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Screens Story June 6, 2003
"...We see shots of the big-time movie stars -- Joan Crawford, Susan Hayward, Dorothy Lamour, and Paulette Goddard, among others -- mingled with dozens and dozens of photos of starlets whose names and faces are unknown today. But no discussion of this book would be complete without talking about the dedication: a page of misty glamour photos of Lupe Velez, Norma Jean Dougherty (Marilyn Monroe), Carole Landis, Marie McDonald, Barbara Bates, and Dorothy Dandridge..."
Video Reviews
Screens Review December 8, 2000
by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Description: A Scandal in Paris is Douglas Sirk before Douglas Sirk became good.
"...D: Douglas Sirk (1946); with George Sanders, Carole Landis, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart. The often-reliable Leonard Maltin writes that this is a "delightful romance" and that Sanders is "superb." Maltin must have confused this movie with something else. As usual, Sanders is snide and droll and superb (you can imagine his delivery of the line about adultery, "Sometimes the chains of matrimony are so heavy they have to be carried by three") -- but dull, wooden, and dated are more accurate to describe this movie..."
The Dishy Details
Books Story February 13, 1998
"...Jackie had a son, Guy, who was so profoundly retarded that he was institutionalized and never mentioned to even her closest friends - many did not even know she had a child! Guy spent at least 10 years of his institutionalization in Austin. Mysteriously considered to be beautiful, Jackie had a torrid affair with the lovely and suicidal Carole Landis during a forgotten Broadway show called "A Lady Says Yes." The critics said "No." Jackie appears as a reporter in the movie Valley of the Dolls - look for her as the vultures descend after Jennifer's death..."
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