Mildred Pierce (1945) - Get ANN BLYTH: ACTRESS. SINGER. STAR. for the classic film fan on your Christmas list!

MILDRED PIERCE (1945), featuring one of Ann Blyth's signature roles, which earned her an Oscar nomination at only 16 years old, is on the Turner Classic Movies lineup for today.

Read about the background of the making of this film and the turn it made in Ann's career trajectory here in my book on her career: Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.  If you'd like to make a present of this to the Ann Blyth fan or classic film fan on your Christmas list, the book is available in print, and eBook, and also as an audio book read by actress Toni Lewis.

For more on the movie, and her career, have a look at my book on Ann's career -- Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.

eBook edition (Amazon)

print edition available at Amazon and also my Etsy shop.

audiobook edition

Also available in eBook at:

Kobo

Barnes & Noble

Apple iBooks

For more on my other books and plays, please see my website: JacquelineTLynch.com  

Ann Blyth to receive honor at the Coronado Island Film Festival!

Ann Blyth will be honored with the Legacy Award at the Coronado Island Film Festival, California, which is celebrating its sixth anniversary.  The dates of the festival are November 10-14, 2021.

See this article in the Coronado Eagle and Journal, and have a look here at this link to the festival website for details, and an online version of the official program (turn to page 22 for the bio on Ann).

Congratulations to Ann Blyth on this well-deserved tribute to her stellar career!

*********************

For more on the movie, and her career, have a look at my book on Ann's career -- Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.

eBook edition (Amazon)

print edition available at Amazon and also my Etsy shop.

audiobook edition

Also available in eBook at:

Kobo

Barnes & Noble

Apple iBooks

For more on my other books and plays, please see my website: JacquelineTLynch.com  

Ann Blyth's First Starring Role in Swell Guy (1946)

 

Ann moved quickly after her striking supportive role in Mildred Pierce (1945) to starring roles, and the first was this dramatic turn in Swell Guy (1946).  Here is a bit from my book Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.:

For those who remember Ann as the perpetual ingénue soprano of her 1950s musicals, Swell Guy reminds us that the evil Veda in Mildred Pierce was no one-off fluke.  A number of Ann’s early roles showcased her intuitive, earthy, and intense dramatic talent, though she was concerned about being typecast as a villain.  At this stage critics were calling her a young Bette Davis.

She received good notices.  Edwin Schallert of the Los Angeles Times noted:

Miss Blyth is reputed to give her most sensational performance in this…she has made a remarkable record in the midst of terrific emotional turmoil, and what is more, she is amazingly young to have encountered this…Her experiences have undoubtedly given her an unusual maturity in her work.

For more on the movie, and her career, have a look at my book on Ann's career -- Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star.

eBook edition (Amazon)

print edition available at Amazon and also my Etsy shop.

audiobook edition

Also available in eBook at:

Kobo

Barnes & Noble

Apple iBooks

For more on my other books and plays, please see my website: JacquelineTLynch.com