Ginger's Susan Hayward Message Board: To reach If You Knew Susie by Trish Sharp, click the profile photo at www.facebook.com/susanhaywardclassicfilmstar and you will see the link.
Ginger..I think it is going to take HER FANS to push the buttons with some of these people who have the power to keep her name among the GREATS!
I feel it is the only way that younger audiences will find out about her and how good she really was.
I also feel that there should be a film, whether screen or tv, about her life...and her long suffering illness.
Didn't they say that SUSAN was the longest living person with such a brain turmor?
I remember that years ago, there were plans to do a tv movie on her life and I've always wondered why that fell through. They had even mentioned ANN JILLIAN as someone who might play her. I remember saying..."JUST AS LONG AS IT ISN'T LINDSAY WAGNOER..." who did the most AWFUL tv-remake of "I WANT TO LIVE!"
I've been away from my PC for a while and trying to catch up. Good for Errol I also emailed TCM and gave them my 2 cents worth. But you're right, Susan has been ignored. There used to be lots of her movies on TV, but it looks like their just disappearing. It's really sad to think how soon the public is forgetting such a beautiful and talented actress. When we discuss movies at work and I mention Susan Hayward., they ask me "who's that" and these co-workers are around 40-50 years of age. Yes, I do believe Robert Osborne loved Susan as an actress. Sometime ago on TCM they played "I Want To Live!" and Osborne went on to introduce the film and he gave Susan such a great nod for her acting in this film that he said and I quote "Susan's acting is by far the best female acting job of all time" and I have this on tape.
