Linda Darnell has nice everything! FXM plays a lot of her movies regularly. I'd recommend "Day-Time Wife" (1939, her first role), "The Mark of Zorro" (1940), "Blood and Sand"(1941), "Forever Amber" (1947), and "Unfaithfully Yours" (1948). I've only seen about 10 of her 42 movies, so there might be some great ones I haven't seen yet. I fall in love with her a little every time I see her in these movies, she's gorgeous, and has a wonderful presence onscreen. I think she's underrated, one of the most beautiful women of her era, with a wonderfully alluring soft voice, radiantly feminine, up there with Martha Vickers and Olivia De Havilland. The Wagon Train TV episodes were at the end of her career, both in 1958, one of several efforts at a comeback. She died in 1965 in a fire, an awful way to go. She was only 41. But will live forever in these movies.
Utterly charming tribute. She's always been one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous lady. First time I saw her was on Wagon Train (age 9) and I still remember the Wow.
ReplyDeletePS I think a couple of the shots are stills from that episode.
PPSD She had great legs, too, didn't she?
Linda Darnell has nice everything! FXM plays a lot of her movies regularly. I'd recommend "Day-Time Wife" (1939, her first role), "The Mark of Zorro" (1940), "Blood and Sand"(1941), "Forever Amber" (1947), and "Unfaithfully Yours" (1948). I've only seen about 10 of her 42 movies, so there might be some great ones I haven't seen yet.
ReplyDeleteI fall in love with her a little every time I see her in these movies, she's gorgeous, and has a wonderful presence onscreen. I think she's underrated, one of the most beautiful women of her era, with a wonderfully alluring soft voice, radiantly feminine, up there with Martha Vickers and Olivia De Havilland.
The Wagon Train TV episodes were at the end of her career, both in 1958, one of several efforts at a comeback. She died in 1965 in a fire, an awful way to go. She was only 41. But will live forever in these movies.