Welcome to Monday’s Music Moves Me on Sundays! This week’s theme you have your pick of two National Day celebrations – Gorgeous Grandma or Vanilla Ice Cream Day. I think I’ll run with “Gorgeous Grandma Day”.
While shuffling through files and folders on my computer over the summer, I came across my grandma’s obituary. I remembered her telling me she was named after a movie star who’s name she shared, Leatrice Joy many years ago. I never looked into this until now. Joy (November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was a silent movie star and is believed to have started the bobbed hair style in the 20s.
I had hoped that Joy was a singer but she wasn’t credited nor did I find proof that she was so I looked for music from silent film era when I found the full feature of her first motion picture she came out of retirement to do as a supporting actress to a young Marilyn Monroe in 1951 in, The Love Nest and just for fun I found that she appeared on the game show To Tell the Truth.
My grandma wasn’t a movie star but the light she carried was far brighter than anything on the big screen. She was reunited with grandpa in 2012 a few days before my birthday. I believe she watches over me now like she did when I was little.
Remember music themes are only suggestions. I don’t care one way or another. The important thing is to share whatever music moves you. Now, it’s your turn!
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Your grandma was beautiful. XO