tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post2934531980464934026..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Fond Farewell: Dorothy Malone 1924-2018Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-73062790849593042102018-03-14T20:56:16.209-04:002018-03-14T20:56:16.209-04:00:-D Thanks, VictorG! It's interesting to me ...:-D Thanks, VictorG! It's interesting to me that there was the gargantuan hit movie "Peyton Place," then a sequel, which had the characters grown up to a degree, but then the TV show basically started at the beginning again (though branching out and elaborating far beyond the films.) Viewers had already seen Constance and Allison go through the ramifications of the out-of-wedlock birth, yet tuned in again for the series to watch it all unfold again! Anyway, I'm sure Dot was glad that her looks inspired your performances. Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-37214329005018922202018-03-13T15:23:31.618-04:002018-03-13T15:23:31.618-04:00Who needs that screwy Academy when we have Poseido...Who needs that screwy Academy when we have Poseidon to give us a fitting tribute to a wonderful actress and Academy Award winner, Miss Dorothy Malone! I remember vividly what a HUGE hit Peyton Place was back in the '60s and how terrible it was that our Dorothy had to leave production due to health issues. I was happy she recovered and lived a long life, looking very glamorous along the way. When I was doing drag back in the '90s I emulated her look: flaxen hair, tan skin and bright blue eyes. She was a knockout! VictorGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434725510841591143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-2171898362184767452018-03-10T16:46:17.331-05:002018-03-10T16:46:17.331-05:00Poseidon,
Thanks for the lovely tribute to Dorothy...Poseidon,<br />Thanks for the lovely tribute to Dorothy Malone.<br />When I was a kid, her movies were on TV constantly.<br />And I vaguely remember what a big deal it was for my Mom to watch Peyton Place!<br /><br />I realize that the new stars always get the spotlight on the Oscars, but in the last decade or so, the neglect and disrespect for the veteran stars has become too much. That and the fact that nobody listens to the criticism that show is TOO long. I haven't sat through the actual show in eons.<br /><br />Maybe when the ratings fall low enough, somebody will get a clue!<br /><br />Cheers, <br />Rick<br /><br />http://ricksrealreel.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/14243899548141583461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-72789674642563441242018-03-10T12:05:37.348-05:002018-03-10T12:05:37.348-05:00No offence taken Poseidon...other places do much b...No offence taken Poseidon...other places do much better "In Memoriams" than The Oscars (though not last week's Spirit Awards, which skipped the whole thing, implying no one important enough died.)<br />The TCM end of year tributes are always beautiful and I am sure Dorothy Malone will be remembered there!Chuck K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00441251532981779610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-89704409605501793142018-03-10T10:49:54.639-05:002018-03-10T10:49:54.639-05:00Charles, please forgive me if I came off as preach...Charles, please forgive me if I came off as preaching directly to you. I had a very rough week and a kind of rough evening last night and was just plain cranky! I still stand by my feelings about the In Memoriam tribute, but I didn't mean to aim it in your direction in particular! Thank you for your comments about the site. I appreciate it very much.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-36567523325606988482018-03-09T23:51:59.731-05:002018-03-09T23:51:59.731-05:00I'm sorry to say in response to your assertion...I'm sorry to say in response to your assertion about the dates that this year's In Memoriam included Indian actress Sridevi, who died February 24th 2018. There just is no excuse at all for leaving Dorothy Malone out. The Academy's attempts at inclusion have led to "un-"inclusion in several key cases. <br /><br />Over the years, it has been so disheartening to watch the In Memoriam presentation and see wonderfully talented people who built the industry have their names and faces go by without any reaction only to have the crowd go wild when someone younger who they might have known or worked with is on the screen after they died from drugs or were found face down in a hooker's lap or whatever... There really should be no applause of any kind for anybody until the whole thing is over, but no one there seems to understand how to acknowledge the passing respectfully. It should never devolve into an applause popularity contest. Just because the attendees don't happen to know or remember (or care) why a person was famous, doesn't mean they don't deserve the same level of accord when their time comes. Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-1826709179049020802018-03-09T19:47:42.086-05:002018-03-09T19:47:42.086-05:00Thanks for the beautiful, informative tribute. Our...Thanks for the beautiful, informative tribute. Our family loved watching "Peyton Place" on Tuesday and Thursday nights. Little sis wasn'T allowed to watch because she was only 10...Mom made her watch "Petticoat Junction" down the cellar instead.