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Stella Dallas ever-giving mom: Lisa’s Home Bijou

February 26, 2018 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Barbara Stanwyck is the ultimate sacrificing mother in this Olive Higgins Prouty three-hankie drama. Alan Hale and Anne Shirley are great too! Lisa's Home Bijou: Stella Dallas (1937)

Film Festival: Three Hankies In the 1937 version of Stella Dallas, Barbara Stanwyck turns in an Academy award-nominated performance as a devoted mother. Get out those handkerchiefs! The tearjerker has long been a staple of storytelling in the 20th century, with novelists such as Olive Higgins Prouty, Lloyd C. Douglas and Fannie Hurst combining elements…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1937, Alan Hale, Anne Shirley, Barbara Stanwyck, classic films, King Vidor, Lisa's Home Bijou, Olive Higgins Prouty, Stella Dallas, tearjerkers

The Fountainhead passion & drama: Lisa’s Home Bijou

February 12, 2018 by Lisa Grable 2 Comments

Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal have sizzling chemistry in stone quarries and heroic buildings in this three-hankie drama. Lisa's Home Bijou: The Fountainhead (1949)

Film Festival: Three Hankies Ayn Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead, is loosely based upon the career of Frank Lloyd Wright, though Rand, who also wrote the screenplay, continually denied it. This is a morality play about the strength of personal conviction. Gary Cooper brings Howard Roark alive in The Fountainhead (1949), which also stars Patricia Neal…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1949, Ayn Rand, classic films, Fountainhead, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gary Cooper, King Vidor, Lisa's Home Bijou, Max Steiner, Patricia Neal, Prairie School, Raymond Massey, tearjerkers

That Certain Woman Bette Davis: Lisa’s Home Bijou

January 29, 2018 by Lisa Grable 11 Comments

Bette Davis is a St. Valentine's Day Massacre widow trying to live far away from gang life. Henry Fonda is her society lover in this three-hankie drama. Lisa's Home Bijou: That Certain Woman (1937)

Film Festival: Three Hankies THE ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE of members of Bugs Moran’s gang is one of the most notorious events in Chicago’s gangland history. As That Certain Woman, Bette Davis has to overcome her past as the widow of one of the massacre victims. Trying to become a respectable lady living down her…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1937, Anita Louise, Bette Davis, Chicago mobs, classic films, Donald Crisp, Henry Fonda, Orry-Kelly, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, tearjerkers, That Certain Woman

Love Affair shipboard romance: Lisa’s Home Bijou

January 15, 2018 by Lisa Grable 6 Comments

Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer start a love affair on a cruise ship. You will need three hankies for all the tears in this famous drama. Lisa's Home Bijou: Love Affair (1939)

Film Festival: Three Hankies THE STORY of Love Affair (1939) has been filmed three times in the last almost 80 years, a testament to its romantic appeal. Director Leo McCarey created a world that includes jaded lovers, an ocean liner, witty repartee, pink champagne cocktails, tragedy and the Empire State Building. Through the years, the…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1939, Charles Boyer, classic films, Howard Greer, Irene Dunne, Leo McCarey, Lisa's Home Bijou, Love Affair, Maria Ouspenskaya, tearjerkers

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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