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Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner in Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, 1941

November 2, 2022 By Joi

Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman

As someone who has spent their entire life with them, I’ve found that some films can kind of be frustrating. Whether it’s the way one ends, a particular performance, some sort of nonsense in the script, and/or a director’s vision… sometimes you find yourself more frustrated than entertained!

The 1941 version of  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (directed by Victor Fleming) is probably the film that I find to be THE most frustrating. But, here’s the thing. It isn’t frustrating because it’s 100 percent BAD… it’s frustrating because it is so darn close to being an absolute perfect movie.

Let’s start with the cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner are three of my personal favorites. I adore each one and can’t imagine old Hollywood without any of the three. While Ingrid and Lana were unspeakably beautiful, they were also fantastic actresses and they’re perfect in this film.

Ingrid Bergman actually gives one of my favorite performances of hers OR ANYONE’S in this movie. She shakes you to the core with her performance – I’ve seen Oscars given for much less. When this film is on television, I rewatch it simply because I love great acting and mesmerizing performances and Ingrid serves up one of the best of all time in this film. I can’t say enough about her flawless, incredible performance. She was brilliant, period.

While Lana’s role didn’t require quite as much emotion or range, she gives a truly beautiful and measured performance, allowing the larger than life characters to loom – with her calmer, refined character firmly in place for contrast. It’s the type of role and performance that requires generosity from an actor or actress and it’s the type of performance I always respect and appreciate.

Now on to the most frustrating part of the movie… the wonderful Spencer Tracy – and I don’t say wonderful lightly. He truly was one of the most versatile and gifted actors ever. When I think of the “best” actors, he is always one of the first to come to mind. He was flawless in every single other movie I’ve seen him in. But here’s the bizarre thing… he’s flawless in half of this one! He gives my favorite “Dr. Jekyll” performance of any actor – even better (IMO) than Frederic March in the 1931 version – though March, overall, gets the nod. It’s as Mr. Hyde that the great Spencer Tracy gets derailed with.

Let’s not beat around the bush – I think he overacts terribly and, between the unhinged performance and HIDEOUS makeup, an otherwise wonderful movie is held back considerably.

Frustrating!

Legendary director, stellar cast, a mesmerizing performance by Ingrid, beautifully filmed, an outstanding performance by Spencer Tracy as Dr. Jekyll… this one kind of frustrates me because it was so darn close to excellence.

It’s kind of like a great baseball team where the positions are filled with gold glovers, a lineup of silver sluggers, the manager is a genius, and they still find a way to lose.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a good movie and still worth seeing for the performances (two perfect and one halfway perfect), but this could have been – and should have been – one of the all-time great classics.

It came so close.

You can watch the 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Prime Video (Amazon link). It is absolutely worth it for Ingrid Bergman’s performance, alone, but Spencer Tracy and Lana Turner are also quite wonderful to watch (in his Dr. Jekyll role anyway!). You can also find the 1941 AND 1931 versions in a dvd set (see below).


Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Lana Turner: Beautiful Photo from the Set of The Postman Always Rings Twice

May 2, 2022 By Joi

Lana Turner and Tay Garnett on the set of The Postman Always Rings Twice

Lana Turner and Director Tay Garnett

One of the most popular films of all time is The Postman Always Rings Twice (1932, directed by Tay Garnett). It’s an excellent film-noir with a stellar cast and the PERFECT director for the job in Tay Garnett.

Lana Turner and John Garfield give extraordinary performances and keep the viewer GLUED to each scene, each line, and each movement they make.

It’s such a dark film that the photo above, with a beautifully smiling Lana Turner and a light-hearted Garnett, is a very noticeable contrast. Funny that one of gorgeous Lana Turner’s best photos is a candid – but she’s absolutely stunning, here.

Talk about knock out smiles!

You can find The Postman Always Rings Twice on dvd (Amazon link).

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes Pictures, Film Noir, Lana Turner Tagged With: film-noi, Lana Turner

The Beautiful Lana Turner was BOTD in 1921 in Wallace, Idaho

February 8, 2022 By Joi

Lana Turner, The Prodigal

Lana Turner

The ridiculously beautiful and talented Lana Turner was BOTD in 1921 in the charming small town of Wallace, Idaho. I’m forever fascinated when future Hollywood legends were born in small towns… the HEART of America. Little did anyone know then what an iconic star the baby girl would one day become!

