tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post3046922404573424335..comments2024-03-29T03:14:14.401-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Forgotten Movies: A Letter to Three Wivespattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-58362514805473394392012-05-10T08:59:46.357-04:002012-05-10T08:59:46.357-04:00Mankiewicz got back to back double Oscars (Directo...Mankiewicz got back to back double Oscars (Director and Original Screenplay) for this and ALL ABOUT EVE (one of my favorite movies). Yes, it's sudsy but I've always liked it.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-69625911623965889572012-05-09T09:11:12.435-04:002012-05-09T09:11:12.435-04:00I think of Mankiewicz as a screenwriter who had mo...I think of Mankiewicz as a screenwriter who had more than the usual amount of sympathy for women characters and (maybe wrongly) thought he understood them. Doesn't surprise me that the material expanded in his hands until two characters had to be cut. I've known about this film for decades but always missed seeing it.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-24540329974141997322012-05-09T07:34:34.048-04:002012-05-09T07:34:34.048-04:00Very witty and makes good use of Paul Douglas who ...Very witty and makes good use of Paul Douglas who excelled at playing big lugs.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56346586663022387392012-05-09T03:01:38.525-04:002012-05-09T03:01:38.525-04:00Absolutely new for me but I'll check it out. T...Absolutely new for me but I'll check it out. There's Kirk Douglas for one...Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-40587682492932412042012-05-08T17:04:30.720-04:002012-05-08T17:04:30.720-04:00No, never knew about it. Interesting cast although...No, never knew about it. Interesting cast although certainly not first-rate actors.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-56553610177415954172012-05-08T16:03:57.988-04:002012-05-08T16:03:57.988-04:00Patty, did you see the 1985 TV remake? It starred ...Patty, did you see the 1985 TV remake? It starred Loni Anderson, Stephanie Zimbalist and Michele Lee. I watched it as a fan of Zimbalist, and remember finding the ending baffling.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-27511847412018189372012-05-08T14:18:48.337-04:002012-05-08T14:18:48.337-04:00I have seen this but have no memory of how it ends...I have seen this but have no memory of how it ends.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-49133228939740857712012-05-08T10:52:09.730-04:002012-05-08T10:52:09.730-04:00I haven't seen A LETTER TO THREE WIVES but I&#...I haven't seen A LETTER TO THREE WIVES but I'll be on the lookout for it now.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50582585751534740792012-05-08T10:14:31.823-04:002012-05-08T10:14:31.823-04:00have to admit I didn't see that one coming, Ch...have to admit I didn't see that one coming, Charles.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-81992509351791066352012-05-08T09:51:36.990-04:002012-05-08T09:51:36.990-04:00Wonder of wonders. I've actually seen this one...Wonder of wonders. I've actually seen this one! IT was very intersting.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-39117992042275713282012-05-08T09:47:06.274-04:002012-05-08T09:47:06.274-04:00Must have been nasty. From what I read, her storyl...Must have been nasty. From what I read, her storyline was the weakest--nothing to do with her per se.<br />If I am allowed to say it, this might be a movie for women. A weepy.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-67295387194054551162012-05-08T09:36:04.904-04:002012-05-08T09:36:04.904-04:00I wonder how Baxter felt being the Spurned Wife......I wonder how Baxter felt being the Spurned Wife...this is one of those films that I've started watching about five times over the decades...but always having landed on it somewhere in the middle...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com