tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post1266713872194276972..comments2024-02-25T03:29:01.043+00:00Comments on Mike's Movie Projector: A Star Is Born and those Fifties dramasMichael O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-84103531702349644332015-06-21T08:31:12.069+01:002015-06-21T08:31:12.069+01:00Thats interesting - I must dig out Wagner's bo...Thats interesting - I must dig out Wagner's book and have a re-read. Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-26642852019434924782015-06-20T18:06:29.639+01:002015-06-20T18:06:29.639+01:00And according to Robert Wagner's book, Warner&...And according to Robert Wagner's book, Warner's reaction to Garland and Luft's behavior (particularly the perceived purloining of the living room furniture) later cost Garland the role of Rose in the film version of Gypsy.Neely OHarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967247631845210906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-21645730926702452132015-06-19T17:03:01.735+01:002015-06-19T17:03:01.735+01:00I like Grace a lot in her other films, even in the...I like Grace a lot in her other films, even in the MGM programmer GREEN FIRE where she is perfectly tailored down on her South American plantation, but THE COUNTRY GIRL just does not grip me. Perhaps Bing was the wrong choice here ....Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-82671696689241298162015-06-18T14:33:43.710+01:002015-06-18T14:33:43.710+01:00Mike, every Fifties movie you mentioned is is my D...Mike, every Fifties movie you mentioned is is my DVD collection...we have very similar taste in films! I am also a big fan of A Star is Born (and of I Could Go On Singing). Grace Kelly is fine in The Country Girl; I have always liked her, but the Oscar should have gone to Miss Show Business. angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.com