♦ got that one from garson, boys. ♦

You were born to be murdered.

The Third Man (1949)

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[for Next Time, We Love] They were both particularly fond of the scene in which Jimmy [Stewart] had to go away on some assignment, leaving his young wife and baby behind. Jimmy felt that the situation called for a tear or two on his part, and had no difficulty filling his eyes for the first take, but the baby threw something at him and they had to cut. The second take was likewise ruined by the baby and the third and fourth. By the fifth take, Jimmy was unable to summon up any more tears. He didn’t know about glycerin, which is often used in movies to stimulate tears, and, in any case, would probably have been too embarrassed to ask for it, so he went behind the scenery, lit a cigarette, and held it to his eyes in the hope that the smoke would make the tear up. This experiment transformed his eyes into two raw blobs, and he almost threatened to shoot the child. [Margaret Sullavan] was delighted, particularly by the cigarette. 

Haywire

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY STEWART!

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She was darling and she had this kind of husky, breathy, Southern voice…If there was ever a natural, she was it. She had, from the beginning, that magic, that indescribable quality that is just extremely rare and immediately makes a star of a person. She was a true star. She was a true original…[The Devil in the Cheese] was Margaret Sullavan’s debut on the professional stage… And I just thought, She must be the greatest actress who ever lived.  - Josh Logan

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGARET SULLAVAN! (May 16, 1909 - January 1, 1960)

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The longest number of takes I ever did in the movies was forty-eight takes with [Maggie] in The Shop Around the Corner. We were in a little restaurant and I had a line: “I will come out on the street and I will roll my trousers up to me knees.” For some reason I couldn’t say the line. [Maggie] was furious. She said, “This is absolutely ridiculous.” There I was, standing with my trousers rolled up to the knee, very conscious of my skinny legs, and I said, “I don’t want to act today; get a fellow with decent legs and just show them.” [Maggie] said, “Then I absolutely refuse to be in the picture.” So we did more takes. - Jimmy Stewart 

The longest number of takes I ever did in the movies was forty-eight takes with [Maggie] in The Shop Around the Corner. We were in a little restaurant and I had a line: “I will come out on the street and I will roll my trousers up to me knees.” For some reason I couldn’t say the line. [Maggie] was furious. She said, “This is absolutely ridiculous.” There I was, standing with my trousers rolled up to the knee, very conscious of my skinny legs, and I said, “I don’t want to act today; get a fellow with decent legs and just show them.” [Maggie] said, “Then I absolutely refuse to be in the picture.” So we did more takes.

- Jimmy Stewart 



She was not an easy woman to categorize or explain. If I’ve ever known anyone in my life, man or woman, who was unique, it was she. There was nobody like her before or since. Never will be. In every way. In talent, in looks, in character, in temperament. Everything. There sure wasn’t anybody who didn’t fall under her spell. - Henry Fonda

Margaret Sullavan in Palm Springs, Winter of 1948

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…I died when she left me I lived a few weeks while she loved me.

…I died when she left me

I lived a few weeks while she loved me.





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I get letters from people who have just seen Mrs. Miniver on television. I reckon I’m on my third generation of fans by now. It’s so nice when someone slightly middle-aged comes up and says, ‘Oh, Miss Garson, I’ve loved your films since I was this high.’ But when an old wizened gray-bearded man comes up with that… People say, ‘Is she still around?’ Greer Garson in 1989

I get letters from people who have just seen Mrs. Miniver on television. I reckon I’m on my third generation of fans by now. It’s so nice when someone slightly middle-aged comes up and says, ‘Oh, Miss Garson, I’ve loved your films since I was this high.’ But when an old wizened gray-bearded man comes up with that… People say, ‘Is she still around?’

Greer Garson in 1989



When I saw Peggy [Margaret Sullavan’s childhood nickname that Henry Fonda used] come backstage, I was sure glad to see her. The expression they used in those days was ‘she looked like a million’ and she sure did. When she smiled at me, I thought, I ain’t ever gonna let this girl get away from me again! - Henry Fonda on Margaret Sullavan

When I saw Peggy [Margaret Sullavan’s childhood nickname that Henry Fonda used] come backstage, I was sure glad to see her. The expression they used in those days was ‘she looked like a million’ and she sure did. When she smiled at me, I thought, I ain’t ever gonna let this girl get away from me again!

- Henry Fonda on Margaret Sullavan