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"The only way men can respond to a star is to gaze at it from their remote planet. And even when a star passes out of our sight in the sequence of orbits; we believe that it exists still and feel the gravitational pull it exerts" ............ David Thomson in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.
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Laszlo's on Lex ..... Perhaps
A portal, perhaps, attempting to bring the distant near. A reminiscence of films and players seen during 70 years. First seen in dark buildings surrounded by strangers and now watched again and again on diminished screens. Herewith some random thoughts on that flickering past. Remember when the lights went on and we had to leave the theatre? From Rick’s Café Americain to Lexington Avenue? Laszlo's on Lex.
"The only way men can respond to a star is to gaze at it from their remote planet. And even when a star passes out of our sight in the sequence of orbits; we believe that it exists still and feel the gravitational pull it exerts" ............ David Thomson in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film.
A Personal Pantheon
Bette Davis
Ethel Barrymore
Fay Bainter
Ella Raines
Marlene Dietrich
Katharine Hepburn
Kim Novak
Julie Harris
Aline MacMahon
Ida Lupino
Ann Dvorak
Barbara Stanwyck
Gloria Grahame
Jeanette MacDonald
Jessica Tandy
Jean Arthur
Thelma Ritter
Helen Walker
Jan Sterling
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marie Windsor
** Rebecca Pidgeon (by Papal dispensation)
Ethel Barrymore
Fay Bainter
Ella Raines
Marlene Dietrich
Katharine Hepburn
Kim Novak
Julie Harris
Aline MacMahon
Ida Lupino
Ann Dvorak
Barbara Stanwyck
Gloria Grahame
Jeanette MacDonald
Jessica Tandy
Jean Arthur
Thelma Ritter
Helen Walker
Jan Sterling
Barbara Bel Geddes
Marie Windsor
** Rebecca Pidgeon (by Papal dispensation)
At Gravesend
Laszlo's on Lex? ....... Perhaps.
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Laszlo's on Lex ..... Perhaps
Fay Bainter is hilarious in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Even the understated scene of the mom forcing her adult son to drink warm milk at night has me doubled over laughing.
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The Screen Guild radio version of the film doesn't focus on the mother as much, for the sake of time, but it's still funny.
Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo reprise thier roles in the 11/03/1947 broadcast here:
http://www.archive.org/details/ScreenGuildTheater
Thank you Java. A lifelong favorite, not to say infatuation. I did a posting on her recently but was not satisfied with it. My path first crossed with Fay Bainter when I was ten and she was around fifty. Then, as I have said elsewhere, it was like some reverse "Portrait of Jennie." When I finally caught up with her earlier films, she became younger as I became older. I will listen to the broadcast in reasonably near future. Best. Gerald.
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