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Dolores Hart's Last Film

posted 19 years ago by mark_shleck-1
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I think she is one of the most beautiful actresses ever to appear on screen. It's a big shame that some of her films aren't available on VHS or DVD. I'd really like to see the film The Inspector a.k.a Lisa. See 'Come Fly With Me', currently playing on the TCM channel, and I'm sure you will agree that Dolores Hart is a beautiful girl. She gave up her acting career to enter a convent, and her fiancee was so heartbroken that he never married anyone else. He just stayed single because he loved Dolores Hart so much that no other girl could take her place.

'You can't hold a candle to Gulbenkian'.

[–] BlueGreen 19 years ago

Yes, she was (or is) beautiful. And special.
I think I've watched "Come fly with me" a dozen times on TCM - only because of her, of course.
If I were a man, I think I would be in love with her. :)

[–] leetallahassee 17 years ago

Two interesting notes:
1. Reporter Bob Brown (of the news magazine 20/20) interviewed Dolores Hart (now
called the Reverend Mother Dolores, I believe) She discussed her (in my opinion)
all too brief film and television career. She is evidently not doing too well
healthwise these days as she seems to be suffering from sort of debilitating
nerve disease. This interview was in her nunnery in Connecticut, where she now
resides.
2. I have heard that the man that she was engaged to when she entered the nunnery
in 1963 still remains a devoted friend to her and visits her often at the nunnery.
He never married anyone else, either. How terribly sweet, charming, and a little
sad.

[–] schappe1 17 years ago

I just saw "Come Fly With Me" on TCM and it's the kind of pleasant, undemandiung entertainment they don't seem to make any more. It was the first Dolores Hart film I can recall seeing and I was very impressed. She was very beautiful, even by the standards of movies stars, (she made Pamela Tiffin, who I've always had a crush on, look plain). She's also in there with one of my favorite actresses, Lois Nettleton. Yet Hart's poise, presence and intelligence dominates every scene. She makes the silly plot about the improverished nobleman gonme bad seem heartbreaking and I agree that her tears in that last scene may have been real.

Being a movie star seems like it would be wonderful to most of us but it's not for everyone and I applaud her courage to decide to with her life something that was more meaningful to her. It was a great loss to the cinema but a great gain for her.

[–] work4dvd 13 years ago

There's a wonderful article on Dolores Hart in the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly. Apparently it's not available online, but here's a peek:

http://www.elvis.com/news/detail.aspx?id=5192