Eve Arden had such an amazing voice, and such tone! She always seemed to know exactly what she wanted, who she was, where she was supposed to be. She had great comic ability and elegance and man, did she know how to wear lipstick...
There are certain women from my childhood who struck me as being self-possessed and quick and entirely competent in a man's world. Eve Arden was one who fulfilled all that but wasn't scary, like Katharine Hepburn or Barbara Stanwyck (just writing her name gives me the chills).
Who are/were the other women like Eve Arden? I don't think there were many.
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so speaking (sort of) of the past. I just finished the book "The Good Soldier" by Ford Madox Ford. written in 1914 or something like that. It's a wonderfully written novel about two couples who you think at first are perfect. then the narrator slowly, slowly reveals the truth about everyone. it's so intriguing and he reveals the truth like he's peeling an onion, one thin layer at a time. exceptional. well worth reading. and only a little over 200 pages!
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