<br />Not sure and don't know about the date of death of the others mentioned but I<br />believe those given tribute must have died between 1/1/17 and 12/31/17. Look for her to be remembered at next year's Oscarcast. <br />I love reading your articles (fave being "Whew O'Brian".)Chuck K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00441251532981779610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-76138519471147706642018-03-08T17:53:47.178-05:002018-03-08T17:53:47.178-05:00Gingerguy, thanks! Glad you liked the photo choice...Gingerguy, thanks! Glad you liked the photo choices (I do try...) If Dorothy had made no other movie (but she did!) thank "Written on the Wind," she deserved to be in the Oscar memorium montage. The daughters' father was darkly handsome and a bit notorious in that he married blonde Ginger Rogers and made his debut movie in a starring role with her, then blonde Dorothy Malone. Since Dot was pregnant twice, they didn't do a movie, but he appeared with her on a game show and was accused of being an opportunist. He lived to be 87! <br /><br />Chris, it's so true that Dorothy could say volumes with her giant eyes. Words sometimes became superfluous. I think that's what made her so effective on "Peyton Place," for she was always cringing and fretting over her daughter Allison and "the secret."<br /><br />Thank you much, Joel, for your compliments as well as your additional info. I hope you're able to come upon that one remaining movie of hers soon. Bill Paxton... costar of an Oscar-winning Best Picture and of many Hollywood successes. What the HELL are they thinking. I didn't watch the Oscars this year. I recorded them in case I later heard about something interesting happening (and, as it was, I was happy to see Eva Marie Saint and to a lesser extent Rita Moreno - it would have been nice to have George Chakiris join her, but men are on the outs at present...) I got through it all in under 45 minutes, what I could bear. I did like Armie Hammer & Gal Gadot together, Zendaya was fresh and flowy and I enjoyed Allison Janney's speech. My DVR ran out (how could it not with all the USELESS, IGNORANT filler?) before Faye and Warren came out for take-two, but I watched that online in a video. It's hard to say she looked good, but I have to also say she's looked worse previously. It kills me.Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-31466888078377563242018-03-07T20:48:32.397-05:002018-03-07T20:48:32.397-05:00Lovely tribute Poseidon of one of my faves.
She ...Lovely tribute Poseidon of one of my faves. <br /><br />She is one of the actresses whose filmography I have been attempting to complete, it's a personal project/hobby that I've been working on for a couple of years now, and have only one film of hers left. Ironically it's the first film she received onscreen credit for, Too Young to Know, which has proved maddeningly elusive. So having seen most of her work I've come away with the impression that very few directors understood how to use her properly. Sirk obviously did and her best work remains for him-Written on the Wind obviously but she is equally good in The Tarnished Angels-Raoul Walsh, Howard Hawks and Robert Aldrich (The Last Sunset is one strange wild ride) but not many others. It didn't help that Warners apparently considered her a utility actress who could be plugged in wherever the need arose. No matter the circumstances she always gave at least an appealing performance frequently being the best part of her films. <br /><br />During her heyday she was always sleek and glamorous, so much so I was surprised to see her in her later appearances lean towards a frowziness that wasn't becoming. But that aside at least when she showed up she still LOOKED like Dorothy Malone and not the horrifying spectacle that has befallen some of looking like a wax figure-*cough* Faye Dunaway *cough*<br /><br />I was mightily peeved that she was left out of the In Memoriam too. I'm not saying that the people included that were only known within the industry were less worthy than she I'm sure they weren't but if someone who WON in one of the top six categories and was a major star doesn't qualify you for inclusion what the hell does?! It's not just her either, I can understand people who had only cursory film careers but huge TV or music ones like Adam West, Rose Marie or Glen Campbell being left out but Tobe Hooper! Bill Paxton! John Mahoney! Come on that's just plain sloppiness.<br /><br />But as the Oscars continues its descent from prestige event to carnival sideshow I guess such omissions are to be sadly expected. <br /><br />On a happier note glad that you gave the fabulous Miss Malone the send off she deserved.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-23647669331778521362018-03-07T09:53:18.304-05:002018-03-07T09:53:18.304-05:00Thanks, Poseidon, for a great tribute. Like Ginger...Thanks, Poseidon, for a great tribute. Like Gingerguy, I was pretty mortified that the Oscar memorial reel neglected to include Dorothy (among many others like John Gavin!). She was sensual and so expressive - I loved her choice ability at verbal communication with her eyes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742101509101848297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-21178602625194970462018-03-06T15:40:30.172-05:002018-03-06T15:40:30.172-05:00Dreamy photos Poseidon. This was heaven for those...Dreamy photos Poseidon. This was heaven for those of us stuck on earth, R.I.P. Dorothy. I think she is so sexy in The Big Sleep, that whole section of the movie is a rollercoaster. Before he encounters Dorothy in a bookstore Humphrey does a nance bit in an antique store and spars with an actress who is the real life Mother of Mason Reece! (I digress).<br />Lol on Liberace<br />The 1950's was the heyday of dreary westerns, I might have to watch some of hers, but will put it off for a bit, especially when I can watch and rewatch her as Marylee Hadley. The oil derrick in her hand at the end, and the mambo dance of death are for the ages.<br />She had gorgeous daughters, the dark haired one looks like Jennifer Connally.<br />I didn't get this years Oscar in memorium. So many montages and then in that one they left so many people out. Why not skip the schtick, like the hot dog cannon (though I would like one of those)? Thanks for sending one of my favorite glamourpusses out in style<br />Gingerguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989371210392669145noreply@blogger.com