Condolences On Olivia De Havilland, 104

[mso489]

Olivia de Havilland died at 104; she'd tasted fame big time and was not overly impressed. She said life without movie acting was better because all she'd done is work all the time. I think she suspected what life was about. She won her law suit to get out of her contract with Warner Brothers, so there. She retained her licensing rights to the character Melanie in "Gone With The Wind," so my sister went to Paris and met with her several times relating to licensing the image, and the two, both petite blondes, hit it off and exchanged notes and holiday cards for some years.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Olivia de Havilland died at 104; she'd tasted fame big time and was not overly impressed. She said life without movie acting was better because all she'd done is work all the time. I think she suspected what life was about. She won her law suit to get out of her contract with Warner Brothers, so there. She retained her licensing rights to the character Melanie in "Gone With The Wind," so my sister went to Paris and met with her several times relating to licensing the image, and the two, both petite blondes, hit it off and exchanged notes and holiday cards for some years.

After the recent controversy over Gone With The Wind I looked her up and was shocked to see she was still alive. Last of the actresses from Hollywood's golden age. Cool that your sis got to know her MSO.

 

[logs]

Cool story

 

[elpfeife]

I will watch the Adventures of Robin Hood in her memory. Great old movie.

 

[Moonbog]

Would never have guessed she was still alive.

 

[kcghost]

I have been tracking her for quite a while wondering who would go first, her or Kirk Douglas. She was a great actress. R.I.P.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

RIP Olivia.?

 

[judcole]

May she rest in peace.

 

[mawnansmiff]

"I will watch the Adventures of Robin Hood in her memory. Great old movie."

You do know that Robin Hood wasn't American don't you ?

I too thought she had passed years ago.

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[Sloopjohnbee]

Her sister was great too - shame they didn't get along at the end.

 

[mso489]

One of those show biz women who stood up for herself, along with Mae West, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, and in a sense Maya Angelou who started out as an exotic dancer -- I never appreciated her until I knew she'd started out in show biz, had that kind of street smarts, that makes her later royal demeanor make perfect sense. Oh to live so long people think you are long gone, while you keep an eye on them.

 

[elasmo]

She and Errol Flynn were tag team champions in the day. They don't make em like this anymore.

 

[sumusfumus]

R.I.P. to this grand dame of the screen. Ditto: to Regis Philbin, a great entertainer from the early days of TV, to present day. Both, class acts.

 

[gerryp]

"I will watch the Adventures of Robin Hood in her memory. Great old movie."

You do know that Robin Hood wasn't American don't you ?

I too thought she had passed years ago.

Regards,

Jay.?

Robin Good was definitely American!
Some other great Americans were Moses, Spartacus, and Genghis Khan.

 

[anotherbob]

Robin Good was definitely American!
Some other great Americans were Moses, Spartacus, and Genghis Khan.

you forgot Santa Claus!

 

[mawnansmiff]

"Robin Good was definitely American!
Some other great Americans were Moses, Spartacus, and Genghis Khan."

Oh dear

Regards,

Jay.?

 

[gerryp]

For those who aren't old enough to get the joke:
Robin Hood - Errol Flynn
Moses - Charlton Heston
Spartacus - Kirk Douglas
Genghis Khan - John Wayne

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[mawnansmiff]

"For those who aren't old enough to get the joke:"

Joke now understood, apologies to Elpfeife ?

Hair shirt will be worn for a week ?

Regards,

Jay.?