Lana lived the type of life you’d expect one of her characters to live – honestly like something straight out of a film-noir. If you’ve never read a Lana Turner biography or autobiography, I HIGHLY recommend it! The autobiography pictured below is extraordinary.


Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth

Lana Turner, The Rains of Ranchipur

Filed Under: BOTD, Lana Turner Tagged With: BOTD, Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

April 22, 2021 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner are three of the stars who made 1941’s Ziegfeld Girl such a joy to watch. The movie also stars James Stewart as Lana Turner’s love interest (and talk about chemistry… these two certainly had it!).

The photo below is a “behind the scenes photo” – I love these types of photos. I always love to imagine if certain stars are “in character” or showing their own genuine expressions and emotions. Hedy Lamarr and Judy Garland are either in character, here, or greatly concentrating on their next scene.

While positivity runs throughout my dna (seriously, I have been called Mary Poppins more times than I could count.. unless, of course, I put down my umbrella and really focus), I have one bone to pick about this film.  Why wasn’t Judy Garland given dresses as beautiful as the ones given to Lana and Hedy?! She had a lovely figure and was absolutely beautiful. I just wish more effort had been put into her costumes – especially in the one pictured here.

I understand that her character was different from the other actresses characters, but still. I wish she had been given a prettier dress, period.

Okay, that’s out of my system. Back to my umbrella….

You can find Ziegfeld Girl (Amazon link) on dvd or watch the movie on Prime Video. Just be warned… James Stewart and Lana Turner will leave you speechless and wishing SO HARD that they’d made many more movies together.

Behind the Scenes of Ziegfeld Girl

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner, Behind the Scenes

 

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes Pictures, Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, Lana Turner Tagged With: Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, musicals, Ziegfeld Girl

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner: Ziegfeld Girl

April 16, 2021 By Joi

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Talk about three beautiful faces! Hedy, Judy, and Lana were as beautiful as it gets. Sadly, Judy never seemed to realize just how beautiful she was. From what I’ve read, she considered Lana Turner to possess the ultimate beauty but, each time I see Judy’s angelic face, I think, “Girl, you should have paid more attention to the mirror… you were a beauty in your own right!”

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) is a colorful, enjoyable extravaganza with an a great cast. In addition to the three talented ladies pictured here, the movie also starred James Stewart, Jackie Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, Eve Arden, Ian Hunter, and Tony Martin.

Lana Turner and James Stewart, Ziegfeld Girl

Lana Turner and James Stewart

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before – once or a million times, I forget which – but James Stewart and Lana Turner’s storyline is my favorite part of this movie.  They had an extra special chemistry together that rivaled any other film couple… including Maureen O’Hara/John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn/Spencer Tracy, and Lauren Bacall/Humphrey Bogart.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Hedy and Judy Garland too… James and Lana just brought a little extra magic.

You can find Ziegfeld Girl (Amazon link) on dvd or watch the movie on Prime Video. Just be warned… James Stewart and Lana Turner will leave you speechless and wishing SO HARD that they’d made many more movies together.

Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, and Lana Turner

Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner

Filed Under: Hedy Lamarr, James Stewart, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Picture of the Day Tagged With: Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Ziegfeld Girl

Hollywood in Kodachrome: A Spectacular Book for Anyone Who Loves Old Hollywood, Beauty, and Photography

July 20, 2020 By Joi

Hollywood in Kodachrome

Hollywood in Kodachrome by David Wills

As I said in a previous post, I’ve had a really, really rotten July. I just did my makeup, so I won’t get into the details again.. runny mascara isn’t much of a look on anyone not named Ava Gardner.

To lift my spirits, one of my daughters (Brittany) bought me the book you see here, Hollywood in Kodachrome. Knowing my GREAT love for Old Hollywood, she knew I’d lose myself in its pages at a time when losing myself would be just what I needed.

