The looked at Merle crossing paths with Maria Montez when you look at the Universal commisary is just too delicious.
David, From the Powell stating that and in addition thought it had been insanely odd. We have the impression that a lot of Hollywood people, whatever type of casual slurs they may utter, simply sort of shrugged it off–when these weren’t sleeping with both sexes like rabbits in temperature, that is. (that isn’t a criticism, brain you, i believe the rabbits-in-heat component is certainly one of Hollywood’s great charms. ) We have heard of Turhan Bey extravaganza and seeing Oberon in costume for this simply enables you to believe that individuals were consciously ignoring well-known. It had been exactly about deniability, i suppose.
P.S. Warmest congrats in the Red Shoes gig!! Which is a pleasure to read.
To commemorate the bicentenary of Chopin’s delivery this I’m hoping to track down and re-watch A Song to Remember, with Cornel Wilde as Chopin and Queenie herself as George Sand, always trying to steal Chopin away to Majorca year. We remember it as being a really terrible movie, but i am not exactly the snob I happened to be once I saw it (or simply yet another type of snob). It will have one or more priceless scene, though: while Chopin, newly found its way to Paris from Poland, has been told he is too old to be a young child prodigy ( that he undoubtedly is), he hears their music being played within the space door that is next. Whom should really be playing it nevertheless the earth’s best pianist, Franz Liszt? Chopin joins when you look at the performance, so that as the 2 males shake arms, they’re going on playing the songs, one hand each. Ridiculous. Marvellous.
My fave rabbit-in-heat has been Burt Lancaster.
David, my RIH that is favorite is Reed. He had been therefore unapologetically sleazy it becomes actually endearing.
Estienne, we saw the Chopin movie many years and many years ago, and I also do not recall that scene. I actually do keep in mind Paul Muni likely to see Oberon-as-Sand whenever Chopin is dying. She actually is posing for the painter (wait she isn’t about to go running off to some deathbed for it) and icily tells Muni. I will nevertheless remember her snapping, “Continue, Mr. Delacroix! ” But that is about all I am able to dredge up from memory. We bet it appears to be great, however.
Anybody seen Queenie in This Love of Ours, dir. William Dieterle? Could be worthwhile, with him during the helm.
Showing on which took place with Oberon, things have not changed that much. The born that is hawaiian Q had to visit Hong Kong to be a film celebrity. She is just gotten a couple of supporting functions in big Hollywood movies, although a revival associated with television show Nikita might alert the public from what us Hong Kong movie watchers have actually recognized for years. Nor could be the necessitate racially correct casting restricted for this region of the hemisphere, as there have been complaints regarding Ms. Quigley’s starring when you look at the duration epic Three Kingdoms.
Ah, but Song to consider has its own priceless scenes (though i am hoping my memory is not playing tricks): “If he continues on this concert trip it’s going to literally and in actual fact destroy him! ” “Discontinue that so-called polonaise nonsense! “
Ida Lupino as Cathy, though We hear Yojimboen clucking skeptically 3,000 kilometers away.
In reality, Delacroix’s portrait of Sand had been a dual portrait with Chopin (here is the famous one on innumerable Chopin recordings). He later slice the canvas in 2.
Peter, whenever Lincoln Center revived Carousel some time straight right back they cast a black colored girl in a vital part and you also would not think the whining from many people. Maggie Q should indeed be great, she has that don’t-fuck-with-me-I’m-a-goddess quality that we revere in every my feminine stars.
XT, i did not also recognize Delacroix actually painted Sand, we thought which was the moviemakers saying, “let’s slot an additional duration celebrity! ” the real means they frequently did. Now that we cast right back my memory I appear to remember that there’s a lot of “should Chopin FIGHT for Poland! ” material. Could it be on DVD, We wonder?
Siren, do you ever reach start to see the Epic That Never had been? We discussed it here a few years ago if I recall.
I am with you from the Merle appeal. Really stunning, but little draw.
Duprez, on the other hand, put the whammy on me years ago june. When American Movie Classics revealed movie that is american (without disruption, believe it or not), we viewed (and re-watched) June into the faux horror film, The Brighton Strangler (1945). No major accomplishment, however it possessed a strange aura about this.
Forgive my stupidity, exactly what’s a bunny in temperature?
I read a little about Merle Oberon’s denial of her mom within the Norma Shearer biography. I really couldn’t assist but hate her a little.
I’ve pale epidermis therefore does my mom but my grandmother is A dominican that is dark-skinned woman blended history of Spanish, Taino and African. My mom (nor we for that matter) would never ever deny her, or conceal her, or refer to her as such a thing except that exactly exactly just what she actually is. I realize that Merle Oberon arises from another right time, but i will never ever get together again the denial of 1 own’s history. In my experience it is simply simple incorrect.
Great post! Many thanks.
Siren, if we had been adept at these plain things i’d provide a web link to D’s Sand portrait. Delacroix ended up being a rather good friend of Chopin and Sand.
I believe most of us agree totally that the filming of creative genius (ok, perhaps not Sand, though she had been an exceptional girl) is hopeless. The main reason, i do believe, Impromptu worked wonderfully had been so it portrayed contemporary “creative” kinds masquerading as Chopin, Liszt (Julian Sands, for Jesus’s benefit! ), Delacroix, Sand (never keep in mind if Musset made the cut).
Flickhead, that is simply me personally choosing an animal that seemingly have a love life that is active. We guess I possibly could also provide gone with kitties or dogs if not pigeons.
Raquelle, this entire piece had been me personally determining whether or otherwise not to hate Merle. We continue to haven’t constructed my brain and perhaps We never ever will.
I might simply simply simply take every thing authored by Higham and Moseley having a huge grain of salt, honestly. Oberon ended up being a really good actress. Wuthering Heights had been great and her performance in Divorce of Lady X revealed her talent that is comic as. I additionally like Beloved Enemy and First works Courage with Brian Aherne. I do not understand why Oberon is indeed often maligned, frankly. We usually seen her described as just stunning and that bothers me personally. Clearly many people are eligible to their opinion, but we wonder just how much gossip about her remedy for her mother effect people’s judgment of her skill.
Sweet to see some shout-outs to Duprez june. None however the heart that is lonely a better movie on her behalf being on it.
I do believe that Cathy in “WUTHERING HEIGHTS” had been certainly one of her most useful functions. Oberon ended up being crazy sufficient into the part without going over-the-top. And I also question that Wyler could have permitted her to portray Cathy such a manner that is over-emotional.
Have actually I ever been a fan that is major of? No, I have never. But I nevertheless think that she ended up being a fairly damn good actress whenever the part demanded it.
Wyler’s ”Wuthering Heights” is decent in plenty of respects, it receives the nature that is brutal of course relations when you look at the guide and Olivier is Heathcliff but Merle Oberon is simply too innocent and too good which Cathy was not.
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