These montages each December (video embedded below) always get to me. For a classic movie buff, it's hard to say goodbye to many of the actors and actresses who have given me hours of entertainment throughout my life. It's also fun to remember some of those great performances as the montage plays.
Update 12-22-10: YouTube pulled the account of the embedded video, but Turner Classic Movies on YouTube still has it, only it can't be embedded. So follow this link to view it.
~robin
Those are always so hard to watch, when you think of the joy their entertainment brought you. Like seeing Scarlett’s daughter, I could hear her voice. And I named my dog Fiona, which Jean Simmons plays in “The Thorn Birds” — I loved her and it was a tribute, as anyone who has a dog knows. She also played Miss Havisham, which is one of my favorite characters ever.
And then Leslie Nielsen, quit calling me Shirley! That was a well-produced film and tribute.
Thanks for sharing Robin. I think that I will share it too.
I just saw this year’s TCM tribute — I’ve been a “classic movie fan” since childhood in the 60’s and they always leave me teary-eyed too. I went back and read your comments about Jennifer Jones. Have you ever seen her in “Love Letters” with Joseph Cotten? If you liked Portrait, I’m sure you would like that one too. I always find myself praying God’s heart for these actors and when they die it leaves me with a final prayer that they found Him… People who touch your life so much seem like friends somehow…