Hello, Jackie! Wonderful to see a Sir Ralph thread, because, out of the "Big Three", he's the most "natural". Richardson has an ease of technique that seems quite remarkable to me; I never really catch him "acting". The characters just seem like extensions of his eccent...

<BTW I love your avatar, it brings back many happy hours of reading when I was a kid and not very crazy about the heat in summer, so I hid down in the cool basement and read my Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys in peace and quiet.> Thanks, mrsl! I also loved reading The Dana Girls. Two for the price of one...

I could definitely see Anne as Mrs. Danvers or Miss Holloway, absolutely. I'm thinking she would have been more subtle than Judith Anderson, and Cornelia Otis Skinner in those parts, although less enjoyably hammy, but still register as sinister and chilling in a more realistic, human way. I can't th...

Maven, I can't add anything more on your terrific post about THE DEVIL COMMANDS, You WERE RIGHT ABOUT ANNE REVERE in this role. I was just fascinated by her character, and the charismatic way she underplayed "Mrs. Walters".

Definitely not preachy.

. Bronxgirl: Find your car keys, then drive to your nearest K-Mart, or Walmart or Dollar store and get a packet of those little bitty 1-1/2 " x 1-1/2 " post it notes, and stick them to your computer, if it's a lap-top, then stick them to your refrigerator or any other appliance close to y...

CineMaven wrote:Would you even remember where you put the chair??

Okay okay, I'm going...I'm going!

What chair?

LOL

BronxGirl sez: I'm so depressed, Dewey! I had this on my To Watch list for October, then promptly forgot to watch it. Fear not Bronx Girl (yeah, easy for me to say). Sometimes a prolonged hunger for something mysteriously and inexplicably beyond our reach heightens our desire to ultimately find it....

Oh, you're more than welcome, Maven. I didn't know Dewey had a thread on it. I definitely need to post more here at SSO and I'm grateful you put my comments out here from TCM City. Now that you mention it, Ralph Meeker would have been a more exciting, "edgier" choice than Frank Lovejoy, wh...

I'm so depressed, Dewey! I had this on my To Watch list for October, then promptly forgot to watch it.

Maybe I should just pack it in right now and check myself into the old age home. I know there's a rocking chair with my name on it.

I hope Gordon Jackson comes back as Mr. 'udson. (that is, if he's still alive, lol)

I've never heard of this Maggie Smith film. I'll check it out on YouTube. I've always liked her. Thanks, stuart.uk, for bringing this to our attention.

My favorite Maggie Smith performance (and film) is THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE. She's just unforgettable.

Miss G., the way you describe this P&P makes me know it's almost a certainly I will love it! Thanks for giving us the heads-up.

Arrrr, stow and belay that! I just love sea-talk. So now this is another Peters film showing the versatility I admire about her, and I have to say I enjoyed Jean as a female swashbuckler. She looked real pert in that bandana, but I too wished she would have tossed it off, whooped it up, and really g...

moira, it's always a pleasure stopping by at SSO (and getting to be more so as time goes by....) I finally was able to see ANNE on Hulu and ooh, boy, it was worth waiting for, with a few reservations I have to add. I actually would have preferred it in black & white, for a more representative mo...

Theresa, Queen of the Mavens! I just ate up everything you wrote about ANNE OF THE INDIES. And Jacques Tourneur, too! Who could resist it?? I was having some problems accessing this film at Hulu -- it said "Loading Video", then I waited....and waited....and waited (I felt stuck in Casablan...