Jane Wyman passed away earlier this week at age 93. For many, she was known as Ronald Reagan's first wife or just the matriarch on 80s soap, Falcon Crest. When I was a kid, I knew her as the meanie from Disney's Pollyanna. But once upon a time, she was a classic movie star.
Turner Classic Movies showed a marathon of Wyman's films today, including The Lost Weekend and Johnny Belinda (for which she won a Best Actress Oscar). My all-time favorites are the films she made with Rock Hudson in the mid-1950s, All That Heaven Allows and Magnificent Obsession. Directed by Douglas Sirk, both films are lush and beautifully melodramatic.
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The Lost Weekend makes my soul feel all sort of pained and shrivelly. It makes the college years look less romantic in retrospect and more seedy and dank.
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