Comments on: Hollywood Round-up, 7/1 + Happy Birthday Olivia de Havilland! http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/ LFM: The Voice of Freedom in Movies & Pop Culture Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Baldwin http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Jennifer Baldwin Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:08:12 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-780 Kicking it old school with Dr. Who? Excellent. I want to catch up with Old Who, especially the Tom Baker years. Kicking it old school with Dr. Who? Excellent. I want to catch up with Old Who, especially the Tom Baker years.

]]> By: Jason Apuzzo http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Jason Apuzzo Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-775 I will admit, JB, that I haven't watched Dr. Who in ... longer than I care to admit. I will admit, JB, that I haven’t watched Dr. Who in … longer than I care to admit.

]]> By: Jennifer Baldwin http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Jennifer Baldwin Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:25:38 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-774 Being a relatively new Whovian (I just started watching this season with the new Doctor, Matt Smith, whom I LOVE) and also being a pretty big Johnny Depp fan, my reaction to this Doctor Who movie rumor is actually resoundingly NEGATIVE. It sounds atrocious -- not just Depp as the Doctor, but the lame-o plot with the Doctor going around curing a bunch of diseases. WTF?! This has to be a false rumor. It's too stupid to be otherwise. In more pleasant news, happy birthday, Olivia DeHaviland! That is one genetically blessed family. Two gorgeous movie star sisters, both alive and well and in their 90s! Being a relatively new Whovian (I just started watching this season with the new Doctor, Matt Smith, whom I LOVE) and also being a pretty big Johnny Depp fan, my reaction to this Doctor Who movie rumor is actually resoundingly NEGATIVE. It sounds atrocious — not just Depp as the Doctor, but the lame-o plot with the Doctor going around curing a bunch of diseases. WTF?! This has to be a false rumor. It’s too stupid to be otherwise.

In more pleasant news, happy birthday, Olivia DeHaviland! That is one genetically blessed family. Two gorgeous movie star sisters, both alive and well and in their 90s!

]]> By: Trojan Horse http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Trojan Horse Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:16:31 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-766 It's entirely appropriate that the lovely Olivia de Havilland be at the top of this post. She has had a greater cinematic legacy than all the various stars and starlets of today combined. I should mention she was friends with Ronald Reagan in the '40s and '50s and was one of those principled liberals who was a strong anti-Communist because she saw through what that ideology stood for. De Havilland was also instrumental in fighting the studios to free actors from the extremely unfair terms of long-term contracts. Her victory for actors' individual rights is known today as "The "De Havilland Decision." Altogether, Olivia de Havilland is a smart, principled, and feisty lady. Happy Birthday Miss de Havilland, and thank you for the many fine movies you have given us. It’s entirely appropriate that the lovely Olivia de Havilland be at the top of this post. She has had a greater cinematic legacy than all the various stars and starlets of today combined. I should mention she was friends with Ronald Reagan in the ’40s and ’50s and was one of those principled liberals who was a strong anti-Communist because she saw through what that ideology stood for. De Havilland was also instrumental in fighting the studios to free actors from the extremely unfair terms of long-term contracts. Her victory for actors’ individual rights is known today as “The “De Havilland Decision.” Altogether, Olivia de Havilland is a smart, principled, and feisty lady.

Happy Birthday Miss de Havilland, and thank you for the many fine movies you have given us.

]]> By: Looksoverpark http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Looksoverpark Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:56:08 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-745 I would also like to wish Olivia de Havilland a happy birthday! Another of my favorite actresses. I absolutely loved her in "Robin Hood", "Gone With the Wind" and "The Heiress" (who will ever forget the grim determination on her face as she closes the doors and windows at the end of the movie as Montgomery Clift bangs on the front door wanting to be let in. She was also magnificent in "The Snake Pit", although that was a difficult movie to sit through because of the subject matter. Ms. De Havilland had a wonderful career and yes, she and Errol Flynn were great romantic stars in many terrific films for the better part of two decades. She continued to work well into the eighties. I particularly enjoyed two royal roles she played on television, as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana" (1982), and as the Dowager Empress Maria in a televised version of "Anastasia" in 1986. She was terrific as the Queen Mother - I can still remember a wonderful scene in which she and Prince Charles are fishing together in a stream near Balmoral Castle, dressed in waders and having a great time together. She still looked wonderful. I notice you don't mention her age, Jason, but surely she wouldn't mind having someone mention that she turned 94 today. How wonderful that she has had such a long and productive life. I would also like to wish Olivia de Havilland a happy birthday! Another of my favorite actresses. I absolutely loved her in “Robin Hood”, “Gone With the Wind” and “The Heiress” (who will ever forget the grim determination on her face as she closes the doors and windows at the end of the movie as Montgomery Clift bangs on the front door wanting to be let in. She was also magnificent in “The Snake Pit”, although that was a difficult movie to sit through because of the subject matter. Ms. De Havilland had a wonderful career and yes, she and Errol Flynn were great romantic stars in many terrific films for the better part of two decades. She continued to work well into the eighties. I particularly enjoyed two royal roles she played on television, as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in “The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana” (1982), and as the Dowager Empress Maria in a televised version of “Anastasia” in 1986. She was terrific as the Queen Mother – I can still remember a wonderful scene in which she and Prince Charles are fishing together in a stream near Balmoral Castle, dressed in waders and having a great time together. She still looked wonderful. I notice you don’t mention her age, Jason, but surely she wouldn’t mind having someone mention that she turned 94 today. How wonderful that she has had such a long and productive life.

]]> By: Prehistoric Woman http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Prehistoric Woman Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:02:28 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-741 Happy Birthday Miss de Havilland! Olivia de Havilland is lovely both inside and out and the true epitome of class, dignity, and intelligence. I've loved watching Olivia de Havilland in everything from "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "Gone With the Wind" to "Dodge City" (which was airing on TCM today, btw) and "The Heiress," and she's wonderful in everything. I can't think of any actress today who has de Havilland's combination of beauty, gentleness, intelligence, and sensitivity ... and yet with an iron core of strength and integrity underneath. God Bless her always. Many happy returns, Miss de Havilland, and best wishes for many more! Happy Birthday Miss de Havilland! Olivia de Havilland is lovely both inside and out and the true epitome of class, dignity, and intelligence. I’ve loved watching Olivia de Havilland in everything from “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and “Gone With the Wind” to “Dodge City” (which was airing on TCM today, btw) and “The Heiress,” and she’s wonderful in everything.

I can’t think of any actress today who has de Havilland’s combination of beauty, gentleness, intelligence, and sensitivity … and yet with an iron core of strength and integrity underneath. God Bless her always. Many happy returns, Miss de Havilland, and best wishes for many more!

]]> By: Jason Apuzzo http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Jason Apuzzo Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:59:10 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-739 That's kind of a weird point, there, Derbyshire. But feel free to keep commenting here at LFM. That’s kind of a weird point, there, Derbyshire. But feel free to keep commenting here at LFM.

]]> By: Derbyshire http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/hollywood-round-up-71/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Derbyshire Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:54:12 +0000 http://www.libertasfilmmagazine.com/?p=5352#comment-738 of course it's cruise's fault / but if that's his fault, then u need 2 give him cred it 4 tropic thunder. of course it’s cruise’s fault / but if that’s his fault, then u need 2 give him cred it 4 tropic thunder.

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