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Born to Sing (1942)
Fun B movie with an enthusiastic cast!!!
This is such an interesting film, if as the previous comments attest to, some details that even I never knew, IE: The finale that was originally part of the WPA (ask kids today what THAT was!) and the Federal Theater Project's contribution to the Depression. What I found interesting/sad/macabre, was how many of the young actors in that film met an early demise. On the IMDb site itself:
1)Virginia Weidler: Heart attack, age 41
2)Larry Nunn: Self inflicted gun shot wound, age 49
3)Ray McDonald: Death by choking on food in hotel room, age 34
4)Ben Carter, age 35
5)Leo Gorcey: Liver failure, age 53
6)Douglas McPhail: poison, after 1st failed suicide attempt,age 30
7)Rags Ragland: uremic poisoning, age 40
8)Darla Hood: died in North Hollywood following a relatively minor
operation of acute hepatitis under "mysterious
circumstances", age 47
9)Richard Haydel, age 22 Was this film cursed? Or did actors die quicker then?
An Angel for May (2002)
An Angel For May Worth Seeing TWICE!!!
I really enjoyed this film one night last month when it was playing on my cable TV when I was arbitrarily changing channels.
Unlike American films which have to BLOW UP SOMETHING or have some guy getting a shot in the groin, this film was refreshing in its' depiction of young and old people who acted like REAL human beings, in the guise of a romantic/sad/uplifting ghost/time travel story.
This genre is rare these days, and seldom done as good as this film. Kudos to the cast, crew, writer and ALL involved. TRULY, a labor of love!
Dave
Chicago, IL