tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post6258408674608342216..comments2024-03-09T08:43:03.511-05:00Comments on CELLULOID SLAMMER: Reexamining FrancesBehemoth mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224320582603239565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-65513578051092852032008-01-31T20:36:00.000-05:002008-01-31T20:36:00.000-05:00that delete above is mine-- oopsieI was writing:FF...that delete above is mine-- oopsie<BR/><BR/>I was writing:<BR/><BR/>FF remained pretty articulate on that TIYL show -- even after being ambushed by Ralph Edwards' query<BR/>if she was an alcoholic on 1950s national TV.<BR/><BR/>As Jessica Lange said "they took away her dignity and gave her an Edsel."<BR/><BR/>I am sure Steilacoom looney bin was no picnic, regardless.*Mark*https://www.blogger.com/profile/18346580085766354332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134892074202905358.post-42163010883284103152008-01-31T20:20:00.000-05:002008-01-31T20:20:00.000-05:00GO FRANCES!So that zombielike TV appearance was mo...GO FRANCES!<BR/>So that zombielike TV appearance was most likely due to nerves + booze than anything else?<BR/><BR/>Not that she was a good mother, but "Mama Jean" Harlow was also wrongly profiled by the notorious Irving Schulman "bio" of Jean Harlow (which also portrayed her - untruthfully - as a nymphomaniac.) Mama Jean wasn't a Christian Scientist who let her "Baby" die; in fact, there were doctors summoned and she died in a hospital. But you can't beat the Hollywood versions, can you?Donna Lethalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00581340436152988440noreply@blogger.com