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Born: October 22, 1943, Eindhoven, Netherlands

1996: Twister

1997: Speed 2: Cruise Control

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Today's review on MyOldAddiction.com, The Silver Chalice by #VictorSaville starring #PaulNewman and #VirginiaMayo, "the result never lands between reverence and ridicule and the experience is, for the most part, quite boring"

BEST ACTRESS 1928/29: It happens often that a great actor wins an Oscar for their career and not for a role that really exemplifies their greatness, which is what happened when the Academy scrapped the idea of advance nominations and pretty much decided that they were going to give it to MARY PICKFORD no matter who was in a movie that year. Bessie Love, who gives a great performance in the first hit musical (and that year's Best Picture winner) The Broadway Melody was under consideration with Ruth Chatterton in Madame X, Betty Compson in The Barker, Jeanne Eagels in The Letter and Corinne Griffith in The Divine Lady, and while I've only seen one of these films (at this time), I'd say they were probably all better than Pickford but not nearly as deserving. At this point in her twentieth year of making movies, COQUETTE is listed on Imdb as Pickford's 240th film and was released around the time of America's legendary sweetheart announcing her desire to retire from motion pictures at the ripe old age of 37. Her performance, as a southern belle who marries a man below her station only to be thwarted by her jealous father, is shameless Oscar bait, featuring the great silent film actress screaming to be heard by the primitive microphones and then, in the courtroom climax, only getting louder. The ticket sales were through the roof, and the Oscar was in the bag. Pickford, who was born Gladys Smith in Toronto, Ontario, made her last film in 1933, married the gorgeous Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in 1937 and happily reigned as the dowager empress of the motion picture industry until her death in 1979. She received an Honorary Oscar for her career as a pioneer in motion pictures in 1976. MyOldAddiction.com #MaryPickford #Oscars #academyAwards #BestActress

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