tropicjeff Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Another new Lucy Archive blog with some clippings from Lucy's bag lady movie "Stone Pillow." Anyone a fan of this movie? http://www.lucyarchives.blogspot.com/2014/06/bag-lady-lucille-ball-stone-pillow.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 YES! Primarily for her shoulda-been-nominated Emmy worthy performance! Never thought I'd see her willing to look so bedraggled on camera but I think she did an admirable job in an otherwise creaky vehicle. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedderchester Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I love Stone Pillow! I love how she's digging through the trash with Carrie and then goes "AH! and parsley!" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 She did a wonderful job and yes, deserved at least a nomination for an Emmy BUT, the writer and director both had major issues that apparently diluted the end result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted June 29, 2014 Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 I'm intrigued with that idea the one critic suggested. I think the idea of her playing an elerdly lady who gets kicked out the street would have been a good take on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 When Florabelle's at her house at the end and she's on her knees with the soil in her hands looking up at the sky there's no other word for it but moving. A brilliant performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmadluv7 Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I really am sorry that Lucy didn't get a nomination or Emmy for this. She gave solo much of her self and of her image just for the part. Though the movie wasn't a national cause celeb- she approached it with such passion and artistry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caewi Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I have to be the person to disagree here. I really didn't like her in this role. To me it came across as unintentionally humorous and an odd theme. I'm not necessarily against the idea of her as a bag lady but a happier, lighter story would have been nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I saw the original broadcast. I do not remember Lucy as herself coming on at the end with a post script message. I can't be objective about SP's merits. But you have to admire Lucy for throwing herself into something like this, trying something new at age 73, when she could have just kept on doing Lucy stuff. The ratings were quite high (#7 for the week is my recollection). Very impressive considering the stiff competition from an installment of ABC's "North and South" mini-series also in the top 10. Which paved the way for Life with Lucy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 I figured LWL had something to do with Stone Pillow. But wasn't ABC looking for a celebrity to make a sitcom comeback similar to Cosby in '86? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 ABC was looking for her to make their whole Saturday night, hence her being on at 8 and she dragged everybody down with her. Aaron Spelling was famous for his dramas, not comedies. Maybe if HE had produced Stone Pillow, it might have been much better. I think Mr Spelling was the producer of Night, Mother which was just the best, two Best acting Oscar nominations for Sissy Spacek and Anne Bancroft I think. I still say you can see Lucy Ricardo in that shower scene where she's mugging for the camera. That's the thing with Facts of Life, you couldn't see Ball or Hope being themselves in any way. I watch it once every few years, I never loved it either but I too think it's great that she was finally stretching her acting muscles for a change in something totally different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Oh and Neil, remember how CBS had that special little clip they would play at the end of various things, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT . . . . that's what Lucy did, she SPLAINED things about homeless people for just one minute but looked like her old self lest people think she actually looked like she did on that movie. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 The post-show message was on YouTube at one time, but it seems to have been taken down. It was taped at the same time as Lucy's interview with Rona Barrett. I think that was the best Lucy looked in the post-Here's Lucy years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Well, yeah, she was working again so it took YEARS off of her, LOL! My copy of Stone Pillow, I kept, even though I bought the dvd, as mine has Lucy doing the post movie message clip AND that Rona Barrett interview. Lucy had that great lighting thing with a chair, a lamp and subdued lighting, LOL! At one point, Rona tells Lucy that it's incredible that a country as rich as the US has these homeless people, so Lucy interrupts her to say, HEY, EVERY COUNTRY HAS ONE PERSON THAT COULD WIPE OUT THE HOMELESSNESS, LET'S NOT GET INTO THAT, good ole Lucy, at that age, she still had SPUNK and like Lou Grant said, I HATE SPUNK! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmadluv7 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 She seems to be a little curt with Rona lol even when she gives her a compliment on her "legendary status"lol Lucy's response: "Legendary stat-us?? I dont even know what that means!" lol omg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Rona always was SECOND STRING, Barbara Walters, she wasn't! You know very well how Lucy was with those fake compliments. Like when Jane Pauley told her how beautiful she was, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 She seems to be a little curt with Rona lol I misread this four times. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmadluv7 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Rona always was SECOND STRING, Barbara Walters, she wasn't! You know very well how Lucy was with those fake compliments. Like when Jane Pauley told her how beautiful she was, LOL! lOLOL true lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmadluv7 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I misread this four times. LOL lol I should have put some spaces in between there some where? lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 He's just got to get his head outta the gutter, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I misread this four times. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I have the Stone Pillow DVD and don't remember this extra scene. Remember Entertainment Tonight and Home Movie showing clips from Rona's interview. I love Stone Pillow and it is moving, touching, and great acting from Lucy and pretty good story. I agree that showing Florabelle getting kicked out onto the streets would have been great opening scene though her son had died a long time ago so maybe it is better the plot was referred to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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