene66
Hey, Olivia DeHavilland's sister, Joan Fontaine is still alive and ;living in Carmel. (Olivia lives in France.)

I believe there are 5 actors from Gone With the Wind that are still alive. And one or two are older than DeHavilland.

37 posted on 05/01/2013 11:10:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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