Gene Tierney, une star oubliée

2017
53m

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Gene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began ... Read allGene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began to write poetry at an early age. On a trip to Los Angeles she was taken on a tour through ... Read allGene Tierney's life story would perfectly lend itself to a screenplay for a successful Hollywood movie with herself starring in it. She grew up in a well-to-do middle class family and began to write poetry at an early age. On a trip to Los Angeles she was taken on a tour through the Warner Studios. When Anatole Litvak spotted her, he said to her mother : she ought to ... Read all

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Dana Andrews

Cari Beauchamp

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Alexandre Cassini Belmont

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Cedric Cassini Belmont

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Daria Cassini

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Oleg Cassini

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Delphina Del Pozo

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Henry Fonda

Rex Harrison

Molly Haskell

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Rita Hayworth

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Joseph McBride

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Gene Tierney

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8ulicknormanowen

The Tierney gesture.

The title (a forgotten star) is a misnomer ;Gene Tierney won't be forgotten as long as "Laura" and "leave her to Heaven " remain classics for many cinebuffs ....

This biopic is based on the star's memories and a voice over makes her speak :"My portrait in "Laura" is more famous than me "The keynote is mystery and Tierney is as distant to the viewer as a star in the sky ; often used as an exotic love interest ,her legend went as far as to write she was born in Shanghai (which is untrue ,of course, but one can blame the doc for overlooking "the Shanghai gesture")

On the other hand ,much time is given over to "Laura" and to my favorite of hers "leave her to Heaven ": her face in the train which fascinates Cornell Wilde , her impassive look on the boat when she lets her disabled young brother-in-law get drowned , her jealousy when she discovers that her husband might prefer her sister which leads her to ruin them all even beyond the grave ,all filmed in glittering colors ,too bad she lost the AA to Joan Crawford's "Mildred Pierce".

Tierney's grandson appears in the doc.