Comments on: Bad for Eachother: Gloria Grahame in IN A LONELY PLACE

By: gavin rose

gavin rose — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 03:00:06 +0000

In a lonely place, dark movie, troubled characters, woefully underrated and rarely seen, fascinating actress, always got the sense her characters felt like damaged goods. troubled woman too with all those chaotic relationships. Would love to know what made her tick and why her life played out the way it did. I mean who sleeps with their husband’s 13yo son then marries him later?

By: gloria grahame | rielle hunter photo

gloria grahame | rielle hunter photo — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:10:24 +0000

[...] of Gloria Grahame on TCM – August 13th.sloth unleashed – http://mudwerks.tumblr.com/|||Bad for Eachother: Gloria Grahame in IN A LONELY PLACEGloria Grahme was born and bred in the glow from the halo of Tinseltown but she’d have to go to [...]

By: cinefan1

cinefan1 — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:15:05 +0000

At lastsome recognition for a great actress !! I’ve heard actresses even today (susan Sarandon) research her films for clues to character as they prepare for a role.

By: mytabloids

mytabloids — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:50:47 +0000

Jenni -

It’s certainly a point we could argue :-)

I’ll admit I’m not a Winter’s fan, but sometimes I think that’s because she played so many painful roles, things that almost make me want to avert my eyes….

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:27:16 +0000

One more question about Grahame. Did she have the lip surgery done prior to Oklahoma? She did her best with that song, but she seems a bit stiff-lipped in it. I do enjoy her characterization as Ado Annie. Was Celeste Holm considered for the movie as she originated the role on Broadway?

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:25:34 +0000

I don’t know if I quite agree with the above comment. Yes, Grahame would have been good as the spurned girlfriend in “A Place in the Sun”, but I think Winters was outstanding in that role. She played the factory worker, sort of frumpy, very clingy girlfriend with the right perspective. Audiences could feel her pain, her awkwardness, and could emphasize with her character. I don’t know if Grahame could have pulled it off without sounding too tinny or whiny. Just my opinion…

By: mytabloids

mytabloids — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:56:01 +0000

She would have been perfect to do the Winters role in “A Place In The Sun.” I’ve always thought that Winters was flat wrong, physically, for that movie. Grahame, had she been cast, would have made the difference between her character and Taylor’s more about their personalities and social status, instead of about their comparative beauty….

By: rhsmith

rhsmith — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:56:21 +0000

Why wasn’t her Oscar award for her role in “The Bad and the Beautiful” mentioned? We've got a whole week of Gloria Grahame-dedicated posts going up and I know that one of the Morlocks will be discussing The Bad and the Beautiful at some length. So hang in there!

By: Richard Harland Smith

Richard Harland Smith — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:50:38 +0000

That story is true, as far as I know, Cool Bev (check out Bev’s blog at http://coolbev.blogspot.com/). Gloria was particularly incensed about getting stuck with this gig because she had wanted the role that went to Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun. Gloria and Shelley were often up for the same role (and Gloria got to act opposite Shelley’s husband Vittorio Gassman in The Glass Wall) yet the pair remained friendly throughout their lives.

By: Cool Bev

Cool Bev — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:33:59 +0000

I’ve read that when she worked on MACAO with von Sternberg and Ray, she promised Ray that she’d drop all claims to alimony if he could get her off the picture. I’m glad he wouldn’t – her part may not make any sense in that film, but her presence is electric.