Natalie Wood

Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay at the 1962 awards, and a nomination for Natalie Wood in Leading Actress Role. A fragile Kansas girl Deanie’s (Natalie Wood) unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man Bud (Warren Beatty) from the town’s most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness. This movie is all about young love/first love, growing up, coping with pressures of school, getting into college, sexual repression and ultimately making decisions. Deanie and Bud are a young couple in their final year in high school they are very much in love, but have not done anything more than kissing. As ... Read Full Story

Welcome to this week's edition of Wednesday Woman. I'm spotlighting Natalie Wood . Natalie Wood is one of my favorite actresses of all time. At the age of 12 my mother showed me one her favorite Wood movies, Splendor in the Grass . From that moment I was hooked. Since viewing that Elia Kazan classic, I have grown to love Rebel Without A Cause , Inside Daisy Clover , and the holiday hit, Miracle on 34th Street . Whenever viewing a Wood film you can see so much life and strength. Her eyes were one of her best attributes. Her deep gaze conveyed what ... Read Full Story

Own It On DVD Bookmark this on Delicious Print Page An Introduction There's an old Hollywood adage that goes, "you make one picture for the studio and one for yourself," and it's one that still resonates today as we see some horrific films starring brilliant actors or helmed by superior directors so that they can eventually see their pet project come to life. A pro since she was in kindergarten-- perhaps nobody knew this better than Ms. Natalie Wood, especially when she signed an extensive contract with Warner Brothers. Wood was often called Warner royalty and perhaps one of the studio's best loved actresses ... Read Full Story

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