somnambule
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i hope it suffices for some bubbles 
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and now i´ve reallly got to blame myself for forgetting one of my fav comediennes of the 30s ,whom i not only like for her films,but also admire for the courage of being different and never betraying herself....certainly not an easygoing,uncomplicated actress and woman eventhough on the screen she seemed like the perfect all-american girl,the perfect pal.in real life she was far away from the women she portrayed on the screen....and then of course her trademark that ...i don´t kbow how to call it...i-was-bitten-by-a-frog...or whatever kind of voice.she was frank capra´s fav actress and imo the real garbo regarding privacy-becuase she totally refused to be merchandised the way every other actress back then was.there are hardly ever pictures of her or postcards or other stuff.the funny thing is that i don´t even love her most famous films by capra so much.she was perfect in them,but capra´s american patriotism is sometimes just too much for me.perhaps i´m too european to get this.but i loved her in "only angels have wings" ,"the talk of the town" and a foreign affair".i don´t think that marlene outplayed her in the latter.on the contrary,jean arthur´s character was so full life and made a great development during the film too.marlene was too statuesque.being her own living monument again.1999 a remarkablee bio by john oller came out called:jean arhur (obviously)-the actress nobody knew.he had a hard time following her traces becuase she always seemed to walk on sand...hiding behind a thousand veils....and that even though she looked like the typical girl next door....ok enough words and some pics
sources:leading ladies,kinostars-engelmeier,jean arthur-john oller,picture dshow annual 1936
1939 with her dog pat
mr smith
mr deeds
a rare cheesecake photo of arthur,in a publicity pose for the devil and miss jones....it looks weird somehow to see her pin-up-ied, but what´s also astonishing she was 40 years old when the picture was taken
going back in time....hope it´s ok.it only shows how much she changed over the years until she became the star jean arthur
"a foghorn!"arthur cried after the playback test of her voice test with paramount sound engineer.but her voice proved to be her greatest asset in talking pictures
.and now i´ve reallly got to blame myself for forgetting one of my fav comediennes of the 30s ,whom i not only like for her films,but also admire for the courage of being different and never betraying herself....certainly not an easygoing,uncomplicated actress and woman eventhough on the screen she seemed like the perfect all-american girl,the perfect pal.in real life she was far away from the women she portrayed on the screen....and then of course her trademark that ...i don´t kbow how to call it...i-was-bitten-by-a-frog...or whatever kind of voice.she was frank capra´s fav actress and imo the real garbo regarding privacy-becuase she totally refused to be merchandised the way every other actress back then was.there are hardly ever pictures of her or postcards or other stuff.the funny thing is that i don´t even love her most famous films by capra so much.she was perfect in them,but capra´s american patriotism is sometimes just too much for me.perhaps i´m too european to get this.but i loved her in "only angels have wings" ,"the talk of the town" and a foreign affair".i don´t think that marlene outplayed her in the latter.on the contrary,jean arthur´s character was so full life and made a great development during the film too.marlene was too statuesque.being her own living monument again.1999 a remarkablee bio by john oller came out called:jean arhur (obviously)-the actress nobody knew.he had a hard time following her traces becuase she always seemed to walk on sand...hiding behind a thousand veils....and that even though she looked like the typical girl next door....ok enough words and some pics
sources:leading ladies,kinostars-engelmeier,jean arthur-john oller,picture dshow annual 1936
1939 with her dog pat
mr smith
mr deeds
a rare cheesecake photo of arthur,in a publicity pose for the devil and miss jones....it looks weird somehow to see her pin-up-ied, but what´s also astonishing she was 40 years old when the picture was taken
going back in time....hope it´s ok.it only shows how much she changed over the years until she became the star jean arthur
"a foghorn!"arthur cried after the playback test of her voice test with paramount sound engineer.but her voice proved to be her greatest asset in talking pictures
!!!you never cease to amaze me,lucy 
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.these are things that annoy me regarding old hollywood.
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