tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post5590919941991116730..comments2024-03-26T05:01:57.793-07:00Comments on DREAMS ARE WHAT LE CINEMA IS FOR...: PAPER MOON 1973Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-81526467194024269092022-02-08T15:06:26.332-08:002022-02-08T15:06:26.332-08:00I've yet to come across anything that reveals ...I've yet to come across anything that reveals the name of the actress in that photo. For a long time it was assumed (and later discredited) to be Tatum O'Neal's real-life mother, actress Joanna Moore. Since then I haven't found a thing that reveals the identity. There's even a short film in YouTube about the photograph, but no information provided. Perhaps some knowledgeable film enthusiast will see this and provide us both with the answer. Thank you.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-57891599013488671322022-02-08T10:49:48.365-08:002022-02-08T10:49:48.365-08:00In the photo Addie has of her and her mother, who ...In the photo Addie has of her and her mother, who is the actress who plays the mother in that photo?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401384837138655414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-90818034406287294192020-05-04T00:15:24.601-07:002020-05-04T00:15:24.601-07:00Ha! I certainly hope you didn't catch any heat...Ha! I certainly hope you didn't catch any heat for being the victim in that exchange!<br />I can't imagine anyone working for any time in job involving a cash register who hasn't come across a variation of what you describe. <br />It's so easy to do it unintentionally (like if I give the salesperson a bill and then suddenly realize I have the exact change) you can imagine how well it must work with intentional misdirection and distraction. To know these con games have survived for generations!Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-30885444383037916602020-05-03T19:48:39.397-07:002020-05-03T19:48:39.397-07:00Your post is almost six years old, but still it...Your post is almost six years old, but still it's too coincidental not to say...I was the victim of a short change artist when I worked as a barista. Except is wasn't "nearly"...I was taken. And it wasn't by telling me that he had given me a twenty when he hadn't. It was the "Oh what did I give you? Take this and give me that instead". But then at that time I had seen "Paper Moon" in the theater when it came out, and twenty five years had passed and I remembered nothing of it. Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667699841235799832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-66861343692982449212014-08-20T17:44:32.628-07:002014-08-20T17:44:32.628-07:00Thanks, Muscato
I appreciate your shedding light o...Thanks, Muscato<br />I appreciate your shedding light on what I tend to think is really the truth behind a great deal of creative genius and success. Few like to speak ill of the dead or the beloved, but I think anyone who has ever worked even briefly in show business could attest, talking about an experience with a celebrity is like that children's game where everyone tries to describe a simple object, but you discover that no two people sees that object the same.<br />As a general rule, I tend to assume that if they a person has achieved a level of excellence and fame in their craft, they've fought some battles along the way. Meaning, they are likely to be both tough and tender depending on the circumstances. I adore Madeline Kahn onscreen, but it wouldn't surprise me that she has a difficult side.<br />(I've always wanted to know what really happened with her and Lucille Ball on "Mame"!)<br />But what is great about film is that those of us who have never known her can project our fantasies about what she was really like, on the characters she left behind. Eunice and Trixie.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-8631394689892222342014-08-20T05:25:41.078-07:002014-08-20T05:25:41.078-07:00Thank you for this lovely piece; I think there'...Thank you for this lovely piece; I think there's far too little appreciation today for early (pre-Cybil) Bogandovich.<br /><br />And I'm fascinated by the wide divergence in Madeline Kahn's reputation. In my experience, what it boils down to is that I've never heard anyone in film or television who worked with her come out with anything but praise - but at the same time I know of no one in the theatre who worked with her who could stand her. I knew, fairly well, some people involved in her stage work, and the best they could manage was a resigned silence and an acknowledgment that maybe, just maybe what they went through was worth it for the resulting performance. One theatre great summed her up to me as "such talent, so spoiled" (which they meant in the mayonnaise-in-the-sun, not the brat, sense of the word). Whatever - we'll always have Miss Trixie and Eunice Burns!Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-25827807036348495982014-08-18T12:03:13.279-07:002014-08-18T12:03:13.279-07:00Thanks for the link and and for clarifying Madelin...Thanks for the link and and for clarifying Madeline Khan's screen time. It's rather jarring to see just HOW much hers was the supporting role to O'Neal's star turn.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-10124248135951317752014-08-15T21:29:48.575-07:002014-08-15T21:29:48.575-07:00According to The Film Experience's excellent a...According to The Film Experience's excellent article on the Best Supporting Actress race in 1973 (http://thefilmexperience.net/blog/2014/7/31/smackdown-1973-candy-madeline-linda-sylvia-and-tatum-oneal.html)... Tatum's role had 95 minutes of screen time (or 93% of the film's running time) verses Madeline Kahn's 12½ minutes of screen time (or 12% of running time).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-16822056260549992612014-08-12T09:30:38.598-07:002014-08-12T09:30:38.598-07:00I agree that TCM can be a treasure trove of rariti...I agree that TCM can be a treasure trove of rarities and this month with the Summer Under the Stars where 24 hours is devoted each day to a certain performer it's an embarrassment of riches. I caught three Alexis Smith films yesterday that I'd never seen, how great is that! I also watched Tout Va Bien when they showed it on Jane Day. I thought it was a relic of its time, hardly the best follow up to Klute and Yves Montand the dullest actor I've ever seen no matter what language he's attempting to act in.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-5706392861481463902014-08-12T04:53:08.457-07:002014-08-12T04:53:08.457-07:00Awww, having to sell off your "Paper Moon&quo...Awww, having to sell off your "Paper Moon" DVD...I hope you at least allowed yourself to be swindled a bit in the deal.<br />And thanks for the Polly Platt shout out. I think even Bogdanovich has gone on record saying that she was an integral part of his success and that much of what he was credited for was actually her work.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-60883790421428883332014-08-12T04:42:01.827-07:002014-08-12T04:42:01.827-07:00So cool that you had a thing for Chris Connelly! A...So cool that you had a thing for Chris Connelly! A name sure to be greeted by a lot of blank stares if you bring it up today. I thought he was handsome too, but I think I got him mixed up with Roy Thinness or Frank Converse - two youthful crushes of mine I could not differentiate for the life of me.<br />I had no idea Foster was on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, but as you say, there hardly seemed to be a show she didn't pop up on. Alas, I have no memory at all of the Paper Moon TV show beyond the research I did for this post. From that trailer clip, it does look run-of-the-mill.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-15106642282470431852014-08-12T04:30:38.744-07:002014-08-12T04:30:38.744-07:00Hi Max
"You want to give Miss Trixie whatever...Hi Max<br />"You want to give Miss Trixie whatever she wants--and at the same time you can understand why someone, somewhere had reason to hit her over the head with a beer bottle."<br />I couldn't have said it more eloquently. You summarize precisely what is brilliant about the way the character is written, and why the level of comic pathos Kahn brought to the role resonates so strongly in spite of her brief screen time. I also like that you remember Imogene's persistent attempts to humiliate Trixie in front of her new suitor. makes me smile just to think of it. Thanks, MaxKen Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-42725130469201074922014-08-11T19:31:48.947-07:002014-08-11T19:31:48.947-07:00Ken I meant to mention that I have vague memories ...Ken I meant to mention that I have vague memories of the TV Paper Moon. I had such a thing for Christopher Connelly and thought he was so attractive although at the time I had no idea of the Peyton Place connection with Ryan O'Neal. Jodie Foster was all over episodic television then, I remembered her best as the down the hall neighbor on The Courtship of Eddie's Father, a show I never missed! Bill Bixby-SIGH. From what I can recall of the TV version it was cute but unexceptional. I hadn't seen the original yet so I couldn't compare.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-27018302701908137102014-08-11T16:05:50.527-07:002014-08-11T16:05:50.527-07:00One of my saddest days was when I sold my DVD of P...One of my saddest days was when I sold my DVD of Paper Moon during an unemployment stint. But still, I think Addie herself would have taken the money. <br /><br />This will always be a touchstone movie for me from my childhood in the 1970s. I think Polly Platt deserves so much credit for the perfect look of the film. In my eyes, she was a true genius.