Many nice behind the scenes pages (14 pages total)
"Marie Antoinette" Film Weekly [UK mag.]

Great stuff! (And thankfully it's in English, not Spanish.) :)

That reminds me, there's a really great page dedicated to the costumes in the 1938 version of Marie Antoinette.

http://www.antoinettescloset.com/1938normashearer.htm

Thinking about this movie always makes me wonder in what direction Ty's career might have gone, if Daryl Zanuck hadn't disliked MGM's usage of Ty so much and refused to lend him out ever again. What if Ty had been able to play Ashley in Gone With the Wind or Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard? (Though to be honest, I can't imagine anyone but William Holden playing Joe Gillis... even if he was chosen, from a list of Paramount contract players, after everyone else asked had turned down the role).

>>Thinking about this movie always makes me wonder in what direction Ty's career might have gone, if Daryl Zanuck hadn't disliked MGM's usage of Ty so much and refused to lend him out ever again. What if Ty had been able to play Ashley in Gone With the Wind or Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard? (Though to be honest, I can't imagine anyone but William Holden playing Joe Gillis... even if he was chosen, from a list of Paramount contract players, after everyone else asked had turned down the role).

TELL ME ABOUT IT! One can well imagine what a different trajectory his career would have taken if Zanuck with a bit more generous with his star! He was up for the lead in "The Picture of Dorian Gray" as well; talk about perfect casting. Although, he may have had too strong a personality for that one, too, who knows.

I agree with you about Holden. The role required that rough and ready persona; although TP had acquired that by the early 50's as well, imho.

He certainly had the beauty for Ashley but Leslie Howard despite being (much) too old for the role would have been hard to beat, I think.

Based on Ty's acting in Witness, I think he would have done well opposite Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. But Holden also did a fine job. I also liked him in Picnic and Stalag 17.

Leslie Howard did very well as Ashley Wilkes--I see Ty more as Captain Butler, but again, Clark Gable in that role did an awesome job. (Hmmmm--as I type this and think of Clark, maybe Ty would have been too young for Captain Butler in 1938-39??)

With both Vivien Leigh and Ty being brunette, they would have made a striking couple together in technicolor.

And yes, too bad Zanuck decided against lending Ty out after MA--I think both would have definitely profitted well money-wise and certainly expanding Ty's base and abilities.

>>Leslie Howard did very well as Ashley Wilkes--I see Ty more as Captain Butler, but again, Clark Gable in that role did an awesome job. (Hmmmm--as I type this and think of Clark, maybe Ty would have been too young for Captain Butler in 1938-39??)

Gable owned this role, IMHO, and I'm hard pressed to see TP in it. Didn't Mitchell write the Butler character with Gable in mind as well? I'm pretty sure she did.

>>>With both Vivien Leigh and Ty being brunette, they would have made a striking couple together in technicolor.

(Can you imagine the kids these two would have had ! )

And yes, too bad Zanuck decided against lending Ty out after MA--I think both would have definitely profitted well money-wise and certainly expanding Ty's base and abilities.

TOO TRUE!! Such a waste. Now that you bring up the money factor Melody, one would think with Zanuck being the savvy mogul that he was, the money factor would ultimately have outweighed any of the mishandling issues he would have had with the Metro experience. Ah well.