Well one of the "scandals" of 1942 was Shirley Temple having her first on-screen adult kiss with co-star Dickie Moore in Miss Annie Rooney, which is pictured on some of the posters for the film. I believe that they are both still alive, as is June Lockhart who was another of the teenagers. ----- Original Message ----- From: Neil Jaworski To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:44 PM Subject: [MOPO] Oldest Surviving Leads (and their paper)
Dear MOPO Re: the recent surviving stars discussion, I thought it'd be interesting to try and discover which films/paper go the furthest back where the two leads are both still alive. One that springs to mind is 1948's "Letter To An Unknown Woman" with Louis Jourdan and Joan Fontaine: http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/20ffa512 What a horrible poster for a great film. Can anyone think of a film with a still-alive coupling that predates this? It's a bit of a cheat, but if one considers 1935's A Midsummer Night's Dream to be a pure ensemble, then the continuing existence of Mickey Rooney & Olivia de Havilland could be argued to set the bar at 78 years: http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/36505eaf What a terrific poster! Do these ever come up, does anyone on MOPO have one? This game gets even more difficult if one also has to factor-in the two supporting actors, because you then (obviously) have to find films where all four leads are still around. I thought 1965's The Sound Of Music a possibility: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker....but I need to be allowed Charmian Carr (Lisle) as the 4th. But really, as the poster tells us, it should be the late Richard Haydyn..... http://www.movieposterdb.com/poster/65c971b5 If anyone is as sad as me and has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. And please post me your original Midsummer Night Dream posters, marked for my attention ;-) Cheers Neil Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
