My Gosh, Virginia Mayo was so beautiful in "The Best Years of Our Lives"! I'm glad to hear that working on that film was a positive experience for her.
When I was a kid movies from the “golden era” would come on tv regularly. “The Best Years of Our Lives” was one of them. I cried then and each time it comes on I still cry. It deserved all the awards it received. And then some. ❤
I recently watched The Best Years of Our Lives and thought Virgnia Mayo was the true standout in this movie. Her hard work paid off as there was not a false note in that performance!
I watched this movie, for the first time, only a couple of months ago. What a wonderful script, brilliant performances from the entire cast and a very modern “feel” about the issues faced by returning servicemen. Virginia Mayo was superb in a very unsympathetic role. Her character in this movie was not at all likeable & she carried it off with aplomb. A true classic
Lovely woman. Her performance in the film was spot on. Here she is years later reflecting, nothing at all like the cold, shallow floozy she portrayed in that classic picture.
Mayo was spot on in this classic. Wyler never commented when the role was done right. Davis once commented to Wyler about his lack of approval. Wyler started expressing marvelous, wonderful, etc. Davis finely had enough and asked him to please stop and go back to your usual self. I forgot which film, probably her first with the director, which won her the Oscar for, Jezebel. Anyhow, I'll have to say I liked Mayo in anything.
Wasn't she such a lovely young woman & a great actress. Any movie she was in, she gave a good performance. She was eye candy as they say. Anyways TBYOOL remains one of the best movies ever produced by Hollywood. The theme is as relavent today as it was 76 years ago. There is not much to critique about the movie, superb in all categories.
Ms Mayo was absolutely flawless in Best Years. She truly had some of the best (even comic) scenes...when she takes off her fake eyelashes in dismay after her husband insisted on staying home and nit going nightclubbing. When she asked him about his 'friend' Peggy. ..." she's just a girl " her retort, " I didn't think she was a kangaroo " .
First. This lady projected sex. Dangerous sex. Second. Perfect casting. Third. A modern woman. She had to take care of herself and business and she did. Fourth. Great exchange between Fred and Marie about what they were up to during the war. I'd imagine many married couples had that same conversation. The great unspoken topic. Certainly there was more than Rosie the Riveter at home and Mom, flag and apple pie overseas. Great movie.
She certainly wasn't like the character she played in the movie, a hot but shallow young woman who was only interested in her husband because he was an aviator. But when the going got tough, she got going.
Too brief. After all, we're talking about the greatest picture ever made. I liked her better when she talked about working with Jimmy C. "He was so dynamic, he should have won five Academy Awards."
During the war my uncle worked in a weapons factory as a supervisor and a single man. By wars end he beded 27 married women and fathered 15 children then moved out of state. What's the point? It's a known fact people seek love or sex frequently during war.
Ha! Of course he liked her a lot or he would have stopped her. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. He knew he was watching two actors doing top notch work. Her character is so likable and we think that marriage is on solid ground until the cracks start showing in how different they are. Painful to watch because it was so authentic. Beautifully written and acted. Amazing movie. OMG what a film. Wyler was brilliant.
Loved Virginia in White Heat, that was the first noir movie I saw as a teen in the 80s, she was too much in that, gorgeous and dangerous and perfect as the scheming Moll, her and Big Ed and his big plans lol. I've seen the Best Years as well a long time ago and have the dvd kicking around somewhere I'll have to rewatch, the missing arm guy won an Oscar if I remember correctly, he was a real veteran I believe, and didn't realize Theresa Wright and Cathy O'Donnell from They Live At Night and Side Street were in this, just got introduced to O'Donnell this yr and she was gorgeous as a young lady as well, starring as Keechie with Farley Grangers Bowie in T.W.A.T. Don't think she made many movies though.
Cathy O'Donnell had a good part in Ben Hur. Also, a good role with Jimmy Stewart in Man from Laramie. Two recalled outside of noirs and BYs. Unfortunately, she passed away at an early age. She was married to W. Wyler's brother after BYs.
My Gosh, Virginia Mayo was so beautiful in "The Best Years of Our Lives"! I'm glad to hear that working on that film was a positive experience for her.
William Wyler never commented about her acting because she was terrific, and knew her craft. She was a true beauty, inside and out.
I think this movie showed the depth of Virginia Mayo's acting,... she was perfect!
When I was a kid movies from the “golden era” would come on tv regularly.
“The Best Years of Our Lives” was one of them. I cried then and each time it comes on I still cry. It deserved all the awards it received. And then some. ❤
I recently watched The Best Years of Our Lives and thought Virgnia Mayo was the true standout in this movie. Her hard work paid off as there was not a false note in that performance!
One of my favorite actors of all time, beautiful lady.
