tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post6984856057655863912..comments2023-06-16T06:51:34.769-04:00Comments on Bit Part Actors: Eve ArdenBit Part Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-77486638312040531332012-09-16T11:23:42.020-04:002012-09-16T11:23:42.020-04:00Thanks, Jim. Eve could play any kind of part she w...Thanks, Jim. Eve could play any kind of part she wanted to. Most know her for her comedy, but I will see if I can find Dark at the Top somewhere. It sounds like a history lesson as much as a character study.Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-13683408511898031012012-09-16T03:18:28.512-04:002012-09-16T03:18:28.512-04:00Charming profile of a performer everybody loved, w...Charming profile of a performer everybody loved, whether they worked with her or merely watched her from the audience. There's one title missing from your tribute, but it's not your fault; it's been languishing in the Warner Bros. vaults for inexcusable decades. The picture is <i>The Dark at the Top of the Stairs</i> (1960), wherein Eve plays Lottie Lacey, the abrasive, sexually frustrated sister of Cora Flood (Dorothy Maguire). It's the performance of Eve's career, and for that alone it's criminal that it's not available. (There are other reasons, too; just visit the movie's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053750/" rel="nofollow">IMDb page</a> and get a load of that amazing cast.) I hope you, as an ardent "Ardenite", get to see it someday.<br /><br />Again, excellent post!<br /><br />Jim Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00981196894914646656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-72382161169752191982012-05-07T10:49:18.734-04:002012-05-07T10:49:18.734-04:00Thanks for the note, Karen. I couldn't find th...Thanks for the note, Karen. I couldn't find the series on DVD. I wonder if the early episodes were discarded by the studio. In 1952 they would have still been making kinescopes of TV shows. They weren't very good quality, so they didn't take very good care of them. In their wisdom, they thought that nobody would ever want to see those old shows again. How wrong they were!Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-57388452291294893022012-05-06T01:18:40.913-04:002012-05-06T01:18:40.913-04:00Enjoyed your write-up on Eve Arden. I've alway...Enjoyed your write-up on Eve Arden. I've always enjoyed her, even as a little girl. I loved her in Stage Door and Mildred Pierce, and I listen to her quite frequently on some tapes I have of "Our Miss Brooks." I caught a TV episode on You Tube, but I'd love to get the series on DVD -- she was so good!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939607801184112943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-45770487742306574282012-05-05T15:39:57.569-04:002012-05-05T15:39:57.569-04:00Thanks, Eve. Eve was one of the best, but there ar...Thanks, Eve. Eve was one of the best, but there are so many Bit Actors out there. I still have quite a large list to go!Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-72253873395825392252012-05-05T13:43:03.039-04:002012-05-05T13:43:03.039-04:00Love Eve Arden. Doesn't everyone? If not, they...Love Eve Arden. Doesn't everyone? If not, they should! She added so much to so many films. Imagine "Comrad X" or "Ziegfeld Girl," "Mildred Pierce" or "One Touch of Venus" (or any of her films) without the dry drollery of Eve Arden. She more than deserved her turn to star in her own long-running hit TV (and radio) series. I was pleased to learn that she was born and raised in Mill Valley, CA, a town just a few miles away from here.<br /><br />Great choice, Allen, she's one of the best!The Lady Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963115499930520653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-54349012743210894682012-05-04T09:40:11.009-04:002012-05-04T09:40:11.009-04:00Thanks, Kim. You are right. Bit Actors are usually...Thanks, Kim. You are right. Bit Actors are usually the bright spots in between the stars.Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-22445471544035838442012-05-03T19:09:19.685-04:002012-05-03T19:09:19.685-04:00Arden was always a bright spot in whatever film (g...Arden was always a bright spot in whatever film (good or bad) she appeared. I loved her in the Grease movies!Kimberly J.M. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078951928157843937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-73957895664339764512012-05-03T16:40:17.734-04:002012-05-03T16:40:17.734-04:00Thanks, R.D. I haven't seen a lot of her work,...Thanks, R.D. I haven't seen a lot of her work, but I would bet she could pull of a great dramatic part. But there's no hiding that voice!<br /><br />BTW, Your blog The Movie Projector is a great site! Check R.D.'s blog out at -<br />http://http://themovieprojector.blogspot.com<br />In fact, I would be hard pressed to find a movie I didn't like in your Hall of Fame.Bit Part Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190704883240544188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146092214213444763.post-44414240107416029082012-05-03T15:02:39.494-04:002012-05-03T15:02:39.494-04:00A great choice to profile. Who doesn't love Ev...A great choice to profile. Who doesn't love Eve Arden? Her personality and manner made her one of the most recognizable character actors of the studio, and later early TV, era. Nobody could deliver a wisecrack like Eve Arden! I'll never forget her walking around the boarding house in "Stage Door" with that cat draped around her neck. Over at Wonders in the Dark, where every week they conduct a best of the year poll, she looks set to take the best supporting actress of 1937 award this week for "Stage Door." It's too bad she didn't win that Oscar for "Mildred Pierce." She deserved it. I also liked her later in her career in "Anatomy of a Murder."R. D. Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05045080274131718843noreply@blogger.com