tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post4253843908362019574..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Oh, What a Character! Part Eleven: Let's Have a Field Day!Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-54433933296030601942013-03-11T08:08:05.563-04:002013-03-11T08:08:05.563-04:00Oh God, you're so right, Joel!! I'll fix ...Oh God, you're so right, Joel!! I'll fix it asap. Thank you. It's been too long since I've seen it.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-66765334872977775042013-03-10T20:47:52.808-04:002013-03-10T20:47:52.808-04:00Always been a fan of Betty Field. The first three ...Always been a fan of Betty Field. The first three films I saw her in, all within a short period of time, were Peyton Place, The Southerner and Blues in the Night and I was struck by how different she was in each. <br /><br />Of those three my favorite was Blues in the Night but more for the music and my beloved Priscilla Lane, playing a character named Character!, than Betty's shrill hussy. But that was more a case of the heartless trollop she played than the actress who played the part well. She was very fine in the Southerner and also in The Shepherd of the Hills, a good if strange film in the John Wayne canon.<br /><br />I think I've seen most of her film work except The Great Gatsby and she's was always wonderful. I think my favorite of her performances is her deeply affecting work of a plain girl made beautiful by love in first segment of Flesh and Fantasy.<br /><br />Wonderful write up as always but just one small thing, she wasn't married to Burgess Meredith in Of Mice and Men. He was George the migrant worker who traveled with Lennie but Mae was married to Curley the son of the ranch owner where they worked.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-12542739647527528702013-03-10T13:48:06.390-04:002013-03-10T13:48:06.390-04:00I read that before Shirley Booth was cast in the s...I read that before Shirley Booth was cast in the sitcom "Hazel," that Ms. Field and Agnes Moorehead were among the actresses who screen tested for it.Colonel Potterbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851402097041924668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-89319645143452894862013-03-09T18:02:04.504-05:002013-03-09T18:02:04.504-05:00I love this gal. You are right. There are dozens o...I love this gal. You are right. There are dozens of movies I've seen that I only realize, "that's her!" when the credits roll. Her look was never set which for an artist can be a true blessing. <br /><br />Picnic and Bird Man of Alcatraz are two of my favorite movies of all time. I don't think they would be the same without her contributions. You can tell real talent when a look or a slight expression can say "quite literally!' 1000 words. She had that gift!<br /><br />In Picnic you can see her entire life unravel in her eyes as she wants her daughter [Kim] to marry up. In Bird Man she practically worships him from the get go without ever lifting a finger or moving a facial muscle. <br /><br />One of my favorite lines of all time, "You're not such an old gal. You still got a couple of dances left in you." I want to cry when I hear that. She was a beautiful lady. At any age. That's the only movie I've ever seen Lancaster in that I thought he was sexy. I think I was seeing him through "Stella's" (Betty's eyes.)<br /><br />Same thing, in Bird Man she has to deal with Lancaster's mother. Ritter! When the old bat starts giving orders, rather than talk back, she tries to prove she's got the same backbone. [All for nothing!] I'm getting teary just thinking about those movies.<br /><br />Great post. She definitely deserves a spot in the UnderWorld.<br /><br />BTW, someone who shall remain nameless has gotten himself quite the Ken Clark collection of movies! To boot, that same nameless someone has gotten his own copy of Miss Robin Crusoe. Can you say, "the rewind button is busted?" :-)<br />NotFelixUngerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812102754911699275noreply@blogger.com