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| Posted by: TheOtherOne 05:53 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Two not that often discussed (in recent years) wonderful Oscar-winning performances whose films were later made into musicals - PlayWiz 05:32 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| Of course, one of the films she is best remembered for was remade this past year, though Nightmare Alley is as likely to become a musical as Fraulein Maria is to become a nun. I am both a big fan of the 1947 film and the 2021 remake, but I missed Joan Blondell greatly in the newer film. She was a terrific and underrated actress, one who should be better remembered. She did great work right up to the end if Opening Night is any indication. The bulk of her stage work occurred before 1930, when she hit Hollywood. I wish she'd done more in later years. |
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| re: Joan Blondell | |
| Posted by: mermaniac 08:58 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: Joan Blondell - TheOtherOne 05:53 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| Joan did the "Tree" musical outside of NYC. | |
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| re: Joan Blondell | |
| Posted by: Charlie_Baker 12:35 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: Joan Blondell - TheOtherOne 05:53 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| Agreed. She should have had something akin to Shelley Winters' career at least. | |
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| re: Joan Blondell | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 02:13 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 02:07 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Joan Blondell - Charlie_Baker 12:35 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
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| Blondell was actually a bigger star and played leads in films in her heyday, I would say more so than Winters. Joan Blondell was an especially wonderful leading lady for James Cagney, full of vigor and crackling energy to match his. She's marvelous in some incredible pre-code films, like the has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed "Night Nurse" alongside Barbara Stanwyck and a memorably rare villainous Clark Gable. Winters played a lot of victims in her films with some exceptions and forays into leading ladydom, but then again she came along after the '30s heyday of Blondell where speakeasys, bootleggers, and such film settings presented opportunities for Blondell to shine. If Blondell is she is known to younger audiences, it is as the lunch lady in "Grease", practically a cameo role. She seems to have fallen off Hollywood's map after a role in a tv series called "Here Come The Brides" in the late 60s, and she really could have been cast in more roles as she got more mature. | |
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| re: Joan Blondell | |
| Posted by: dbdbdb 10:28 am EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: Joan Blondell - TheOtherOne 05:53 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| Nightmare Alley did become a musical. It was seen at the Geffen Playhouse some years ago with a cast that included James Barbour and Mary Gordon Murray. As far as I can tell, it hasn't gone anywhere since. | |
| Link | https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/nightmare-alley/ |
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