Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne California Arts Commission (1967–1970) | |
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Francis Dennis Griffin
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Irene Dunne
After her father died when she was 14, Dunne's family relocated from
After the success of The Awful Truth, she was paired with Cary Grant, her co-star in that movie, two further times; in another screwball comedy, My Favorite Wife (1940), and in the melodrama Penny Serenade (1941). She has been praised by many during her career, and after her death, as one of the best comedic actresses in the screwball genre. The popularity of Love Affair also led to two additional movies with her co-star of that film, Charles Boyer; those were When Tomorrow Comes (1939) and Together Again (1944). Her last film role was in 1952 but she starred in and hosted numerous television anthology episodes until 1962 after having done numerous radio performances from the late 1930s until the early 1950s. She was nicknamed "The First Lady of Hollywood" for her regal manner despite being proud of her Irish-American, country-girl roots.
Dunne devoted her retirement to
Early life
Irene Marie Dunn was born on December 20, 1898,[1][2] at 507 East Gray Street in Louisville, Kentucky,[9] to Joseph John Dunn, an Irish-American steamboat engineer/inspector for the United States government,[10] and Adelaide Antoinette Dunn (née Henry), a concert pianist/music teacher of German descent from Newport, Kentucky.[11] She was their second child and second daughter,[12] and had a younger brother named Charles;[13][14] Dunne's elder sister died soon after her birth.[12] The family alternated between living in Kentucky and St. Louis,[12] due to her father's job offers, but he died in April 1913[15][16] from a kidney infection[17] when she was fourteen.[Note 2] She saved all of his letters and both remembered and lived by what he told her the night before he died: "Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life's great stores."[Note 3][20]
Following her father's death, Dunne's family moved to her mother's hometown of
Career
1920–1929: Acting beginnings, Broadway debut
Dunne took more singing lessons and then dancing lessons to prepare for a possible career in musical theater.
1930–1949: Hollywood leading lady
The "Hollywood musical" era had fizzled out, so Dunne moved to dramatic roles during
Dunne followed Theodora Goes Wild with other romantic and comedic roles.
On her own, Dunne showed versatility through many film genres. Critics praised her comedic skills in
1950–1962: Declining movie-star power
Dunne's last three films were box-office failures.
Hollywood retirement
Dunne was a presenter at the 1950 BAFTAs when she was in London filming The Mudlark,[132] and then represented Hollywood for the 12th Venice International Film Festival in 1951.[133] She later appeared at 1953's March of Dimes showcase in New York City to introduce two little girls nicknamed the Poster Children, who performed a dramatization about polio research.[134]
She accepted
Dunne was the only actress to be appointed a member of the
Activism
During the Second World War, Dunne joined the Beverly Hills United Service Organization,[146] and co-founded the Clark Gable's Hollywood Victory Committee.[98] It organized servicemen entertainment and war-bond sales tours on behalf of willing Hollywood participants.[Note 9] The National War Savings Program awarded her a certificate for her work from their Treasury Department.[146]
In her retirement, she devoted herself primarily to humanitarianism.[147] Some of the organizations she worked with include the Sister Kenny Foundation,[148] the American Cancer Society[9] (becoming Chairwoman of its Field Army in 1948),[149][150] the Los Angeles Orphanage,[151] the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women,[139] and was Co-Chairman of the American Red Cross.[150][9][152] She was elected president of Santa Monica's St. John's Hospital and Health Clinic[151] in 1950[153] (she resigned in 1966 to work in the developing council)[154] and became a board member of Technicolor in 1965, the first woman ever elected to the board of directors.[155][156] She established an African American school for Los Angeles,[157] negotiated donations to St. John's through box office results,[158][159] and Hebrew University Rebuilding Fun's sponsors committee.[139][160] Harold Stassen appointed her chairwoman for the American Heart Association's[161][9] women's committee on February 7, 1949,[139][157][162] and she held the position until February 28.[163] She appeared in a celebrity-rostered television special Benefit Show for Retarded Children (1955)[47] with Jack Benny as host.[164] Dunne also donated to refurbishments in Madison, Indiana, funding the manufacture of Camp Louis Ernst Boy Scout's gate in 1939[165] and the Broadway Fountain's 1976 restoration.[9][166] In 1987, she founded the Irene Dunne Guild, a foundation which remains "instrumental in raising funds to support programs and services at St. John's."[167] It was reported that the Guild had raised $20 million by the time of her death.[168]
