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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 19:43:45 GMT
More of Fawn's personality is revealed each week. I love it!
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 19:58:14 GMT
Running time is about 85 minutes. Pressing play...
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:00:11 GMT
The kid on the bike at the beginning, bringing the telegram to the house, is Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:03:33 GMT
Ironically, not only was Mrs. Hadley's birthday on December 7th...so was Fay Bainter's!
She was born on December 7, 1893.
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 10, 2023 20:03:43 GMT
This kitchen and house all look obviously like a set.
Love seeing Connie Gilchrist, though.
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 10, 2023 20:04:22 GMT
Ironically, not only was Mrs. Hadley's birthday on December 7th...so was Fay Bainter's!
She was born on December 7, 1893.
That's a funny coincidence.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:05:29 GMT
The son role played by Richard Ney would likely have been given to Peter Lawford if the film had been made a short time later.
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 10, 2023 20:05:49 GMT
Wonder when Mrs. Minivers' son moved to Washington and got a new mother.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:08:23 GMT
Fay Bainter and Spring Byington would also costar a year later in PRESENTING LILY MARS.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:09:42 GMT
Re: the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor: "How could they do such a thing! On my birthday? Why it's unthinkable!"
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:14:44 GMT
War or no war, it's Christmas Eve...and everything turns out for the best.
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 10, 2023 20:18:08 GMT
Jean Roger's polo coat is era perfect.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:18:23 GMT
At the canteen...
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Post by Fading Fast on Dec 10, 2023 20:19:43 GMT
Van Johnson epitomizes MGM, it was so the right studio for him.
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Post by topbilled on Dec 10, 2023 20:21:18 GMT
Van Johnson epitomizes MGM, it was so the right studio for him. He'd done a B film at Warner Brothers, then two minor roles at MGM before his role in this one. It was his breakthrough, and after this, he was fast-tracked for stardom at the studio.
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