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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Caryscott" data-source="post: 372886" data-attributes="member: 57460"><p>For accuracy “The Blue Veil” is 1951 and you omitted “So Big”(1953). MCA packaged Wyman for television and made the deal for her production company Lewman Productions to takeover producing the “Fireside Theatre” from Hal Roach Studios during the 54-55 television season. She made her TV acting debut on “General Electric Theatre” hosted by Ronald Reagan (it aired on January 2, 1955 on CBS) to get some experience with shooting a 1/2 hour television anthology.  All 3 of  her films released in 55-56 were shot before her series debuted. Only “All That Heaven Allows” released at the end of 55 was successful but it wasn’t as big a hit as “Magnificent Obsession” .  Wyman was the only other woman on the “Top Ten Money Making Stars of the Year” list  for 1954 along  with Marilyn Monroe. “Magnificent Obsession” also won the Photoplay Gold Medal Award as “Most Popular Film of 1954” in the magazine’s annual reader’s poll. Jane Wyman only made 4 films after her move into television. None of the 4 films was a starring vehicle. “Pollyanna” wasn’t big box office but it aged well and found an audience on TV.   Jane Wyman was 42-43 when Pollyanna was being shot, I rather doubt she thought she was appropriate  casting for  the Mills role.  The two always had kind words for one another.  “Bon Voyage!” in 1962 was a much bigger box office  hit than “Pollyanna” at the time of release. It is listed as tied for 9th on the 1962 list of highest grossing films.  Bill Thomas did the clothes and was nominated for an Oscar. Wyman’s anthology  series did quite well in  syndication. It aired daily on ABC for most of the 1961-1962 TV season and all of the 1962-1963 season as “Jane Wyman Presents”  including a summer run in prime-time. It became a staple of daytime schedules targeted at female viewers on independent stations through the sixties along with “The Loretta Young Show” after that. It also did quite well in international syndication on the strength of Wyman’s movie star name. She won the Hollywood Foreign Press’s “World Film Favourite - Female” at the 8th Golden Globe Awards in 1951. She was also voted Britain’s Picturegoer Award for “Best Actress” three times in 1950,  1952 and 1955 amongst other international accolades. Jane Wyatt always seems lovely. If you have a point I’m not sure even you know what it is.  “Father Knows Best” like a lot of B&W shows including “The Jane Wyman Show”  became less popular in syndication as colour became more common on television in the late 60’s. Of course Jane Wyman co- owned her show with MCA so she had already done quite  well financially from its production and syndication by that time.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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