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Friend of Daniel	PICTURE MOMMY DEAD on TCM	Lead	[-]
Apr 24 12 8:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TCM is airing Bert I. Gordon's PICTURE MOMMY DEAD on Wednesday April 25th at 4:45 pm. I have very vague memories as a wee tot being scared silly by this one. My only memory is a gauzy shot of Zsa Zsa looking 'scary'. It had the odd effect of me being afraid to watch Green Acres for a while. It's a well know fact toddlers cannot distinguish between Gabor Sisters. This will be the first time for me to see this one again since that traumatic experience. I can hardly wait!
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TomWeaver999		#1	[-]
Apr 24 12 10:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	PICTURE MOMMY DEAD tomorrow, part of a three-movies-in-a-row Martha Hyer mini-festival; the others are RIDERS TO THE STARS and something called CROSSPLOT (1969); I never heard of it but the cast makes me want to take a look: Roger Moore, Hyer, Bernard Lee, Francis Matthews, Veronica Carlson, David Prowse and others.
Camps		#2	[-]
Apr 25 12 9:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CROSSPLOT is an OK pre-LIVE AND LET DIE espionage outing for Roger Moore. Not terribly memorable, but an OK time-waster. Lots of bad late-'60s London fashion and hairstyles. It's out on MGM DVD and available on Netflix Instant streaming.
rvoyttbots		#3	[-]
Apr 25 12 10:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I haven`t seen this one since its network TV showing back in the late 60s or very early 70s. I don`t like Susan Gordon in this. I`ll skip it.
clore103051		#4	[-]
Apr 25 12 10:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can see this running on a network - it looked like a TV movie. In fact, most TV movies that I've seen in the genre were better. Gordon's flat, unimaginative staging of scenes had me cringing by the 20-minute mark. Not that there was much to work with, this might have been an acceptable half-hour of some anthology series, but in no way was there a feature's worth of material. I won't even grumble about TCM's full-screen print since Gordon seemed incapable of having more than two actors in the frame anyway. Nice house though.
TomWeaver999		#5	[-]
Apr 26 12 10:14 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< Nice house though. >> The haunted Doheny Mansion: http://ghoula.blogspot.co...-ghoula-member-meet.html
Friend of Daniel		#6	[-]
Apr 26 12 3:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: << Nice house though. >> The haunted Doheny Mansion: http://ghoula.blogspot.co...-ghoula-member-meet.html CAUTION: When you click on the site it starts making a creepy haunted house wind sound. I thought my computer was overheating and was about to blow up. Wear your buttons!
clore103051		#7	[-]
Apr 26 12 6:32 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I thought that my cat was crying.
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strangenstein		#8	[-]
Apr 27 12 11:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Friend of Daniel wrote: I have very vague memories as a wee tot being scared silly by this one....This will be the first time for me to see this one again since that traumatic experience. I can hardly wait! Same here, FoD! I think I last saw Picture Mommy Dead on TV in about '71, when I was 6. It was probably part of the DIMENSION 13 monster movie show, airing Friday nights at 10:30 on Channel 13 out of Rockford, Illinois. Watching it now, all these years later, a few memories came back, including the SPOILER ALERT bleeding painting and creepy children's rhyme. SPOILER ALERT OFF It's not a great movie but I could see why it so terrified me as a youngster. Great to see it again all these years later. Strangenstein
kochillt		#9	[-]
Apr 30 12 2:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Pittsburgh's CHILLER THEATER also aired (7 times!) another Martha Hyer feature, 1963's PYRO, an odd Spanish filmed thriller with Barry Sullivan. I too never forgot the chilling rhyme from PMD, apparently Bert I. Gordon's attempt to do William Castle, who that year floundered with LET'S KILL UNCLE.
Rick		#10	[-]
May 25 12 12:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Of course, this was supposed to be Hedy Lamarr's last movie, but...
TomWeaver999		#11	[-]
May 25 12 10:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 2/4/66 - Zsa Zsa Gabor was signed yesterday to replace Hedy Lamarr in PICTURE MOMMY DEAD due to Lamarr’s suffering from nervous exhaustion. Bert I. Gordon said he had great admiration for Lamarr as a woman and an artist and would be glad to star her in one of his pictures when her health is restored. Actress entered Westwood Hospital yesterday and was expected to be released shortly.
Camps		#12	[-]
May 25 12 11:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The woman now credited (with her husband) with revolutionizing weapons-guidance technology ... was bucking for THIS role...?! Let's just say the "I" in "B.I.G." in this case can stand for "Ironic"...! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46848978/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/hedy-lamarr-hollywoods-secret-weapon-inventor/
Rick		#13	[-]
May 25 12 3:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think the saddest part of the article was that Lamarr had "bought a $165 dress for the film part." Shoplifting, nervous exhaustion, a son gets drafted, a lousy role, and ya gotta supply your own wardrobe?!? Not just a brilliant woman but one of the most beautiful women in the history of movies. Maybe in the history of beauty.
Wich2		#14	[-]
May 25 12 4:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tom, do you know if it was really was the case that Gordon just couldn't shoot around the woman for a few days? Or are the waters really deeper here? >The woman now credited (with her husband) with revolutionizing weapons-guidance technology ... was bucking for THIS role...?!< Camps, she'd done one of Irwin Allen's ripest pieces of tripe before this! -Craig
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