Dunne reflected in 1951: "If I began living in Hollywood today, I would certainly do one thing that I did when I arrived, and that is to be active in charity. If one is going to take something out of a community—any community—one must put something in, too."[169] She also hoped that charity would encourage submissive women to find independence: "I wish women would be more direct. [...] I was amazed when some quiet little mouse of a woman was given a job which seemed to be out of all proportion to her capabilities. Then I saw the drive with which she undertook that job and put it through to a great finish. It was both inspiring and surprising. I want women to be individuals. They should not lean on their husbands' opinions and be merely echoes of the men of the family[.]"[170]
American delegate to the United Nations
In 1957,
Political views
Dunne was a lifelong
Personal life
Dunne's father frequently told Dunne about his memories of traveling on bayous and lazy rivers.[188] Dunne's favorite family vacations were riverboat rides and parades, later recalling a voyage from St. Louis to New Orleans,[189] and watching boats on the Ohio River from the hillside.[190][188] She admitted, "No triumph of either my stage or screen career has ever rivaled the excitement of trips down the Mississippi on the riverboats with my father."[20]
Dunne was an avid golfer, playing the sport since high-school graduation;
Dunne was popular with co-workers off-camera, earning a reputation as warm and approachable, and having a "poised, gracious manner"[203] like royalty,[136] which spilled into her persona in movies. On observing life behind the scenes of a typical day of filming in Hollywood, Jimmie Fidler noted, "There is something about Irene Dunne that makes every man in the room unconsciously straighten his tie."[204] Dunne earned the nickname "The First Lady of Hollywood"[136] because "she was the first real lady Hollywood has ever seen," said Leo McCarey,[205] with Gregory La Cava adding, "If Irene Dunne isn't the first lady of Hollywood, then she's the last one."[206] Ironically, this title had been bestowed on her when she was a little girl when an aunt cooed "What a little lady!"[203] When approached about the nickname in 1936, Dunne admitted it had grown tiresome but approved if it was meant as "the feminine counterpart of 'gentleman'";[207] a later interview she did have with the Los Angeles Times would ironically be titled "Irene Dunne, Gentlewoman."[173]
Her fashion tastes were often the talk of newspapers,[208][209] and Best Dressed lists featured her as one of the most stylish celebrities in the world.[210][211] Dunne explained in a 1939 fashion-advice interview that her husband was partially responsible because he was equally stylish, but also chooses outfits based on personality, color scheme and the context of where the outfits will be worn.[209] McCall's magazine later revealed Dunne chose outfits specifically designed for her by Mainbocher and Jean Louis because she did not like buying clothes in stores.[191]
One of Dunne's later public appearances was in April 1985, when she attended the unveiling of a bronze bust in her honor at St. John's Hospital and Health Clinic. The artwork, commissioned by the hospital from artist Artis Lane, has a plaque reading "IRENE DUNNE First Lady Of Saint John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation."[212][213]
Relationships
Between 1919 and 1922, Dunne was close to Fritz Ernst, a businessman based in Chicago who was 20 years older than she, and a member of one of the richest families in Madison, Indiana.[214] They frequently corresponded while Dunne was training for musical theater but when Fritz proposed, Dunne declined, due to pressure from her mother and wanting to focus on acting.[214] They remained friends and continued writing letters until Ernst died in 1959.[215]
At a New York, Biltmore Hotel supper party in 1924, Dunne met Northampton, Massachusetts-born dentist[216] Francis Griffin.[20][217] According to Dunne, he preferred being a bachelor, yet tried everything he could to meet her.[20] To her frustration, he did not telephone her until over a month later, but the relationship had strengthened and they married in Manhattan on July 13, 1927.[218] They had constantly argued about the state of their careers if they ever got married,[20] with Dunne agreeing to consider theater retirement sometime in the future and Griffin agreeing to support Dunne's acting.[219] Griffin later explained: "I didn't like the moral tone of show business. [...] Then Ziegfeld signed her for Show Boat and it looked like she was due for big things. Next came Hollywood and [she] was catapulted to the top. Then I didn't feel I could ask her to drop her career. [I] really didn't think marriage and the stage were compatible but we loved each other and we were both determined to make our marriage work."[220]
