I Just Watched...
- Bronxgirl48
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Just think how interesting that courtroom scene in THE CHEAT would have been on Perry Mason.
- Bronxgirl48
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Ladies and gentlemen, submitted for your bad movie approval -- ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER. Kindly ignore imdb comments along the lines of "this is groundbreaking in terms of feminist cinema". Well, you know what I say to that? Horse manure!!
1972, Trish Van Devere is left high and dry by English professor hubby who takes it on the lam with a 19 year old blonde. Trish's character is a ripe 27. She seeks solace from a withered-looking Janet Leigh, a cheerfully cynical survivor of divorce who offers some eloquent advice: "When your old man leaves, you gotta get laid!" Janet also exclaims "men are sh*t!" You go, girl. Melvyn Douglas (my uncle Louie from Queens lookalike) as an elderly fruit-and-vegetable shop owner offers his own brand of comfort to Trish: "There's a performance of King Lear in the park. There's nothing better for an evening". Sure. Meanwhile, Trish has to find work so she high-tails it to an employment agency where the sleazy male counselor tries to make his moves and later corners the poor girl in the locker room. She then meets a seemingly normal Monte Markham (remember him?) at an outdoor art event (this story takes place in hippie-ish San Francisco, and believe me, I was there at that time) and the two hit it off. So far, so good. Or so it seems. Poor Trish can't catch a break. Without a man in the house she can't fix the plumbing and is spooked by strange noises in the night.
Trish's job as a lifeguard at the neighborhood city pool is emotionally if not monetarily rewarding, so is open to her lawyer's suggestion about taking the hubby for all he's worth. Will she emerge an independent woman? We wait with bated breath for the totally expected ending, complete with freeze frame.
1972, Trish Van Devere is left high and dry by English professor hubby who takes it on the lam with a 19 year old blonde. Trish's character is a ripe 27. She seeks solace from a withered-looking Janet Leigh, a cheerfully cynical survivor of divorce who offers some eloquent advice: "When your old man leaves, you gotta get laid!" Janet also exclaims "men are sh*t!" You go, girl. Melvyn Douglas (my uncle Louie from Queens lookalike) as an elderly fruit-and-vegetable shop owner offers his own brand of comfort to Trish: "There's a performance of King Lear in the park. There's nothing better for an evening". Sure. Meanwhile, Trish has to find work so she high-tails it to an employment agency where the sleazy male counselor tries to make his moves and later corners the poor girl in the locker room. She then meets a seemingly normal Monte Markham (remember him?) at an outdoor art event (this story takes place in hippie-ish San Francisco, and believe me, I was there at that time) and the two hit it off. So far, so good. Or so it seems. Poor Trish can't catch a break. Without a man in the house she can't fix the plumbing and is spooked by strange noises in the night.
Trish's job as a lifeguard at the neighborhood city pool is emotionally if not monetarily rewarding, so is open to her lawyer's suggestion about taking the hubby for all he's worth. Will she emerge an independent woman? We wait with bated breath for the totally expected ending, complete with freeze frame.
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- Bronxgirl48
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"Hibi wrote: ↑May 6th, 2024, 8:54 amLOL. I warned you!Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 5th, 2024, 8:06 pm I am still recovering from PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT.
Oy vey.
Not the best choice.....
You sure did but I couldn't tear myself away from the horror, particularly Lee demanding Richard Benjamin show her his poop. "You've been eating at that frankfurter place after school!!"
- Bronxgirl48
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Hibi wrote: ↑May 6th, 2024, 8:56 amA lot of her scenes were cut. (the growing up part).Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 5th, 2024, 8:49 pm Or --- TRILOGY OF TERROR!
Actually it was Lee Grant as Alex's mother who was the real scary one.
I barely recognized Jill Clayburgh as the Israeli girl.
Lee's? If the ones they left in were any indication I frankly can't even imagine those they cut! Good Lord....
- Bronxgirl48
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CI, glad you cleared up that whole "walking V.D." thing -- I thought it referred to Warren William which didn't make sense to me, lol. I mean, there are a lot of other actors, both classic and modern, that it could describe. Not that I would mention any.
