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Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

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Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

In February 1946, Norma Shearer swept into the lobby of the Sugar Bowl Ski Lodge in Soda Springs, California. She saw a picture of a fresh-faced teenage girl with an undeniable charm on the clerk’s…

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Luise Rainer: “Whatever I was able to give or do in my work came from inside out”

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Luise Rainer: “Whatever I was able to give or do in my work, came from inside out”

Screen legend Luise Rainer passed away on December 30, 2014, at her London home, at age 104, just two weeks shy of her 105th birthday. Unbelievable as it is, so was she. I met her twice for an inte…

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💖 Luise Rainer (1910 – 2014) German-born film actress 🌼✨
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💖 Luise Rainer (1910 – 2014) German-American-British film actress 🌸
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P.M.Bryant Dec 30, 2022

“Dramatic School” (1938) was modestly entertaining, but seemed like a pale attempt by MGM to mimic the magic of RKO’s classic, “Stage Door”.

I’m not familiar with Luise Rainer’s work yet, but her character here was unlikeable and, worse, charmless. Rainer’s heart wasn’t in it, apparently:
“In Dramatic School I was so exhausted I hardly knew or cared what I was doing, what lines I was saying.” [ https://luiserainer.wordpress.com/film/dramatic-school-1938/ ]

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