Was Gloria Swanson BETTER Than What 99% of People Thought?

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@AgeOfVintage 9 ай бұрын

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@alancrisp1582 9 ай бұрын

🤔 Say what you want regarding the late Gloria Swanson. But she was very smart and cleaver 👩 woman. An excellent business person, who at the time of her death. Was worth millions of dollars 💵, due to many smart investments !!.

@ladywisewolf3942 9 ай бұрын

The narrator seems to be obsessed with Norma Desmond, just ONE of hundreds of Swanson's roles and by the way it's Thompson not Thomas in one of Swanson's finest roles "Sadie Thompson" ( later to be remade as "Rain" with Joan Crawford and still later with Rita Hayworth in the lead). It's a shame there was no mention of some of her interesting marriages including one brief one in the 1920's to then up and coming actor Wallace Beery, who I understand brutalized her and then took her to the cleaners financially. Gloria was also incredibly funny and not above poking fun at her self as she did when she guest starred one time on the old "Carol Burnett Show". A truly fascinating woman.

@gloriamontgomery6900 9 ай бұрын

She was wonderful as Sadie Thompson in “Rain”. Instead of the sultry, vampy portrayal Joan Crawford gave, Swanson made Sadie funny and vivacious. She sparkled

@ladywisewolf3942 9 ай бұрын

@@gloriamontgomery6900 I agree completely, but just a little correction, "Rain" was Crawford's film, Swanson and later Hayworth's films were "Sadie Thompson". I agree it was brilliant the way Swanson played Sadie, so fun loving and full of life to later show the contrast of what the corrupt religious zealot minister did to her by sucking all the life out of her.

@jamescarter8693 9 ай бұрын

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@carolynkingsley4421 9 ай бұрын

Nice video. I read her bio three times. It was that good. To be accurate, she married six times.

@RichardRangel-nq8rk 9 ай бұрын

If you ever watched " The Beverly Hillbillies " Gloria was exactly like what you saw on that show. Even though she was a great star she remained down to earth.

@gforceeatingcorrect 8 ай бұрын

It’s funny when you think about it, William Holden is the real Tragedie and she was a person with class with demure and also has a vegetarian most of her life. She’s so much ahead of everybody else, and she was absolutely stunning woman and her head together while poor William Holden was a complete alcoholic drowned in his own self.

@sallykohorst8803 9 ай бұрын

Well thanks for swanson story

@jamesmiller4184 9 ай бұрын

QUESTION: Was Gloria Swanson BETTER Than What 99% of People Thought? ANSWER: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

@flipczech 3 ай бұрын

I remember seeing Swanson in Sunset B when I was , around 6 on my gramma’s tv - I can remember feeling a little scared, she conveyed an intensity that I was not comfortable with, it made me feel uncomfortable and trapped. Whoa, but it’s now one of my ultimate favorites. Viva La Swanson!

@helenkanakos7735 9 ай бұрын

Gloria Swanson was a great actress. She knew her craft.

@jamesmiller4184 9 ай бұрын

And all of this diva's fans, see her "Hollywood Ballyhoo," which she wrote and narrates like a boss!

@RichardRangel-nq8rk 9 ай бұрын

A diva is someone who thinks there better then everyone, and that was not Stewart.

@jamesmiller4184 9 ай бұрын

@@RichardRangel-nq8rk Herr Rangel: It is in this sense that I use the word . . . "late 19th century: via Italian from Latin, literally ‘goddess’." et . . . "Diva (/ˈdiːvə/; Italian: [ˈdiːva]) is the Latin word for a goddess. It has often been used to refer to a celebrated woman of outstanding talent in the world of opera, theatre, cinema, fashion and popular music. If referring to an actress, the meaning of diva is closely related to that of prima donna." . . . not as you have CHOSEN, to score a point now FALLEN. Also, it is better as ['they're'] than you have used that other in-error. Anything else from your temeritous, tiny carping self, Herr Rangel? (With eagerness unabated we await it . . .)

@FranklinWilson-ev9dq 9 ай бұрын

She Was! Her Main Weakness: Joe Kennedy, Sr !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@RayPointerChannel 9 ай бұрын

I was wondering who else was aware of that. For a period, Gloria Swanson was Joseph Kennedy's "mistress." But what about her various marriages?