This book is absolutely spectacular – if you love old Hollywood and/or photography, this is the next book you’ll want to add to your collection. Each time I sit, looking through the gorgeous photos, I think how it feels this book was made just for me… just for now.

However, that’s dangerously short-changing the book. Hollywood in Kodachrome is an ideal book for anyone – whether their spirits need to be lifted or their spirits are soaring just fine, thank you very much.

Photographers, understandably, are very particular about where, when, and how their photos are shared with others, so I don’t want to include any here in the post. When you click through one of  the links in this post, you can see some of the photos in a preview on Amazon. Even though they appear there, I’m just not comfortable publishing them, here.

I will tell you a few names you can expect to see gorgeous photos of:

  • Lena Horne
  • Maureen O’Hara
  • Henry Fonda
  • Veronica Lake
  • Rita Hayworth
  • Lana Turner
  • Frank Sinatra
  • John Wayne
  • Martha Vickers
  • Marilyn Monroe
  • Bette Davis
  • And many, many, many more.

Many of these photos are never-before-seen!

From the Back Cover

Kodachrome film saturated the 1940s with an unprecedented explosion of color. Movie audiences, accustomed to seeing photographs of their favorite stars on magazine covers, billboards, and cinema marquees in monochrome or black-and-white, were suddenly enthralled as their idols came to life in vibrant hues as flesh-and-blood human beings. For the first time, the world was treated to the glory of Rita Hayworth’s auburn hair, Gary Cooper’s blue eyes, Betty Grable’s rosy cheeks, and the multicolored fruit bouquets of Carmen Miranda’s hats.

Curator and photographic preservationist David Wills has amassed one of the world’s largest private collections of original Kodachromes and color photographs from the 1940s. Now, in Hollywood in Kodachrome, he has gathered spectacular, museum-quality work from many of the great photographers of Hollywood’s golden era—George Hurrell, Clarence Sinclair Bull, John Engstead, Paul Hesse, Ernest Bachrach, Bernard of Hollywood, Robert Coburn, Ray Jones, Bud Fraker, Frank Powolny, Eugene Robert Richee, and many others—to create this stunning portfolio of images that pays homage to the richest, clearest, most brilliant, and archivally dependable film stock in history.

Among the highlights:

  • Rare and classic images digitally restored from their original 4×5, 5×7, and 8×10 Kodachrome sheet transparencies, vintage Carbro and dye transfer prints, and modern Cibachrome prints.
  • Never-before-seen publicity photos, scene stills, and work shots from many of Hollywood’s most beloved films of the 1940s.
  • Previously unpublished portraits of Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Lana Turner, Errol Flynn, Lucille Ball, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, and many others.
  • Rare “posed candids” and behind-the-scenes photos of stars at play, poolside, relaxing at home, and with family.
  • Unpublished outtakes of stars in famous ad campaigns, including Max Factor, Lux, Lipton Tea, Lucky Strike, and Royal Crown Cola.
  • Never-before-seen WWII patriot photography of stars in service uniform and posing with the American flag.

Pairing more than 250 first-generation photographs with vintage magazine covers, advertisements, movie posters, quotes from photographers, and a personal foreword by Hollywood’s “Queen of Technicolor,” Rhonda Fleming, Hollywood in Kodachrome is an unforgettable showcase of a time when movies were truly glamorous and color photography reigned supreme at its most luscious.

Find this extraordinary book on Amazon (Hollywood in Kodachrome) or in a bookstore. You’re going to love it each time you look through it. Talk about a fascinating coffee table book – only problem is, you’ll lose your guest’s attention entirely as they look through this very, very large 352 page book!

Filed Under: Bette Davis, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Lena Horne, Martha Vickers, Maureen O'Hara, Old Hollywood Book Reviews

Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice

May 20, 2020 By Joi

Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice

Lana Turner

After years of being an old Hollywood fanatic, I’ve found that some stars are almost universally loved by everyone (Humphrey Bogart, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Lucille Ball..), while others have an almost equal number of people who love them and people who… well… don’t love them. Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, June Allyson, and Bette Davis come to mind. Personally, I love all four…. a lot!

