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Post by topbilled on Sept 6, 2023 0:09:05 GMT
She had already scored a hit on Broadway and in Warners Brothers’ GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, when she was signed to a long-term contract at RKO. There didn’t seem to be any type of material she couldn’t play– romantic trifles like IN PERSON; women’s stories like STAGE DOOR and TENDER COMRADE; and of course, those insanely successful musicals where she danced with Fred Astaire. The high point, though, was her turn in the romance drama KITTY FOYLE, for which she earned an Oscar. She would leave RKO in the mid-1940s, but she did return a decade later for one of the studio’s final films.
Check out:
IN PERSON (1935)
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THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
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KITTY FOYLE (1940)
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Post by sagebrush on Sept 8, 2023 23:35:00 GMT
I think my favorite Ginger Rogers performance from an RKO film is as Ellie May Adams in PRIMROSE PATH. My very favorite Ginger film, though, is I'LL BE SEEING YOU. I also thought Shirley Temple was fantastic in the film.
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Post by topbilled on Sept 9, 2023 0:08:09 GMT
I think my favorite Ginger Rogers performance from an RKO film is as Ellie May Adams in PRIMROSE PATH. |
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Post by kims on Sept 9, 2023 0:41:05 GMT
re:Shirley Temple. Isn't it strange that Temple proved she could act in I'LL BE SEEING YOU; SINCE YOU WENT AWAY and FORT APACHE, but the public didn't want an adult Shirley Temple, as Ben said in his intro to SINCE YOU WENT AWAY. You can't make people watch a film.
On the other hand, was it that casting people didn't want her. In the films I mentioned above, she wasn't playing the main character. Maybe people wouldn't go to a film she was the star of, but how do the powers-that-be decide they would have more ticket sales if Temple hadn't been in I'LL BE SEEING YOU.
As to Ginger, my favorite performance is in BLACK WIDOW. That film may rate as a neglected film. Cast incudes Van Heflin, Gene Tierney; George Raft; Reginald Owen; Otto Kruger; and an adult Peggy Ann Gardner. Cast like that I could enjoy hearing them read the encyclopedia.
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Post by Fading Fast on Sept 9, 2023 2:19:59 GMT
I think my favorite Ginger Rogers performance from an RKO film is as Ellie May Adams in PRIMROSE PATH.
Here are some brief comments on "Chance at Heaven:" "Chance at Heaven"
And some more-robust comments on "Primrose Path:" "Primrose Path"
And some comments on the book "February Hill," which is the book the movie "Primrose Path" is based on: "February Hill" |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 9, 2023 4:33:28 GMT
Glad you mentioned PRIMROSE PATH...as it's been awhile since I've seen it. If I recall correctly, she and Joel McCrea had previously costarred in another RKO picture, a precode called CHANCE AT HEAVEN (1933).
Here are some brief comments on "Chance at Heaven:" "Chance at Heaven"
And some more-robust comments on "Primrose Path:" "Primrose Path"
And some comments on the book "February Hill," which is the book the movie "Primrose Path" is based on: "February Hill" |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 9, 2023 5:44:53 GMT
 Ginger Rogers' RKO films include:
THE TIP-OFF (1931)
SUICIDE FLEET (1931)
CARNIVAL BOAT (1932)
PROFESSIONAL SWEETHEART (1933)
FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
CHANCE AT HEAVEN (1933)
RAFTER ROMANCE (1933)
FINISHING SCHOOL (1934)
THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
ROMANCE IN MANHATTAN (1935)
ROBERTA (1935)
STAR OF MIDNIGHT (1935)
TOP HAT (1935)
IN PERSON (1935)
FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
SWING TIME (1936)
SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
STAGE DOOR (1937)
HAVING WONDERFUL TIME (1938)
CAREFREE (1938)
THE STORY OF VERNON & IRENE CASTLE (1939)
BACHELOR MOTHER (1939)
FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (1939)
PRIMROSE PATH (1940)
LUCKY PARTNERS (1940)
KITTY FOYLE (1940)
TOM DICK AND HARRY (1941)
ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON (1942)
TENDER COMRADE (1943)
HEARTBEAT (1946)
THE FIRST TRAVELING SALESLADY (1956) |
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