7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Olivia de Havilland

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7 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Olivia de Havilland
Topic Started: Jul 2 2017, 02:56 AM (170 Views)
goldengal	Jul 2 2017, 02:56 AM Post #1
Mistress, House of Dogs Posts: 11,674 Group: Member Member #715 Joined: March 31, 2010	Quote: In honour of Olivia de Havilland's 101st birthday this year, we look back at her storied career in film. Olivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan on July 1, 1916 to British parents. Her sister, Joan, arrived the following year (1917-2013). The sisters had a lifelong feud that allegedly began over competition for their mothers' affections. Joan later changed her last name from de Havilland to Fontaine (which she took from her stepfather) to distance herself from her sister. De Havilland made seven films with Errol Flynn, the most popular of which was The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). The others were: Captain Blood (1935), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Four's a Crowd (1938), Dodge City (1939), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940) and They Died with Their Boots On (1941). http://www.everythingzoomer.com/7-things-probably-didnt-know-olivia-de-havilland/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Zoomer%20Weekend%20Newsletter%20-%20July%201%202017&utm_content=&spMailingID=11373038&spUserID=MTQzODQ3MDc1MzI2S0&spJobID=1200060072&spReportId=MTIwMDA2MDA3MgS2 Take care, Pat



angora	Jul 2 2017, 02:59 AM Post #2
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	A great beauty.



agate	Jul 2 2017, 04:55 AM Post #3
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	angora Jul 2 2017, 02:59 AM A great beauty. I would agree and am sure it is only us of a certain age that remember her laugh123



Alli	Jul 3 2017, 07:12 AM Post #4
Mistress, House of Cats Posts: 4,732 Group: Member Member #711 Joined: March 30, 2010	I didn't know she was still alive. She certainly was/is a real beauty. I suspected in all the films she was involved with Errol Flynn there was some connection, there was a lot of chemistry between them even if it was only emotional..... I'm just watching a movie on CHCH TV now called the Santa Fe Trail.....from 1940 Edited by Alli, Jul 3 2017, 07:38 AM.



Trotsky	Jul 4 2017, 12:36 AM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	De Havilland has filed suit against FX Network and the producer (Ryan Reynolds) of the recent BETTE AND JOAN biopic for appropriating her name and gossipy portrayal without her consent. She has always prided herself for staying completley OUT of Hollywood gossip. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/arts/olivia-de-havilland-files-lawsuit-over-feud-portrayal.html Edited by Trotsky, Jul 4 2017, 12:42 AM.



angora	Jul 4 2017, 01:46 AM Post #6
WWS Book Club Coordinator Posts: 14,494 Group: Member Member #717 Joined: March 31, 2010	I didnt see it. Did she figure prominently? Was anything portrayed as derogatory to her?



Trotsky	Jul 4 2017, 03:49 AM Post #7
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	angora Jul 4 2017, 01:46 AM I didnt see it. Did she figure prominently? Was anything portrayed as derogatory to her? She was gossippy and there was a slight implication that she may have somehow colluded to deprive Crawford of the part in HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE, an atomic BOMB of a movie if ever there was one.<That was more than a half century ago and the thought STILL leaves a foul taste in my mouth.> But that was such a teeny part of the movie, hard to take offense. But she was portrayed by the stunning looking Catherine Zeta Jones, far prettier than deHavilland on her best day. So no complaints there. I guess Olivia just wanted to be paid for use of her persona. The BETTE AND JOAN was decent TV even if the rivalry between the two was a bit over amplified. Probably not so interesting for Gen-Y and Millennials. Both stars were sterling.



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