Agreed, and I'd add Barbara Stanwyck (and Kate Hepburn for that matter..athough with her it was probably a too-healthy-ego-to destroy :-)! to that stable lot. Gotta love Davis, as well :-)!
I think Rita H. probably did have some problems with her father but it seems like the Barbara Leeming bio. is the only time that this info. came out (before or since; kinda strange although there is validity to it in all likelyhood). Have you heard it from another source?
Garland would have burned out early even if it wasn't for MGM apparently, but MGM was a big culprit (if not entirely responsible!)
Good point, Joanne. I'll bet if we all put our heads together on this forum we could come up with a list of about a dozen "Golden Age" female stars (like Stanwyck, Hepburn (Kate) & others, like the great Bette, who took no 'guff' from the studios... Kudos to them all!
Missed the Brando doc; not one of my faves, but I admire his talent, as well as the colorful off-screen stories about him.. He worked with everyone from Chaplin ("A Countess from Hong Kong")to Johnny Depp ("Don Juan DeMarco"). Kevin Spacey does a spooky right-on Brando impersonation. My fave Brando pics are probably off-mainstream for most folks: "The Freshman"(with Matthew Broderick; hilarious!) & "Last Tango in Paris."
Re: re: silents...Bill, we've fallen off the cliff......
...butting in here between Melody's posts, but just to let you know that the "silents" posts have been pushed to the second page--click on "next" at the bottom or click the last msg. (below)...IF you're still inclined that is :-)!
