sagebrush Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I liked Sandy Dennis in THE OUT-OF-TOWNERS. She played opposite Jack Lemmon very well. She was also good in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (for which she won an Oscar) and THE FOUR SEASONS. She had a strange, halting way of speaking lines(IMO) but a few minutes into a film I wouldn't notice it anymore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Oneeyeopen said: Just happens that Sandy Dennis is on right now, co-starring in Splendor in the Grass with Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood on TCM. It goes off at 2:30 a.m. What a happy coincidence! 5 hours ago, cinemaman said: I enjoyed Sandy Dennis in the films Sweet November and The Out of Towners. One more good film that I liked , is The Fox. She's hilarious with Jack Lemmon in THE OUT OF TOWNERS. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 She won the Oscar for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (1966). I love the movie and she is OK in it, but overplays it bit. I prefer her in Up The Down Staircase, she was much more sublte and less "twitchy". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Det Jim McLeod said: She won the Oscar for Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf (1966). I love the movie and she is OK in it, but overplays it bit. I prefer her in Up The Down Staircase, she was much more sublte and less "twitchy". Speaking of twitchy, she's perfectly neurotic in a 1972 TV movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It's called SOMETHING EVIL. I watched it on YouTube a year ago. It may still be posted there and available for viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I never really warmed up to Sandy Dennis, but I admit I haven't seen a lot of her movies. I get utterly exhausted with her every time I watch Who's Afraid with Virginia Woolf?, but The Out of Towners is really funny. She has a small part in Splendor in the Grass. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, TopBilled said: Speaking of twitchy, she's perfectly neurotic in a 1972 TV movie directed by Steven Spielberg. I saw that many years ago, I did not even remebered she was in it. I recall Johnnie Whitaker (Jody from Family Affair) gets possessed in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Det Jim McLeod said: I saw that many years ago, I did not even remebered she was in it. I recall Johnnie Whitaker (Jody from Family Affair) gets possessed in that one. It also features Ralph Bellamy, not long after his turn in ROSEMARY'S BABY. It's a very well-made horror/thriller for television. Sandy Dennis really gets into the extreme pathos of the situation. The story starts slowly and gradually builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 Our third child star is DEAN STOCKWELL. He played Gregory Peck's son in GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (1947). Then he was THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (1948). And later he went on a CATTLE DRIVE (1951) with Joel McCrea. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemaman Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 One more note , The Out of Towners was written by Neil Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I liked Dean Stockwell in ANCHORS AWEIGH with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra and THE SECRET GARDEN with Margaret O'Brien. He had a good blend of cute, spoiled and precocious in his acting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaya bat woof woof Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 I like Stockwell as a Mob Boss in Married to the Mob (funny film) and he was great on Quantum Leap. Gentleman's Agreement is a great film with a great cast (especially John Garfield). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneeyeopen Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Dean Stockwell is one of a few child actors who managed to have a career after age 40. Other child stars who were still on film include Jackie Cooper, Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, Roddy McDowell who might have been younger than 40 in Planet of the Apes, and Mickey Rooney . I probably missed a few. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Our third precode star is GLORIA STUART She had the bejeezus scared out of her by Karloff in THE OLD DARK HOUSE (1932). She befriended THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933). She caused trouble with Eddie Cantor in ROMAN SCANDALS (1933). And she was one of THE GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 who dug her way into Dick Powell's heart. