Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Haiku: The Ink of Culture - ©Theda Bara

Haiku authored ©Theda Bara
We who write poetry

Whatever the style

We are the flight of the feather that, dipped in the ink of culture, spreads love and pleasure!

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Greer Garson - ©Theda Bara

The name I bring to you in this post is that of British theater and film actress Greer Garson, who won the Oscar for best actress in 1943, for her performance in the film: “Mrs. Miniver” (1942), in the role of “Kay Miniver”. The actress also won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Dramatic Film, in 1961, for: “Sunrise at Campobello” (1960), based on real events and a Broadway play, where she played the American first lady “Eleanor Roosevelt.”

Greer Garson also became very popular in Hollywood for starring in several films alongside Canadian actor Walter Pidgeon Davis (1897-1984).

The actress has her star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 1651 Vine Street, in the Cinema category.

Born Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson September 29, 1904, Manor Park, London, United Kingdom, died April 6, 1996, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, aged 91.

Greer Garson has been married three times. The first with the British judge specializing in Indian and Pakistani affairs, Sir Edward Alec Abbot Snelson (1904–1992) from 1933 to 1943; her second marriage was to American actor, author and investment consultant Richard Maximilian Ney (1916-2004) from 1943 to 1947; and finally married American lawyer Elijah E. “Buddy” Fogelson (1900-1987) from 1949 to 1987, of whom the actress was widowed at the age of 83. Greer was never able to have children, as in 1938, had nutritional problems due to a strict diet, which she followed with the aim of having a body worthy of a Hollywood star and ended up becoming sterile.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Haiku: Blood Pact - ©Theda Bara

Haiku authored ©Theda Bara
No one can tame a wild lion

Life is made of loves and wars

Of swords and blood pacts!

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Spencer Tracy - ©Theda Bara

The name I bring to you in this post is that of the American actor Spencer Tracy, who won two consecutive awards - Oscar for Best Leading Actor in 1938 and 1939, in the films: “Captains Courageous” (1937), in the role of a sailor fisherman “Manuel Fidello” and “Boys Town” (1938), in the role of “Father Flanagan”.

Spencer Tracy also won the Golden Globe: Best Actor in a Dramatic Film 1954, for the film: “The Actress” (1953) playing the character: “Clinton Jones”.

The actor has his star on the Los Angeles Walk of Fame, at 6814 Hollywood Boulevard, in the Cinema category.

Spencer Tracy, born Spencer Bonaventure Tracy on April 5, 1900, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, died June 10, 1967, Beverly Hills, California, United States, aged 67.

Spencer Tracy has only been married once. His only wife was Louise Ten Broeck Tracy (1896-1983) from 1923 to 1967, founder of the “John Tracy Clinic”, a private non-profit educational center for the deaf that began in 1942. The couple had two American sons: John Ten Broeck Tracy, deaf son of the Hollywood actor (1924-2007); and TV producer Louise Treadwell Tracy (1932-2002). Even though he was married to Louise Treadwell, Spencer Tracy had a 30-year relationship with award-winning actress Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907-2003), winner of 4 Oscars for Best Actress in: 1934, 1968, 1969 and 1981. 

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Haiku: Ballet Without Movement - ©Theda Bara

Haiku authored ©Theda Bara
Every loss is irreparable, it tears us apart inside

It’s a trapeze with no safety net underneath

It’s ballet without movement!


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