I Just Watched...

[jimimac71]

I don't remember Meg on MSW but I probably didn't know who she was back then.

You may remember this one:
Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653537/

[Masha]

(if I recall correctly, when he was arrested, he was naked and playing the bongo drums and smoking a joint which, be still my heart- he sounds like a good time)

I believe that the accepted standard is:
You wake up naked.
In a police car.
With a hooker.
And you are driving.

[Swithin]

Karen Black's moment in the sun was brief. FIVE EASY PIECES was a big hit, but when THE DAY OF THE LOCUST was a box office bomb, her career was done for.

Which is a shame, because The Day of the Locust is one of the best films about Hollywood, and Karen Black gave an excellent performance. Among many other virtues, the film is noteworthy for Donald Sutherland's best performance.

I love THE DAY OF THE LOCUST.
I'm a big fan of John Schlesinger's movies, and this is one of his best.
I was eager to see this movie for a long time and I ended up purchasing a digital copy on Amazon.
I thought that Geraldine Page's role as as the radio evangelist would be bigger.

A few years after his performance as Adore in THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, Jackie Earle Haley would go on to play the bad-ass Bear in THE BAD NEWS BEARS (a very entertaining 1970s movie).

I think the reason Geraldine Page's character (Big Sister) was not that big in the movie is because it's not in the novel. Great scene though.

[Lorna]

I think TALLMAN got in trouble in season three, I could be wrong. I’m too lazy to wiki it.

I will say that all these years later, that drug bust is maybe one of the best things that ever happened to him, because it shows what a good actor he is. Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that Hamilton Berger Was that cool in real life.

(if I recall correctly, when he was arrested, he was naked and playing the bongo drums and smoking a joint which, be still my heart- he sounds like a good time)

But on the show? OMG, what a joyless tightass

Me either! I didn't find out about the arrest until many years later after the show was long over. It's amazing the show stood by him and didn't cut him loose after that.!

I have a theory on that.

(this hat is ****ing CUTE)

I'm sure you and many others here know that the executive producer of PERRY MASON was GAIL PATRICK- a former actress who was in some big films in the 1930's. I have a suspicion that as a former actor who had been THROUGH IT, she was a very understanding and forgiving producer when it came to the personal lives of her actors- not just TALLMAN, but honestly, RAYMOND BURR was REALLY OPEN about his homosexuality (for the 1950's)...

EDIT- ALSO the guy who plays THE POLICE LIEUTENANT was five years older than METHUSALAH, but they kept wheelin him out for 10 seasons because I guess they liked him (RAY COLLINS?)

and sometimes i wonder if hiring WILLIAM HOPPER as PAUL DRAKE didn't create a wise and powerful alliance with MOTHER DEAREST, aka HEDDA HOPPER.

James Ellroy could probably write a 500 page novel loaded with utterly filthy swear word combos about the goings on on that set.

[Lorna]

[Hibi]

I don't remember Meg on MSW but I probably didn't know who she was back then.

You may remember this one:
Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0653537/

Yes, I remember that one. I'll watch for it next time it's on. One of the early episodes.

[Hibi]

I think TALLMAN got in trouble in season three, I could be wrong. I’m too lazy to wiki it.

I will say that all these years later, that drug bust is maybe one of the best things that ever happened to him, because it shows what a good actor he is. Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that Hamilton Berger Was that cool in real life.

(if I recall correctly, when he was arrested, he was naked and playing the bongo drums and smoking a joint which, be still my heart- he sounds like a good time)

But on the show? OMG, what a joyless tightass

Me either! I didn't find out about the arrest until many years later after the show was long over. It's amazing the show stood by him and didn't cut him loose after that.!

I have a theory on that.

(this hat is ****ing CUTE)

I'm sure you and many others here know that the executive producer of PERRY MASON was GAIL PATRICK- a former actress who was in some big films in the 1930's. I have a suspicion that as a former actor who had been THROUGH IT, she was a very understanding and forgiving producer when it came to the personal lives of her actors- not just TALLMAN, but honestly, RAYMOND BURR was REALLY OPEN about his homosexuality (for the 1950's)...

EDIT- ALSO the guy who plays THE POLICE LIEUTENANT was five years older than METHUSALAH, but they kept wheelin him out for 10 seasons because I guess they liked him (RAY COLLINS?)

and sometimes i wonder if hiring WILLIAM HOPPER as PAUL DRAKE didn't create a wise and powerful alliance with MOTHER DEAREST, aka HEDDA HOPPER.

James Ellroy could probably write a 500 page novel loaded with utterly filthy swear word combos about the goings on on that set.

Yeah, you could be right there.

[Lorna]

There's quite a few PERRY MASON episodes where I get the impression that the reason LT. TRAGG is so DEAD-SET on charging THE FIRST PERSON HE CAN WITH THE MURDER is because they're serving BAKED POTATOES at "THE HOME" tonight and he wants the 4:00 seating.

[Hibi]

There's quite a few PERRY MASON episodes where I get the impression that the reason LT. TRAGG is so DEAD-SET on charging THE FIRST PERSON HE CAN WITH THE MURDER is because they're serving BAKED POTATOES at "THE HOME" tonight and he wants the 4:00 seating.