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Yes, Lee's. Probably for the best.Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 7th, 2024, 12:24 amHibi wrote: ↑May 6th, 2024, 8:56 amA lot of her scenes were cut. (the growing up part).Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 5th, 2024, 8:49 pm Or --- TRILOGY OF TERROR!
Actually it was Lee Grant as Alex's mother who was the real scary one.
I barely recognized Jill Clayburgh as the Israeli girl.
Lee's? If the ones they left in were any indication I frankly can't even imagine those they cut! Good Lord....
- Allhallowsday
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BING could act. He might be lucky enough for INGER STEVENS to show anything other than contempt (she was 23... he was 54... playing 42!)Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 6th, 2024, 11:38 pm ...
Bing's toupee looks good, which is the only positive thing I can say about this family drama which for me is a slog.
The kid was too big to be 10 (he was actually 13) plus he could NOT act. The script was hambone.
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Trish didn't go far once her relationship with George C. Scott ended. I saw this years ago on TCM but don't remember much about it. (Dull, that I remember!) It slipped in and out of theaters at the time in a few weeks.Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 7th, 2024, 12:02 am Ladies and gentlemen, submitted for your bad movie approval -- ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER. Kindly ignore imdb comments along the lines of "this is groundbreaking in terms of feminist cinema". Well, you know what I say to that? Horse manure!!
1972, Trish Van Devere is left high and dry by English professor hubby who takes it on the lam with a 19 year old blonde. Trish's character is a ripe 27. She seeks solace from a withered-looking Janet Leigh, a cheerfully cynical survivor of divorce who offers some eloquent advice: "When your old man leaves, you gotta get laid!" Janet also exclaims "men are sh*t!" You go, girl. Melvyn Douglas (my uncle Louie from Queens lookalike) as an elderly fruit-and-vegetable shop owner offers his own brand of comfort to Trish: "There's a performance of King Lear in the park. There's nothing better for an evening". Sure. Meanwhile, Trish has to find work so she high-tails it to an employment agency where the sleazy male counselor tries to make his moves and later corners the poor girl in the locker room. She then meets a seemingly normal Monte Markham (remember him?) at an outdoor art event (this story takes place in hippie-ish San Francisco, and believe me, I was there at that time) and the two hit it off. So far, so good. Or so it seems. Poor Trish can't catch a break. Without a man in the house she can't fix the plumbing and is spooked by strange noises in the night.
Trish's job as a lifeguard at the neighborhood city pool is emotionally if not monetarily rewarding, so is open to her lawyer's suggestion about taking the hubby for all he's worth. Will she emerge an independent woman? We wait with bated breath for the totally expected ending, complete with freeze frame.
Janet Leigh's career went quickly downhill in the 60s.
- HoldenIsHere
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When we were watching AIRPORT 75, the sweetie said it would have been funny if the one who came to rescue Karen Black in the cockpit was the Zuni doll from TRILOGY OF TERROR.
- ziggy6708a
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''I missed this, but saw the outro to Ace in the Hole, where Spike Lee made some intelligent comments about how much he loved the last shot of the film, with Kirk Douglas crashing to the floor right in front of the camera, and how he liked to show this film to his students. I couldn't decide if Lee was a bit stoned, or if this was just part of his manner.
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If FACE and ACE (hey that rhymes!) are on Watch TCM, you can hear the intro. Our Mr. Main (and I don't mean Norman) made very inappropriate political comments that shocked me. This is supposed to be a movie channel, not a college film course! (breathe, Bronxie, breathe....) Lee was more restrained, thank heavens.''
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Tried watching "ACE.." on 'Demand' & it stopped in mid-payback...& never continued was this a tcm screw-up or Direct-TV's????
frankly don't remember Ben's intro comments, but Spike's were kinda 'loopy'
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If FACE and ACE (hey that rhymes!) are on Watch TCM, you can hear the intro. Our Mr. Main (and I don't mean Norman) made very inappropriate political comments that shocked me. This is supposed to be a movie channel, not a college film course! (breathe, Bronxie, breathe....) Lee was more restrained, thank heavens.''
