Irene Dunne
Nascimento : 1898-12-20, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Morte : 1990-09-04
História
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Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn, December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. Dunne was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her performances in Cimarron (1931), Theodora Goes Wild (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), Love Affair (1939) and I Remember Mama (1948). In 1985, Dunne was given Kennedy Center Honors for her services to the arts. Dunne was discovered by Hollywood while starring with the road company of Show Boat in 1929. She signed a contract with RKO and appeared in her first movie, Leathernecking (1930), a film version of the musical Present Arms. Already in her thirties when she made her first film, she would be in competition with younger actresses for roles, and found it advantageous to evade questions that would reveal her age. Her publicists encouraged the belief that she was born in 1901 or 1904, and the former is the date engraved on her tombstone.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Dunne blossomed into a popular screen heroine in movies such as the original Back Street (1932) and the original Magnificent Obsession (1935) and re-created her role as Magnolia in Show Boat (1936), directed by James Whale. Love Affair (1939) is the first of three films she made opposite Charles Boyer. She starred, and sang "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", in the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film version of the musical Roberta (1935).
Dunne was apprehensive about attempting her first comedy role, as the title character in Theodora Goes Wild (1936), but discovered that she enjoyed it. She turned out to possess an aptitude for comedy, with a flair for combining the elegant and the madcap, a quality she displayed in such films as The Awful Truth (1937) and My Favorite Wife (1940), both co-starring Cary Grant. Other roles include Julie Gardiner Adams in Penny Serenade (1941), again with Grant, Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as Anna Leonowens, Lavinia Day in Life with Father (1947), and Marta Hanson in I Remember Mama (1948). In The Mudlark (1950), she was nearly unrecognizable under heavy makeup as Queen Victoria.
The comedy It Grows on Trees (1952) became Dunne's last screen performance, although she remained on the lookout for suitable film scripts for years afterwards. The following year, she was the opening act on the 1953 March of Dimes showcase in New York City. While in town, she made an appearance as the mystery guest on What's My Line? She also made television performances on Ford Theatre, General Electric Theater, and the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, continuing to act until 1962.
In 1952–53, Dunne played newspaper editor Susan Armstrong in the radio program Bright Star. The syndicated 30-minute comedy-drama also starred Fred MacMurray.
Dunne commented in an interview that she had lacked the "terrifying ambition" of some other actresses and said, "I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is."
Self (archive footage)
Pela primeira vez, uma das maiores estrelas de Hollywood conta sua própria história, em suas próprias palavras. De uma infância de pobreza à fama global, Cary Grant, a estrela que se fez por si mesmo, explora sua própria imagem na tela.
Self (archive footage)
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Sylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuring music by Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Berlin and Kern.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Polly Baxter
The Baxters are a typical happy American family trying to live on too little money. Mrs. Polly Baxter acquires two mysterious trees that got into a nursery shipment by mistake. They turn out to be money trees. After initial problems, Polly decides to spend the money.
Queen Victoria
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
Kay Kingsley
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madison Square Garden Rodeo and they get married, and leave for his ranch in the west. Her friends warn her of an early disillusionment with life on a ranch, far away from the glitter and bright lights of Broadway. Kay makes one difficulty adjustment after another, as the ranch is presided over by Chris's kids, and an incident occurs with a neighbor that prompts Kay to return to her glamorous life in New York. But she soon finds her heart is with Chris and his children.
Self
Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, who speaks to them about doing a film for a group called the Christophers. The Christophers are an organization that wants to use different mediums such radio, TV, and film to inspire young people to change the world for the better by pursuing careers in public service like teaching and government work. The priest gives the celebrities a history lesson about the founding of the U.S. and God's role in it, and he asks for their help.
Mama
Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.
Vinnie Day
A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost.
Anna Owens
Em 1862, uma jovem inglesa torna-se Tutora Real no Sião e faz amizade com o Rei. Refilmado em 'O Rei e Eu (1956)'. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
Paula 'Polly' Wharton
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
Anne Crandall
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
Susan Dunn
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
Dorinda Durston
Uma sentimental, patriótica (se não propagandística) fantasia de Hollywood sobre um piloto de bombardeiro morto na Segunda Guerra Mundial, Maj. Pete Sandidge que se torna anjo da guarda para outro piloto, o capitão. Ted Randall, orientando Randall através de batalhas e ajudando-o no romance de sua ex-namorada, apesar de sua devoção excessiva a memória do Sandidge.
Self
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Jane Palmer
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
Nancy Andrews
With Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery, Preston Foster, and Eugene Pallette. This sublime film exemplifies La Cava’s gift for creating comedies that contain a profound depth of feeling. Starting with a cruel joke – a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the woman sharing their train compartment – the film charts the relationship that develops between Irene Dunne, a small-town girl in the big city, and Robert Montgomery, the brother of the man who has heartlessly seduced and abandoned her. Their love affair is all the more affecting for taking place against a backdrop of heartbreak and alcoholism, all conveyed under the guise of comedy. UNFINISHED BUSINESS is truly one of the most remarkable Hollywood films of the 1940s.