When you’re a fan of someone and others say really bad things about them, it’s unsettling, isn’t it? I mean, you can’t take it personally, of course… but, still…. you just hate to hear it.

I totally understand, mind you. After all, I have some that I don’t like and, oddly enough, I don’t always have a “good” reason – other than they just get on my last nerve!

I get that some stars’ personalities or lifestyles can unnerve people. I’ll be honest, by absolute favorites all tend to be the better-behaved stars. However, I don’t let how they lived or what they did (or are rumored to have done) dictate whether I like an actor or actress or not – any more than it dictates if I like an athlete or author.

Their body of work is what matters most to me. I mean, come on, I don’t tune in to a movie to sit and think about who did what to whom or who said this or that. I just want them to entertain me, that’s pretty much it.

Lana Turner always entertains me greatly. I think she was a fine actress and always gave her all in each and every one of her roles. I heard someone once say they didn’t like her because she was too beautiful and that it was the only reason she got any of the roles she had.

I’m guessing they don’t realize just how many beauties were (and are!) buzzing around Hollywood. There had to be something special about Lana to make her appeal to both Hollywood and to fans. She had that something special, if you ask me.

Tons of it.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (link to the dvd on Amazon)

The Postman Always Rings Twice (link to watch the film on Prime)

Lana Turner, The Postman Always Rings Twice

Lana Turner

Filed Under: Lana Turner, Picture of the Day Tagged With: Lana Turner, Lana Turner picture, The Postman Always Rings Twice

Lana Turner and John Wayne, The Sea Chase

April 23, 2020 By Joi

Lana Turner and John Wayne, The Sea ChaseLana Turner and John Wayne, The Sea Chase

John Wayne certainly had some stunningly beautiful co-stars, didn’t he?? The Sea Chase, starring The Duke and Lana Turner is a film you don’t hear a lot about but I like it a lot. Then again, I love these two stars so much, a movie would have to be uncommonly horrid for me not to like it.

In spite of my favoritism, it is a very entertaining movie – one that is perfectly directed by the wonderful John Farrow.

Find The Sea Chase on dvd on Amazon.

Filed Under: John Wayne, Lana Turner, Picture of the Day Tagged With: John Wayne, Lana Turner, The Sea Chase

Lana Turner and James Stewart, Ziegfeld Girl

March 31, 2020 By Joi

Lana Turner and James Stewart, Ziegfeld Girl

Lana Turner and James Stewart, Ziegfeld Girl

Is there a movie that, overall, you feel kind of meeeeeh about except for one performance (or storyline) that blows you away? Maybe you even rewatch the so-so movie for this storyline (or performance) alone?? Ziegfeld Girl (1941) is such a movie for me.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Judy Garland and… when I rewatch Ziefgeld Girl (Amazon DVD link)… I pause the FF button long enough to watch most of her scenes. BUT the only reason I ever do or ever will rewatch the movie is for Lana Turner and James Stewart. I think they were outstanding in this film and I am mesmerized by their chemistry.

Straight up fire!

Did You Know?

  • This was James Stewart’s last film role before serving in World War II. He would only come back 5 years later with one of his most popular roles of all time… George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
  • Ziegfeld Girl was, reportedly, Esther Williams’ favorite movie.

Filed Under: James Stewart, Lana Turner, Picture of the Day Tagged With: James Stewart, Lana Turner, Ziegfeld Girl

Picture of the Day: Lana Turner and Lee Bowman, Dancing Co-Ed

December 13, 2019 By Joi

Lana Turner and Lee Bowman, Dancing Co-Ed

Lana Turner and Lee Bowman, Dancing Co-Ed

I love this picture of the day! Lana Turner is one of my favorites and (EASILY) one of the most compelling and beautiful stars from Hollywood Yesterday. This is from the 1939 film Dancing Co-Ed.

I’m really not overly familiar with Lee Bowman, but after seeing him in this movie recently, I’d like to see more of his filmography. If you’ve never seen Dancing Co-Ed, check it out – it’s as fun as Lana is beautiful…. well, almost.


Filed Under: Lana Turner, Picture of the Day Tagged With: Dancing Co-Ed, Lana Turner

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