The Silver Screen Oasis

Professional Tourist wrote:

Sue Sue Applegate wrote:I loved what RO said about Pride and Prejudice earlier, that it included two of the loveliest voices that ever spoke the English language: Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson.

Sue Sue Applegate wrote: Maybe it was Ronald Coleman. I thought I remembered him saying that about Pride and Prejudice! I do prefer him over Olivier.

I have just read a similar quote on Greer's Bio by Michael Troyan! Re. "Random Harvest" (1943) which starred Greer and Ronald Colman: (Page 139) "Mervyn LeRoy recalled, "It could have been written for them. Between the two of them, the English Language was never spoken more beautifully on film."

That's very well stated. The language in RANDOM HARVEST is lovely. I've never seen MRS. PARKINGTON.

Now that I'm reading Ms. Garson's Bio I want to see all her films again, especially Mrs Parkington...

feaito wrote:Now that I'm reading Ms. Garson's Bio I want to see all her films again, especially Mrs Parkington...

I'm thinking the same thing ... her voice is pleasant for me to hear and she takes pride in speaking well. A real plus for me with a hearing disability.

I have just ordered several of Greer's best for a friend of mine and have been delving deeply into Garson territory. I so adore Ronald Coleman, and especially so in Random Harvest because I can sense his struggle to remember something that he finally realizes that he forgot.

Greer's selflessness is a little "stiff upper lip" and sometimes I have to gather enough emotional energy to suspend my disbelief, but when she tells him of the death of her child, I crash, cry, and burn. She wants him to love her for herself, as he once did as Smitty, and finally it all falls in to place. The sounds of the lilting, suave, dulcet tones of Coleman and Garson mesmerize me, and allow me to hope for a better world for all.

At an early age, I was introduced to Madame Curie with Garson and Walter Pidgeon, and after I saw that film, I immediatey went to the library and read every biography of Marie Curie I could locate. I wanted to be just like her. I just knew I could discover a new element or two. That's how energizing that film was for a perky gal of 11.

So I am steeped in Garson right now, and I am going to rewatch Madame Curie. Right now.

I know exactly how you feel about Greer Garson ... I wished I recorded off of my DVR ...

I'm with you, Suex2! I longed to be a scientist when I was a girl, and I think this film had a lot to do with it. Then I got into college and found out how boring the actual work of scientific experimentation could be.

An under appreciated Greer film that is now one of my favorites:

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Jaxxxon, SueSue - or shall I call you Mesdames Curie...I'm loving the way you both were inspired by Curie. Science...whew hard stuff. But Greer makes it all look great. I wasn't emotionally available to watch "Random Harvest" recently. But it's a favorite. Love - It really CAN conquer all. Hollywood makes me believe.

I am going to have to make time to watch Desire Me! I've never seen this one! Watched Madame Curie again. There are two new books about her and Pierre that I haven't read, and I will have to check them out! In 2005, Barbara Goldsmith wrote Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie.[65] In 2011, another book appeared, Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, a Tale of Love and Fallout , by Lauren Redniss.[81]

I agree about the tediousness of scientific research. Her story is so inspiring, and one reason for her inspiration is that she was not corrupted by fame. She repaid her scholarship, and helped so many others willing to spend their lives doing scientific research.

The second book was reviewed somewhere... I read about it and it was spoken highly of, though I believe it was a very non-traditional biography... I'm trying to think if that was the one that had phosphorescent artwork...

Sounds very entertaining. Right now I am knee-deep in essays, so I don't have much time to read. It's on the summer list!

she takes pride in speaking well. A real plus for me with a hearing disability.

Not a big Brando fan, I'm guessing!

when she tells him of the death of her child, I crash, cry, and burn

The wonderful world of drama. This is why we have it.

Sue Sue Applegate wrote:Sounds very entertaining. Right now I am knee-deep in essays, so I don't have much time to read. It's on the summer list!

THAT made me laugh Suex2. You're reading essays yet you don't have time to read.

Not for fun, anyway.

Essays with intros like: "The benefits of drill team are very beneficial" and "In today's modern society of now that currently is being played out" and "Have you ever encountered the three different types of texters we see in modern day society happening this way?

Or conclusions like: "Because of what I have said earlier in my essay I think that you will find it in your heart to understand the meaning conveyed due to the fact that evidence made it proven so."

Greer is cringing right now. I am cringing right now. Spartacus is cringing right now. Mr. Chips would just smile and move on to the next essay without complaining.

Drat. I missed Desire Me, and I wanted to see it sooooo bad.

I am watching Julia Misbehaves again, and I just realized that Greer probably could have played Lilly Von Stupp in Blazing Saddles if the part had been ready for her in the 50s. What gave moi the idea? The musical number "Playing with Fire" in Julia Misbehaves.