I know what you mean Channing, and agree with it to a large degree, but it *
IS* kind of ironic that the stars you reference were 1940s and 1950s stars,
*EXACTLY* the kind of stars Gloria Swanson's Norma Desmond was criticizing
as being "faceless" (when compared to the classic silent stars)!
Maybe my children will one day be telling *THEIR* children that then-current
stars can't hold a candle to the "classic stars" of their time, like Robert
Pattinson or Kristen Stewart!
Bruce
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:25 PM, channinglylethomson <
channinglylethom...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> It was a good night for the actual winners. I continue to feel that the
> Oscars are tending in the direction of awarding the rightful films the
> proper awards. I was pleased that THE HURT LOCKER won for Best Picture.
> As to the ceremony itself, I thought all the big-time glamor was there and
> everyone looked great. The one melancholy thing for me was how, for the
> first time, I really felt the absolute end of Old Hollywood. The Golden
> Days are long gone, as are the stars. I'm glad I'm old enough to have
> experienced them as a child when you could see the Oscars and still enjoy
> people like Bob Hope, Myrna Loy, Gregory Peck, Merle Oberon, Bette Davis,
> Olivia DeHavilland and so many more. These people were simply larger than
> life. Today's star's will never measure up simply because, as great as many
> of them are, they were not the people who founded an incredible
> entertainment industry!
>
> Channing Thomson
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