Subject: Roddy McDowall photos
Hi - saw your pages - nice job. I have a large number of extra photos from his various Disney films. Let me know if you would like me to e-mail you a list in case you collect such things.
Thanks!
Bill
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Subject: RE: RM
Peoples,
This is what TV Guide has listed for that new TV movie.
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9:00 pm Tuesday, Dec 17
CBS Unlikely Angel Drama, 1996 Dolly Parton plays the title role, a hapless cherub on a mission of good will at Christmas. Roddy McDowall, Brian Kerwin, Allison Mack. Parton also sings two songs. -- Made for TV, 120 min. [cc]
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...Sally..
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Subject: Roddy in "Miracle"
Did anyone else catch "Miracle on 34th Street" this past weekend?
It was the 197? version with David Hartmann, Sebastien Cabot and good ol' Roddy as the ill-intentioned company psychiatrist for Macy's Department Store.
I liked the way he played the character. He made him seem like a human being instead of a cardboard cutout or a stock evil character.
I forget what channel I saw it on, but I *think* it was the USA network.
Also:
I was running through my video tape collection, and was surprised to find I have Roddy's appearance as the devil on "Fantasy Island". What a riot that was! I can just picture RM on the set with Ricardo Montalbon (two actors from the golden era of movies) trying to keep a straight face while reading these horribly written scenes.
Take Care,
kevinb
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Subject: Changes
Hello Everyone!
In an effort to compact some space, I've been making all kinds of little changes here and there around the site. In the images section, a number of near-duplicates have beeen removed -- the same goes for the screen captures section where I also deleted some of the lesser quality shots. ADDED to the site is the FUNSTUFF section. Technically speaking, this stuff has all been online for quite a while now... I just never got around to adding a link to the page until now.
--Roc
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Subject: RE: RM
OK, so I got the time wrong.... Mega thanks "TV Sally"... I'll be ready with my 3 VCR's....
Thank you,
Kris Birch
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Subject: RE: RM
>9:00 pm Tuesday, Dec 17
>
>CBS Unlikely Angel Drama, 1996 Dolly Parton plays the title role, a
>hapless cherub on a mission of good will at Christmas. Roddy McDowall,
FINALLY! Set in Stone (I hope!) I'll get to watch it...with no missing parts for work, no snacking during commercials, (promise!) no phone calls, just pure watching satisfaction!
-Paul
crah@toolcity.net
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Subject: Unlikely Angel
Hi everybody,
I hope everyone got the chance to watch Unlikely Angel last night. I thought he had a wonderful part or parts as the case may be. Whatcha all think? any comments from the peanut gallery?
...Sally..
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Subject: Unlikely Angel
What did everyone think of the movie last night? Does anyone know where it was filmed? I'm from Tennessee and live about an hour and a half away from Dolly's hometown. I'd hate to think Roddy was somewhere around here filming and I missed him. It was probably done in Hollywood though.
>>>Janet Semones
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Subject: RE: Remember WENN
On 12/8/96 RMGROUP's PAUL wrote:
>SO , what did we all think of it? My wife and I watched it and were
>mesmerized.
>I just discovered this show last week (right before Sally's TV guide
) and like it alot.
>RM's 'overacting' in this episode seemed so out of place for me. I
>guess I'm to used to his being a natural.
I thought he *was* supposed to be overdramatic for this part. Since he was playing an acting teacher I would think that is how one would in all actuality perform that part. It was rather hilarious watching that performance, I must say! But he looked good, didn't he? Did you notice that they spelled his name wrong in the beginning and ending credits? That was amusing too! ;-)
I watched the program the Saturday before to see what the program was like. I found it dry to my taste, but I love the 30's myself and the concept of doing live radio must of been something to sit and listen to instead of a boobtube in front of you.
>If his acting students are going to be regulars (!) then perhaps Roddy
>will also be making guest appearances.
>(does my hopeful wishing show thru too much?)
Could happen. After all, he does do reappearances on cartoons. I'll ask him the next time I see him. ;->
>Well, what do the rest of you think?
Apparently not much! Or nobody saw it.
...Sally..
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Subject: Unlikely Angel
Hi all!
Boy, am I tired! I stayed up past my bedtime to watch. I thought RM was waaay underused! (Of course I would have liked to see a lot more scenes with him! Who wouldn't?) I liked that he played such a wide variety of characters, though. My favorite was Peter-cum-French-desk-clerk. It reminded me a lot of Bonne Chance Louis from TotGM.