<br /><br />A male friend and I used to call each other Miss Trixie and Imajean, and quote extensively from their dialogue. Madeline Kahn deserved the Oscar for this, but what can you do? She'll always have it in my mind. Seeing all the love for the indelible character of Miss Trixie here just warms my heart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-31690238470971724412014-08-11T10:18:47.600-07:002014-08-11T10:18:47.600-07:00I'm so glad you love this movie and I believe ...I'm so glad you love this movie and I believe your review made me realize why, as funny as it is, it always leaves me feeling a little sad and wistful. It's been a while since I've seen it so I'm paraphrasing here, but when I think of Paper Moon two lines of dialogue immediately come to mind. Imogene: "Tell 'em about the time you got hit over the head with a beer bottle, Miss Trixie." The delivery is great, and I love that all Imogene wants is to embarrass her. And honestly, a beer bottle. How perfect. The other line is during Kahn's hilltop scene you mention. "So why don't you let Miss Trixie sit up front with her big tits?" It's so funny and so heartbreaking. You want to give Miss Trixie whatever she wants--and at the same time you can understand why someone, somewhere had reason to hit her over the head with a beer bottle.Max Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658178366102731338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-89530805035184363672014-08-11T04:51:05.529-07:002014-08-11T04:51:05.529-07:00Love it when TCM springs a rarity (like that 70s J...Love it when TCM springs a rarity (like that 70s Jane Fonda film I never saw, Tout Va Bien"). And I concur with your comment about predictable films. Thanks for your compliment, too! I'm glad you found this blog and continue to return.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-4072438441073057792014-08-10T04:57:21.216-07:002014-08-10T04:57:21.216-07:00Hi Ayush
That's awfully nice of you. I'm v...Hi Ayush<br />That's awfully nice of you. I'm very pleased you enjoyed it. And the screencaps were easy...it's such a beautifully shot film!Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-79643006044093774312014-08-10T00:32:32.329-07:002014-08-10T00:32:32.329-07:00Really Nice review, the pictures collection is jus...Really Nice review, the pictures collection is just awesome.Ayush Chandrahttp://www.nationlyrics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-47240225565438303522014-08-09T20:54:55.210-07:002014-08-09T20:54:55.210-07:00TCM is my fav, today it's been William Powell ...TCM is my fav, today it's been William Powell and you know that I discovered The Childern's Hour there; perfection. I just can't pay for the garbage that is being called art and the all too predictable films that are determined to be Oscar contenders before they're even released; the whole cycle is a joke.<br /><br />A movie joy/pleasure is reading your take on them. I look forward to your next installementCathy Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-23448034690345782692014-08-09T10:45:59.854-07:002014-08-09T10:45:59.854-07:00I don't have any of the cable movie channels b...I don't have any of the cable movie channels beyond TCM, but when I finally got around to seeing that Liberace film, knowing it couldn't find a motion picture distributor, I was convinced that if I wanted to see movies about people or even challenging subjects, I needed to stop expecting to see it at the movies. <br />I haven't been to a movie theater is a ridiculously long time. Live action cartoons don't interest me much. Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-24716355213972342152014-08-09T09:55:57.538-07:002014-08-09T09:55:57.538-07:00Cable TV channels (most owned by the networks) are...Cable TV channels (most owned by the networks) are taking chances and telling stories, real people, real instances and some things off center, but worth the ride; doing what only movies used to do. I cannot remember the last movie I paid to see and have even canceled HBO and Showtime, because of the pandering and going the route of the movies.<br /><br />So there are some shows that I watch for the pure cupcake escape of nothingness (Big Bang and Castle) other than those, I'm cable original programming, but even with the wonderful shows, I'm starting to watch the edge slowly slip away. I'm turning more to books; a good thing, but I still miss the movies.Cathy Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-17926693768105520892014-08-09T09:29:32.126-07:002014-08-09T09:29:32.126-07:00Hi Deb
