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Loretta Young: Woman
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Synopsis: Anita's (Loretta Young) life seems to be progressing nicely. She's engaged to Don Barnes (Broderick Crawford), a wealthy man that will give her all the stability and comfort a woman could desire. But then she meets a magician with the unlikely name of The Great Arturo (David Niven), who performs aRead More
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Though the image of Young as a glamorously dressed, elegant woman is rightfully enduring, it is especially pleasing to see her films from the early thirties, when she first began to play leading roles. Though she occasionally played bad girls, for the most part she played characters who struggled to keep their self-respect despite the difficulties of the Depression era. She was charming in those days; a gal who always pulled through, with strength that belied her delicate appearance. Here are two of her best performances from that period.
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While purchasing a statue at the apparition site in 1988, Young suddenly heard a woman shouting to look at the sun. According to the biography, Loretta's eyes had been scorched twice by klieg lights; if she stared at bright objects, her eyes would rather easily burn. "But before I realized what I was doing, I looked right at the sun, and it started to grow," she recounted.
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