Does RM have a strong musical background? He looked like he was really getting into conducting the Hallelujah Chorus.
Laura's two cents ...
RM rating: 10, of course! Always the professional, he did the best he could with what he had to work with.
Overall movie rating: I'd give it a 4. Lots of holes in the plot, too much Dolly-cleavage, but a nice idea even if it wasn't too well-written.
What did others think??
Happy holidays, everyone!!
:-) Laura in NC
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Subject: RE: RM
> CBS Unlikely Angel Drama, 1996 Dolly Parton plays the title role, a
> hapless cherub on a mission of good will at Christmas. Roddy
> McDowall, Brian Kerwin, Allison Mack. Parton also sings two songs.
Well, how was the movie? Parton said over CNN Showbiz that RM is playing St. Peter.
--Mel
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Subject: Unlikely Angel
By the way, screen captures from Unlikely Angel have been added to the screen captures page... or you can view them directly at
http://www.fentonnet.com/smithway/rm/screen/unlikely/unlike1.html
--Roc
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Subject: the sky is falling
Hi Gang!
I don't have much time right now... I was supposed to be in Burbank five minutes ago.
I shall probably be unavailable during this weekend, but I wanted to get a few warnings out to everyone.
There is a very good possibility that the mailing list will soon be changing addresses again, and also that the website itself will be moving to its own domain name.
The arrangements are nearly final now about my moving as well. By the end of the year I should be living in West Covina (i think that's the town) and then, a few months after that, possibly out to Nevada.
Bert the Wonder Iguana managed to escape the other day while I was sleeping... someone left the door open and he was gone when I got up. We've had two nights in a row with near-hurricane force winds and temperatures below freezing... I'll start mourning soon, because I have a gut feeling that we wont be getting him back this time.
Things are very hectic around here right now, as you may have surmised, far more hectic than usual - so please forgive me if I don't have time to promptly answer any personal mail you may send me. Also, list mail may be running a day or two behind schedule.
Gotta run, traffic awaits.
--Roc
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Subject: Unlikely Angel
Beth"s 1 1/2 cents-
What DID they put in his hair? It looked like the crud I put in my hair when I play "old" parts. Almost like Kiwi nurse shoe polish.
Other than that-I think that they will whip the thing out every year as a happy Dolly movie. One thing, though... Bingo is big around here. If Roddy showed up as guest caller, I guess I'd be yelling B I N G O a lot : ).
{What's up?....
My blood pressure, every time I go to work !}
Danielle's Mommy
aka Beth
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Subject: RE: Unlikely Angel
RMGROUP's JANET wrote:
>What did everyone think of the movie last night? Does anyone know
>where it was filmed? I'm from Tennessee and live about an hour and a
>half away from Dolly's hometown. I'd hate to think Roddy was somewhere
>around here filming and I missed him. It was probably done in
>Hollywood though.
I believe, Janet, it was done in Hollywood. On CNN Showbiz, Dec. 16 (Monday) Dolly said she was headed back home for the holidays now, but that she still had alot of work in Los Angeles to do yet.
RMGROUP's LAURA in NC wrote:
>...
> I liked that he played such a wide variety of characters, though. My
>favorite was Peter-cum-French-desk-clerk. It reminded me a lot of
>Bonne Chance Louis from TotGM.
Just proves that RM can do such a wide variety of characters with such finesse'.
It sure did remind one of Louie, didn't it? I wonder if that was *his* intention. ;-)
>...
>too much Dolly-cleavage,..
Was there ever. But I noticed that Dolly usually shows alot of that.
...Sally..
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Subject: Koala Art Library
Hope you people enjoy this as much as I did ...
--Mel
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Subject: Christmas Greetings
To All The RM Fans and the man himself, wherever he might be...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
>>>Janet
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MMERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
--Roc
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Subject: Holiday Greetings
And a Happy New Year with lots of new movies -- and old ones new to video!
--Nancy
strocco@moran.com
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Merry Christmas.
I wish everyone peace, love, joy, and...enough caffeine to keep you bouncing through the new year.
Pam
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Subject: one arm
Just to catch everyone up.... the relative silence from my end of the universe is due to the fact that my left shoulder refuses to stay properly in it's socket. Keeps coming partially dislocated. Much pain, tedious one-armed typing, etc. etc.
But, nonetheless, Happy Holidays to All!!!
--Roc
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Subject: Season's Greetings
From this side of the international dateline:
M e r r y C h r i s t m a s E v e r y o n e ! ! !
