To you, Maureen.
For being part of our lives. For sharing your beautiful voice and strength. For Innisfree. For Ireland. For Mary Kate.
You will be missed and remembered.
"Garbo laughs!" That was the famous tagline for the comedy "Ninotchka" (1939). A true Ernst Lubitsch masterpiece. I love her character and her dialogues. It's impossible not love Ninotschka in this revisited fairy tale, beautifully written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. This picture of Garbo and Lubitsch laughing is simply lovely.
In fond remembrance of Eleanor Parker, a very gifted actress sometimes overshadowed by her amazing beauty. My grandmother adored her movies and so do I. All my childhood memories are filled with images of Eleanor as a genuine adventuress in such gems as Scaramouche, The Naked Jungle, Many Rivers to Cross or Escape from Fort Bravo. Those were the movie lessons of a strong romantic woman who filled the screen with class. The true baroness of cinema. You'll be fondly remember, Eleanor.