[Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins

[Grace Cangialosi]

It did mention her syphillus, contracted from her first husband and the fact  the that she and her second husband never had sex for that reason. He had a mistress that Florence knew about; that was where he spent most nights.
It didn't mention any cognitive impairment, though, just the fact that she had lived with it much longer than expected.

> On Aug 26, 2016, at 1:11 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Any mention of the fact that she had tertiary syphillis (Jenkins, that is),
> and therefore a lot of cognitive deficit? Her actual story is really
> heart-breaking.
> 
> Compare rolls of Joplin early and late in his life for another
> demonstration of the damaging powers of syphillis.
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> John and I really enjoyed this movie.  Surely hokey, but Florence loved
>> music.  And, I love Meryl Streep.
>> 
>> Ginga
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> 'twas a great movie indeed, IMNSHO
>>> 
>>> Loved the backstage story too!
>>> 
>>> Lynn
>>> 
>>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>> 
>>> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
>> not
>>> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
>> me."
>>> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>>> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
>>> by Richard Rohr
>>> 
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "ME Michaud" <michaudme at gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 3:47 PM
>>> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Florence Foster Jenkins
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Did you hear the Norah Ephron interview where she talked about meeting
>>>> Streep (at the opera?) and having a conversation that began "What are
>> you
>>>> working on now?"
>>>> 
>>>> Ephron said she she was going to direct Julie & Julia.
>>>> 
>>>> Streep replied enthusiastically, using Julia Child's voice.
>>>> 
>>>> Ephron then asked her if she'd be interested in the part.
>>>> 
>>>> I loved that movie. I loved the brutal contrast between the spiritual
>>>> poverty and desperation of post 9/11 life with the richness and joy of
>> the
>>>> post-war world. God bless Norah Ephron. She milked something glorious
>> out
>>>> of Julie Powell's dry little blog.
>>>> -M
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Thursday, August 25, 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Well, there's this, from The Onion:
>>>>> court-rules-meryl-streep-unable-to-be-tried-by-jur-26799
>>>>> <http://www.theonion.com/graphic/court-rules-meryl-
>>>>> streep-unable-to-be-tried-by-jur-26799>
>>