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Joan Blondell: A Fresh Dame
SF Weekly ^
| 09/28/2020
| Richard von Busack
Posted on 09/29/2020 12:30:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:33:21 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
("You can't serve papers on a rat, Baby Sister. You gotta kill him or let him be." --Rooster Cogburn)
To: nickcarraway
By the way, Joan, and her sister Gloria, were both registered Republicans, and endorsed DDE.
To: nickcarraway
Joan put the "bomb" in "bombshell".
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:34:43 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(TANSTAAFL!)
To: nickcarraway
She certainly was a beauty when she was young.
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:37:09 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:42:36 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
("You can't serve papers on a rat, Baby Sister. You gotta kill him or let him be." --Rooster Cogburn)
To: nickcarraway
One of my favorite pre-code actresses.
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:43:45 PM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: nickcarraway
She does an outstanding performance in this video, inspired by the 1932 Bonus Army demonstrations in Washington, DC, from the movie "Gold Diggers of 1933."
Forgotten Man--The Warner-Vitaphone Orchestra & Chorus (1933)
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:47:09 PM PDT
by
Fiji Hill
To: nickcarraway
She was a beautiful woman..
A GREAT Actress of her era...
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posted on
09/29/2020 12:47:15 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: nickcarraway
Gold diggers of 1933 was one of the best movies ever made.
To: nickcarraway
She was a real working actress and was still terrific even after the Hays Code prevented her from showing her charms to best effect. After the War she did a slew of TV. Brassie describes most of the characters she played.
To: nickcarraway
IMO the best looking pre-code actress was Toby Wing.
The finest pre-code actress was Betty Davis...boy could she act!
Nearly all pre-code actresses were forced to compete with Jean Harlow and had bleached platinum hair.
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:04:55 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
("You can't serve papers on a rat, Baby Sister. You gotta kill him or let him be." --Rooster Cogburn)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t know a lot about Joan Blondell’s early movies.
When I hear that name, I first think of an episode on Twilight Zone Joan did with William Demarest in 1964.
The episode was called “What’s in the box?”
It was about an old TV this middle aged guy bought to watch Boxing.
The TV would show scenes from future events in his life.
One day, the TV even showed the man (William Demarest) killing his wife (Joan Blondell). The man was so disturbed that he returned the TV to the store.
Days later, he had second thoughts, and re-purchased that TV. It was marked as a Discounted Item, so he would save money buying this one.
The rest of the episode went pretty much as you would expect.
To: nickcarraway
She was also in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, one of my favorite movies ...
A real knock-out.
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:12:44 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: All
As the bleached blonde goldigger, Blondell had great on-screen chemistry w/ sophisticated millionaire
Warren William who unexpectedly falls in love with her in the 1933 goldiggers movie.
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:16:07 PM PDT
by
Liz
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:24:35 PM PDT
by
Demiurge2
(Define your terms!)
To: oh8eleven
“Night Nurse”... Joan Blondell *and* Barbara Stanwyck in a pre-code crime drama (with themes disturbing even today, I imagine). Still one of my favorites.
To: jmacusa
Lifelong friend of Lucille Ball until she guest starred in an early 60’s episode of The Lucy Show. Lucy was unhappy with some aspect of her performance and dressed her down in front of the studio audience. Supposedly they never spoke again.
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:27:55 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
"Lucille Ball was notoriously abusive to her co-stars. Joan Blondell made an appearance on the show, and Ball told her she "stunk" in-between takes. Blondell responded in front of the audience: "F--k you Lucille Ball!""
Source = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055686/trivia
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:31:55 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
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posted on
09/29/2020 1:41:10 PM PDT
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EEGator
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