tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post2440526292240248789..comments2024-02-01T23:41:43.069-05:00Comments on Out of the Past: Norma ShearerRaquel Stecherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-56281970296553162452011-07-17T12:12:38.476-04:002011-07-17T12:12:38.476-04:00What's in a name.
After many years, my family ...What's in a name.<br />After many years, my family finally told me I was named after Norma Shearer; just add and "n".<br />I can remember at 8 and 9 years old going to the movies and being let in free instead of having to pay .25 because of my name.<br />Now 65, no preferential treatment.bbqbriskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347689739102616691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-31279222902156052512011-07-17T12:10:15.658-04:002011-07-17T12:10:15.658-04:00What's in a name?
After many years, my family ...What's in a name?<br />After many years, my family finally told me I was named after Norma Shearer; just add and "n".<br />I can remember at 8 and 9 years old going to the movies and being let in free instead of having to pay .25 because of my name.<br />Now 65, I need big cash to see movies. No more preferential treatment.bbqbriskethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347689739102616691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-9149288659955954952010-08-20T18:05:01.248-04:002010-08-20T18:05:01.248-04:00I am so very fascinated by Norma's silent and ...I am so very fascinated by Norma's silent and precode movies. I especially like The Divorcee and A Lady of Chance, which TCM showed just recently. I think I admire the fact that she, like myself, is on the short, slightly stocky side, but to look at her, all you see is glamour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-44151384497241377082010-04-14T13:38:21.095-04:002010-04-14T13:38:21.095-04:00Glamour Daze - Thanks! Good to see you around.
Je...Glamour Daze - Thanks! Good to see you around.<br /><br />Jenny - She did the same at the end of Marie Antoinette. I loved how she wasn't afraid to do that. <br /><br />Jonas - Norma took on the Talkies without any fear! She had a wonderful voice too.Raquel Stecherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02687110907002450794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-24544182777340758632010-04-08T10:25:18.989-04:002010-04-08T10:25:18.989-04:00Wonderful! Norma was indeed the true queen of MGM!...Wonderful! Norma was indeed the true queen of MGM! Many actors had problems with the transition to talkies. Not Norma, she's one of few who only got better with the coming of sound.Jonas Nordinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065342609209811314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-69242787515709478782010-04-06T23:56:43.966-04:002010-04-06T23:56:43.966-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.kimbutgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01971586864311220649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-39386320583033603462010-04-02T10:31:46.391-04:002010-04-02T10:31:46.391-04:00And yet she wasn't afraid to appear without ma...And yet she wasn't afraid to appear without make-up and in unflattering clothes on camera at the beginning of Let Us Be Gay (1930). It is like she is instructing the women in the audience how to be her, how to make themselves sexy and glamorous.Jennythenipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570881559181199994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155853741712764167.post-33836163368830924192010-04-02T09:10:09.446-04:002010-04-02T09:10:09.446-04:00Loved her in The Women. great postLoved her in The Women. great postAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07207227075618828849noreply@blogger.com