I think you're right. The Academy alway...Hi Deb<br />I think you're right. The Academy always likes to hold itself up as this big paragon of principle, but history shows that there can be a lot of playing around with what is considered lead and supporting roles, and frequently the flexibility is used only to improve a certain actor's chances of winning.<br />I laughed at your saying you're one of the ten who liked "At Long Last Love" - I got my partner to watch some of it with me and he liked Madeline Khan a great deal, but was left somewhat flabbergasted by Cybill Shepherd. She reminded him of those girls in high school who get the leads in the school play because thy're pretty, but convince themselves it's because of their talent. their confidence in their meager gifts ultimately embarrasses.<br />I remember when "Lucky Lady" opened and everyone was talking about it and i was excited as hell to see it. I missed opening weekend, and then just a few days later I read that the film was pulled and shortened due to poor audience reaction. I never did get to see it in a theater. When I look at it now, my fondest memory is that "flashing" device so many films of the 70s used to give movies that nostalgic haze. It was wonderful to see in movies like "The Day of the Locust " and "The Great Gatsby", but when you see those films in HD now, the blur can be so pronounced.<br />By the way, I love that you stick up for underdogs like "For Pete's Sake" etc...they may not be my favorites, but they're all woven into the fabric of my memories of the 70s, tooKen Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-60816230883741958532014-08-09T09:07:11.416-07:002014-08-09T09:07:11.416-07:00Hi Cathy
I'm very pleased you liked this post....Hi Cathy<br />I'm very pleased you liked this post. Thank you!<br />And on the topic of the paucity of real people in movies today:<br />Of late I've been binge-watching TV shows like "In Treatment", "Enlightened" and a few others, and it really does seem like the only real films are being made on television these days. Motion pictures have turned into the vast wasteland they used to call TV. Now I know why my parents used to walk around shaking their heads in dismay at a TV programming comprised of Gomer Pye, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gilligan's Island, and Petticoat Junction. They must have looked at TV then the way I look at movies now.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-40245597741911578342014-08-09T08:51:40.062-07:002014-08-09T08:51:40.062-07:00Hi Joel
For me, "Paper Moon" kinda got t...Hi Joel<br />For me, "Paper Moon" kinda got the shaft Oscar nomination-wise,even independent of the whole Tatum-is in-the-wrong-category thing. That the wholly unremarkable "A Touch of Class" got a Best Director nomination and nothing for Bogdanovich seems more a reflection of Hollywood's disenchantment with Bogdanovich in light of the whole (very Citizen Kane) "I'm going to make my mistress a star!" campaign he began waging on Cybill Shepherd's behalf. But to ignore Lazlo Kovack's beautiful cinematography to make way for Jonathan Livingston's Seagull's Coca-Cola ad images...well, it was a crazy year. <br />(And yes, I think Tatum might well have even won in the proper category. I love Glenda Jackson, but that was no Oscar-wworthy performance there).<br />The ugly reality of Ryan and Tatum's relationship puts the fantasy bubble around "Paper Moon" for me. It's like when dysfunctional families have at least one photo in their album of everyone together smiling and getting along. "Paper Moon" is that one moment in time when the appearance of happiness is there.Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2627032459273165000.post-38691542552555740332014-08-09T08:48:44.830-07:002014-08-09T08:48:44.830-07:00It used to be--and possibly still is--that studios...It used to be--and possibly still is--that studios and agents would manouver actors and actresses into the Oscar category they were most confident their client could win. This generally meant that lesser-known or younger actors/actresses were persuaded to allow themselves to be nominated in the supporting category. Sometimes even something as brief as a cameo (for example, Judy Dench in "Shakespeare in Love") will be considered "supporting" material. I'm sure the adults surrounding her felt that Tatum would have a better chance winning in the supporting category, although her performance is lead all the way.<br /><br />I love "Paper Moon" and always group it in my mind with "What's Up, Doc?", "For Pete's Sake", "At Long Last Love", and "Lucky Lady"--if only for chronological nostalgic reasons; in my head, they're all part and parcel of my mid-seventies experience. I'm actually one of ten people I know who liked "At Long Last Love" and I've never met anyone who cared much for "Lucky Lady," but it thought it had its charms.DiscoDollyDebnoreply@blogger.com