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Tried watching "ACE.." on 'Demand' & it stopped in mid-payback...& never continued was this a tcm screw-up or Direct-TV's????
frankly don't remember Ben's intro comments, but Spike's were kinda 'loopy'
was "mr6666" @ TCM
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I'm curious as to why TV Guide considers this a brilliant, 4 star film. Its not horrible, but its not very memorable either.
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I saw OIALN when it was on TCM a year or so ago. It had a bit of a look of a
TV movie, not that that's a major problem. Very emblematic of the early 1970s.
Didn't white knight Markham turn out to be married? So maybe Janet Leigh had
a point, at least to some degree.
I'm watching The Strangers in 7A on YT, a 1972 TV movie with Andy Griffith
and Ida Lupino. Andy is getting into a heck of a lot of trouble after he picks
up a sexy young thing when his wife (Lupino) is out of town. Problem is the syt
has some pretty nasty friends. Oh oh.
TV movie, not that that's a major problem. Very emblematic of the early 1970s.
Didn't white knight Markham turn out to be married? So maybe Janet Leigh had
a point, at least to some degree.
I'm watching The Strangers in 7A on YT, a 1972 TV movie with Andy Griffith
and Ida Lupino. Andy is getting into a heck of a lot of trouble after he picks
up a sexy young thing when his wife (Lupino) is out of town. Problem is the syt
has some pretty nasty friends. Oh oh.
Every man has a right to an umbrella.~Dostoyevsky
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I saw it several years ago, and I have to confess I liked it. Nothing major, but I thought it was a good little film. I really thought Melvin Douglas was very good in it, and it was interesting to see Janet Leigh in such a brassy role. Trish Van Devere was up for a golden Globe for it. But it does look like something done for TV (likely due to MGM's severe budget caps on most films at the time).Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 7th, 2024, 12:02 am Ladies and gentlemen, submitted for your bad movie approval -- ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER. Kindly ignore imdb comments along the lines of "this is groundbreaking in terms of feminist cinema". Well, you know what I say to that? Horse manure!!
1972, Trish Van Devere is left high and dry by English professor hubby who takes it on the lam with a 19 year old blonde. Trish's character is a ripe 27. She seeks solace from a withered-looking Janet Leigh, a cheerfully cynical survivor of divorce who offers some eloquent advice: "When your old man leaves, you gotta get laid!" Janet also exclaims "men are sh*t!" You go, girl. Melvyn Douglas (my uncle Louie from Queens lookalike) as an elderly fruit-and-vegetable shop owner offers his own brand of comfort to Trish: "There's a performance of King Lear in the park. There's nothing better for an evening". Sure. Meanwhile, Trish has to find work so she high-tails it to an employment agency where the sleazy male counselor tries to make his moves and later corners the poor girl in the locker room. She then meets a seemingly normal Monte Markham (remember him?) at an outdoor art event (this story takes place in hippie-ish San Francisco, and believe me, I was there at that time) and the two hit it off. So far, so good. Or so it seems. Poor Trish can't catch a break. Without a man in the house she can't fix the plumbing and is spooked by strange noises in the night.
Trish's job as a lifeguard at the neighborhood city pool is emotionally if not monetarily rewarding, so is open to her lawyer's suggestion about taking the hubby for all he's worth. Will she emerge an independent woman? We wait with bated breath for the totally expected ending, complete with freeze frame.
- ziggy6708a
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NOW INSTEAD OF THIS ....THEY'RE RE- PLAYING "SUBJECT /ROSES" !!?????????
wtf
was "mr6666" @ TCM
- Allhallowsday
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I saw a bit of it too, and before. I would say "horse hockey" after Col. Potter, but we agree.Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑May 7th, 2024, 12:02 am Ladies and gentlemen, submitted for your bad movie approval -- ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER. Kindly ignore imdb comments along the lines of "this is groundbreaking in terms of feminist cinema". Well, you know what I say to that? Horse manure!! ...