Joan Blondell was born in 1906. She was my age, 51 in this movie. She always reminded me of other blonde actresses of her age, Shelley Winters, Vivian Vance (Ethel on I Love Lucy), and May West. Katharine Hepburn was born a year later and was 50 here. It's a pleasure to see older women in lead romantic roles. I guess the movie studios figure the 'adults' needed something to watch.
Considering the attitudes of that period, I find it quite surprising (in a good way) how often you see older actresses like Hepburn, Greer Garson, Bette Davis, Jean Arthur, etc. playing romantic leads and also how popular they were as stars.
@fleendha i think they were keeping adults entertained. TV was a source of distraction, and they had to compete. I'm glad they didn't just pander to kids, and actually used the older stars.
Joan Blondell had some great dialog in this film.
Loved her apartment in this.
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I loved it too! It was Hepburn's character to the t...
Joan Blondell was born in 1906. She was my age, 51 in this movie. She always reminded me of other blonde actresses of her age, Shelley Winters, Vivian Vance (Ethel on I Love Lucy), and May West. Katharine Hepburn was born a year later and was 50 here. It's a pleasure to see older women in lead romantic roles. I guess the movie studios figure the 'adults' needed something to watch.
My mother said Joan Blondell was adorable younger. She also was quite thin then. You see her in older movies on TCM. She was a beauty.
I loved Joan Blondell's character in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
@@Picturamadojo Me too!
You can't beat Kathrine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy ~
Well, so far, all I have to say is, I like cats much better than I like men.
Sadly the workplace did come to what these women feared. Those jobs are obsolete
It is interesting how they were assured that AI (the computer) would only eliminate drudgery, just like today.
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Considering the attitudes of that period, I find it quite surprising (in a good way) how often you see older actresses like Hepburn, Greer Garson, Bette Davis, Jean Arthur, etc. playing romantic leads and also how popular they were as stars.
@fleendha i think they were keeping adults entertained. TV was a source of distraction, and they had to compete. I'm glad they didn't just pander to kids, and actually used the older stars.
TV was a FAMILY THING, gathering around the TV for family features. That's been destroyed.
This was released to the theatre not television
great movie, the tracy/hepburn charisma Id still choose cats... ;-).
What happened to Part 4???
I think "reference, Miss Watson " would make a great bar drinking game!
Why was this Recommended to me?