Posted on 07/25/2008 11:55:12 AM PDT by 300magnum
Leni
“I have confidence in sunshine. I have confidence in rain...” My second all-time favorite film next to Gone With the Wind.
The movie wasn’t based on the historical record but on the Broadway musical of the same name which made things more compact and dramatic.
She is indeed alive and 95.
The first rule of movie making is to make it entertaining. If you want accuracy make a documentery.
FWIW it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I just loved it.
Link to slideshow of photos.
cool story.
Welcome home Maria!
Christopher Plummer — so incredibly sexy in that movie.
No, this was quite a bit later; I'd guess early 90's.
Edwards always looked inebriated and emaciated, and she was always bubbly, ready with a genuine hug even in the parking garage...funny - even though they might arrive about the same time, they always drove separately: Julie in her black (tricked out, overly nigrafied by somebody) Mercedes, and Blake in his black Bentley. Their assigned tandem parking spot for the building was right next to mine, so we all had quite a bit of interaction.
Since my office was a handful of seafood importers, we'd drop some succulent samples of Australian lobster tails off at their office and she'd always be thrilled and follow up with proper "thank you" notes.
I'd have hit it, if hitting had been proffered...
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