"Florence Foster Jenkins" The Movie

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"Florence Foster Jenkins" The Movie

Post by Doka » 07-31-2016 11:45 AM

So who in the heck is, was a Florence Foster Jenkins? She was a real woman, she wanted to sing and with her wealth behind her she did in the most famous of places. With the smallest of problems, SHE COULD NOT CARRY A TUNE .


In her next film, ‘Florence Foster Jenkins,’ directed by Stephen Frears, Meryl Streep gives full-throated life to an eccentric socialite and self-styled diva—and her uproarious off-key singing.

"Jenkins was born in 1868, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to a family of means—her father made his fortune in railroads and banking. Forbidden from pursuing a career in music by her father, she rebelled, eloping with Dr. Frank Thornton Jenkins. The union didn’t last long, but its aftereffects—he gave her syphilis—colored the rest of her life. In 1909, the same year Jenkins’s father died and she came into her inheritance, she met St. Clair Bayfield, a Shakespearean actor from England who became her common-law husband as well as her publicist and manager. Jenkins launched her singing career in her 40s, using her wealth to underwrite her passion."


http://www.wsj.com/articles/meryl-stree ... 1469725274


Please take some time and read the very well done article. Florence was a very interesting woman to say the least. And Streep is also a good subject. I just may have to see this...........
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Post by Riddick » 07-31-2016 03:13 PM

Ahead of seeing Ghostbusters I saw the trailer for the film today. It looks like it could be VERY good.
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