#virginia Weidler

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“Get me a bromide - and put some gin in it.”

One of the greats.

George Cukor’s THE WOMEN premiered in Los Angeles on August 31, 1939 and hit theaters nationwide the following day.

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Virginia Weidler on a German vintage postcard

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Virginia Weidler and Norma Shearer in The Women, 1939.

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)

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Remembering Virginia Weidler 🌹🕊on her Birthday

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Henry Goes Arizona (1939), dir. Edwin L. Martin

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Watching 1939: Bad Little Angel (1939)

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film of the year. Right now, that’s difficult. 1939 film: Bad Little Angel (1939) Release date: Oct. 27, 1939 Cast: Virginia…

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Gosh! I went a full year between web posts. That is bad.

It is again the day of days! The one that sadly comes but once a year! Yes, I do realize all days come but once a year, except February 29, but I digress.

IT’S GINNY’S BIRTHDAY!!!

Most of you know the rules, but for any newcomers here we go. On Virginia’s birthday, Ginnyfans worldwide (which I can now safely say since Danny is in England) watch her films or at least clips from her films while eating cottage cheese, which was her favorite childhood food. For those looking for a non-dairy alternative, Ginny often ate raw veggies on set, and those are also acceptable.

If you are looking for Ginny material, YouTube is the go to source. Girl of the Ozarks, a film starring Virginia from 1936, resides there. You will also find Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937), The Under-Pup (1939) starring Gloria Jean with Ginny in strong support, Souls at Sea (1937) with Virginia in a smaller yet pivotal role, and The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) with Ginny as his would-be detective daughter. For the most part, these are films not available on TCM.

One later film, The Youngest Profession (1943) can be found there, broken into ten parts to avoid fair use problems, I guess.

Stuck for time? Check out the Ginny clips there, especially ones on the ginny fan channel.

Mostly, have fun! And enjoy the celebration! And thank you for caring and participating!

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Podcast Actress Virginia Weidler Golden Age of Radio Tribute

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Virginia Weidler (March 21, 1927 – July 1, 1968). She stole every scene she was in.

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This incredible necklace was inspired by the real-life "Collier de la Reine" by Parisian jewelers Boehmer and Bassenge in 1784!   This reproduction was made for the 1938 film 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 and featured in the plot.   In 1940 the piece was seen around the neck of Virginia Weidler's character, Dinah Lord, in the movie 𝑨 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.   Want more details about the real necklace? Visit our website at Bit.ly/Acces026  

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Some of Mine and @relocateproject's TWF faceclaims:

Felix Kranken - Allen Ludden

Edd Walten - Mike Lookinland

Molly Walten - Virginia Weidler

Linda Thompson - Lee Remick

Susan Woodings - Joni Mitchell

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The Women (1939)

The most accidentally sapphic film of all time?

Director: George Cukor

Cinematographers: Joseph Ruttenberg and Oliver T. Marsh

Costume Designer: Adrian

Starring: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Mary Boland, Florence Nash, Virginia Grey, Marjorie Main, Ruth Hussey, Virginia Weidler, Butterfly McQueen, Theresa Harris, and Hedda Hopper.

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The Women 1939

The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 play of the same name and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released.

The film stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Mary Boland, Florence Nash, and Virginia Grey. Marjorie Main and Phyllis Povah also appear, reprising their stage roles from the play. Ruth Hussey, Virginia Weidler, Butterfly McQueen, Theresa Harris, and Hedda Hopper also appear in smaller roles. Fontaine was the last surviving actress with a credited role in the film; she died in 2013.

The film continued the play's all-female tradition—the entire cast of more than 130 speaking roles was female. Set in the glamorous Manhattan apartments of high society evoked by Cedric Gibbons, and in Reno, Nevada, where they obtain their divorces, it presents an acidic commentary on the pampered lives and power struggles of various rich, bored wives and other women they come into contact with.

Filmed in black and white, it includes a six-minute fashion parade filmed in Technicolor, featuring Adrian's most outré designs; often cut in modern screenings, it has been restored by Turner Classic Movies. On DVD, the original black-and-white fashion show, which is a different take, is available for the first time.

Throughout The Women, not a single male character is seen or heard. The attention to detail was such that even in props such as portraits, only female figures are represented, and several animals which appeared as pets were also female. The only exceptions are a poster-drawing of a bull in the fashion show segment, a framed portrait of Stephen Haines as a boy, a figurine on Mary's night stand, and an advertisement on the back of the magazine Peggy reads at Mary's house before lunch that contains a photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

In 2007, The Women was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".