Comments on: Ginger Rogers and Ronald Colman?

By: moirafinnie

moirafinnie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:53:30 +0000

The movie that you are thinking of may be THE ENCHANTED FOREST (1945) with Harry Davenport. You can read more about the film in detail here and it is also available on DVD, which can be purchased through TCM here. This film has been broadcast on TCM in the last few years and may pop up on the schedule again in the future. You can also ask that this movie be broadcast on TCM again in the Suggest A Movie area of this website. I hope that you are able to find a copy. It definitely has captivating moments for a relatively low budget film.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:33:59 +0000

theres a movie I’v been whating to see don’t know the name,It
has a man with the last name of davenport, he lives in the woods with all the animals,theres atrain wreak & he finds the boy&raises him in the woods lumberjacks come into the forest to
cut the trees down.I would very much like to see this movie again
any possiable?
And what is the name of the movie?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:37:51 +0000

Her hair will always be a source of debate among fans. Here is an original color picture from about ’41 or ’42 (sorry about the long link)
http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/50312841.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14B8103D9D83FA295BA4F723E9CC5148191ACE2D67FA8EADA9E30A760B0D811297
very dark brown, not red.
However when she was a blond in the ’30s, it was definitely a more strawberry blond. Here’s a color pic from Follow the Fleet:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/missclaws/followthefleetcolor.jpg

Please do more entries about Ginger!

By: Suzi Doll

Suzi Doll — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:42:50 +0000

Ginger Rogers has become my favorite Golden Age actress in recent years–such a great comedienne. I am looking forward to LUCKY PARTNERS, which I have never seen, and other Rogers’ films on TCM.

BTW,I am watching THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR on TCM as I write this, and she has dark hair in this movie, too.

By: morlockjeff

morlockjeff — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:47:50 +0000

The Talk of the Town. Now that’s a film with real chemistry between the three stars.

By: Jenni

Jenni — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:43:05 +0000

I read Ginger Roger’s autobiography, and I remember she wrote that her natural hair color was a light brown, but when she got to Hollywood,someone convinced her mother to have Ginger dye her hair blonde. I’m guessing that the Jean Harlowe,”platinum blonde” look was the rage then. Ginger wrote that she let her hair go natural for Kitty Foyle.

Good post. I recently watched a comedy over Christmas break that starred Ronald Coleman, Jean Arthur, and Cary Grant, The Talk of the Town. It was a well-done comedy, Colman and Arthur’s characters created sparks, Arthur and Grant’s characters created sparks, and I don’t know how her character could have ever chosen between Colman or Grant-impossible!

I also rewatched Rebecca with my 15 year old daughter recently, and I did find it hard to believe that Maximillian(Olivier’s character) would have been attracted to such a mouse as Joan Fontaine’s. Still a great picture, but I have a teensy doubt about the chemistry there.

By: morlockjeff

morlockjeff — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:11:31 +0000

Thanks for the correction Mary. Here is what Ginger said about it in her autobiography: “By the time we started Kitty Foyle, my very dark hair had washed out to a tone I felt would be acceptable….I concluded that Kitty couldn’t possibly be a blonde. She was the daughter of a proud Irishman, and had to look and act like one. Dark hair, blue eyes, a quick wit, and a stinging tongue…”

By: Kate Gabrielle

Kate Gabrielle — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:48:45 +0000

Marvelous review — this description explained PERFECTLY what I’ve thought of their teaming for years: “But there is also that gray area in between where it both sparks and fizzles out simultaneously, allowing you to see the potential and the unmet expectations of a promising pairing.” Absolutely perfect.

As a die-hard Ronald Colman fan, I watch this more often than most people would, but I agree it’s a pleasant, albeit not wonderful, movie :)

By: zincink

zincink — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:40:32 +0000

Interesting..good read. thanks :)

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:17:01 +0000

I really enjoyed your piece on this Ginger Rogers and Ronald Colman teaming!! I just wanted to say that Ginger’s hair was red and not brunette when she played “Kitty Foyle”. Thank you!
–Mary