Name that girl

[amazinblue82]

i know nobody has seen everything ever made.

but this movie was "epic" in scale/scope (full of non-pc racial and sexual controversies given its historical context) and at almost 90 years old it still regularly comes on.

getting it made was logistically difficult itself and it went on to over 10 Oscar nominations and almost as many wins) in addition to a worldwide box office that (adjusted for inflation) may be biggest ever.

she played an iconic character in the history of movies. her male co-star played another one. if you didnt see movie in 90 years, i am betting you may have heard of it. find this film you'll easily find this girl. she's not the hungry one

answer this weekend.

 

[azblackhemi]

And was based on a bestseller book.

 

[65 500]

New Game

Actor, stage and screen, great talent died young in at 53 years old.

born in India she was a British citizen a tragic story full of extramarital drama, health issues, two Oscars, one for a unforgetable performance in a classic that some think was one of the greatest movies ever. i admit to seeing it many times. it won multiple awards and in today's terms it might have been the biggest movie ever made. once married to England's greatest actor.

when this game ends, take some time to learn her story. if people in your orbit have ever beeen mentally ill it can be quite hard on everybody. Below at age 2 she would grew into one of the prettiest women in Hollywood's Golden Age. frankly, i think she really didnt give a damn if people ihought she was pretty or an adulterer. i just mainly feel sorry for her.

While i tend not to like most of her work, she really was a good actor. had i been old enough i would have seen her stage work. she actually resembles the two year version as a older lady but you might not see it. its mostly her dark hair, large eyes and mouth shape.

this is a hard one. if you keeep the years in mind it should be easy.

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I've heard of her, and have seen "the movie", maybe twice, but I had no chance of getting her, soooo...I'll be under the rock.

 

[hanks71440]

Hmmmmm.......Her eyes are very noticeable but still can't place her unless it's the movie I think your clues relate to. Will wait for the answer.

 

[amazinblue82]

answer in the morning.

btw, the movie was 1939.

many of us are nowhere near that old but we've seen it as adults.

only a couple made that year ( and there are no green people or flying monkeys in this one) might come to mind--but really only one of them could heve all time biggest inflation adjusted box office.

you get the film, then you get the girl. now you know when to look.

 

[3175375]

Got her by looking up the cast and finding out who died @ 53.

I have never watched the movie.

Back under my snow covered rock…

 

[amazinblue82]

l first saw it in high school 50 years ago. then caught it as part of classwork a couple times as undergrad, couple times in grad school, then a couple ties with female friends .

its long, a little melodramatic, pushes the non pc button versus today, but you can get a lot out of it. i see why people stand like i said like it almost 100 years later.

now you study her story, you feel bad for her. it took ~30 years after this (she died in '67 at 53) but her demons got her when she was relatively on top of the world.

 

[amazinblue82]

2,595 is Vivien_Leigh:

best known as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. Margaret Mitchel's 1936 best selling book made into an epic movie, starring opposite Clark Gable as Rhett Butler.

Over three hours long (so you gotta plan to see it), its a Civil War setting (hence slavery and characters are prominent), O'hara family plantation is called Tara, and Sherman's operation from the burning of Atlanta is depicted.

Anyway Leigh won Best Actress Oscar, the movie was nominated for 13 Oscars (it won 8) in 1940 and for people who study these things it was of the greatest movies ever made. She also won an Oscar for playing Blanche Dubois opposite Marlon Brando in the 1951 Streetcar Named Desire, another American classic piece.

She made other stuff before she died. i didnt see that stuff. i did see GWTW and Street car multiple times over the years.

If interested,Vivien Leigh had both a glorious and tragic personal life, She died young, she was bipolar, and had a messy personal life. The love of her life was husband Laurence Olivier which was part of the personal drama. 20 min. video if you have time for the quick and dirty story.

 

[67newport]

so the guy at work was rite

 

[Big_John]

Just watched the video. I knew she had some issues, but I didn't know they ran that deep.

