kaslovesTCM Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I watched this movie last night and hadn't seen it in about 40 years it is so odd seeing a movie after that length of time it is such a tear jerker and ok it had its hokie moments but it made me cry then and it made me cry last night Robert Stack was such a hunk I think Lauren Becall was miscast but the little girl Evelyn Rudie she was such a great little actress after the movie was done I was hoping they would say something about her I googled her and it looks like she is still alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I saw about the last half-hour of this film, and not a single Bacall sighting. Was she killed off or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 She dies around the 70-minute mark and is absent the last half-hour. I thought we would see her as a ghost, but they just keep mention talking to her spirit (off-camera mostly). I did not think Bacall was miscast. And I did not think the little girl was good enough to handle such a huge part. She was no Natalie Wood. The last thirty minutes where the narrative relies on her and Robert Stack was difficult to watch, because he was trying to get her to bring some depth to the role, especially in those dramatic scenes but her line deliveries were so monotone and emotionless that all the hard work Bacall had done earlier in the picture was compromised. The scene where she calls the orphanage and tells them to come back and get her was painful, no feeling to it at all. She should have been borderline hysterical, or at least very bereft, at that point. Lorne Greene also seemed miscast here (a year before he started his famous TV role of Ben Cartwright). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalnovelty Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Maybe I missed something, but why did Robert Stack need to have all his important formulas written on blackboards all over the house (and run the risk of them being erased)? Couldn't he or Lauren afford at least one pad of paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Didnt watch the movie, but LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 > {quote:title=musicalnovelty wrote:}{quote} > Maybe I missed something, but why did Robert Stack need to have all his important formulas written on blackboards all over the house (and run the risk of them being erased)? Couldn't he or Lauren afford at least one pad of paper? Maybe he was hoping that Klaatu would stop by and give him a hand as he did for Sam Jaffe in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingViolets101 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 A sign of the times...After Miss Bacall falls down the stairs and is rushed to the Doctor's office He tells her she just had a heart attack and would have to take it easy then she proceeds to LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE , and the Doctor doesn't tell her to put it out the time this picture was made Doctor's waiting rooms all had ash trays on the tables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 LOL. The doctor probably smoked too........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 The movie is a perfect exaple of late 1950's major studio production- glamorous unreality- I love the credit scene in which Bacall gives Stack back rubs (?!) while the theme song plays. Both stars look great and you can never gor run with Northern California in cinemascope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingViolets101 Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I much prefer the original film "Sentimental Journey" with Maureen O'Hara in the role of Julie Beck The little girl Hittie was played by Connie Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGal53 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 > > And I did not think the little girl was good enough to handle such a huge part. She was no Natalie Wood. The last thirty minutes where the narrative relies on her and Robert Stack was difficult to watch, because he was trying to get her to bring some depth to the role, especially in those dramatic scenes but her line deliveries were so monotone and emotionless that all the hard work Bacall had done earlier in the picture was compromised. The scene where she calls the orphanage and tells them to come back and get her was painful, no feeling to it at all. She should have been borderline hysterical, or at least very bereft, at that point. > When Hettie made the phone call to the orphange she WAS without emotion. That was self preservation for her. Withdrawing from the reality of the situation was the only way the child could cope. So I don't think it was the actress but rather the way in which the director wanted the scene to play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaslovesTCM Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 do you watch TCM? how are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGal53 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Here is a present day photo. Evelyn Rudie is a playwright, director, songwriter, film and television actress and teacher. Since 1973, she has been the co-artistic director of the Santa Monica Playhouse. As an award-winning costume designer, she uses the pseudonym Ashley Hayes. [Wikipedia|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Rudie] [born|http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1241&bih=584&q=evelynrudieborn&sa=X&ei=3vBkUPjgLq3W0gGMk4CQBw&ved=0CHoQ6BM]: March 28, 1949 (age 63) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 >So I don't think it was the actress but rather the way in which the director wanted the scene to play out. I think we may be trying to justify a lackluster performance. Of course anything can be played any way an actor chooses. I did think about the director, but I have a feeling Negulesco was focusing on the composition of each shot over the performances, and he probably let Bacall take the little actress under her wing. I am not going to argue the point, because I can see this heading into a series of posts where I will see it one way and you will see it another way. I do feel I am entitled to my opinion that the girl was under-directed and did not give a strong enough performance. Moving on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaslovesTCM Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 thank you I saw that after googling her name and wasn't sure if it was the same person or not thanks again kas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 ...and he recommended it to all his patients because it was soothing to the T-zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 LOL. Why would smoking soothe your t-zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGal53 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 > {quote:title=TopBilled wrote:}{quote} > > So I don't think it was the actress but rather the way in which the director wanted the scene to play out. > I think we may be trying to justify a lackluster performance. Of course anything can be played any way an actor chooses. I did think about the director, but I have a feeling Negulesco was focusing on the composition of each shot over the performances, and he probably let Bacall take the little actress under her wing. I am not going to argue the point, because I can see this heading into a series of posts where I will see it one way and you will see it another way. I do feel I am entitled to my opinion that the girl was under-directed and did not give a strong enough performance. Moving on... TopBilled, my sincere apologies if you took offense in my post or if any of my responses to you in the past seemed argumentitive. That was not my intent. Yes, you are entitled to your opinion which I respect very much. I was merely stating mine. All of the posters on the boad, including yourself, bring such insight to each film. My knowledge is small in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I know. I did not take offense to anything you wrote. It's all fine. I am glad we got to see this mostly obscure film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGal53 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Good, I'm glad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I always liked Robert Stack; in this I thought he was wasted, but what the heck. He seemed to me (in interviews and doing commentary) to be always stifling laughter. He seemed to find the world really funny, and although he was perfectly professional, you could imagine him at parties telling stories that would paralyze you with giggles. A friend of mine met him many years ago doing a photo shoot at his home, and while he didn't say that about him, he did say he was a tremendously nice man with wonderful manners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket_Man Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Stack was always a pleasure to watch, but he was even nicer in person. Meeting him nearly thirty years ago was a high point of my time in Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaslovesTCM Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 it would be great to see Robert Osborne interview her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 He has. In fact they ran it again in September........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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