Dunne's smile
I found a bit annoying. She smiles showing both rows of teeth. a talented comedienne, but a little too arch and mannered.
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Pauline! I thought you were dead!
Actually, she was putting her tongue to the back of her upper-front teeth to make those gorgeous dimples. That's why we loved her.
You, on the other hand, expected people to dislike you and spent a lifetime giving us reasons. We don't need to be reminded of your boorishness with posts from the grave so, please, just stay as dead as you are.
Do you mean Pauline Kael?
I have read her but I don't recollect anything about Dunne's teeth.
I'm sorry to offend you but I don't like Dunne's mannerisms. She's much better in I Remember Mama and that movie with William Powell, where she played a mother of four. Not trying so hard to be adorable.
Of course I mean Pauline Kael, and so did you. What makes you think you can come to The Awful Truth board with a purloined piece of the most infamous blather [..both rows of teeth..] ever aimed at Irene Dunne's performance in this film and call it your own?
Demetz is de mess. Irene Dunne did not have to try hard to be charming. She just was. Go back to your Mamie Van Doren movies.
shareI don't perceive Dunne's performance as being mannered. However, *Lucy* does become a bit "mannered" in her behavior when she (Lucy) is uncomfortable (and that doesn't make Lucy an unrealistic character; lots of people do that in varying degrees).
Dunne's playing of Lucy's reactions to Grant's pratfalls during her concert are wonderfully natural.
I love Irene Dunne -- everything about her. So talented. Great comedienne. Sings, plays piano. Great timing. Love the part when she's pretending to be Jerry's sister. Hilarious!! I never get tired of seeing this film.
shareI agree. I even had a cat named Irene Dunne. I love her smile. I never liked Pauline Kael, because I can't remember her ever liking anything, except one film-- I can't remember which now, although it was something really surprising, like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-- it wasn't that, but something just as out of nowhere. She didn't have the analytic skills of Roger Ebert, nor the wit of Dorothy Parker, and was just plain mean. It's like she read all the other reviews, and then said the opposite, except very occasionally, just to keep you guessing-- and reading. Sometimes I wondered if she even bothered to see the films she reviewed in the last 20 years or so of her career.
I will also never forgive her disgusting remark about The Children's Hour.
But nevermind. This is the Irene Dunne thread. She was gorgeous, smiling or not. In fact, she had a really beautiful way of looking worried that I always loved.