When Dunne decided to star in Leathernecking, it was meant to be her only Hollywood project, but when it was a
After retiring from dentistry, Griffin became Dunne's business manager[130] and helped negotiate her first contract.[230] The couple became interested in real estate, later investing in the Beverly Wilshire[130] and throughout Las Vegas[231] (including co-founding and chairing the board of Huntridge Corporation),[232][233][234][235] and partnering with Griffin's family's businesses (Griffin Equipment Company and The Griffin Wellpoint Company.)[220] Griffin sat as a board member of numerous banks,[220] but his offices were relocated from Century City to their home after his death, when Dunne took over as president.[187] They had one daughter, Mary Frances (née Anna Mary Bush; 1935[Note 14] – 2020),[237] who was adopted by the couple in 1936 (finalized in 1938) from the New York Foundling Hospital, run by the Sisters of Charity of New York.[238][236]
Religion
Dunne was a devout
Death
Dunne died at the age of 91 in her Holmby Hills home on September 4, 1990,
Legacy
Dunne is considered one of the best actresses of
Notable remakes of Dunne's films[257] | |
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Cimarron | 1960 remake |
Back Street | 1961 remake |
Roberta | Lovely to Look At (1952) |
Magnificent Obsession | 1954 remake |
Show Boat | 1951 remake |
The Awful Truth | Let's Do It Again (1953) |
Love Affair | An Affair to Remember (1957) |
When Tomorrow Comes | Interlude (1957) |
My Favorite Wife | Move Over, Darling (1963) |
A Guy Named Joe | Always (1989) |
Anna and the King of Siam | The King and I (1956) |
Although known for her comedic roles, Dunne admitted that she never saw comedy as a worthy genre, even leaving the country to attend the
Biographers and critics argue that Dunne's groundedness made her screwball characters more attractive than those of her contemporaries. In his review for My Favorite Wife,
The Los Angeles Times referred to Dunne's publicity in their obituary as trailblazing, noting her as one of the first actors to become a freelancer in Hollywood during its rigid studio system through her "non-exclusive contract that gave her the right to make films at other studios and to decide who should direct them,"[75] and her involvement with the United Nations as a decision that allowed entertainers from movies and television to branch out into philanthropy and politics, such as Ronald Reagan and George Murphy.[75][270]
Dunne later said, "Cary Grant always said that I had the best timing of anybody he ever worked with."[77] Lucille Ball admitted at an American Film Institute seminar that she based her comedic skills on Dunne's performance in Joy of Living,[271] Joan Leslie called her an "outstanding example as a woman and a star."[272] Charles Boyer described her having "an irrepressible youthfulness"[198] and Ralph Bellamy described working in three films with her as "like a three-layered cake with candles[. She was] truly professional, extremely talented, and socially attractive and beautiful."[272] When asked about life after retiring from baseball, Lou Gehrig stated he would want Dunne as a screen partner if he ever became a movie actor.[273] Charles Mendl once called her one of the most attractive and fascinating women in the world "who has beauty as an accomplished actress and sophisticated conversationalist."[274] Dunne told James Bawden in 1977: "Now don't you dare call me normal. I was never a Pollyanna. There was always a lot of Theodora in me."[30]
Awards and nominations
Dunne received five
However, Dunne was honored numerous times for her philanthropy from Catholic organizations and schools, receiving the
Award | Year | Ref(s) |
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American Society for the Hard of Hearing's Best Diction Award | 1936 | [146] |
Chicago Musical College honorary Doctor of Music | 1945 | [283][9][27] |
Grauman's Chinese Theatre Handprints | 1946 | [284][285] |
NCCJ 's American Brotherhood Award
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1948 | [286][160][152] |
Laetare Medal | 1949 | [9][287] |
American Heart Association Gold Medal | [288][289] | |
Protestant Motion Picture Council Award[Note 16] | [157] | |
American Motherhood Pictures Award | [157] | |
Woman's Voice of the Year | [150][291] | |
Lateran Cross | 1951 | [184] |
Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year | [184] | |
New York Dress Institute's International Best Dressed Women | [210] | |
Dame of the Holy Sepulchre
|
1953 | [56][244][292] |
Honorary member of the Madison Chamber of Commerce | 1954 | [293] |
International Best Dressed List
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1958 | [211] |
Indiana's Woman of the Year | [294] | |
