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skelton knaggs		#61	[-]
Jul 17 10 9:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think it's always the old misconception that these folks like Susan Cabot who exude these film persona's must live these storybook glamorous Hollywood lives. When in truth they carry the same horrible baggage as the nameless plumbers, hardware store owners, waitress's dentists, etc.... Tragedy's and skeletons in the family closets are on every street in every town. And their stories are no less tragic. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
pringly		#62	[-]
Jul 17 10 10:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>>>I think it's always the old misconception that these folks like Susan Cabot who exude these film persona's must live these storybook glamorous Hollywood lives. When in truth they carry the same horrible baggage as the nameless plumbers, hardware store owners, waitress's dentists, etc.... Tragedy's and skeletons in the family closets are on every street in every town. And their stories are no less tragic. <<<< I think everybody knows that everyone has skeletons in their closet or demons from the past. You don't find, however, many people who have had their brains bashed in by such a skeleton. Plus, I think you minimize what she went through. I don't know of many people who have been raised in 8 foster care homes and the probable abuse that landed her into them go one to be efficient plumbers, hardware store owners etc. etc. etc. I mean, I think her life was extraordinary. >>>>I like Beverly Garland but she tended to be the same brassy character in all her old sci-fi/horrors. Another vote for the much more versatile Susan from me (heroine in SATELLITES, villainess in VIKING WOMEN, older lady/monster in WASP WOMAN -- then in her other Cormans, deadly moll in MACHINE-GUN KELLY, singer in CARNIVAL ROCK, devious sadist in SORORITY GIRL).<<< I really think you hit the nail on the head. Susan Cabot was definitely more versatile then Beverly (bless her heart). She was better looking as well.
TomWeaver999		#63	[-]
Jul 17 10 11:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What Beverly lacked in versatility, she compensated for with volume!
blackbiped		#64	[-]
Jul 17 10 11:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'd rather be stranded on a desert island with brassy Beverly! Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Bill Warren		#65	[-]
Jul 18 10 12:20 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I consider versatility in and of itself an overrated commodity regarding actors. Many major stars with long careers who are known to be good actors often didn't demonstrate versatility. It's good if you have it, but it's more a trait of character actors than of leading performers.
Krick Wurkheiser		#66	[-]
Jul 18 10 7:30 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember seeing this! Need to see it again...
atenolol		#67	[-]
Jul 18 10 11:16 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: << Does anybody know of any other material on her life??????? << I'm sure you could Google up some of the wackier stuff, like her fling with King Hussein (who may have supported her right to the end of her life -- she didn't buy that mini-mansion with WAR OF THE SATELLITES residuals), her affair with Christopher Jones (who was probably the dwarf-kid's pop), etc. I remember hearing on the radio a SF morning talk show host read what was allegedly a court transcript which named King Hussein as the dwarf boy's father. Don't know how true any of that was. *The talk show host was Lee Rodgers. I just recalled it. Couldn't before. Last Edited By: atenolol Jul 18 10 11:23 AM. Edited 1 times.
The Riddler.firstchurchofsatan		#68	[-]
Jul 29 10 4:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	riddle me this! if theres a wasp woman is there a hornat man?
TomWeaver999		#69	[-]
Jul 29 10 5:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< I remember hearing on the radio a SF morning talk show host read what was allegedly a court transcript which named King Hussein as the dwarf boy's father. << I guess alllllll things are possible .... but only if the son of King Hussein could come out white as a mayonnaise jar. Tim was the blandest, most white-bread-looking kid I ever saw.
blackbiped		#70	[-]
Aug 8 10 2:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Riddler wrote: riddle me this! if theres a wasp woman is there a hornat man? I don't know, but where there's a waspy woman, there's often a horny man. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Reegs		#71	[-]
Aug 16 10 8:03 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched it yesterday. For a Corman cheapie, it's a fairly good movie. And yes, poor doomed Susan Cabot was a good looking lady. Question: Barboura Morris was pretty as hell. She died young - anybody know why?
