tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post922194171491343869..comments2024-01-06T15:43:04.989-06:00Comments on Dead Presidents Daily: May 20, 1768:Dolley Madison's BirthdayDees Striblinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15511105317726079611noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-4572371615553750912010-09-16T22:44:21.728-05:002010-09-16T22:44:21.728-05:00Quite right! I like this idea, I completely with y...Quite right! I like this idea, I completely with you agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-2942433071735040592010-09-15T19:32:28.211-05:002010-09-15T19:32:28.211-05:00In it something is also idea good, agree with you....In it something is also idea good, agree with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-26778035664843135522008-04-12T07:18:00.000-05:002008-04-12T07:18:00.000-05:00Dolly Madison is actually a really brave women.She...Dolly Madison is actually a really brave women.She saved the white house treasures and important papers & documents.When the British attacked, she was the last to be in the White House. Beat that Holly C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-88533994451397567032007-06-27T20:43:00.000-05:002007-06-27T20:43:00.000-05:00Not to be picky, but Dolley Madison was born Dolle...Not to be picky, but Dolley Madison was born Dolley Payne, the daughter of John Payne and Mary Coles Payne. Her first husband's name was John Todd, and of course she did marry James Madison. Her name therefor became Dolley Payne Todd Madison. Seems silly, but details matter. <BR/><BR/>Her iconic status in popular culture began in the late 19th century with advertising.<BR/><BR/>And at some point her collateral descendants or historians decided that Dolley was too silly a name and couldn't be real. There was a push for Dorothy and Dorothea, or at least Dolly. It was, indeed, Dolley.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08755049893510662846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-79679641045462066382007-05-29T05:01:00.000-05:002007-05-29T05:01:00.000-05:00There's one called "The President's Lady" with Sus...There's one called "The President's Lady" with Susan Hayward as Rachel Jackson. I remember watching it late night: in the days when there were late night movies, of course. carlottaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-62760140080846436462007-05-22T11:34:00.000-05:002007-05-22T11:34:00.000-05:00I never saw that mini-series either. There have be...I never saw that mini-series either. There have been other First Ladies portrayed on-screen, of course, including Joan Allen as Pat Nixon in Oliver Stone's "Nixon", and Ruth Hussey played Andrew Johnson's wife in the 1942 biopic "Tennessee Johnson." I'm sure there are others. I guess my original post referred to movies specifically about First Ladies themselves.Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-43724448499067217122007-05-21T15:05:00.000-05:002007-05-21T15:05:00.000-05:00Were you aware that Mary Tyler Moore played Mary T...Were you aware that Mary Tyler Moore played Mary Todd Lincoln in Gore Vidal's Lincoln, a mini-series broadcast in 1988? The focus was on Lincoln himself, but Mary Todd Lincoln was a major role. Checking the cast list discloses lots of interesting casting in this film - not having seen it, I couldn't say whether the casting is good or bad, just interesting - including Sam Waterson as Lincoln himself, Clevon Little as Frederick Douglass and John Houseman as Winfield Scott. That last bit of casting can't be any odder than Sydney Greenstreet, who played Gen. Scott as a glutton in They Died with Their Boots On. ANKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38390390.post-28709148934031526742007-05-21T14:08:00.000-05:002007-05-21T14:08:00.000-05:00Dolley Madison was, I believe, the the first First...Dolley Madison was, I believe, the the first First Lady to inspire a movie. Ginger Rogers played her in the 1946 biopic "The Magnificent Doll" with Burgess Meredith as James Madison and David Niven as Aaron Burr. It's been years since I've seen it, but I remember it being pretty good. If memory serves, there's a pretty good sequence where they are trying to evacuate the White House before the British come to burn it down during the War of 1812. Would like to see it again, but I don't think it's available on VHS or DVD.<BR/><BR/>I know Jackie Onasiss inspired "The Greek Tycoon," but don't know of any other movies specifically about First Ladies.Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.com