Arsan404
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The Bridges Of Madison County - Meryl Streep's grown children read her letters and diary and learn about her affair with the photographer (Clint Eastwood).
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Daniels, Williams
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I Know Where I'm Going!
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It's also intriguing to consider what another actress who played Honey on Broadway would have been like in the film version: Eileen Fulton, best known as Lisa on As the World Turns. At one time, while acting on her show and also playing the girl in The Fantasticks off-Broadway, Eileen Fulton was also playing a couple of matinees each week as Honey. I would guess that she definitely brought out Honey's manipulative side, though I've never read an account of her performance.
Although I think Melinda Dillon is a better actress than Sandy Dennis, Dennis' somewhat unusual face registers more strongly on screen. However, Dennis' jitterings, twitterings, flutterings, and stutterings are more than I can take. Neither her best friend nor her worst enemy could ever accuse Sandy Dennis of having "a clean, non-showy technique." Barbara Harris is an interesting alternative, too.
Sandy Dennis was a good actress, and her performance as "Honey" is certainly memorable and watchable, but her mannerisms overwhelm a characterization that may be more revealing and powerful with a more subtle portrayal.
I'm sorry to say that I'm not familiar with Eileen Fulton's work as an actress.
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I assume you know that Melinda Dillon originated the role of Honey on Broadway.
Yes, I know she was the original "Honey" on Broadway. When I became familiar with her film work in the 70s and 80s, I thought she would have been fantastic in the film version.
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Pontecorvo, Gillo.
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I've always thought that Melinda Dillon would have been perfect as Honey in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf. She could easily present the timid wife and then gradually show the manipulative nature of her character with great skill.
Another actress that I think could have pulled it off is Barbara Harris, another actress with a clean, non-showy technique.
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It was recently added to Amazon Prime.
It is safe, then.
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Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon. They were both perfect in Westerns, but I would associate them with musicals. I haven't seen this movie in a long time, but I think they did their own singing, and not very well.
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Vanya on 42nd Street
Next: crystal ball
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Thanks, Lawrence.
I couldn't come up with anything good, so open thread.
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Fuller, Sam
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The Hasty Heart
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The French Connection?
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Correct, Marsha. It is Fred Astaire.
It's your thread.
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Zod, General - Terence Stamp in Superman
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Correct, Lawrence.
You're up next.
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Thanks, Dj, and thanks for the information. History has never been my strong suit.
Who's the only performer so far, and in what movie, who won an Academy Award for portraying a character of the opposite sex?
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That's the one, Lawrence.
Your turn.
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For The Boys From Brazil
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Summertime
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Ten Cents A Dance
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Fat Man And Little Boy? The targets were Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
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The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek
IT'S MOVIE "TIME"!
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