tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post4924424005689365500..comments2024-03-28T08:51:47.164-04:00Comments on Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Tuesday's Forgotten Movies,Where the Boys Arepattinase (abbott)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-32045111022685891122012-04-17T18:54:08.950-04:002012-04-17T18:54:08.950-04:00Love this movie. The 1980s remake is utter drek h...Love this movie. The 1980s remake is utter drek however.<br /><br />/Where the boys are<br />Someone waits for me...Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-18965191500184520832012-04-17T13:07:17.256-04:002012-04-17T13:07:17.256-04:00I remember this too from happy days gone by. Paula...I remember this too from happy days gone by. Paula Prentiss was so overlooked and underused in her career. I loved her as the dizzy wannabe adulteress in THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-35166667616368632912012-04-17T12:56:38.392-04:002012-04-17T12:56:38.392-04:00I remember this one from my first year in college....I remember this one from my first year in college. I'd forgotten Paula Prentiss and her height, but remember liking her. My aural memory of Connie Francis singing this and several other songs from back then is pitch perfect. What a voice. I believe it was Tony Perkins in TALL STORY.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-10437281393004435742012-04-17T12:02:32.177-04:002012-04-17T12:02:32.177-04:00I love the first Gidget movie with Sandra Dee. Not...I love the first Gidget movie with Sandra Dee. Not that is a good movie, indeed it is not. But it takes me back to the time when all things seemed possible.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-63035265446948459882012-04-17T11:51:36.360-04:002012-04-17T11:51:36.360-04:00TCM has a series of the Gidget movies on today/ton...TCM has a series of the Gidget movies on today/tonight. This one was never a favorite. (Nor were the Gidget ones, just thought I'd mention it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-53954362562873900002012-04-17T10:33:11.614-04:002012-04-17T10:33:11.614-04:00Wow! This really takes me back to my youth. I lo...Wow! This really takes me back to my youth. I loved Paula Prentiss in WHERE THE BOYS ARE.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-3628184128255063482012-04-17T09:06:32.205-04:002012-04-17T09:06:32.205-04:00I saw that Todd, which is what made me think of do...I saw that Todd, which is what made me think of doing the movie. That voice is still a knockout and she looked great. I remember Jim with Jane Fonda in THE TALL STORY. Maybe next week. Hutton died too young.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41314323343820655322012-04-17T08:48:11.835-04:002012-04-17T08:48:11.835-04:00The notion of Prentiss as unattractive because of ...The notion of Prentiss as unattractive because of her height was always puzzling to me as a yout'...TCM ran a little vignette in support of their play of this this week, wherein Prentiss (glad to see she looked hale and vital) notes that she and Jim Hutton were paired, as among the last contract players at their studio, in several films as the Giant Couple...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-50877004034637191992012-04-17T08:41:32.003-04:002012-04-17T08:41:32.003-04:00I wanted to be Paula Prentiss for her height.
Nev...I wanted to be Paula Prentiss for her height. <br />Never read the book either--not even sure I knew there was one. And what a strange group of screenplays.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-79469364682928604732012-04-17T08:15:41.459-04:002012-04-17T08:15:41.459-04:00Never read the book, but I would love to see a rep...Never read the book, but I would love to see a reprint, with the strapline "From the author of THEY CAME TO CORDURA and THE SHOOTIST"!Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-60145348947856781212012-04-17T08:14:34.065-04:002012-04-17T08:14:34.065-04:00This is one of Jackie's favorites. She will w...This is one of Jackie's favorites. She will watch it any time it's on. (It was on a couple of weeks ago.) She always identified with Paula Prentiss, being tall herself.<br /><br />Jeff M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33110302.post-41926530990453241372012-04-17T07:58:19.879-04:002012-04-17T07:58:19.879-04:00A personal favorite of mine. I like the book, too...A personal favorite of mine. I like the book, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com