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Jennifer Jones - Oscar winner is dead at age 90
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:54 pm
by disneyboy20022
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:16 pm
by Escapay
Really sad news.
Ironically, today whilst doing some food shopping at Sam's Club we came across Love is a Many Splendored Thing in the DVD section.
albert
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:31 pm
by Cordy_Biddle
I've been on a Jennifer Jones kick on the last few weeks, screening "Song of Bernadette", "Madame Bovary" and "Carrie" amongst others. One of the most haunting, fascinating female stars of the classic cinema in my opinion.
Ever the lady, she knew when to step out of the spotlight. Her life was quite tragic in many respects (a daughter committed suicide) and her first husband Robert Walker died suddenly of an accidental overdose of sedatives in 1951. She famously left him to marry producer David O. Selznick--the man who mentored her early career.
She'll always be immortal as the faithful Bernadette Soubirous (her Oscar-winning performance) from "Song of Bernadette"; though I suspect her greatest, most widely acclaimed and remembered roles came as feisty half-caste Pearl Chavez in "Duel in the Sun", and Eurasian Doctor Han Suyin in "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing".
She will be missed.
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:36 pm
by Cordy_Biddle
On January 7th, TCM will suspend it's previous programming to show four movies as part of a Jennifer Jones tribute.
* Duel in the Sun
* Beat the Devil
* Madame Bovary
* Indiscretion of an American Wife
For more info:
http://www.tcm.com/movienews/index/?cid=282733
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:46 pm
by Escapay
I'm guessing Indiscretion of an American Wife will be the Selznick re-edit rather than the Terminal Station version.
albert
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:24 am
by Cordy_Biddle
Does TCM hold the rights for "Song of Bernadette" and "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing"?
I'm guessing probably not, since they were Fox productions. I was surprised to see "Carrie" not included; one of her finer performances from the early Fifties, though it's a movie which actually showcases Laurence Olivier to better advantage.
I'm also eager to see "Good Morning Miss Dove", "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" and "Tender is the Night" released to DVD, but I won't be holding my breath...