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[Snarky Oracle!]

I'm excited for this Clara Bow video:

They say fame is a curse, perhaps a punishment for ill-deeds in a previous life. The downside seems bottomless; the upside minimal-to-non-existent.

 

[ClassyCo]

I'm excited for this Clara Bow video:

I've watched this video.

Clara Bow is a symbol of the Roaring Twenties, and an actress I've always been conscious of. I've never seen any of her silent films (I have little patience for silent films in general), and only pieces of her early talkies (movies that aren't terribly good, owing to the creakiness of early sound).

One book I have says that Bow "ran out of steam doing the Charleston" as explanation for her fleeing from the spotlight in the early 1930s. I knew she had a rough go at life, but I hadn't the slightest idea her life was as rough as BKR explains here. She went through a lot, and once she was a star, the public just wouldn't let her rest -- which, as we know, is the same all over for stardom.

This video has given me new light on Clara Bow, and it makes me want to mozy over to YouTube and see what movies of hers might be on there.

 

[Crimson]

@Toni

 

[ClassyCo]

I haven't watched a lot of BKR's output recently, save this upload from about two months ago. I've never seen the GRACE OF MONACO biopic, but being a casual Grace Kelly fan, I decided to give it a look. As usual, it was a well-written and well-produced video.

Outside of this video, I haven't watched any of the other videos. There's been videos on Eartha Kitt, Shelley Duvall, and Megalopolis (whatever that is), but I haven't watched those. The other most recent upload I watched was the one about Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall performances.

 

[ClassyCo]

The newest addition to BKR:

 

[ClassyCo]

I've waited for this video for a long time:

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

I've waited for this video for a long time:

Whenever you have three Scorpio Risings (Swanson, Davis and Baxter) -- two of whom are Sun in Aries/Scorpio Rising (Swanson and Davis) -- guided by a writer/director Scorpio Rising (Mankiewicz and, in all likelihood, Billy Wilder), you're going to have a split vote.

But Judy Holliday is really good in BORN YESTERDAY.

 

[ClassyCo]

I've waited for this video for a long time:

I've watched this video twice since it's been uploaded. Well, I've watched it once all the way through, and the second time, I skimmed it.

As it appears, there were only three major contenders for the Best Actress Oscar win in 1950: Bette Davis, Gloria Swanson, and Judy Holliday.

I've never seen CAGED, which got Eleanor Parker her nomination, but I feel like she was really the weakest link of the five women nominated.

Anne Baxter, to me at least, seems to have sabotaged her own campaign. I understand why she wouldn't have wanted to be nominated again as Best Supporting Actress, but it might've increased her chances to win. But even if she had done that, there was no guarantee that she would've won that, either. Baxter's performance in ALL ABOUT EVE is quite good, but it's Davis' movie. They just had to know Davis was going to walk away with the best notices and publicity.

In a perfect world, Paramount should've released SUNSET BOULEVARD in late 1949, then Swanson could've won in 1950. ALL ABOUT EVE should've came out in 1950, and Davis could've won in 1951. BORN YESTERDAY should've been withheld until 1951, and Holliday could've won in 1952. But none of it would've worked that way. I just know it wouldn't've.

Going with the nominations we were given, Davis and Swanson should've tied for the win in 1950. They both gave superb performances as two separate aging actresses. It was a prime year for a tie.