Bethluvsfilms

Kent Smith

THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER

THIRTY DAY PRINCESS

PENNY SERENADE

Looking forward to this day, especially THE BIG HEAT and IN A LONELY PLACE.

A GUY NAMED JOE

I enjoyed the 1996 INDEPENDENCE DAY but loathe the sequel. I especially hated it when (SPOILER ALERT): Whitmore (Bill Pullman) gets killed off midway through the movie. Vivica Fox's character is also wiped out. Looks like Will Smith made the right call by not returning for the sequel.

I agree, it totally stinks. I admit I only throw my 2 cents in here whenever there's a particular film noir that I'm interested in, but the discussions are always fascinating.

A beautiful lady and a fine actress. I concur, I can't think of a film that she starred in that I didn't like (though maybe I have a short memory). She was so lovely as the beautiful Esmerelda in THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, I think that's probably my favorite role of hers. Also loved her films with John Wayne and I enjoyed her in the original PARENT TRAP very much so.

Tom Tully

There was a Bramwell Collins near the end of the series played by Jonathan Frid during the 1841 Parallel Time storyline. Apparently he was tired of the Barnabas role by this time.

Yes, I admit Beth does sound short and simple considering some of the other names on the show. Still, Beth is a fairly popular name even for today.. I don't know anybody who names their sons Barnabas though!

Bert Freed

Funny thing is, as a child, my first exposure to Joan was watching her on the reruns of DARK SHADOWS, I didn't even know she had a film career until much later on which I saw her opposite Spencer Tracy in the original FATHER OF THE BRIDE. Since then I've been catching up with a lot of her movies. While she may not have quite the star power or versatility of Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Olivia de Havilland, Barbara Stanwyck, etc. she did have a certain something that kept you intrigued when watching her.

My mom hates that name with a passion! I don't think I look like an Edith anyway.

Gerald Mohr

Omar Sharif

Funny thing is, I asked my mom if she named me after the character of Beth from DARK SHADOWS, she admitted she contemplated either naming me that or Elizabeth...she settled on Beth because she didn't want anyone nicknaming me 'Lizzie' (like from Lizzie Borden). Personally I would have liked to have been named after Elizabeth but hey my name's my name.

Definitely one of her better films. Funny how I only knew her as Ado Annie from OKLAHOMA! for so many years, then I started seeing a lot of her other movies, this one, IN A LONELY PLACE, SUDDEN FEAR to name a few, and I began to see her in a whole new light.

I find THE V.I.P.S watchable, though certainly not up there with WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF? I admit. Margaret Rutherford was the best thing about the movie for me, but I have to confess I don't think it was an Oscar worthy performance. Orson's scenes bore me as well. But Rod Taylor did make good eye candy.

The show was shot live on tape, usually with just one take (something that creator Dan Curtis insisted on ) so that would be different than working on a movie where when you make a mistake you can stop filming and do another take until you get it right. I think Joan did just fine as Elizabeth and all her other roles on the show. But I agree with Roy that Nancy Barrett was the most versatile actress of the show. She was a great screamer too.

Well in all fairness, I don't think that was a consideration that Robin took when he did his impersonations, he just wanted to entertain his audience and I think he did a brilliant job of it. I mean even 30 years later, lots of folks still know who Jack Nicholson and Rodney Dangerfield is, and even a select few will recognize his Peter Lorre impersonation. Comedians can't predict what will and will not be relevant in the distant future, they just want to make their crowds laugh.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and CITIZEN KANE both flopped badly at the box office but are now considered all-time classics through and through. WONDERFUL LIFE really benefited from this when the tv stations started broadcasting it repeatedly during the holiday season during, what was it the 60's or 70's? THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION didn't do much business in the theaters but home video helped build its reputation as one of the best prison movies ever made.

Eli Wallach

HANG 'EM HIGH