R.I.P. Jennifer Jones, 90 ("The Song of Bernadette")
Lenona
(I used to confuse her with Jennifer Darling - but I was pretty young
at the time.)
Also known for "Portrait of Jennie."
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428354/
Lenona.
Kingo Gondo
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Time to edit the TCM obit reel.
RIP, dear.
Madara0806
> Quite a life.
>
> (I used to confuse her with Jennifer Darling - but I was pretty young
> at the time.)
>
> Also known for "Portrait of Jennie."
>
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428354/
>
> Lenona.
I watched PORTRAIT OF JENNIE again recently. Great movie. Great
performances by all.
TBerk
I sometimes think about all the folks I am looking at onscreen, in say
a Fred Astaire film- the screen is _full_ of people going left and
right and it occurs to me that they all were born, lived whatever life
that lead them to that very moment captured on film, and have (likely)
since passed away.
Jennifer Jones was born in 1919, almost a century ago, she did some
things, she lived a life.
What will each of us have to show for our near century here on the
planet?
berk
Tom
> Quite a life.
>
> (I used to confuse her with Jennifer Darling - but I was pretty young
> at the time.)
>
> Also known for "Portrait of Jennie."
>
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428354/
>
> Lenona.
Quite a life, indeed.
She was a favorite actress of mine.
I'm Catholic, so Song of Bernadette was required viewing in my house
when I was a kid! ;-)
R.I.P.
Tom
David Oberman
<bayar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>What will each of us have to show for our near century here on the
>planet?
We must all show deeds of lovingkindness to our brethren. We must help
where help is needed. We must light the way in our little corner of
the cosmos.
Death From Above
>
> (I used to confuse her with Jennifer Darling - but I was pretty young
> at the time.)
>
> Also known for "Portrait of Jennie."
>
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428354/
>
> Lenona.
I didn't even know she was still alive. Well, RIP.
PS. Never found her attractive. Her wide face and snubby nose were
oogle.
wull
seen mentioned was "Ruby Gentry".
Wull
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Dave in Toronto
looks department or as an actress. I think she looked her best in
_RUBY GENTRY_ but was rather too over the top with the sultriness in
_DUEL IN THE SUN_.
She had her share of hard knocks in her life - she always felt guilty
about Robert Walker's descent into alcoholism and drug abuse after
their separation - her daughter with David O Selznick commited suicide
- she herself had to treated for an overdose of sleeping pills in the
sixties.
Dave in Toronto
wull
"Dave in Toronto" <dmatt...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Sorry she's gone but she was never one of my favorites neither in the
> looks department or as an actress. I think she looked her best in
> _RUBY GENTRY_ but was rather too over the top with the sultriness in
> _DUEL IN THE SUN_.
Did you ever read the book Dave? She fit the part perfectly as written. I
thought it was a perfect movie with a superior cast, as many older movies
were made with many, many great actors.
Wull
TBerk
wrote:
> Time to edit the TCM obit reel.
>
> RIP, dear.
Just now, 12 mins prior to the hour they (TCM) just showed a small JJ
obit retrospective. Imagine my surprise to realize these last few
days to have missed the fact that she was the female lead in 'Love Is
a Many-Splendored Thing' (1955) as. Dr. Han Suyin". "_That's_
Jennifer Jones?"
Huh. Now it connects, it hits a little closer to home. damn.
Indeed, RIP Ms Jones.
berk
Dave in Toronto
> "Dave in Toronto" <dmatthew...@sympatico.ca> wrote in messagenews:d40e0296-10e5-4a6c...@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Sorry she's gone but she was never one of my favorites neither in the
> > looks department or as an actress. I think she looked her best in
> > _RUBY GENTRY_ but was rather too over the top with the sultriness in
> > _DUEL IN THE SUN_.
>
> Did you ever read the book Dave? She fit the part perfectly as written. I
> thought it was a perfect movie with a superior cast, as many older movies
> were made with many, many great actors.
>
> Wull
>
>
I read it a long time ago. I still have a copy so I'll probably read
it again soon to refresh my memory. Just glancing through it and
here's a description of Pearl :
"The Indian blood showed in Pearl's long legs and ropy bluish-black
hair and in her lips which had a slight bulge even when they were
closed. She had rather light brown or greenish eyes, lighter than her
olive skin, to which they made a contrast."
You're right it could be a description of Jennifer in the movie.
Apparently it was her eyes that first caught David O Selznick's
attention
For the record I liked the movie too.
Dave in Toronto
David Oberman
<bayar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Indeed, RIP Ms Jones.
She was such an amusing dingaling in BEAT THE DEVIL that I fell in
love with her in that.
She was amateurish, however, in that Michael Powell film she made
about the tattered gypsy girl who marries up.
These lush, moist-lipped women, like Jennifer Jones & Ava Gardner,
never quite convinced in rag-tag, gypsy roles (e.g., THE BAREFOOT
CONTESSA).
OW
> about the tattered gypsy girl who marries up.
>
I totally disagree with that. GONE TO EARTH is probably the best movie
she ever made, and she was never more beautiful or sexier then in that
film. Maybe you saw Selznick's drastically recut American version of
the film, retitled THE WILD HEART. I haven't seen it, but it's said to
be an abomination.
She and Fred were also charming in THE TOWERING INFORNO, some 25 years
later.
Brad Filippone
I'm not even Christian, and I find the story moving. It's in my
collection.
Brad