Luvsbway Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Blood Alley, sheesh, couldn't it have been a decent picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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C L A U D E Posted September 16, 2013 Report Share Posted September 16, 2013 The bird freaked, I t had never had a perch as big as one of Lucy's nails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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C L A U D E Posted September 17, 2013 Report Share Posted September 17, 2013 And for Halloween this year, she's going as a ghost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Facts of Life. Notice in the first picture Lucy has her leg wrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Facts of Life. Notice in the first picture Lucy has her leg wrapped. Was there a scene in the script where she got hurt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 No, this is the movie where she fell getting on the boat, tore open the gash in her leg and knocked herself unconsious. They had to take a few weeks off from filming. Seems that now we know where that gash might have been. There is a photo I can't locate right now that shows her left ankle wrapped. Lots of war wounds with this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Found these Facts of Life stories I never heard. The Facts of Life set was not lacking in creative tension. Hope and Frank fought fiercely over Hope's performance. Frank, who was directing, wanted it to be a more serious and three-dimensional character, and not the usual shtick that Hope was famous for (as in his Road movies). In the end, Frank shot two versions of many scenes, one his way and one Hope's gag-filled way. Frank used mostly his versions in the final edit. Hope felt that The Facts of Life was one of four pictures in his career for which he really did deserve a nomination. The others were Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and Beau James (1957). Even though the latter two titles contain some of Hope's most dramatic roles, overall Hope rarely took on straight dramas. In a 1961 interview, Lucille Ball said of her co-star, "Bob just didn't believe in his abilities as a dramatic actor. That was unfortunate because in my humble opinion he could have been a really fine one if he'd believed in himself. He should have branched out, given himself a chance." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Found these Facts of Life stories I never heard. Hope felt that The Facts of Life was one of four pictures in his career for which he really did deserve a nomination. The others were Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and Beau James (1957). Even though the latter two titles contain some of Hope's most dramatic roles, overall Hope rarely took on straight dramas. In a 1961 interview, Lucille Ball said of her co-star, "Bob just didn't believe in his abilities as a dramatic actor. That was unfortunate because in my humble opinion he could have been a really fine one if he'd believed in himself. He should have branched out, given himself a chance." Pot calling the kettle black huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 No, this is the movie where she fell getting on the boat, tore open the gash in her leg and knocked herself unconsious. They had to take a few weeks off from filming. Seems that now we know where that gash might have been. There is a photo I can't locate right now that shows her left ankle wrapped. Lots of war wounds with this movie. Oh I KNEW the boat story, I just thought if it wasn't in the script, shouldn't they have done a clear bandage, unseen by moviegoers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I've never noticed it in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted September 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Found these Facts of Life stories I never heard. The Facts of Life set was not lacking in creative tension. Hope and Frank fought fiercely over Hope's performance. Frank, who was directing, wanted it to be a more serious and three-dimensional character, and not the usual shtick that Hope was famous for (as in his Road movies). In the end, Frank shot two versions of many scenes, one his way and one Hope's gag-filled way. Frank used mostly his versions in the final edit. Hope felt that The Facts of Life was one of four pictures in his career for which he really did deserve a nomination. The others were Monsieur Beaucaire (1946), The Seven Little Foys (1955) and Beau James (1957). Even though the latter two titles contain some of Hope's most dramatic roles, overall Hope rarely took on straight dramas. In a 1961 interview, Lucille Ball said of her co-star, "Bob just didn't believe in his abilities as a dramatic actor. That was unfortunate because in my humble opinion he could have been a really fine one if he'd believed in himself. He should have branched out, given himself a chance." Interesting! If Bob felt he deserved a nomination for this, I wonder why he kept such a tight lid on releasing the film for broadcast and home video until the last few years of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Amazing how we felt that she was really 3 flights up but was really just off the ground. A meeting of the minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 Amazing how we felt that she was really 3 flights up but was really just off the ground. A meeting of the minds. That`s what I meant in that OTHER post, where I said one small set but filmed correctly, can make us think we`re in whole different world. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I've recently studied her acting on this and it is a great example of the 'believe" factor Lucy often talked about. She believed that she was up that high and every bit of her acting conveys it. We then as the audience completely believe it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 19, 2013 Report Share Posted September 19, 2013 I've recently studied her acting on this and it is a great example of the 'believe" factor Lucy often talked about. She believed that she was up that high and every bit of her acting conveys it. We then as the audience completely believe it. She sure was right about that because we all felt it when she came close to falling and if she had, a hang nail maybe, that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 James Mason passing out cigars to celebrate the birth of his new baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 21, 2013 Report Share Posted September 21, 2013 James Mason passing out cigars to celebrate the birth of his new baby. So nice seeing her with her hair like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 James Mason passing out cigars to celebrate the birth of his new baby. What the hell has he got on his head??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted September 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 What the hell has he got on his head??! His Safari hat from the movie-within-the-movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 What the hell has he got on his head??! I thought it was a gigantic baby bonnet to celebrate the birth of his child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 I thought it was a gigantic baby bonnet to celebrate the birth of his child. Looks more like a bathmat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted September 22, 2013 Report Share Posted September 22, 2013 Looks more like a bathmat! BATHMAT? Nah, maybe Cher's shower cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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