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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 274303" data-attributes="member: 7"><p style="text-align: justify">I'll give Loretta Young credit for one thing: her career longevity. She was a leading lady at the end of the silent era, at a time when she was barely old enough to drive; she proved a bankable commodity throughout the 1930s and 1940s in a host of successful films; and she moved to television at practically the birth of that medium in the early 1950s. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Loretta had been in Hollywood for close to thirty years before she won her only Academy Award for THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER in 1947, beating the likes of Joan Crawford, Susan Hayward, Rosaline Russell, and Dorothy McGuire. And even that award-winning role did not seem too out-of-the-ordinary; one could easily imagine a number of different actresses playing that part. One imagines that Loretta felt close to her other Oscar-nominated role in COME TO THE STABLE (1949), which allowed her to bring her strong Catholic beliefs into her movie role. She lost the award in 1950 to Olivia de Havilland. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]27571[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Young's move towards television was a smart one, especially for her. Her movie career was winding down, and according to her son, she had "no other goal in movies" after winning her Oscar. Apparently it was her husband, Tom Lewis, that urged her towards television. THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW ran from 1953 to 1961, and the anthology series allowed her to play a variety of characters and strengthen the acting talents Hollywood had all but squandered. The show was popular and Young's dramatic entrances in lavish evening gowns became a trademark for the star. She originally appeared on the show as both hostess and star in every week's episode, but after she collapsed from exhaustion, she withdrew from starring in every episode. She continued full-time hostess duties, but limited herself to starring in around half of each season's episodes. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify">She eventually won three Emmy Awards for THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW throughout its eight-season duration. After that show ended, she starred in THE NEW LORETTA YOUNG SHOW starting in 1962. The show was a comedy-drama wherein Young starred as Christine Massey, a widowed mother raising seven children in suburban Connecticut. Unfortunately, the series suffered from poor ratings and it was cancelled in 1963 after airing twenty-episodes. The later series is often coupled into THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW syndication package. </p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]27572[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 274303, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY]I'll give Loretta Young credit for one thing: her career longevity. She was a leading lady at the end of the silent era, at a time when she was barely old enough to drive; she proved a bankable commodity throughout the 1930s and 1940s in a host of successful films; and she moved to television at practically the birth of that medium in the early 1950s. Loretta had been in Hollywood for close to thirty years before she won her only Academy Award for THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER in 1947, beating the likes of Joan Crawford, Susan Hayward, Rosaline Russell, and Dorothy McGuire. And even that award-winning role did not seem too out-of-the-ordinary; one could easily imagine a number of different actresses playing that part. One imagines that Loretta felt close to her other Oscar-nominated role in COME TO THE STABLE (1949), which allowed her to bring her strong Catholic beliefs into her movie role. She lost the award in 1950 to Olivia de Havilland. [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="255px"]27571[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [JUSTIFY] Young's move towards television was a smart one, especially for her. Her movie career was winding down, and according to her son, she had "no other goal in movies" after winning her Oscar. Apparently it was her husband, Tom Lewis, that urged her towards television. THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW ran from 1953 to 1961, and the anthology series allowed her to play a variety of characters and strengthen the acting talents Hollywood had all but squandered. The show was popular and Young's dramatic entrances in lavish evening gowns became a trademark for the star. She originally appeared on the show as both hostess and star in every week's episode, but after she collapsed from exhaustion, she withdrew from starring in every episode. She continued full-time hostess duties, but limited herself to starring in around half of each season's episodes. She eventually won three Emmy Awards for THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW throughout its eight-season duration. After that show ended, she starred in THE NEW LORETTA YOUNG SHOW starting in 1962. The show was a comedy-drama wherein Young starred as Christine Massey, a widowed mother raising seven children in suburban Connecticut. Unfortunately, the series suffered from poor ratings and it was cancelled in 1963 after airing twenty-episodes. The later series is often coupled into THE LORETTA YOUNG SHOW syndication package. [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="283px"]27572[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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