Loyola University honorary Law degree | [295] | |
Seattle University honorary Law degree | 1959 | [296][297][298] |
St. Mary's College honorary Law degree | 1964 | [244][299] |
Bellarmine Medal | 1965 | [3][300] |
Mannequins of the Assistance League of Southern California's Golden Eve Award | 1967 | [301] |
Colorado Women of Achievement
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1968 | [276] |
St. John's Hospital and Health Center's Lifetime Trustee | 1982 | [213] |
Irene Dunne Guild bust | 1985 | [212] |
Kennedy Center Honoree | [278] |
Filmography
Box–office ranking
- 1936 – 17th
- 1938 – 23rd
- 1939 – 24th
- 1944 – 19th
- 1948 – 24th
Discography
Singles
"Lovely to Look At" was the only song Dunne performed in a non-musical movie that entered the Billboard charts, peaking at number 20 in early June 1935.[302][303]
Year | Single | Credits | Format | Labels (serial number) | Ref. |
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1935 | "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"/"Lovely to Look At" |
|
78 rpm |
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[302] |
Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern
Decca Records released Dunne's only album, titled Irene Dunne in Songs from the Pen of Jerome Kern,[Note 17] which contained recordings of six show tunes composed by Jerome Kern. It was recorded between July 16 and August 24, 1941, with Victor Young's orchestra,[308] making Dunne another singing movie star to create a Jerome Kern album.[309]
References
Notes
- ^ According to Dunne's baptism record, her full name is "Irene Maria Dunn,"[1][3] however, some news reports (including an interview)[4] have written "Marie" instead of "Maria."[5][4][6] Her birth record does not include her middle name,[2] and the 1900 census writes "Irene M. Dunn,"[7] whereas the 1920 census only writes "Dunn, Irene."[8] Whichever is a spelling error is unknown.
- ^ Joseph Dunn's death has also been reported as happening in 1909 when Dunne was eleven,[18][3] but this was most likely at the time when Dunne was trying to conceal her real age from the Hollywood media.
- ^ The full quote: "Happiness is never an accident. It is the prize we get when we choose wisely from life's great stores. So don't reach out wildly for this and that and the other thing. You'll end up empty-handed if you do. Make up your mind what you want. Go after it. And be prepared to pay well for it.[19] I hope that you'll go after the rooted things: the self-respect that comes when we accept our share of responsibility. Satisfying work. Marriage. A home. A family. For these are the things that grow better with time, not less. These things are the bulwarks of happiness."[20] Dunne only quoted the last three sentences to American Magazine in 1944.[21]
- ^ Dunne later told the audience of a film retrospective that she initially considered the stage name "Irene Barkley", after an uncle.[44]
- ^ Ziegfeld's father founded Chicago Musical College.[49]
- ^ Magnolia Hawks had been a dream role for Dunne and she had bought the sheet music of the musical to practice,[51] so this story was jokingly disputed by American Magazine with the comment: "Neither you not I nor [her husband] would ever suspect that she deliberately went to Florenz Ziegfeld [Jr] and suggested that she'd like to play Magnolia in the road company."[52]
- ^ Credited as "(When Your Heart's on Fire) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", according to the movie's official song sheet.[71]
- ^ A Guy Named Joe was released in December 1943,[100] but the AFI Catalog website writes that it was released in March 1944.[101]
- ^ A few video clips of Dunne during bond tours appeared in the movies Show Business at War (1943) and Follow the Boys (1944).[98]
- ^ Dunne supported Nixon in the 1950 United States Senate election in California and Goldwater in the 1964 United States presidential election.[186] She also seconded Earl Warren's vice presidential nomination in 1948.[163]
- ^ McCarey was a guilty lapsed Catholic,[200] however
- ^ Considered out-of-date, the home was demolished after Dunne's death.[23]
- ^ Dunne's indifference about giving interviews was revealed to be the result of shyness. She did not like attending Hollywood parties and was paranoid about interviewers asking about an uncomfortably invasive topic, describing it as like living in a glass house.[193] "There are talented people who can talk amusingly, charmingly, blithely about themselves to friends, acquaintances and strangers on the slightest provocation [and I] find myself not only enjoying but envying them," she later explained.[193] This apathy was interpreted as snobbery, at first, and is partially why her "ladylike" reputation stuck.[193]
- ^ Birth originally reported as 1932.[236]
- ^ Initially reported as "Lady",[244] the true rank is actually "Dame," but "Lady" is sometimes used colloquially. See Order of the Holy Sepulchre#Ranks for more information.
