Harlepolis said:

Gone with the Wind is actually my favorite movie ever. My top 10 movies are all from 1939-1960.

Yeah, I knew about Bette but all of the casting was perfect. I've seen a making of GWTW and the screen tests they did of MANY actresses to cast the role. That movie production was plagued with drama. They say Clark and Vivien couldn't stand each other!

Leslie Howard was on fiyah that year But Pygmalion came out in '38

Did you know he was rumored to be a British spy hence why a civilian plane he was on was shot down by the Germans?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...rd_(actor)
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SCNDLS said:

You and me both, chile! I just LOVE Mammy's line, "I tole im you was prostate wif grief!"

SCNDLS said:

It was a crazy period, and nothing is too far fitched, If an ARAB PRINCESS(and actress) was a spy, and got killed instantly during her biggest movie, nothing else will surprise me.

Speaking of Leslie, I wish this movie gets proper remastering....


Another fiery per4mance from Ms.Davis GOD, this woman could act mute and her eyes alone could carry the whole film. That was one bad bitch.

Shyra said:

I really admire Hattie McDaniel for bringing some measure of dignity to her performance despite the racist stereotyped context of the character. She earned that Oscar for real.

Harlepolis said:

Love that movie too. Loved her in Jezebel trynna get to Press to save his life and Now, Voyager. And of course All About Eve is in my top 5 fave. Bette and Katharine were the baddest actresses EVAH IMO. They don't make broads like that no mo'

Speaking of Leslie, I wish this movie gets proper remastering....


Another fiery per4mance from Ms.Davis GOD, this woman could act mute and her eyes alone could carry the whole film. That was one bad bitch.

SCNDLS said:

Cynda, if you ever got the chance(although I assume you did) pick up this book by Donald Bogle...


This was originally released in 81-82, but it got expanded for a 2007 release. It was a BIG DEAL back in the early 80s since there was lil' to no studies about black starlets, they made a documentary based on it and interviewed those women(or their relatives/friends - since couple of them were dead at the time).

classic scene..... after you kissed me.."i always had to to wipe my mouth.. wipe my mouth.

classic scene..... after you kissed me.."i always had to to wipe my mouth.. wipe my mouth.

TD3 said:

She could be one ball bustin', castratin' bitch when she wanted to be. I couldn't imagine being married to her when she got pissed and wanted to gut punch a man. I remember an interview with the dude that played her younger husband in All About Eve whom she married IRL after filming. And he talked about how she was.

SCNDLS said:

He wasn't exactly a walk in the park neither, he made her pick up her teeth from the floor

Bette was violent indeed, she was rumored to be the cause of death of one of her ex-husbans(head injury). Of course, it never got proven.

TD3 said:

She could be one ball bustin', castratin' bitch when she wanted to be. I couldn't imagine being married to her when she got pissed and wanted to gut punch a man. I remember an interview with the dude that played her younger husband in All About Eve whom she married IRL after filming. And he talked about how she was.

SCNDLS said:

Gary Merrill.

classic scene..... after you kissed me.."i always had to to wipe my mouth.. wipe my mouth.

Just about everything from 1939

Dark Victory, starring Bette Davis (favorite role), George Brent, Humphrey
Destry Rides Again, starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart
Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh (Academy Award for Best Picture)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson (Academy Award Nominee)
Gunga Din, starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Sam Jaffe
The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara
Intermezzo, starring Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard
The Little Princess, starring Shirley Temple and Richard Greene
Love Affair, starring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer (Academy Award Nominee)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Claude
Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire and Bela Lugosi (Academy Award Nominee)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, starring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn
Stagecoach, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton
The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr
The Women, starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell
Wuthering Heights, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven and
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SCNDLS said:

My girl

I watched every single bit of those movies and I love 'em all,,,esp Ninotchka and the Women.

Do you know that Jack Warner cited Bette Davis as the 1st choice to play Scarlett O'Hara? But considering that she played Jezebel the year before opposite Henry Fonda, she thought the story was similar and didn't want to basically redo the same performance. As much as I ADORE Ms.Davis, I wouldn't change a thing from Vivien Leigh's performance(nor Olivia de Havilland's ).

Lemme add a film to your list(from the same year)...


Starring Wendy Hiller & Leslie Howard

Some are:

Imitation of Life (ORIGINAL)

Harlepolis said:

This looks good. What is it about?

Mine:

johnart said:

I didn't know that the film had been made before the 1959 version, which is one of my favourites.
I rarely put myself through the emotional turmoil of actually watching it, though.

MidasTouch said:

I watched it early this morning after I got back from the club.
Yes, the original is great also. I never understood why they were able to use a black actress to play the light skinned girl for the 1934 version but used a white girl 25 years later.