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   On Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 4:42:25 PM UTC-7, FRAJM wrote:   
   > "George Shelps"  wrote in message   
   > news:11903-40...@storefull-3318.bay.webtv.net...   
   > > norma...@sbcglobal.net (Norma Bates) wrote:   
   > >> Irene Dunne was indeed a singer. An   
   > >> excellent one. In fact, she was one of the   
   > >> most astonishing actresses of all time. I   
   > >> cannot think of another with her   
   > >> incredible range of performances.   
   > > Quite true! But Dunne was a Republican'   
   > > activist (she retired to go to work for   
   > > the Eisenhower Administration) and   
   > > so she tends to be ignored by movie   
   > > historians. Same for Robert Montgomery, another   
   > > under-appreciated versatile performer.   
   > Piffle.   
   > Dunne's best films were frequently suppressed by the studio in the face of   
   > remakes, a formerly common practice. For example _Cimmaron_, _Magnificent   
   > Obsession_ and _Roberta_ disappeared after their original releases. Of   
   > course, the latter film was largely stolen by Fred and Ginger. Likewise,   
   > _Showboat_ was withdrawn when it was remade. _Theodora Goes Wild_ never made   
   > it to TV until the 70s. She got five Oscar nominations but no Oscar and no   
   > life-time-achievement Oscar either, which is further evidence of the whimsy   
   > of AMPAS. She retired from the films when she felt it was time to go.   
   > Thereafter, she confined herself to politics, philanthropy, TV guest shots,   
   > and the board of Technicolor. Her fame was revived in the 70s by the AFI and   
   > the LA County Art Museum. Late in life she was accorded the Kennedy Center   
   > Honors.   
      
   (Youtube upload):   
      
   Kennedy Center honors 1985 Tribute to Irene Dunne   
      
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