I only wanted to DVR and watch It's a Date because Cissy Loftus was in it.
Cecilia "Cissy" Loftus was born in Scotland in 1876, and was a great star of music halls, vaudeville plus stages of London and Broadway. This was all before World War One. She was London's second Peter Pan in 1905 (you already know that I love everything Peter Pan).
Cissy got married and had a child, and later a very painful divorce, and I imagine because of that and World War One her theatrical prospects may have all but dimmed out. She became alcoholic and drug-dependent, poor thing.
This is all true. I still love her very much. As a theatrical and film historian, I have researched and seen pictures of her as a very young woman, and I think that she is very beautiful, both inside and out. She appeared in all kinds of plays and shows, plus silent films.
Cissy made some sound films, including some near the end of her life, such as both 1940's It's a Date and The Blue Bird. She only made three films after these two, then passed away quite soon in 1943, of a heart attack from the effects of alcoholism and other drug use. My research says that she died in poverty, with friends paying her final expenses.
Was she desperate for money when she made It's a Date? She was no longer an ingenue or a star, and her role in this film was as a wise, old granny/maid character who knitted in the background. Maybe she wanted Walter Pidgeon for herself, but she knew that character parts don't get hooked up with leading men. She was only about 64 when she made this film, but looked made up to be around 84, lol.
Deanna: a better voice (beautiful high soprano) than Judy G. Prettier than Judy G., but IMO D. got thrown under the bus in order for Judy's career to flourish. IMO same for Shirley T. In all three cases, their careers fizzled out sooner or later. I also feel that the proverbial casting couch became the place to make or break their futures, and that some succumbed to it while others refused. I am speaking in code here (can you spell Hays Code?). You get my drift. Refuse, and your career is over.
I loved all of Deanna's songs here. Yes, IMO her voice was so divine. Great to see all of her supporting cast.
10/10
Cecilia "Cissy" Loftus was born in Scotland in 1876, and was a great star of music halls, vaudeville plus stages of London and Broadway. This was all before World War One. She was London's second Peter Pan in 1905 (you already know that I love everything Peter Pan).
Cissy got married and had a child, and later a very painful divorce, and I imagine because of that and World War One her theatrical prospects may have all but dimmed out. She became alcoholic and drug-dependent, poor thing.
This is all true. I still love her very much. As a theatrical and film historian, I have researched and seen pictures of her as a very young woman, and I think that she is very beautiful, both inside and out. She appeared in all kinds of plays and shows, plus silent films.
Cissy made some sound films, including some near the end of her life, such as both 1940's It's a Date and The Blue Bird. She only made three films after these two, then passed away quite soon in 1943, of a heart attack from the effects of alcoholism and other drug use. My research says that she died in poverty, with friends paying her final expenses.
Was she desperate for money when she made It's a Date? She was no longer an ingenue or a star, and her role in this film was as a wise, old granny/maid character who knitted in the background. Maybe she wanted Walter Pidgeon for herself, but she knew that character parts don't get hooked up with leading men. She was only about 64 when she made this film, but looked made up to be around 84, lol.
Deanna: a better voice (beautiful high soprano) than Judy G. Prettier than Judy G., but IMO D. got thrown under the bus in order for Judy's career to flourish. IMO same for Shirley T. In all three cases, their careers fizzled out sooner or later. I also feel that the proverbial casting couch became the place to make or break their futures, and that some succumbed to it while others refused. I am speaking in code here (can you spell Hays Code?). You get my drift. Refuse, and your career is over.
I loved all of Deanna's songs here. Yes, IMO her voice was so divine. Great to see all of her supporting cast.
10/10