tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post101432408936292150..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Ann Rutherford, R. I. P.mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29785340987246896812012-06-13T18:08:13.664-05:002012-06-13T18:08:13.664-05:00Nevertheless, Brett, there are more ex-Wilkes port...Nevertheless, Brett, there are more ex-Wilkes portrayers extant than any other characters from GWTW..Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-13623647570095991372012-06-13T07:27:10.914-05:002012-06-13T07:27:10.914-05:00Yeah, my grandparents were marrid for 65 years and...Yeah, my grandparents were marrid for 65 years and hated every minute of it. My Dad used to say that it was only the desire not to be the first one to go that kept them both going. However, when my grandmother finally died (not long after breaking her hip), my grandfather did not live long afterwards.<br /><br />/As you say, families....Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-82151343261199391842012-06-13T06:57:04.780-05:002012-06-13T06:57:04.780-05:00Deb, apparently they haven't spoken in decades...Deb, apparently they haven't spoken in decades. Some claim the feud began when the less experienced Joan was the first to win the Oscar, but judging from families I have known (ahem) I'd guess it goes back to childhood.<br /><br />Olivia is 95 (will turn 96 on July 1) and Joan is 94.<br /><br />That's a long time to hate. Families.<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-57255781333457320012012-06-13T04:50:06.594-05:002012-06-13T04:50:06.594-05:00"Sounds like you stood a better chance at lon..."Sounds like you stood a better chance at longevity by being cast as a Wilkes."<br /><br />Not if your name was Ashley Wilkes. Leslie Howard was the first major cast member to die, in 1943, just four years after the film was made. Something else to hat the Nazis for.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-49233995768569149092012-06-12T19:05:49.010-05:002012-06-12T19:05:49.010-05:00In the novel, Ann's character, Careen O'Ha...In the novel, Ann's character, Careen O'Hara, becomes a nun after her fiance's death on the battlefield. I don't know if they kept that in the movie.<br /><br />/The word is, Olivia de Havilland and her sister, Joan Fontaine, hate each other so much that neither wants to be the first one to die. So scrappiness, if nothing else, is keeping them both alive.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-23892983290088095842012-06-12T18:10:12.047-05:002012-06-12T18:10:12.047-05:00Sounds like you stood a better chance at longevity...Sounds like you stood a better chance at longevity by being cast as a Wilkes.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-45642649967116266352012-06-12T17:26:15.297-05:002012-06-12T17:26:15.297-05:00I was a huge Topper fan as a kid. I wonder if tha...I was a huge Topper fan as a kid. I wonder if that is on DVD.<br /><br />Yes it is, and not expensive at all.<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-86453357315390229322012-06-12T15:00:50.770-05:002012-06-12T15:00:50.770-05:00And note that Rutherford's friend Ann Jeffreys...And note that Rutherford's friend Ann Jeffreys is still with us, too.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-13984655060509309082012-06-12T14:38:27.585-05:002012-06-12T14:38:27.585-05:00I knew Olivia de Havilland was still alive but...A...I knew Olivia de Havilland was still alive but...<i>As of 2012, there were four surviving credited cast members from the film. Alicia Rhett (born February 1, 1915), who played India Wilkes, is the oldest surviving cast member. Also surviving are Olivia de Havilland (born July 1, 1916), who played Melanie Wilkes; Mary Anderson (born April 3, 1920), who played Maybelle Meriweather; and Mickey Kuhn (born September 21, 1932), who played Beau Wilkes.</i><br /><br />/end daily trivia<br /><br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com