Forums
New posts
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Awards
Log in
Register
What's new
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Poison your name this Hallowe'en
There's plenty of time to choose your spooky October username
Click here for more details
Forums
Entertainment
Screen Icons
The Great Katharine Hepburn
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 268428" data-attributes="member: 7"><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">ADAM'S RIB is funny, probably one of the best Tracy-Hepburn film pairings. BRINGING UP BABY is my favorite old school screwball comedy; it would be the movie I'd show someone that wanted to see classic screwball at its finest. It's a funny movie and Hepburn and Cary Grant have good chemistry. The play off one another very well. I've never seen HOLIDAY or THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, but I thought the HIGH SOCIETY musical remake was good, albeit primarily because of the casting.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">I vaguely remember seeing a Carole Lombard movie, but for the life of me, I cannot remember which one it was now. I have MY MAN GODFREY on one of those cheap, no-name DVD releases. Lombard was certainly a beautiful woman, but I almost always remember as Clark Gable's wife that died horrifically in a place crash. I don't know too much about her. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">[ATTACH=full]26763[/ATTACH]</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">A similar situation surrounds my viewing relationship with Claudette Colbert. I know she was a big star for a quite a long time, and I know the producers over at Fox had originally wanted her to play Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE, which is why Anne Baxter was chosen for the title character, owing to her resemblance to Colbert. This never happened, as we all know, because Colbert injured her back during the production of THREE CAME HOME, and had to withdraw, leaving the role vacant for a more-than-eager Bette Davis to take her place. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">The only Claudette Colbert movie I've seen in full is LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL, the 1951 comedy where she is caught between a love triangle with Macdonald Carey and Zachary Scott. The only reason I bought and watched the movie was to add it to my Marilyn Monroe collection (she has a small role as a gold-digging model). The movie also features newcomers Barbara Bates and Robert Wagner early on in their careers, and Frank Cady (later known as Sam Drucker on GREEN ACRES). It isn't a good movie at all really, and it was, in fact, known as the worst comedy film of 1951. It was a bomb at the box office, too. So that really isn't a good start into the Colbert arena, but I'd be willing to look into more of her work. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">When thinking about Claudette Colbert, I often think about how she refused to have the right side of her face photographed. It was called "the dark side of the moon", and many of her publicity stills are done in a way to hide that side of her face. She was an attractive woman, I'd say, although not really along the lines of what I'd call a typical glamour girl. She seems to have been a little more refined and elegant. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">[ATTACH=full]26764[/ATTACH]</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 268428, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY][FONT=georgia]ADAM'S RIB is funny, probably one of the best Tracy-Hepburn film pairings. BRINGING UP BABY is my favorite old school screwball comedy; it would be the movie I'd show someone that wanted to see classic screwball at its finest. It's a funny movie and Hepburn and Cary Grant have good chemistry. The play off one another very well. I've never seen HOLIDAY or THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, but I thought the HIGH SOCIETY musical remake was good, albeit primarily because of the casting.[/FONT][/JUSTIFY] [JUSTIFY][FONT=georgia]I vaguely remember seeing a Carole Lombard movie, but for the life of me, I cannot remember which one it was now. I have MY MAN GODFREY on one of those cheap, no-name DVD releases. Lombard was certainly a beautiful woman, but I almost always remember as Clark Gable's wife that died horrifically in a place crash. I don't know too much about her. [/FONT] [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][FONT=georgia][ATTACH type="full" width="312px"]26763[/ATTACH][/FONT][/CENTER] [JUSTIFY] [FONT=georgia]A similar situation surrounds my viewing relationship with Claudette Colbert. I know she was a big star for a quite a long time, and I know the producers over at Fox had originally wanted her to play Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE, which is why Anne Baxter was chosen for the title character, owing to her resemblance to Colbert. This never happened, as we all know, because Colbert injured her back during the production of THREE CAME HOME, and had to withdraw, leaving the role vacant for a more-than-eager Bette Davis to take her place. The only Claudette Colbert movie I've seen in full is LET'S MAKE IT LEGAL, the 1951 comedy where she is caught between a love triangle with Macdonald Carey and Zachary Scott. The only reason I bought and watched the movie was to add it to my Marilyn Monroe collection (she has a small role as a gold-digging model). The movie also features newcomers Barbara Bates and Robert Wagner early on in their careers, and Frank Cady (later known as Sam Drucker on GREEN ACRES). It isn't a good movie at all really, and it was, in fact, known as the worst comedy film of 1951. It was a bomb at the box office, too. So that really isn't a good start into the Colbert arena, but I'd be willing to look into more of her work. When thinking about Claudette Colbert, I often think about how she refused to have the right side of her face photographed. It was called "the dark side of the moon", and many of her publicity stills are done in a way to hide that side of her face. She was an attractive woman, I'd say, although not really along the lines of what I'd call a typical glamour girl. She seems to have been a little more refined and elegant. [/FONT] [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][FONT=georgia][ATTACH type="full" width="405px"]26764[/ATTACH][/FONT][/CENTER] [JUSTIFY][/JUSTIFY] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Who played Sue Ellen in Dallas?
Post reply
Forums
Entertainment
Screen Icons
The Great Katharine Hepburn
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top
