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Often called the "First Lady of Hollywood," Irene Dunne juggled comedies, dramas, and musicals with aplomb, and all three genres were represented in her five Academy Award nominations. Her television career was equally successful, and she was active in many civic and philanthropic causes, even serving as an alternate delegate to the United Nations. All aspects of her career--on stage and screen, in radio, television, and recordings--are documented, analyzed, and carefully indexed in this first in-depth study of her work. A biographical overview features reminiscences from notable colleagues, and an annotated bibliography records the diverse writings by and about her, with a list of magazine covers appended. Photographs are ... included.
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Irene Dunne was nearly 40 when she starred in The Awful Truth. Her Broadway musical comedy career was undistinguished until landing the plum role of Magnolia in the 1929 Show Boat. Signed by Hollywood, she made a career in the sentimental women’s pictures called “weepers” as well as a musical or two, recreating her stage role in the first filmed version (by Frankenstein’s James Whale) of Show Boat, and sang endless choruses of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” in the Astaire-Rogers Roberta. Her debut as a screwball comedy heroine came in Theodora Goes Wild (1936) where she played a demure authoress who writes a racy best-seller and comes to the big city, learning how to enjoy herself under the tutelage of Melvyn Douglas.
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Synopsis: Irene Dunne made her final film appearance in the frothy fantasy It Grows on Trees. Looking at least two decades younger than her 52 years, Dunne plays Polly Baxter, the ebullient wife of Phil Baxter (Dean Jagger). Miracle of miracles, two of the trees in Polly's backyard garden begin sproutingRead More
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Cary Grant and Irene Dunne star in the definitive madcap comedy of re-marriage. Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant) returns from his two-week Florida vacation to find his socialite wife Lucy (Irene Dunne) has ... been away from home. When she saunters in, flanked by the handsome Armand (Alexander D'Arcy), with the unlikely excuse they attended a high school prom, Jerry looks the fool in front of their society pals. But after discovering that the oranges Jerry's brought from Florida are stamped California, Lucy realizes her husband's been up to his own games. Agreeing to disagree, they file for divorce and begin new romances. But before their divorce decree is final, these mixed-up love birds will be back in each others arms.
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Inspired by the charitable example of Irene Dunne, “The First Lady of Saint John’s,†the Irene Dunne Guild was founded in 1987 to advance the Saint John’s mission. With more than 100 dedicated members, the Guild is a major support group of Saint John’s Health Center. Guild members are goodwill ambassadors to the community and are committed to promoting the charitable objectives of Saint John’s Health Center Foundation. This year the Guild will celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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Think Pink ~ The Irene Dunne Guild hosts a spring luncheon that brings together mothers. daughters, grandmothers and friends to learn more about women's health issues. The event is open to all those who wish to participate. For more information, contact Cooke Galanti at 310-829-8423 at the Foundation.
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