I remember first watching "Gone with the Wind" on TV back in the early 80's. My thoughts were that it was one of those movies that would really need to be seen on the big screen rather than the cropped version I saw on my 19" TV. In 1940, this had to be spectacular to watch in the theatre.

 

[amazinblue82]

Just watched the video. I knew she had some issues, but I didn't know they ran that deep.

I remember first watching "Gone with the Wind" on TV back in the early 80's. My thoughts were that it was one of those movies that would really need to be seen on the big screen rather than the cropped version I saw on my 19" TV. In 1940, this had to be spectacular to watch in the theatre.

thats exactly right. part of why 1940 America crowded/packed into into the era 's (Pre tv) theaters was because of the movie making/spectacle on the a huge screen.. they had seen nothing like it.

i too saw it first time on tv is the 80's on a VCR. it was letterboxed and bland. today's home theater big HD tv blue ray technology is the best way to see it, you can occasionally see it in a theater even now. plan for bathroom breaks.

the point. recommend if you see GWTW, next/first time on with the biggest, best technology available. remarkable what they did 90 years ago. of course if you're a movie buff, you'll like the storytelling. one Early the films of the Golden Age of Hollywood that gave us/led to the stuff of the last 100 years.

diff topic. one of the reasons IMHO she was such a good actor was BECAUSE she was so personally troubled. playing Blanche Dubois is a handful/challenge for any actor --- let alone win an Oscar for it. i too thought that "shes good, but something is up with her." it only got worst with age.

 

[Zymurgy]

I got it immediately from the photo and know her back history so that just confirmed it. I always thought she was one of the most beautiful actresses.

We have a great summer movie series in Columbus, OH in the beautifully restored Ohio Theater. I saw Gone with the Wind in that theater, which it is where it is meant to be seen.

 

[amazinblue82]

if this it, its similar in concept to fox theater (built 1928) years ago (restored in 1988) in down town Detroit. it now also serves as Little Caesars HQ. Fox Theatre (Detroit) - Wikipedia . perfect place to see GWTW again- in the restored vintage movie palaces https://www.capa.com/ohio-theatre/

 

[Zymurgy]

if this it, its similar in concept to fox theater (built 1928) years ago (restored in ki1988) in down town Detroit. it now also serves as Little Caesars HQ. Fox Theatre (Detroit) - Wikipedia . perfect place to see GWTW again- in the restored vintage movie palaces https://www.capa.com/ohio-theatre/


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Yes that is our beautiful theater. I took my wife, on one of our first dates to see Casablanca, 40 years ago. We still go back every year. Lots of shows besides the classic summer movie series. It is also the home of our Symphony.

It was built in the late 20s for Lowe's. To start the new era of talking movies. They have the ornate Morton pipe organ that would play with the silent movies that we're still being produced. They still play the Morton a half hour before all the Summer Classic Movies and during intermission. It rises up from the floor on the stage. They have one silent movies a year that they play the Morton.

 

[Snotty]

New Game

Actor, stage and screen, great talent died young in at 53 years old.

born in India she was a British citizen a tragic story full of extramarital drama, health issues, two Oscars, one for a unforgetable performance in a classic that some think was one of the greatest movies ever. i admit to seeing it many times. it won multiple awards and in today's terms it might have been the biggest movie ever made. once married to England's greatest actor.

when this game ends, take some time to learn her story. if people in your orbit have ever beeen mentally ill it can be quite hard on everybody. Below at age 2 she would grew into one of the prettiest women in Hollywood's Golden Age. frankly, i think she really didnt give a damn if people ihought she was pretty or an adulterer. i just mainly feel sorry for her.

While i tend not to like most of her work, she really was a good actor. had i been old enough i would have seen her stage work. she actually resembles the two year version as a older lady but you might not see it. its mostly her dark hair, large eyes and mouth shape.

this is a hard one. if you keeep the years in mind it should be easy.

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That Hamilton Woman!