Julie Gardiner Adams
Enquanto Julie se prepara para deixar seu marido Roger, ela decide colocar um disco para tocar. A cada música, ela relembra de eventos em suas vidas juntos. Uma delas é a música que estava tocando quando ela e Roger se conheceram em uma loja de música. Outras canções lembram a ela o namoro, o casamento, o desejo de ter um filho e as alegrias e tristezas que ele compartilharam. Uma enxurrada de lembranças volta para ela enquanto ela pondera os problemas atuais e como eles surgiram.
Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Sete anos depois de um naufrágio no qual ela foi supostamente morta, Ellen Arden chega em casa e descobre que seu marido Nick acabou de se casar novamente. O radiante Nick esforça-se por dar a notícia à sua nova noiva. Mas ele fica chocado quando ouve a história toda: Ellen passou esses sete anos em uma ilha deserta sozinha com outro homem.
Helen
Romance and heartbreak walk hand-in-hand when Philip Chagal accidentally meets Helen Lawrence in a restaurant where she is a waitress. Unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness, he is attracted to her and they make a date to go sailing, arriving at Philip's country home just as a storm is breaking. Helen learns who he is for the first time, a celebrated-and-famous concert pianist and, falling in love with him, decides to leave before matters go further. A hurricane hits and their car is crippled by a falling tree. Rising water forces then to seek shelter in the choir loft of a church, where they spend the night.
Eleanor Wayne
An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
Terry McKay
Um playboy francês e uma antiga cantora de discoteca apaixonam-se a bordo de um navio.
Margaret 'Maggie' Garret
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
Lucy Warriner
Suspeitas infundadas levam um casal a iniciar um processo de divórcio, quando começam a minar as tentativas, de um e do outro, de encontrar um novo romance.
Sally Watterson
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.
Theodora Lynn
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Self
Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to the West Side Tennis Club affords glimpses of many stars.
Magnolia Hawkes
Num barco de espetáculos teatrais que desce o Mississippi, surgem problemas quando a filha do dono apaixona-se por ator e jogador. Paralelamente, mulata que esconde sua origem tem problemas com a lei racista.
Helen Hudson
Um playboy tenta se redimir depois que seu comportamento descuidado causa a morte de um grande homem. A vida do mimado Robert Merrick é salva pelo uso do único ressuscitador de um hospital, mas como o dispositivo médico não pode estar em dois lugares ao mesmo tempo, resulta na morte do Dr. Hudson, um cirurgião altruísta e brilhante e filantropo generoso. Merrick se apaixona pela viúva de Hudson, Helen, embora ela o responsabilize pela morte de seu marido. Um dia, ele insiste em levá-la para casa. Quando ela sai do carro é atingida por outro carro. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
Self
Collection of Warner's stars blundering through missed takes.
Stephanie
John visita sua tia em Paris, junto de sua banda. Ela é dona de uma loja de moda gerenciada por sua assistente, Stephanie. Lá, eles encontram a cantora Scharwenka, com quem conseguem um trabalho. Enquanto isso, Madame Roberta vem a falecer e deixa os negócios para John, que entra em sociedade com Stephanie.
Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt
In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.
Countess Ellen Olenska
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
Hilda Bouverie
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.
Tony Dunlap
The seemingly happy relationship between Tony and Jim is threatened when his manipulative, drama-queen ex-wife visits.
Sarah Cazenove
A recently divorced interior decorator falls in love with a married barrister.
Ann Vickers
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
Christina Phelps
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son.
Sally
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
Anna Stanley
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Laura Stanhope
Treze mulheres que foram colegas de escola recebem horóscopos pessimistas de um místico, sempre prevendo suas mortes. O astrologista está sendo manipulado pelos poderes hipnóticos de Ursula Georgi, que quer vingar-se das ex-colegas que a humilharam na escola, levando-as à morte.
Ray Schmidt
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
Jessica
A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.
Mary Brown Porter
A sportswriter jilted by his globe-trotting girlfriend marries a woman jilted by her boyfriend.
Diana
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.
Helene Andrews
A New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working stenographer, Helene Andrews.
Irene Dunne
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Sabra Cravat
Quarenta anos da história norte-americana, em um período compreendido entre 1889 e 1929, são vistos através dos olhos de Yancey Cravat, um editor de jornal e o homem da lei de Oklahoma. Ele deixa suas terras em Wichita, chegando em Osage com sua família, mas logo sente-se ocioso novamente, com a rotina, e decide ir para Cherokee Strip, deixando sua família para trás. Sua mulher, Sabra, precisa então aprender a viver por conta própria. Vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Filme, foi o primeiro do gênero faroeste a conseguir tal proeza (fato que só se repetiu mais duas vezes, com Dança com Lobos e Os Imperdoáveis). Faturou ainda as estatuetas de Melhor Direção de Arte e Melhor Roteiro Adaptado.
Delphine Witherspoon
Chick Evans is a Marine private in Honolulu, Hawaii. He falls for society girl Delphine Witherspoon, and begins to scheme as to how to win her over.
