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Virginia Anna Adeleide Weidler (March 21, 1927 – July 1, 1968) was an American child actress, popular in Hollywood films during the 1930s and 1940s.
Weidler's father was Al Weidler. She had three brothers: George, Walter, and Warner, who were all entertainers in their own right, with a singing act.
She made her first film appearance in 1933. Over the next few years, she was cast in minor roles for RKO and Paramount Pictures. Neither studio made more extensive use of her, and when Paramount did not extend her contract, she was signed by MGM in 1938. Her first film for MGM was with their leading male star Mickey Rooney in Love Is a Headache (1938). The film was a success and Weidler was later cast in larger roles. She was one of the all-female cast of the 1939 film The Women, as Norma Shearer's character's daughter.
Her next major success was The Philadelphia Story (1940) in which she played Dinah Lord, the witty younger sister of Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn). As a teenager she was less popular with audiences.
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Born 87 years ago on March 21, 1927. From The Virginia Weidler Remembrance Society http://virginiaweidler.net/ https://www.facebook.com/VirginiaWeidlerRemembranceSociety Music Saturday Night At The World by Mason Williams
Virginia Weidler as Lally Joy Popham recites "Norval on the Grampian Hills" by John Home in Mother Carey's Chickens (1938), an RKO film.
The Youngest Profession: Screen greats Lana Turner, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Taylor and William Powell all have cameos in this fun-loving comedy about teenage girls who cause mayhem while seeking autographs. Young star Virginia Weidler plays Joan Lyons, a New York City teenager with an endearing flair for the melodramatic. Joan serves as president of a movie fan club whose members collect celebrity autographs. When Joan learns that Greer Garson (as herself) is in town, she and best friend Patsy (Jean Porter) set out to meet the actress and get her famous signature. The giddy pair enjoy an assortment of fun adventures as they encounter several other MGM stars along the way in this breezy, modest little funny-bone tickler. ------ 1,000+ Rare films, TV movies, and series on ...
Child actress Virginia Weidler had a mom, a few on-screen "moms", and a lot of surrogate on-screen "moms". We salute them all.
Here is Virginia Weidler in scenes from her very rare 1939 Columbia film, "Outside These Walls" Part 1
Here is Virginia in scenes from her 1938 Paramount film, "Scandal Street". Part 1
Scene from The Affairs of Martha (1942) Spring Byington, Virginia Weidler
After getting taken off what ended up being the biggest film of all time – ”Gone With the Wind” – George Cukor was given the adaptation of Claire Boothe’s very popular Broadway play, “The Women,” to direct. For someone called a ‘woman’s director,’ this was a good choice for both movies. That being said, it doesn’t mean Cukor’s film holds up well today. Join us – Pete Wright and Andy Nelson – as we head back to our series on the year 1939 to really explore what made it the ‘best year of movies,’ and we kick it off with Cukor’s “The Women.” We talk about the screenplay for this film and why it doesn’t hold up today, while also wondering what made it hold up back then. We ponder the schizophrenic messages this movie espouses, trying to figure out if it’s meant to be an early feminist film or ...
Variety: Jack Benny, Claudette Colbert, Edward Arnold, Basil Rathbone, Ernst Lubitsch Jezebel: Jean Arthur, Walter Pidgeon, Jeffrey Lynn, Mary Nash The Great Man Votes: John Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Virginia Weidler Claudette Colbert (September 13, 1903 -- July 30, 1996) was a French-born American actress of stage and film. Raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures. She established a successful film career with Paramount Pictures, and is recognized as one of the leading female exponents of screwball comedy. Colbert was the highest paid actress in American cinema during late 1930s, and later became a freelance performer. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her comedic ...
Oscar-winning legend Bette Davis ("All About Eve," "Jezebel") and Oscar-nominee Charles Boyer ("Gaslight") star in this romantic drama about a French nobleman who falls in love with his children's governess, causing a tragic scandal in 19th-century France. Nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture. Co-star Barbara O'Neil ("Gone with the Wind") was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
Tailored by Toni: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Spring Byington, Edward Everett Horton, George Murphy Zaza: Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Hanley Stafford, Martha Raye, George Murphy, Matty Malneck's Band, Manny Klein & his Hot Trumpet Never in This World: Leslie Howard, Kay Francis, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Irving Pichel, Morgan Wallace Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 -- January 16, 1942) was an American actress.[1] She is particularly noted for her roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She is listed as one of the American Film Institute's greatest stars of all time and was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s, earning around US$500,000 per year (more than five times the salary of the US President).[2] Lombard's career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 i...
The Philadelphia Story 1940 When a rich woman's ex-husband https://tinyurl.com/pfq8h68 and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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Shirley Temple Black (née Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer and public servant, most famous as a child star in the 1930s. As an adult, she entered politics and became a diplomat, serving as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States. Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three. In 1934, she found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer to motion pictures during 1934, and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Licensed mercha...
Here is Virginia Weidler in scenes from her very rare 1939 Columbia film, "Outside These Walls" Part 2
Here is Virginia in scenes from her 1938 Paramount film, "Scandal Street". Part 2
Neighbours TV series, Ch 10. 2003. Fan Club episode, filmed at Global Television, Melbourne, Australia. I was a fan club member. Had a character name but can't remember it.
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
scene from I'LL WAIT FOR YOU (1941) Marsha Hunt, Virginia Weidler, Fay Holden, and Henry Travers
In the 1940 movie "The Philadelphia Story", Dinah Lord (played by Virginia Weidler) sings the first verse of "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady", a 1939 song written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg.
Trailer for the 1942 romantic comedy, THIS TIME FOR KEEPS, starring Ann Rutherford, Robert Sterling, Guy Kibbee and Virginia Weidler. Subscribe to Captain Biou!! More vintage videos, trailers and commercials are added almost daily! To buy classic films, westerns, serials, commercials and vintage television shows on DVD -- plus original movie posters, autographs and collectables -- be sure to visit Captain Bijou's website, www.captainbijou.com
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MGM uses the film's trailer to introduce Virginia Weidler to the audience as a leading lady.
Virginia Weidler and Ray McDonald perform 2 A.M. from Born To Sing (1942).
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Broadcast Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Honey, stop your lies
You ain't got to lie no more
Sugar, stop your cheating
You ain't got to cheat no more
'Cause the lowdown dirty things
You do at night
At last it come to the light
And I can see clearly now
Take off your mask, baby
I can see straight through your soul
And what I see was a doggone thing
I can't understand why I didn't see it before
You misused my love for so long
You throw me love like you throw a dog a bone
And that's why the name of this song is called
Free, glad I got over you
I wanna say that one more time
For the benefit of those who didn't hear me
I said I'm free, free, I'm glad I gotten over you
Listen to me
When you do me like you do me
Tell me what else can a poor boy do?
I want you listen to this
Let the four winds blow
Let them blow [Incomprehensible]
If you turn I'd be your sweet angel tomorrow
Loving you I just couldn't see, guess why
You misused my love for so long
You throw me love like you're throwing a old dog of bone
It's one thing I wanna explain about that bone
You gave away the steak and you know that's wrong
Even dogs get tired and he will bury that bone
I said I'm free, I'm over you
I'm free and I'm over you
Listen to it
Sitting at home alone
By the rain is falling
Looking at the phone, baby
But you never, never call me
I gotta tell, free, baby, free baby, yes, I am
And I'm over you, I'm gonna say one more time
Free, oh, oh, honey, thank God I'm free at last, baby
And you don't worry me, I told you a long time ago