Jennifer Jones, a true movie star, was groomed by David Selznick starring in "Song Of Bernadette" and winning an Oscar for her portrayal of the saintly Bernadette, other great Jennifer Jones movies were Love Letters, Cluny Brown, Since You Went Away, Duel In The Sun, Portrait of Jenny Ruby Gentry, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, and Tender Is The Night.
David Selznick died in 1965 and Jennifer went to England to star in The Idol for Joe Levine and Paramount. I was in Vietnam and read in the Stars and Stripes Jennifer would star in Angel Angel Down We Go! Thrilled I was looking forward to seeing the picture. Jennifer recruited a Westmore to do her makeup and Sydney Guillaroff the maestro of heir styles to do her Hair. What was lacking is a Script and a talented Director. The movie is a mess. The only redeeming thing is to see Jennifer on the screen. But why Jennifer why? Why? This mess?
Jennifer Jones would have the biggest hit of her career in Steve McQueen's Towering I Inferno and win a Golden Globe nomination, and retire.
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