@FranklinWilson-ev9dq 9 ай бұрын

@@RayPointerChannel He Was The One,Who Stole Her Money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why The Hell, Would A Successful Bootlegger, Need To Do That??!! He Didn't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Think Joe Did It, For The HELL Of It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But KARMA, CAUGHT UP TO HIM, AT LAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sebaceous 9 ай бұрын

So good. You nailed it.

@stephaniewatkins1787 9 ай бұрын

"Not come back, it's RETURN."🤣😅

@sandrakenney567 8 ай бұрын

There was no flies in (GLORIA) I ADMIRED HER .REST IN PEACE GLORIA🙏🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🌹🌹🌹🌹🦉🦉🐬🐬💞AMEN

@figmo397 2 ай бұрын

By the time I knew who Gloria Swanson was, I mostly knew her from the talk show circuit (esp. Merv Griffin), so I knew she was an intelligent guest with a strong sense of humor. After that, I finally saw Sunset Boulevard and some of her earlier work and REALLY got to appreciate her as an actress. The only thing she and Norma Desmond had in common were that they were both actresses in the Silent era. Swanson was always sharp, quick-witted, "with it," and grounded, which made her the ideal talk show guest. She didn't have to be "doing anything" to be interesting.

@MightyMezzo 9 ай бұрын

After seeing the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Sunset Boulevard,” I wondered if Norma Desmond was partially inspired by the sad end of Clara Bow, who was a recluse for the last 20 years of her life.

@MightyMezzo 9 ай бұрын

@tz3218 It was happy for a while. But she started to fall apart in the early 1940s, attempted suicide, and spent time in a psychiatric hospital. She was separated from Rex Bell and their two sons for the rest of her life.

@danielhirschberg876 8 ай бұрын

That’s true

@arnesahlen2704 4 ай бұрын

A *brilliant* comparison of the Norma character with today's influencers. It's never enough to have received respect, love, adulation; next hour, next day another FIX is needed. 👏 Kudos!

@ChrisLee66 9 ай бұрын

Why no mention of her many husbands and children?? This was all Norma Norma Norma!! But I still liked it.

@RichardRangel-nq8rk 9 ай бұрын

Get it right. She was never Norma, she was and always will be GLORIA

@poetcomic1 20 күн бұрын

At 6:16 in the gold lame form fitting dress and an expression that is mesmerizing.

@jamesmiller4184 9 ай бұрын

As-usual, EXCELLENT presentation and additive commentary . . . Intelligent !!!🌟 Stylish !!! 🌟 Artful !!!🌟 (And more "Pink Smoke" please, to clear the air of cloying denial?)

@RayPointerChannel 9 ай бұрын

An "excellent" presentation includes precise editing. There are repetitions, and the extended section on SUNSET BOULEVARD is an example. There is too much emphasis on this point in Gloria Swanson's career in the middle section. All of this is material for a video on SUNSET BOULEVARD alone. There are also misleading sections, making the comparison with Judy Garland and how MGM treated her, sounding as if this happened to Gloria Swanson. This is another example of the need for judicious editing.

@ladywisewolf3942 9 ай бұрын

@@RayPointerChannel I agree, I've watched many of these "Age of Vintage" videos and it's been my experience that most of the people commenting are far more knowledgeable and have greater accuracy than the narrator who has made mistakes on EVERY video so far. But they are entertaining non the less.

@user-md2ph1tr1v 9 ай бұрын

Sadie THOMPSON, not Thomas

@michaelmcgee8543 9 ай бұрын

Yes

@sandrakenney567 8 ай бұрын

I think its funny when she said i would have been mortified if anyone i knew had seen me getting kicked in the pants by an odd sprite in a hobo outfit 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sarahleach9997 7 ай бұрын

I loved he with rudolph valentino

@michaelmcgee8543 9 ай бұрын

90 percent of silent films ,gone.

@dionnegonsalves8188 9 ай бұрын

... not quite a full biography... Husband's....children, missing vital & interesting info, no? Hmmm 🤔 a bit disappointing.

@arlynpage7491 9 ай бұрын

Gloria’s profile was fine but her chin appeared ENORMOUS from the front- Not a great beauty aesthetically but her Intellect, Talent and Abilities Far Outweighed her countenance.

@rickrangel9809 9 ай бұрын

I don't know where you are from but in America a diva is an actress or singer who thinks they can do what they want and Miss Swanson is definitely not that. She was a sweet lady who would just as soon make her own bed then tell someone else to. And you are insulting me by calling me HERR, if anyone is a Nazi its you for your attitude.