- ^ Shared with the cast and crew of I Remember Mama.[290]
- ^ Also known as Songs by Jerome Kern,[304] Jerome Kern Songs,[305] Irene Dunne in Songs by Jerome Kern,[306] and Irene Dunne Souvenir Album.[307]
Citations
- ^ a b c "Irene Maria Dunn". Baptism Record. Louisville, Kentucky: Saint Martin of Tours Church. 262. (birthdate recorded as December 20, 1898; baptism recorded as six days later)
- ^ a b c "[Irene] Dunn". Kentucky Birth Register. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. 3086.
December [20], 1898
- ^ a b c d e Fristoe (1985)
- ^ a b c Haber, Joyce (March 16, 1975). "The Sweet Smell of Irene Dunne". Los Angeles Times. p. 33. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- Albuquerque: The Obituary Daily Times. September 5, 1990.
- Twelfth Census of the United States. National Archives and Records Administration. June 13, 1900. 36.
Dunn, Irene M.
- ^ "Madison; Ward 3". Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920 – Population. Jefferson (Indiana). Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census: 6A. January 7, 1920. 27.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Bochenek (2015).
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 7.
- ^ Ward (2006); Pre-Hollywood Years (1898–1929), Early Childhood.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Pre-Hollywood Years (1898–1929).
- ^ "Death Notices". Los Angeles Times. August 17, 1981. p. 18. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Charles Robert Dunne". California Death Index, 1940-1997. California Department of Public Health.
- ^ "Capt. J.J. Dunn". Madison Daily Herald. April 7, 1913.
- Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Gehring (2003), p. 8.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 11; Hats, Hunches & Happiness by Irene Dunne (1945).
- ^ Ormiston, Roberta. "To Make You Happier". Photoplay. No. April 1944. p. 107.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Hats, Hunches & Happiness by Irene Dunne (1945).
- ^ Jerome Beatty. "Lady Irene". American Magazine. No. November 1944. p. 117.
- ^ "Mother of Irene Dunne was Madison Resident". The Indianapolis Star. December 19, 1936. p. 25.
- ^ a b c Ward (2006).
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 11; Bochenek (2015).
- ^ a b Gehring (2003), p. 11.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 13.
- ^ doctor of musicby the Chicago Musical College.
- ^ "Irene Dunne, Ziegfeld Show Star, Looks Fondly Back to Madison Home". The Indianapolis Star. March 9, 1930. p. 38.
- ^ Pre-Hollywood Years (1898–1929); Gehring (2003), p. 14–15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bawden, James (September 10, 1977). "A Visit with Irene Dunne". American Classic Screen. p. 9.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 15.
- ^ "The Clinging Vine – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- ^ "Daily News 28 Feb 1923, page 20". Newspapers.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "Daily News 30 Oct 1923, page 20". Newspapers.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 04 Nov 1923, page Page 68". Newspapers.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 Mar 1924, page Page 70". Newspapers.com. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 16.
- ^ "The City Chap – Broadway Musical". IMDb. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020. (Dunne is credited as "Irene Dunn")
- ^ "Yours Truly – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "THE STAGE". The Pittsburgh Press. January 15, 1928. p. 85.
- ^ "She's My Baby – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Luckee Girl – Broadway Musical – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Irene Dunne Retrospective". Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. March 24, 1975.
- Newspapers.com....
Musical numbers on the program will be given by the following Indiana girls: Miss Wynota Cleaveland of Crawfordsville, Miss Anah Webb of Bedford, Miss Irene Dunne of Madison, Miss Lillian Prass of Lafayette
- ^ emceeing and everybody from Irene Dunn [sic] to Art Linkletteris in it.