Grant		#72	[-]
Aug 16 10 8:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, I think the "stars leading glamorous lives" cliche has been replaced by the opposite one, where everything is "scandal" this and "celebrity meltdown" that. I know that's ALWAYS been popular, but it gets bigger all the time. And as usual, people who replace one cliche with another don't seem to think that that's what they're DOING (either that or they ignore it). Like models - some time ago, the "glamorous model" cliche got practically replaced with a million drug jokes about models.
atenolol		#73	[-]
Aug 19 10 4:03 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: << I remember hearing on the radio a SF morning talk show host read what was allegedly a court transcript which named King Hussein as the dwarf boy's father. << I guess alllllll things are possible .... but only if the son of King Hussein could come out white as a mayonnaise jar. Tim was the blandest, most white-bread-looking kid I ever saw. Photos of King Hussein on the internet range from a man looking light-skinned to looking dark-skinned. I did meet members of the Saudi royal family now and then at work, and they were light skinned. Susan Cabot's son was born in 1964, but bore the last name of Michael Roman, whom she married in 1968. Interesting, considering what Rodgers read on the air.
atenolol		#74	[-]
Aug 19 10 4:27 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I did a bit of internet research and came up with this: Los Angeles Times, April 13, 1989 "The son of actress Susan Cabot may have been fathered by Jordon's King Hussein and should be moved from his cell at the Los Angeles County Hall of Justice to Van Nuys during his trial for the murder of his mother, his attorney said Wednesday. Chester Leo Smith, who is defending Timothy Scott Roman, 25, has filed papers in Van Nuys Superior Court claiming the actress recieved $1,500 a month payments from the monarch and that 'it looks like child support'." There followed swiftly: 1. The judge grants the request, but says the Hussein link is irrelevant. 2. Smith claims he had a heart attack and withdraws from case. 3. On October 11, Judge Darlene E Schemp convicts Timothy Scott Roman of involuntary manslaughter. Schemp declined to find Roman guilty of murder, saying there was no evidence that the slaying was premeditated. 4. Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1989 "The son of actress Susan Cabot, star of numerous 1950's "B" pictures, was sentenced today to three years probation for bludgeoning her to death with a metal bar in 1986." **Does sound a bit like pressure came from high up, possibly the White House or State Department, to sweep this whole mess under the rug as quickly as possible. Last Edited By: atenolol Aug 19 10 4:44 AM. Edited 1 times.
Zombie Dad		#75	[-]
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rvoyttbots		#76	[-]
Aug 21 10 8:40 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This film was released 30 Oct 59 & is in the wrong folder.
TheLizard		#77	[-]
Jul 16 12 1:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I watched this with a friend while I was in Florida last week. It had been on my watch list since I was a kid, since I'd heard it referenced in a few monster books. We both decided it wasn't a bad flick, but we wanted to see more of the monster. Anybody see that direct to video remake in the 90's? I rented it with a friend to try to satiate my need to see the original, and I think it was pretty bad, it's been 17 years or so, I can't remember much about it, other than the monster looked kind of cool, but the transformations were somewhat ludicrous.
Monsterpal		#78	[-]
Jul 16 12 6:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yes, the story and acting are okay, but the production values are non-existent. Great poster, though.
CucamongaDan		#79	[-]
Jul 17 12 12:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, this thread's a great if horrifying read, and I always enjoyed the movie as a kid, so it's on my watch again soon list. Plus I just watched Susan Cabot in Viking Women and she's not at all hard on the eyes. There is a thread that never ends. Yes, it goes on and on my friends. Some people started it not knowing that a tree can walk, And they'll keep posting forever about a movie they can mock...
pringly		#80	[-]
Jul 29 12 2:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>>>We both decided it wasn't a bad flick, but we wanted to see more of the monster. <<<< I didn't think it was a bad flick either, but I didn't really need to see any more monster. In fact, I always thought, while not the worst, its pretty low on the effective list for Corman's monsters (IMHO). First off, it's to petite to be really scary and the black leotard thing didn't really work for me as well except on some base hormonal level; how she lost her clothes and regained them between transformations is beyond me. You really never get a good look at the thing either, but that was probably intentional. Corman's 50's films are usually fairly intelligent and interesting; its a shame he really never put that much thought or effort into most of the monsters in his movies.

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