MARIE WILSON-Down To Their Last Yacht+My Friend Irma

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MARIE WILSON-Down To Their Last Yacht+My Friend Irma

Post by JFK » Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:43 pm

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One of the pleasures in watching Down To Their Last Yacht
- besides it not turning out to be one big dream sequence-
was the surprise of seeing 17 year old Marie Wilson (1916-1972) in her 1st film role.
Wilson, neglected today- despite her screen, stage, radio, and tv achievements -
would, in a more reasonable world, have been able to retire on royalties from
the estate of her character's carbon copy, Marilyn Monroe...

LISTEN TO MY FRIEND IRMA FOR FREE AT THIS LINK
(Warning: The Irma scripts aren't that hot)
http://archive.org/details/OtrMyFriendIrma
WATCH TWO WILSON FILMS FOR FREE AT THESE LINKS
http://archive.org/details/HarvardhereICome1941
http://archive.org/details/NeverWaveAtAWAC
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Re: MARIE WILSON-Down To Their Last Yacht+My Friend Irma

Post by Christopher Jacobs » Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:30 am

Unfortunately I forgot to record DOWN TO THEIR LAST YACHT, but no doubt it will be on again and someday may show up as a DVD-R from Warner Archives.

Marie Wilson is indeed unjustly neglected. Her endearing goofiness is one of the saving graces of SATAN MET A LADY that helps keep it watchable and even fun (along with Alison Skipworth, of course). Although I've seen only a few of her films, she's always enjoyable in them.

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Re: MARIE WILSON-Down To Their Last Yacht+My Friend Irma

Post by mndean » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:09 am

Christopher Jacobs wrote: Marie Wilson is indeed unjustly neglected. Her endearing goofiness is one of the saving graces of SATAN MET A LADY that helps keep it watchable and even fun (along with Alison Skipworth, of course). Although I've seen only a few of her films, she's always enjoyable in them.
It's strange, but I've had arguments with people about her performance in the film. I thought it exactly as you wrote, but others, for some reason, do not like her at all. I thought she created the endearingly dumb blonde, or at least made it popular.

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