Chen G. 3,895 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Dame Olivia De Havilland passed in her sleep. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 She was a great lady in a cage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 She reached 104 years, quite a respectable age. I may put on The Adventures of Robin Hood tonight as a tribute. Fancyarcher and Matt C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dole 17 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 RIP. She takes an entire era of Hollywood history with her, but she lived a long and interesting life. I can't imagine any of the adults making Captain Blood would have imagined that they would live to see the 85th anniversary of that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I still can't believe she made it this far. What a legacy she leaves behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 59 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Dame Olivia De Havilland passed in her sleep. RIP. She was there for the Hollywood debuts of Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Errol Flynn (and probably many others) and outlived them and most others of her collaborators by many decades. We generally consider Williams one of the last of a mostly bygone era, but De Havilland was one of the last remnants of an even earlier age. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 She was there for the Hollywood debuts of Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Errol Flynn (and probably many others) and outlived them and most others of her collaborators by many decades. We generally consider Williams one of the last of a mostly bygone era, but De Havilland was one of the last remnants of an even earlier age. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Old Hollywood is really gone now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted July 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2020 Just for perspective: When she had her first lead roles, the famous Vienna-influenced Hollywood sound wasn't just common, it was in fact brand new. SteveMc, Matt C and Fabulin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte Lady in a Cage My Cousin Rachel The Heiress Princess O'Rourke (she's stunningly beautiful in this wartime propaganda flick) Gone With The Wind The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Adventures of Robin Hood It's Love I'm After All worth checking out! Omen II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Two years after the release of Captain Blood, Benny Goodman's recording of Sing, Sing, Sing, the epitome of the swing era, hit the airwaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 Which film is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I bet someone greeted her at the pearlies 5 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Which film is that? Princess O'Rourke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitam 362 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I spent the last few years in awe of the simple fact that a movie star from the 1930s (and incidently the star from 1938's Robin Hood which I watched a lot in my childhood) was still living among us. So now it is over. RIP madame de Havilland Edmilson and Unlucky Bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: Princess O'Rourke Does it exist on blu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Does it exist on blu? Only seems to have had a DVD https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KE4ZIW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gVChFb7V6QP0N Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,505 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 This is huge, one of the last golden age relics is gone. Just turned 104 a couple of weeks ago too. RIP to an acting legend, her performances in The Snake Pit and The Heiress are incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,259 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 What a long, great life she lived. Over a century on the Earth. Let's hope JW has some of her genetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,082 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 2 hours ago, eitam said: I spent the last few years in awe of the simple fact that a movie star from the 1930s (and incidently the star from 1938's Robin Hood which I watched a lot in my childhood) was still living among us. So now it is over. RIP madame de Havilland This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I've seen far too few of her films and intend to rectify that. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I remember The Dark Mirror as being a delicious example of the evil twin thriller genre. RIP. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I'd never actually heard of this lady before, but she was a real beauty to say the least. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,042 Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I've never seen any movies she was in but that's awesome she lived for so long. I wonder if she had any interesting perspective on the golden age of Hollywood compared to modern Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Didn't know she was still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 1 hour ago, AC1 said: Didn't know she was still alive. I really don't know you people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I have the impression she led an interesting life. I see that several biographies have been published in recent years - could anybody recommend one of those? Also, is there a good webstore for purchasing classic films on region 2 blu-ray? I find amazon's selection to be rather inadequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,397 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Damn, born during WWI. Feels strange when these events so talked about and these movies so popular and widely accessible and rewatched are passing out of living memory (not that she would have had memories of WWI but you know what I mean)... probably a couple decades later than many thought they would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,443 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 hours ago, AC1 said: Didn't know she was still alive. She's not Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 She was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Indeed. 4 hours ago, AC1 said: Didn't know she was still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I wish she was... still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Ricard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,443 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 So does she. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2020 eitam, Smeltington and Fabulin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 What an amazing life and career. 104 is insanely good innings. Born during World War 1 and living all the way through corona crises and Tik Tok, how about that? Let's not forget she appeared in a Williams-scored film, THE SCREAMING WOMAN. Well, it had a Williams THEME, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 And stock music by Jerry Goldsmith, among others. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: And stock music by Jerry Goldsmith, among others. Interesting. Yes, and Morton Stevens, if memory serves? There was a musician's strike at the time, so that explains the library music. But where Williams' end credits theme comes from, is still a mystery. Surely, he wasn't a 'strikebreaker', and if the piece was composed for something else, he wouldn't have received his own 'theme' credit. Bizarre. But crazy to think that Olivia de Havilland was already in her 60s when she did this film in 1972, and she was still with us up untill recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 11,956 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Thor said: Olivia de Havilland was already in her 50s when she did this film in 1972 Fixed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,384 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Ok, but still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now