- ^ a b McDonough (1985).
- ^ "Screen Stars Relate Their Favorite Anecdotes: Road to Fame Begins in Elevator For Irene Dunne". The Indianapolis Star. September 10, 1944. p. 21.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 23.
- ^ Beatty, Jerome (1944). "Lady Irene". American Magazine. No. November 1944. p. 118.
- ^ "Leathernecking". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Charles Champlin (December 5, 1985). "Critic at Large: Irene Dunne: Always a Lady of the House". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
Depending on which film source you read, Irene Dunne will be 81, 84 or 87 on Dec. 20. The official birth year is 1904, which makes her almost 81 and which she says sternly is correct, although in all events, "We do not think about Dec. 20. It is a day I choose to disregard."
- ^ ISBN 978-0786409839. Archivedfrom the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 27.
- ^ "Cimarron". Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
It was nominated for Best Direction, Best Actor (Richard Dix), Best Actress (Irene Dunne) and Best Cinematography.
- ^ "[Cimarron review]". Photoplay. April 1931.
- ^ "Back Street". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "No Other Woman". Archived from the original on June 25, 2020.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog - Magnificent Obsession". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Actress Prepares to Portray Blind Role". Times. November 1935.
- ^ "Stingaree". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Thornton Delehanty (May 18, 1934). "Irene Dunne and Richard Dix in 'Stingaree'". New York Post. p. 13.
[Stingaree] is a preposterous tale, with Mr. Dix doing his best to prevent it from being even faintly credible.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 42.
- ^ "Stars of "Cimarron" Now in "Stingaree"". The Greenwood Commonwealth. July 14, 1934. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
The role [of Stingaree] gives [Richard] Dix an opportunity to return to the adventurous, twinkly-eyed roles he enacted in the early days of his success. Miss Dunne, opposite, has her first opportunity to exploit thoroughly her beautiful voice.
- ^ a b "Irene Dunne Signed by Warners". New York Herald Tribune. August 21, 1934.
Sweet Adeline was announced as Irene Dunne's first starring vehicle under her new Warner Bros. contract.
- ^ "Sweet Adeline". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Roberta". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Schultz (1991), p. 187.
- ^ "Show Boat". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Curtis, James (1998). James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters. Boston: Faber and Faber. pp. 269–270.
[Irene Dunne said:] James Whale wasn't the right director. He was more interested in atmosphere and lighting and he knew so little about [riverboat] life.
- ^ a b Livingstone, Beulah (September 21, 1936). "The Story of Irene Dunne". Table Talk. p. 14.
- ^ a b c d "From the Archives: Irene Dunne, Leading Star of '30s and '40s, Dies at 88". LA Times. September 5, 1990. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Theodora Goes Wild". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c James Harvey (1978).
- ^ "The Awful Truth". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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- ^ Creelman, Eileen (May 31, 1940). "A Bright Farce, 'My Favorite Wife'". New York Sun. p. 22.
[The plot of My Favorite Wife] has anything to do with its very obvious resemblance to another [Leo] McCarey comedy, The Awful Truth.
- ^ Wilson, Robert, ed. (1971). The Film Criticism of Otis Ferguson. Philadelphia Temple University Press. p. 302.
[My Favorite Wife is a] no-nonsense-sequel to The Awful Truth.
- ^ "Penny Serenade". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 123.
- ^ "Love Affair". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "When Tomorrow Comes". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ "Together Again". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- Newspapers.com.
[When Tomorrow Comes] does not have as much comedy in it as when Miss Dunne and Mr. Boyer presented last season when they co-starred in Love Affair.
- ^ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 21, 1939.] has woven together the elements for a romance that is as near to actuality and as far from affection as that of the Love Affair starring effort [...] There isn't the sparkling wit of Love Affair...
There is something missing in When Tomorrow Comes [...] Indeed, [director John M. Stahl
- ^ Gehring (2003), p. 109.
- ^ "Knickerbocker Star Jeanne Crain; Loew's Brings Dunne, Boyer". The Tennessean. November 19, 1944. p. 16–B. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
Billed as an exciting and hilarious love affair, [Together Again] bought forth from the publicity department with this paragraph: 'Their eyes meet again! Their lips meet again! Their hearts meet again in this year's most glorious...enchanting...daring romantic comedy. What love! What laughter!'
