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Joan Fontaine is 92
#25re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 10/22/09 at 8:15pmDid you know Norma was Eva Peron's childhood idol? The young Eva Duarte admired Norma's ability to escape the poverty of her youth and make it big in the movie business, and snatching a powerful husband to boot.
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#26re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 10/22/09 at 8:35pmSomeone should have slapped Eva Peron in the face and told her, "Get back in that room and congratulate Hattie!"
nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#27re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 10/22/09 at 9:49pm"Get back in that room and congratulate Hattie" is going to be my catch phrase for years.
#28re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:18amLOL
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#29re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 10/23/09 at 12:26am
I just asked a friend about it, and he said the story is absolutely true ... only he says it wasn't Norma Shearer, it was Irene Selznick (as in Mrs. David O.) who went out after her, slapped her, and told her to "Get back in that room and congratulate Hattie!"
I'm actually hoping they BOTH did it. A whole line of ladies, queued up and ready to go. All of them slapping Olivia and telling her to get back in that room ...
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#31re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 10/23/09 at 1:36am
How fitting that today is Slap Your Irritating Co-Worker Day. I'll direct the ghosts of Norma and Irene to Broadwayboobs' thread:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=1005609&boardname=bway&boardid=2
(Perhaps Joan would like to do the honors?)
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Updated On: 10/23/09 at 01:36 AM
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
MrMidwest
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/8/05
#32re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 7/10/13 at 7:16pm
"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
#33re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 7/10/13 at 9:25pm
Wow, what a fascinating interview. I can see how Joan, her sister Olivia, and her mother was so much alike ... too much alike to really ever get along.
I would say "such a shame," but it's made them who they are.
Remarkable women.
Speaking of women, am I right that Joan Fontaine is the only surviving cast member from "The Women" in 1939?
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#34re: Joan Fontaine is 92
Posted: 7/11/13 at 9:18am
I think you're right. Wow, even Little Mary is dead.
Now, get back in that room and congratulate Hattie!
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