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athos Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 I love Sandy Dennis. She was a wonderful, versatile actress. My favorite performance of hers is Up the Down Staircase (1967), but I enjoy everything I see her in. Dean Stockwell doesn't get the credit he deserves. For his child performances, I like The Green Years (1946) and Gentleman's Agreement (1947). However, he really shines when he becomes an adult. I think he is excellent in Compusion (1959) and Sons and Lovers (1960). I wish he had done more films in the 1960s because he was talented. Fortunately, he did have a career revival in the 1980s. I'll also note I have not seen, but would like to watch Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) at some point in the future. Here's a fun fact: Dean Stockwell is one of three actors to receive multiple Best Actor awards from the Cannes Film Festival. He shared the Best Actor award with Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles (one of his best performances) for Compulsion (1959) and shared with Jason Robards and Ralph Richardson for Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Your intent is to highlight Dean Stockwell as a child star, but I must confess I mostly know him from his adult roles, and he is a rare actor to go on from child stardom to a very long and successful adult career. I suppose I first became aware of him through Blue Velvet and the TV show Quantum Leap, and I'm only still slowly discovering some of his child roles. It was maybe my third viewing of Gentleman's Agreement that I realized he was playing Gregory Peck's son. Some other movies I've seen him in as a child:Anchors Aweigh (1945)The Secret Garden (1949) And as an adult:Compulsion (1959)Sons and Lovers (1960)Paris, Texas (1984) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 8 hours ago, sewhite2000 said: Your intent is to highlight Dean Stockwell as a child star, but I must confess I mostly know him from his adult roles Some would probably say the same about Jodie Foster if I highlighted her as a child star. Her roles as an adult (earning two Oscars) certainly overshadow her early days as a child/teen star in several Disney flicks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Our fourth musical star is GORDON MACRAE. Known for his collaborations with Doris Day. And for his collaborations with Shirley Jones. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 3:45 PM, TopBilled said: Our third precode star is GLORIA STUART I liked Gloria Stuart in POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL and REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, both with Shirley Temple. She seemed to be cast often in support of child stars, but she was charming in them. Of course, she was also good as the older version of Rose in TITANIC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Just now, sagebrush said: I liked Gloria Stuart in POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL and REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM, both with Shirley Temple. She seemed to be cast often in support of child stars, but she was charming in them. Of course, she was also good as the older version of Rose in TITANIC. Thank you. Yes, she was also in a film with Freddie Bartholomew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athos Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Another excellent choice, TopBilled. I've really enjoyed all the stars you have highlighted. Gordon MacRae was a sensational singer and created movie magic with Shirley Jones. Carousel (1956) is my favorite of their two movies and I think MacRae's defining moment is his performance of "Soliloquy". I haven't seen Oklahoma or Carousel in several years, so here's hoping they air some time in the future. I also like MacRae in a Fox musical called The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) with Ernest Borgnine and Dan Dailey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 2:32 PM, Oneeyeopen said: Other child stars who were still on film include Jackie Cooper, Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, Roddy McDowell who might have been younger than 40 in Planet of the Apes, and Mickey Rooney . I probably missed a few. Natalie Wood! And Jodie Foster who was already mentioned. Anna Paquin springs to mind but she's a bit of a lesser star. A while back I was watching some of Shirley Temple's later movies. Various impressions were 1) she grew up to be really good-looking, 2) she was quite bad as a grown-up actress, and 3) the films were terrible, "Fort Apache" excepted and she was sort of an extraneous character in that one. I watched "That Hagen Girl" with her and Ronald Reagan and it is just weird and bad and creepy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagebrush Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 11 hours ago, TopBilled said: Our fourth musical star is GORDON MACRAE. Another couple of good MacRae musicals are THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE with Dan Dailey and THE DESERT SONG with Kathryn Grayson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Our fourth villain or villainess is GALE SONDERGAARD. She appeared in A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (1942) with Brian Aherne. She wanted to get her hands on THE LETTER (1940). And Watson & Holmes got tangled in her web in THE SPIDER WOMAN (1943). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 And a non-villainous role as Mrs. Dreyfus in "The Life of Emile Zola". Won an Oscar for "Anthony Adverse" but for the life of me I can't remember what she did in that movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det Jim McLeod Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 She played a creepy housekeeper in the Abbott and Costello movie The Time Of Their Lives (1946), one of the characters asks her "Didn't I see you in Rebecca?" 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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