Discuss Madeleine Carroll
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Superb star actress, fine human being
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on September 6, 2019 at 5:55 AM
A remarkable, impressive, commendable woman Madeleine Carroll was. She seems to have been entirely grounded and to have had her priorities, and realization of what truly matters, perfectly straight, when more important, meaningful issues than fame, fortune, and the high life of leisure, luxury, and wasteful extravagance were at play.
In addition to being a fine and noble human being with obvious tremendous character, Miss Carroll was of course a great beauty, and a very talented star actress. I've enjoyed her in each of her films I've seen (which has been total of approximately five).
Glancing through her film credits, her movies that I know, for sure, I've seen are: The 39 Steps (1935), Secret Agent (1936), Lloyds of London (1936), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), and The Fan (1949).
Of those, easily my faves are 39 here's a Carroll-relevant thread I created about it and Zenda. I enjoy each of those two classics (each which I have the DVD of) pretty much equally.
See the following thread this (that originated this one), to learn more about Miss Carroll.
Please check out the following list of titles and celebrities I've created TMDb threads for: https://www.themoviedb.org/list/118052
Reply by QuitePleasant
on September 7, 2019 at 12:01 AM
Yes, Gen, Miss Carroll stands out among lovely classic era screen actresses, and that's really wonderful to hear that her tremendous beauty reaches inwardly to caring a great deal about others.
In addition to Lloyd's of London (1936) and the others which you cite, Madeleine really makes an impression On The Avenue (1937) with Dick Powell. Alice Faye and the Ritz Brothers also star.
Bob Hope would often cite Madeleine's noticeable beauty during his many travels with the USO during the years of WWII. When he suggested that she co-star with him, she said that it would be fun, but she didn't think that Paramount would permit such a project because their screen personas fit different genres. However, My Favorite Blonde (1942) came to fruition as a notable film for either of them.
In between these, not even Paulette Goddard with her great beauty could upstage Miss Carroll, and so Paulette is cast against type as a French Canadian Indian who lures Madeleine's character's brother (Robert Preston) into powerful infatuation, causing a rift between the French Canadian Indian tribe (led by her overbearing father), the Canadian Mounties (led by Preston Foster) and the Texas Ranger (Gary Cooper), who, in turn, are naturally caught into a romantic triangle with Madeleine, who plays a doctor who's concerned for her brother's safety.
An all-star big time supporting cast rounds out this epic saga in full color, causing critics to declare that Madeleine ought to film in color from then on even though she appears fantastic in any medium. This film must serve as the prototype for the late 1980's television series "Bordertown."
Reply by genplant29
on September 7, 2019 at 9:13 PM
Excellent comments you made, Quite.
Your mentioning My Favorite Blonde reminds me that it's another Carroll film I've seen - though so long ago (I think 10-plus years ago) that I no longer am able to remember anything about it (other than that Bob Hope is the co-star).
Miss Carroll certainly was a class act both in regular life and on the screen.