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You are so right about "With a Song in My Heart" reaching out and grabbing you! That's how I became a Susan Hayward fan, and it also got me interested in Jane Froman (whom, I admit, I hadn't previously known, I guess, because I wasn't from that era).
I remember reading somewhere that Jane claimed her marriage to John Burn ended because of their different interests. (I suppose the difference in age played into that, too; and I had known about that difference). So it was difficult to hear him say, on the WASIMH features, that her drinking was the cause of the marriage's failure, because her personality changed when she drank. I can believe this, since my best friend was an alcoholic whose personality changed for the worst when she drank (and who died at age 51). But having said this, I still wish John Burn hadn't said that on the DVD.
If you do go to the Jane Froman meetings this year, I -- and I'm sure others -- would love to hear about it.
It was a little eerie, but the day after I had been listening to the John Burn narrative, I noticed on my Jane Froman site that Sean Burn, the son of John Burn, had written in my Jane Froman guestbook! He had written a note in October, 2007!...and I had overlooked it. I posted a message of reply underneath his note, so maybe, if I'm lucky, I'll hear from him again. He said he was doing some research on his father's life.