I watched this movie, for the first time, only a couple of months ago. What a wonderful script, brilliant performances from the entire cast and a very modern “feel” about the issues faced by returning servicemen. Virginia Mayo was superb in a very unsympathetic role. Her character in this movie was not at all likeable & she carried it off with aplomb. A true classic
Very well said.
Lovely woman. Her performance in the film was spot on. Here she is years later reflecting, nothing at all like the cold, shallow floozy she portrayed in that classic picture.
She played a standout evil, self-centered, manipulative big-league blonde a couple years later opposite James Cagney in "White Heat."
She deserved an Oscar nomination. Loved her in The Princess and the Pirate with Bob Hope and of course, White Heat.
Virginia Mayo was wonderful in this role. And what a looker!
Not only a tanented beauty, she was intelligent and kind, as well. Real class.
Ms. Mayo in this movie is at her best. The movie is one of the best !
She gave an excellent performance.
The story, the time, the direction, the actors/actresses, and the content, flawless.
Mayo was spot on in this classic. Wyler never commented when the role was done right. Davis once commented to Wyler about his lack of approval. Wyler started expressing marvelous, wonderful, etc. Davis finely had enough and asked him to please stop and go back to your usual self. I forgot which film, probably her first with the director, which won her the Oscar for, Jezebel.
Anyhow, I'll have to say I liked Mayo in anything.
She is perfection.
Wasn't she such a lovely young woman & a great actress. Any movie she was in, she gave a good performance. She was eye candy as they say. Anyways TBYOOL remains one of the best movies ever produced by Hollywood. The theme is as relavent today as it was 76 years ago. There is not much to critique about the movie, superb in all categories.
FYI: Virginia died in 2005 at the age of 84....
she was great in this and Mitty as well.
Great actress and thought of as the most beautiful woman in Hollywood, back in the day.
A great performance, Virginia, and William thought so too I'm sure.
Ms Mayo was absolutely flawless in Best Years. She truly had some of the best (even comic) scenes...when she takes off her fake eyelashes in dismay after her husband insisted on staying home and nit going nightclubbing. When she asked him about his 'friend' Peggy. ..." she's just a girl " her retort, " I didn't think she was a kangaroo " .
Beautiful and talented actress - a favourite
First. This lady projected sex. Dangerous sex. Second. Perfect casting. Third. A modern woman. She had to take care of herself and business and she did. Fourth. Great exchange between Fred and Marie about what they were up to during the war. I'd imagine many married couples had that same conversation. The great unspoken topic. Certainly there was more than Rosie the
Riveter at home and Mom, flag and apple pie overseas. Great movie.
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Please see here in White Heat with James Cagney also
She certainly wasn't like the character she played in the movie, a hot but shallow young woman who was only interested in her husband because he was an aviator. But when the going got tough, she got going.
Too brief. After all, we're talking about the greatest picture ever made. I liked her better when she talked about working with Jimmy C. "He was so dynamic, he should have won five Academy Awards."
Beautiful, and a good actress!!!
During the war my uncle worked in a weapons factory as a supervisor and a single man. By wars end he beded 27 married women and fathered 15 children then moved out of state. What's the point? It's a known fact people seek love or sex frequently during war.
And makes one ponder,
'Who really, is your daddy.........?
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Lot of film buffs though she should of been nominated for best supporting actress.
@John Matzye What about Myrna Loy and Teresa Wright?
Ha! Of course he liked her a lot or he would have stopped her. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. He knew he was watching two actors doing top notch work. Her character is so likable and we think that marriage is on solid ground until the cracks start showing in how different they are. Painful to watch because it was so authentic. Beautifully written and acted. Amazing movie. OMG what a film. Wyler was brilliant.
Loved Virginia in White Heat, that was the first noir movie I saw as a teen in the 80s, she was too much in that, gorgeous and dangerous and perfect as the scheming Moll, her and Big Ed and his big plans lol. I've seen the Best Years as well a long time ago and have the dvd kicking around somewhere I'll have to rewatch, the missing arm guy won an Oscar if I remember correctly, he was a real veteran I believe, and didn't realize Theresa Wright and Cathy O'Donnell from They Live At Night and Side Street were in this, just got introduced to O'Donnell this yr and she was gorgeous as a young lady as well, starring as Keechie with Farley Grangers Bowie in T.W.A.T. Don't think she made many movies though.
White Heat ,,, yes so true
Cathy O'Donnell had a good part in Ben Hur. Also, a good role with Jimmy Stewart in Man from Laramie. Two recalled outside of noirs and BYs. Unfortunately, she passed away at an early age. She was married to W. Wyler's brother after BYs.
which year was this interview ????
I believe this one was around 2002.
@@THEMOTIONARCHIVE thank you so much for the quick reply ❤ xxxx
4 minutes???.....REALLY?.
Why did she change her birth name!
Actually, she's plenty shallow here.
Shallow?
How do you mean?