Louis B. Meyer was a harsh Mistress

[carebear]

Poor Jimmy, talk about performance anxiety...

http://www.pr-inside.com/stewart-was-forced-to-prove-heterosexuality-with-brothel-visits-r22161.htm

On a more serious note. The studio system has earned raves for bringing some of the best performances to light of some classic stars.

The tradeoffs they made for those great films I think is less acknowledged.

 

[Story]

plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Fascinating, in that we look back at that era as being more moral / less sexual than today.

Damaged Lives (1933)
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/4517D.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028755/

Slaves in Bondage (1937)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029578/
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/4548D.html

Sex Madness (1938)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147467/
http://www.oldies.com/product-view/4649D.html

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Poor Jimmy, talk about performance anxiety...

What else could he do, except lie back and think of Princeton?

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[happyfilmluvguy]

Cary Grant was forced to marry to cover up the homosexual stories of his. Have to love the Golden age of Hollywood....and their bronze side

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Cary Grant was forced to marry to cover up the homosexual stories of his. Have to love the Golden age of Hollywood....and their bronze side

Poor guy: having to marry (in between two very attractive actresses) one of the riches women in the world -- Barbara Hutton. (Granted, she was a nutcase, but still ...)


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[VargasGirl]

Gone With The Wind

Now please forgive my vaugeness of these details, it's been awhile since I've watched it, but according to The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind, Vivien Leigh wasn't allowed to live with her then boyfriend Lawrence Olivier because the studio wanted her to maintain a pure and innocent image while she was playing Scarlett. Talk about a double standard!

 

[maintcoder]

Cary Grant was forced to marry to cover up the homosexual stories of his. Have to love the Golden age of Hollywood....and their bronze side

I believe he was also told by the studio he couldn't live with Randolph Scott when he was/they were single as it promoted the homosexual gossip.

 

[Fletch]

What else could he do, except lie back and think of Princeton?

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Might not have been bad as all that...I imagine the women in the house across the street from MGM weren't exactly $2 cowtown fun-girls.

 

[carebear]

Might not have been bad as all that...I imagine the women in the house across the street from MGM weren't exactly $2 cowtown fun-girls.

Given those SNL interviews we can't post, that might be the exact kind of girl he was used to.

 

[Tomasso]

Cary Grant was forced to marry to cover up the homosexual stories of his. Have to love the Golden age of Hollywood....and their bronze side

While studios certainly were very heavy handed in their dealings with talent, Cary Grant would not be a good case for illustration as he was the first actor to successfully flee the studio system. He had only one five year contract (Paramount 1931-1936) after which he was a free agent, out from under the thumb of the studios. His first marriage, to Virginia Cherrill, occurred in the last year of his contract so it's possible that it was arranged but his subsequent marriages were certainly of his own volition.

 

[Fletch]

I imagine the women in the house across the street from MGM weren't exactly $2 cowtown fun-girls.

Given those SNL interviews we can't post, that might be the exact kind of girl he was used to.

I remember reading some magazine column stuff, dating to 1940, that linked Jim romantically to Olivia deHavilland. He eventually married a highly classy beauty named Gloria McLean.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

I remember reading some magazine column stuff, dating to 1940, that linked Jim romantically to Olivia deHavilland. He eventually married a highly classy beauty named Gloria McLean.

That's a "god why am I doing this" look. Poor Mr. Stewart

 

[maintcoder]

That's a "god why am I doing this" look. Poor Mr. Stewart

I doubt that seriously, since it has been reported (via IMDb, I know) that Jimmy Stewart's last words were "I'm going to be with Gloria now." I think he really loved and cherished her.

 

[Fletch]

I doubt that seriously, since it has been reported (via IMDb, I know) that Jimmy Stewart's last words were "I'm going to be with Gloria now." I think he really loved and cherished her.

No doubt. And if you had seen some of the pictures I saw at the Stewart Museum*, she really was Hollywood-beautiful. Or maybe better.

*There are very few pix of the Stewarts together online. Mrs. S is often confused with actress Gloria Stuart (born Gloria Stewart!).

 

[scotrace]

There is no reason to doubt the genuine nature of the Stewrt's relationship or marriage. Their marriage lasted until death, and Jimmy wasn't the sort to marry for appearance.

 

[miss1934]

It is even rumored that louis mayer forced Judy Garland to have an abortion to maintain her good girl image, despite the fact that she was married at the time.

 

[Curt Chiarelli]

Jimmy Stewart, during his bachelorhood, had an excellent reputation as a "lady's man". Knowing what I know of Mayer's twisted, controlling nature, this story doesn't surprise me at all. But why Stewart had prove himself in a brothel is beyond my understanding, especially when all Mayer had to do is ask his latest inamorata.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Did any movie star like Louis B. Mayer?


Yes. Katherine Hepburn did.


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[Tomasso]

Did any movie star like Louis B. Mayer?


Yes. Katherine Hepburn did.


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KH and Irene Selznick, LB's daughter, were great friends.