- Boston Post. June 21, 1940.
Miss Dunne and Mr. Grant make the perfect team for romantic comedy [and] they are both charming people.
- ^ Parsons, Louella O. (August 11, 1939). "Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer Engaging in Romantic Film, "When Tomorrow Comes"". Los Angeles Examiner.
I don't know any more romantic pair on the screen than Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer.
- ^ "Unfinished Business". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 25, 2020.
- ^ "Lady in a Jam". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- ^ "[Lady In a Jam review]". The New Yorker. July 22, 1942.
On the whole, [Lady In a Jam] shouldn't happen to Irene Dunne.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (September 2, 1941). "[Unfinished Business review]". The New York Times. p. 20.
Under the circumstances, the actors do exceedingly well. Miss Dunne, even though she must combine the naivete of Cinderella with the devastating wit of a Dorothy Parker, is charming.
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Irene Dunne, a personal friend of [Walt] Disney, will christen the Mark Twain, a 105-foot sternwheeler which plies its way around a three-quarter mile canal in Frontierland.
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The premiere [of How the West Was Won] is sponsored by the St. John's Hospital Foundation. [...] Irene Dunne, who became president of the St. John's Hospital Foundation in 1951, was instrumental in arranging the benefit premiere.
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Dr. Francis D. Griffin, 79, husband of actress Irene Dunne, has died of a heart ailment. He died Thursday night in the couple's home after a long illness.
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Huntridge Theater — It was opened on October 10, 1944, by film star Irene Dunne, and, for a brief time, Loretta Young was a partner.
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Irene Dunne, screen actress, and her husband, Dr. Francis Griffin, have adopted a 4-year-old girl whom they have named Mary Frances Dunne, it was learned yesterday at the County Clerk's office, where the adoption order is on file.
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IRENE BOWS - The film actress, Irene Dunne kneels to kiss the ring of Most Rev. Thomas A. Connolly, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seattle, at Seattle University commencement exercises. Archbishop Connolly conferred an honorary doctor-of-laws degree on Miss Dunne.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Don Ward (March 2006). "Irene Dunne's career was a true success story". Roundabout Entertainment Guide. Kentuckianana Publishing Inc. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
Further reading
Books
- ISBN 978-0811852487.
- Cavell, Stanley (1981). Pursuits of Happiness: Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage. ISBN 978-0674739062.
- Kendall, Elizabeth (1990). The Runaway Bride: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930s. ISBN 978-0815411994.
- Carman, Emily (2015). Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System. ISBN 978-1477307816.
Interviews
- Dunne, Irene (1972). "Interview with John Kobal". People Will Talk (Interview). Interviewed by John Kobal. Alfred A. Knopf (1 January 1986). Archived from the original on January 29, 2011.
Articles
- Gehring, Wes D. (2003). "I'm Still In Love With Irene Dunne". FindArticles. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012.
- Roberts, John (1998). "Irene Dunne – Elegant Leading Lady of the Golden Age". No. 14. Archived from the original on December 11, 2004.
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- Schickel, Richard (1990). Rense, Paige (ed.). "Irene Dunne: Nominee for The Awful Truth". Architectural Digest. No. April. Los Angeles.
- "Irene Dunne (1904–1990): A Bright Star," Filmnews,by Peter Kemp November 1990.
- "Irene Dunne, Top-rank Film Star of the '30s and '40s, Dead at 88". Variety. New York. September 10, 1990.
- "Irene Dunne: The Awesome Truth," Film Comment (New York), by James McCourt January/February 1980.
- "Irene Dunne: Native Treasure," Close-Ups: The Movie Star Book, DeWitt Bodeen, edited by Danny Peary, New York, 1978.
- Irene Dunne, in Films in Review (New York), Madden, J. C., December 1969.
Other
External links
- Irene Dunne at IMDb
- Irene Dunne at the Internet Broadway Database
- Irene Dunne at the TCM Movie Database
- Irene Dunne discography at Discogs
- Irene Dunne Film Reference by Jeanine Basinger
- Photographs of Irene Dunne
- Works by or about Irene Dunne at Internet Archive (audio recordings)