Talk:Ann Dvorak

Stage name
Her name originally is McKim. There is nothing to indicate how she arrived at "Dvorak".

If that is a studio-assigned name, there is no discussion of why the arbitrary and counter-intuitive pronunciation "Vorshack" was chosen.

Varlaam (talk) 16:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)


 * I came here to ask similar questions. I've always assumed it was after the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, who spent a significant period in the United States and wrote his "New World Symphony" there.  But exactly why she would choose to honour the composer in this way is the question.  Did she have Bohemian ancestors, perhaps?
 * The composer's name is pronounced "Dvor-zhak" (sort of), not very far removed from the "vor-shack" we have with actress Ann. Except hers drops the initial "d" sound. How she and the studio could possibly expect the ordinary movie-going public to know not to sound out the "D" is simply beyond my comprehension.  Classical music lovers would probably have had less trouble with it, but as for the ordinary joe, forget it.  --  ♬  Jack of Oz  ♬  [your turn]  00:12, 28 April 2012 (UTC)