Comments on: Oscar Does Bios, Pt. 2

By: TCM's Classic Movie Blog

TCM's Classic Movie Blog — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:13:53 +0000

[...] Medusa, did a lovely overview of “Oscar’s Love Affair With Biography,” Part I and Part II. My article is a different spin, but inevitably some ground will be retread. Please go back and [...]

By: medusamorlock

medusamorlock — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:04:33 +0000

Helen, I apologize for that mistake! I got mixed up! Thanks for catching it!

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:20:51 +0000

Sissy Spacek played Loretta Lynn, not Tammy Wynette.

By: Medusa

Medusa — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:55:39 +0000

Thanks, Suzidoll for the Van Gogh catch! Yes — I got it right on the photo descriptions, though! :-)
You can read your stuff a million times and still the brain refuses to get it right!

I also love the contrast between real and reel — Jeremy Irons might be completely perfect, I think!

I had more pics but there were just too many! I’ll have to post more sometime in an all-photo post — it IS fascinating, I agree, to see them side by side and see who really inhabited the physicality of their character.

Thanks again!

By: Suzi Doll

Suzi Doll — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:02:58 +0000

I love the compare and contrast between the real person and the movie interpretation. Very interesting and what a feat of research to find all of those photos.

Just a tiny thing before someone else catches it and makes a big deal out of it. Kirk Douglas played Van Gogh not Rembrandt, but I am sure you knew this. I mix names up all the time when I write these posts — just a few weeks ago I said “Jennifer Hudson” when I meant “Jennifer Lopez.”