#annsothern — Public Fediverse posts
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"Let's Fall in Love" is a song written by #HaroldArlen (music) and #TedKoehler (lyrics) for the film #LetsFallInLove and published in 1933. In the film, it is heard during the opening credits and later sung by #ArtJarrett and chorus, and by #AnnSothern. The major hit at the time of introduction was by #EddyDuchin (vocal by Lew Sherwood). It was originally written in #CMajor with a "Moderately Bright" tempo marking. As a jazz standard.
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Ann Sothern and Melvyn Douglas star in the romantic comedy, “Three Hearts for Julia” (1943). There are two other blokes vying for Ann, but we know they are also-rans from the start—because one is Lee Bowman and the other is a fellow I don’t recall ever seeing before.
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June Gale, Ann Sothern and Linda Darnell in “Hotel for Women” (1939). Darnell was given the lead role in her first film. She was 15 years old, but most often the press reported her age as 17, and sometimes up to 19.
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Jean Rogers, June Gale, Ann Sothern and Linda Darnell in “Hotel for Women” (20th Century-Fox, 1939)
Darnell’s first film—she does pretty well in the lead role until the film turns dramatic and her performance stays light and airy.
Based on its release date of August 4, 1939, this was likely the last picture Sothern filmed before the runaway success of “Maisie” (1939), released in late June, transformed her career.
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Three television comedy legends of the 1950s at the 1954 Emmys: George Burns, Ann Sothern and Jack Benny.
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Three television comedy legends of the 1950s at the 1954 Emmys: George Burns, Ann Sothern and Jack Benny.
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Three television comedy legends of the 1950s at the 1954 Emmys: George Burns, Ann Sothern and Jack Benny.
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Three television comedy legends of the 1950s at the 1954 Emmys: George Burns, Ann Sothern and Jack Benny.
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May 1936: “Brunettes Preferred!” shouts the headline.
“Blondes will be passé by 1937, is Hollywood’s prediction, based on the effects of the action of Jean Harlow… in changing back to brunette.”
Some of the first to adandon the platinum look are Ann Sothern and Alice Faye.
Ann: “I always hated being a blonde.”
Alice: “You just can’t help feeling more dignified with dark hair.”
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Robert Young and Ann Sothern in “Dangerous Number” (1937) — one of Sothern’s films I haven’t seen yet
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“Cry Havoc” (1943) is one of my favorite film discoveries of the last few years. It’s an ensemble cast of all women, led by Ann Sothern and Margaret Sullavan—set in Bataan in the Philippines in the early days of WW2. Here is Sothern with Marsha Hunt.
#ClassicFilm #OldHollywood #WarMovies #AnnSothern #MarshaHunt