tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post3653104391244094889..comments2024-03-28T16:21:30.329-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Forgotten Movies: Daddy Long Legspattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-83466640467905443512013-12-03T22:15:51.861-05:002013-12-03T22:15:51.861-05:00I read the book, and it was just as creepy as you ...I read the book, and it was just as creepy as you describe. The author is Dickens' granddaughter or somesuch.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32853441964412976852013-12-03T19:46:20.151-05:002013-12-03T19:46:20.151-05:00Patti, I talked about DADDY LONG LEGS last week. I...Patti, I talked about DADDY LONG LEGS last week. I wonder if that put it into your subconscious....or maybe it was just serendipity. :)<br /><br />I didn't think the 'creep quotient' was that bad. Fred is ageless.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53292214490114218692013-12-03T14:22:06.168-05:002013-12-03T14:22:06.168-05:00Fred met and fell in love with Robyn Smith, a youn...Fred met and fell in love with Robyn Smith, a young woman who shared his devotion to race horses (she was a jockey) late in life. Despite the 45-year age difference the two decided to marry in 1980. It was a very happy union, lasting the rest of his life. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-23995866707734909962013-12-03T14:19:59.848-05:002013-12-03T14:19:59.848-05:00Although he is quite sexless, he's still odd e...Although he is quite sexless, he's still odd enough to make it a bit creepy. I am certainly a fan of his dancing but romantically, it never worked. Sadly Hollywood thought ever musical had to feature a romance. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-55955925584758573712013-12-03T14:15:57.651-05:002013-12-03T14:15:57.651-05:00Astaire is so sexless as to make the age gap sort ...Astaire is so sexless as to make the age gap sort of acceptable though it's still a bit creepy - and I say this as a fan! Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-7979092022457615082013-12-03T12:42:59.863-05:002013-12-03T12:42:59.863-05:00The largest acceptable age gap is whatever the two...The largest acceptable age gap is whatever the two adults like/accept, but one does have to wonder about Daddy Issues at anything around fifteen+ years...or Mommy issues, when the parties are reversed...as well as Peter Panning and whatever one might call such in women...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-66884802957513419782013-12-03T10:35:01.159-05:002013-12-03T10:35:01.159-05:00I just saw MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT too, thanks to Yvet...I just saw MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT too, thanks to Yvette Banek. Loved it. Very different movie although Kim didn't seem as young as she was. Never saw the Kay Lenz movie but I always liked her. And WH. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-2972900195482344892013-12-03T10:14:29.732-05:002013-12-03T10:14:29.732-05:00While we're at it, let's not forget "...While we're at it, let's not forget "Breezy" with William Holden and Kay Lenz; directed, I believe, by Clint Eastwood.<br /><br />The Kim Novak movie is called "Middle of the Night" and it had quite a talented cast:<br />http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0053065/Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-4671112491267120182013-12-03T09:57:58.473-05:002013-12-03T09:57:58.473-05:00I happened to catch one of Dean Martin's Matt ...I happened to catch one of Dean Martin's Matt Helm movies the other day--Sharon Tate was his love interest. My kids (raised on Austin Powers) kept saying, "Is this supposed to be a joke?"<br /><br />A few weeks back I also saw a Frederick March-Kim Novak movie with a May-December romance theme. I'd never heard if it before, can't remember now what it was called, but I thought it handled the subject pretty well--until the rather schmaltzy ending.<br /><br />DebAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-22122576076469116222013-12-03T09:48:36.867-05:002013-12-03T09:48:36.867-05:00Oh, yes. That one creeps me out as well. I wonder ...Oh, yes. That one creeps me out as well. I wonder what the largest acceptable age gap is if the woman is under 21. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-92071571072565726272013-12-03T09:37:30.257-05:002013-12-03T09:37:30.257-05:00No, Fred was way too old and there was something c...No, Fred was way too old and there was something creepy about it. Not quite as bad as Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn in LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON.<br /><br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-43750425501234440232013-12-03T08:34:49.656-05:002013-12-03T08:34:49.656-05:00Even the title itself gives a creep vibe, despite ...Even the title itself gives a creep vibe, despite having an innocent (and accurate) dimension to go with the creepish one, then as now.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-26779276308868612872013-12-03T08:33:10.754-05:002013-12-03T08:33:10.754-05:00A real Will and Ariel Durant, only a slightly diff...A real Will and Ariel Durant, only a slightly different kind of wrong. <br /><br />A trophy Caron, Astaire as the Woody Allen of the day...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-20709115397491178772013-12-03T08:03:57.105-05:002013-12-03T08:03:57.105-05:00Oh, my goodness, I haven't thought of this one...Oh, my goodness, I haven't thought of this one in way too long!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-46539346877014557852013-12-03T07:52:04.283-05:002013-12-03T07:52:04.283-05:00I saw this one. Don't remember much about it ...I saw this one. Don't remember much about it other than the title and the stars.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-65989962382743675692013-12-03T07:48:42.874-05:002013-12-03T07:48:42.874-05:00Movies like this are a lost genre. My first movie...Movies like this are a lost genre. My first movie was WAR OF THE WORLDS back in the Fifties.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com