I couldn't stand Tragg. A smug SOB know it all. I think he dropped out of the series midway due to health reasons. They added Wesley Lau (couldn't stand him either. Those hats!) and that Anderson actor.

[Lorna]

There's quite a few PERRY MASON episodes where I get the impression that the reason LT. TRAGG is so DEAD-SET on charging THE FIRST PERSON HE CAN WITH THE MURDER is because they're serving BAKED POTATOES at "THE HOME" tonight and he wants the 4:00 seating.

I couldn't stand Tragg. A smug SOB know it all. I think he dropped out of the series midway due to health reasons. They added Wesley Lau (couldn't stand him either. Those hats!) and that Anderson actor.

I'M SURPRISED how ANTAGONISTIC and inept they made THE POLICE/DA on PERRY MASON, for a 1950s show, it pushes the envelope with that.

I'm also amused by how much TRAGG OPENLY DESPISES PERRY MASON and/or PAUL DRAKE every time he sees either of them. It's full DOROTHY ZBORNAK "I COULD VOMIT JUST LOOKING AT YOU!" vibes.

[Hibi]

There's quite a few PERRY MASON episodes where I get the impression that the reason LT. TRAGG is so DEAD-SET on charging THE FIRST PERSON HE CAN WITH THE MURDER is because they're serving BAKED POTATOES at "THE HOME" tonight and he wants the 4:00 seating.

I couldn't stand Tragg. A smug SOB know it all. I think he dropped out of the series midway due to health reasons. They added Wesley Lau (couldn't stand him either. Those hats!) and that Anderson actor.

I'M SURPRISED how ANTAGONISTIC and inept they made THE POLICE/DA on PERRY MASON, for a 1950s show, it pushes the envelope with that.

I'm also amused by how much TRAGG OPENLY DESPISES PERRY MASON and/or PAUL DRAKE every time he sees either of them. It's full DOROTHY ZBORNAK "I COULD VOMIT JUST LOOKING AT YOU!" vibes.

I know. You can tell he LOATHES them! Probably because all the people who he arrests are eventually freed by Perry! How did Burger keep his job???????? He only won a case that one time! (I guess he must've won other cases when he wasn't up against Perry!)

[CinemaInternational]

I'll add in to the chorus of praise for The Day of the Locust (1975). It's truly the lost masterpiece of the 70s. Perhaps the hellish, high intensity ending scared people away, but the film is extraordinary.

[Lorna]

Someone somewhere lit a candle at the altar of OUR LADY OF UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY, because I saw GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE (1972)- a film I have avoided even though I love terrible 1970's vampire movies because I incorrectly assumed it was run-of-the-mill dull bad, which it is not.

it is deliciously, audaciously bad- the kind of movie where the "college students" invited to the home of the titular vampire seem to all be in their mid-forties and one informs him before a seance "you make a groovy medium, Professor."



**did i miss something somewhere in VAMPIRE LORE about them having GERMAN SHEPHERD TEETH?

It's DARK SHADOWS meets COUNT YORGA, but DUMB AS HELL- the first half actually has some legit creepy scenes, but things go off the rails in the second half, and frankly I enjoyed the HELL out of it (honest to God, I had to pause and rewind several scenes I was laughing so hard.)

the titular vampire is played by MICHAEL PATAKI- who speaks in a voice that I can't describe- he's like a FERAL MR BURNS, mixed with a dash of TOM WAITES.

THE HERO SHOUTS ALL HIS LINES IN THE LAST ACT AND IT IS UTTER HILARITY.

the print i saw was terrible, which was perfect- this movie is in the public domain and it is on youtube in full- the print there is better than the one I saw but it is ONE OF THOSE LOW BUDGET 1970S FILMS that has PORNO LEVELS of SATURATION.

[HoldenIsHere]

Which is a shame, because The Day of the Locust is one of the best films about Hollywood, and Karen Black gave an excellent performance. Among many other virtues, the film is noteworthy for Donald Sutherland's best performance.

I love THE DAY OF THE LOCUST.
I'm a big fan of John Schlesinger's movies, and this is one of his best.
I was eager to see this movie for a long time and I ended up purchasing a digital copy on Amazon.
I thought that Geraldine Page's role as as the radio evangelist would be bigger.

A few years after his performance as Adore in THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, Jackie Earle Haley would go on to play the bad-ass Bear in THE BAD NEWS BEARS (a very entertaining 1970s movie).

I think the reason Geraldine Page's character (Big Sister) was not that big in the movie is because it's not in the novel. Great scene though.

I didn't realize that the BIg Sister character was created just for the movie.

I have to give a lot of credit to Jackie Earle Haley for fully committing to his performance as Adore.
He would have only been 13 o4 14 years old during the production of THE DAY OF THE LOCUST so for a boy of that age to really go for it the way he did is amazing.
His "Come on up and see me sometime, big boy" to William Atherton's character near the beginning of the movie always ceacks me up.

[CinemaInternational]

Rewatched some films in the last few days that were either on demand or were airing live on the channel.... Charade was still as good as ever, The Major and the Minor is still very amusing, Agatha wasn't quite as good as i remembered although Vanessa Redgrave still gave a deeply committed performance, and I had forgotten just how good the script to Two for the Road was. It's a very good film.