MUSINGS, PONDERINGS, RUMINATIONS AND FANCIES

[CinemaInternational]

Hey guys, don't miss THE CATERED AFFAIR.

Kitchen-sink drama in the tradition of MARTY. (in an interesting casting decision, Ernest Borgnine plays the father but I am happy to opine, none too shabbily)

Bette Davis and Debbie Reynolds are wonderful.

Early Rod Taylor, bespeckled and nerdy, is particularly sexy.

Long Live My Bronx!

Its a very likable film, and one of Debbie Reynolds' finest hours. It was also Bette's first MGM film. They turned the story into a Broadway musical in 2008.

[Bronxgirl48]

Good info, CI!

[Bronxgirl48]

Barry Fitzgerald steals every scene (or tries to, lol)

[Bronxgirl48]

Hey guys, don't miss THE CATERED AFFAIR.

Kitchen-sink drama in the tradition of MARTY. (in an interesting casting decision, Ernest Borgnine plays the father but I am happy to opine, none too shabbily)

Bette Davis and Debbie Reynolds are wonderful.

Early Rod Taylor, bespeckled and nerdy, is particularly sexy.

Long Live My Bronx!

Yes, I watched it again. A favorite of mine.

The fish dinner always looks good to me. I like the way Aggie piles on those mashed potatoes.

[Bronxgirl48]

???
Bespeckled?


Or...
Bespectacled?



Sepiatone

Oh my LOL I'm confused enough as it is!

[Bronxgirl48]

Sepiatone

Betcha didn't know that this is a pic of a 13 y/o Burt Lancaster, and just before he got braces and joined his junior high school's wrestling team and started bulking up.

See the resemblance?

(...naaah, jus' kiddin')

LOL

I almost believed you!

[laffite]

Now that's what I call indentured!

(I'm trying out my joke again! My last try sure flopped. I guess malapropisms are out. Sorry, Mrs Malapropism, you've been forgotten.)
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[Bronxgirl48]

My Baby Boomer memory is trying to remember the second Ernie and Bette pairing.....is it BUNNY O'HARE? Seem to vaguely recall Davis, Borgnine (or both?) on a motorcycle but maybe I'm confusing it with HAROLD AND MAUDE.

[Hibi]

Hey guys, don't miss THE CATERED AFFAIR.

Kitchen-sink drama in the tradition of MARTY. (in an interesting casting decision, Ernest Borgnine plays the father but I am happy to opine, none too shabbily)

Bette Davis and Debbie Reynolds are wonderful.

Early Rod Taylor, bespeckled and nerdy, is particularly sexy.

Long Live My Bronx!

Yes, I watched it again. A favorite of mine.

The fish dinner always looks good to me. I like the way Aggie piles on those mashed potatoes.

LOL! They eat well.

[Dargo]

Betcha didn't know that this is a pic of a 13 y/o Burt Lancaster, and just before he got braces and joined his junior high school's wrestling team and started bulking up.

See the resemblance?

(...naaah, jus' kiddin')

LOL

I almost believed you!

What funny is that I've just noticed that James pretty much said the same thing two minutes before I did yesterday.

Guess he saw the rememblance as well.

(...who knows?...maybe that WAS a very young Burt Lancaster after all?!)

[Bronxgirl48]

Dargo, for all I know that could indeed have been Burt. I remember photos of a pre-stardom Clark Gable.....(they had to remove all his teeth)

[Bronxgirl48]

Yes, I watched it again. A favorite of mine.

The fish dinner always looks good to me. I like the way Aggie piles on those mashed potatoes.

LOL! They eat well.

Marty too. When Esther Minciotti brings out the Italian food I just want to jump into that scene and scarf it all down.

[CinemaInternational]

My Baby Boomer memory is trying to remember the second Ernie and Bette pairing.....is it BUNNY O'HARE? Seem to vaguely recall Davis, Borgnine (or both?) on a motorcycle but maybe I'm confusing it with HAROLD AND MAUDE.

It is, and the poster does feature Bette and Ernest on a motorcycle, so that probably did indeed happen in the film. It's one of the very few films of hers that I have not seen. (Bette is the star I have seen the most films of, somewhere around 75 films)

[Hibi]

The fish dinner always looks good to me. I like the way Aggie piles on those mashed potatoes.

LOL! They eat well.

Marty too. When Esther Minciotti brings out the Italian food I just want to jump into that scene and scarf it all down.

LOL!!!

[Hibi]

My Baby Boomer memory is trying to remember the second Ernie and Bette pairing.....is it BUNNY O'HARE? Seem to vaguely recall Davis, Borgnine (or both?) on a motorcycle but maybe I'm confusing it with HAROLD AND MAUDE.

It is, and the poster does feature Bette and Ernest on a motorcycle, so that probably did indeed happen in the film. It's one of the very few films of hers that I have not seen. (Bette is the star I have seen the most films of, somewhere around 75 films)

I remember seeing it on TCM years ago. I remember it as being pretty bad. Bette and Borgnine do their best. I remember Bette badmouthing the film at the time and blaming AIP for ruining the film.