--Mel
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Subject: Greetings
Hello everyone,
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!!!
And don't forget the *real* reason why we celebrate this holiday, JESUS CHRIST was born for all!!
...Sally..
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Subject: New Member
Happy After X-Mas Everyone!!
We've got ourselves a new member!!!
His name is Mark Hockley and he had the following information to share with us:
Hi,
Just wanted to tell you how impressed I was with your Roddy McDowall site. He's an acvtor I've always admired who hasn't always got the credit he deserves. Keep up the good work. By the way, have you heard about Roddy appearing in the Jungle Book sequel, Jungle Book 2: Mowgli and Baloo, in which Roddy plays a soldier living in the jungle. It is being directed by Duncan McLachlan and is due for release in 1997. Also, during 1996 I read a report stating that Roddy was making a movie called Ramayan, directed by Gordonn Hessler. I don't have any confirmation that this was ever made, but maybe you could look into it. Hope this information is of some use to you. Best wishes,
Mark.
Welcome to the list, Mark, and thanks for the info!!
--Roc
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Subject: Las Summer in the Hamptons
Hi everyone,
If anyone didn't see the Last Summer in The Hamptons movie last year, there's a book out on it by Henry Jaglom & Victoria Foyt, who wrote the script and directed it. The name of the book is A Film by Henry Jaglom Last Summer in The Hamptons (1995). The first part of the book is the script of the movie and the second part is called On Acting. It contains comments on acting by the various actors involved in the movie and RM made a comment - When it comes to acting - and its meaning for me - well, I simply find it impossible to casually explain that sanctuary. It would require a volume as far as I'm concerned. And I'm too busy acting...
Sounds like something RM would say, doesn't it?
Seems RM had about 3 or 4 scenes in the whole movie from the script. Hopefully the movie was better than the script itself. I didn't find it too appealing.
...Sally..
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Subject: Unlikely Angel
A belated merry christmas to all. I caught the flu and just spent the last several days in bed. Not a problem since we had a storm here in the Seattle area and all my appointments cancelled and the stores and even the mall closed due to lack of customers.
I hope Roddy had a nice holiday, too.
By the way, I did see Unlikely Angel and could not believe how bad it was. But Roddy was wonderful. How come he usually outshines anyone in any of his films, yet he is rarely the "star".
Kyoko
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Subject: RE: New Member
On 12/28/96 RMGROUP's MARK wrote:
>...
>.. By the way, have you heard about Roddy appearing in the Jungle Book
>sequel, Jungle Book 2: Mowgli and Baloo, in which Roddy plays a soldier
>living in the jungle. It is being directed by Duncan McLachlan and is
>due for release in 1997. Also, during 1996 I read a report stating
>that Roddy was making a movie called Ramayan, directed by Gordonn
>Hessler. I don't have any confirmation that this was ever made, but
>maybe you could look into it. Hope this information is of some use to
>you.
Hello Mark and welcome to our group.
Thank you, Mark for the info. I am aware of the above films that RM did and was supposed to do.
Mowgli is listed on the Films Not Released in the US page on the website.
And the Ramayan film didn't pan out as RM was doing his Dial M tour at that time. It was originally scheduled for 1995 but was postponed quite a few times until it disappeared from the Hollywood Reporter magazine's filming pages.
So Mark how did you know about these films?
...Sally..
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Subject: Happy New Year
Hi Y'all!
Since I missed sending Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice greetings, I thought I'd be more on the ball and wish everyone a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year! Mel, is it 1997 there yet? It's a bit after 2 p.m. on the US east coast.
I got a Xmas card from Judie in Chicago. She's doing OK, except for missing rmgroup.
Catch you next year!! ;-)
:-) Laura
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Subject: AMPAS
Found this through Alta Vista:
ACADEMY EVENTS FOR DECEMBER
The Academy is proud to honor the 40th anniversary of THE KING
AND I
Tickets are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members.
For additional information call (310) 247-3600.
On exhibition from December 12 through January 26
In conjunction with the Academy's 40th anniversary screening of
The King and I
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YUL BRYNNER: PHOTOGRAPHER
In addition to his prodigious on-camera skills, Yul Brynner had
another talent which, until recently, has not been widely known:
the Oscar -winning actor was an accomplished photographer whose
work appeared in Life magazine, and whose pictures have been widely
praised by other photographers, including Henri-Cartier Bresson.
Brynner's daughter Victoria has just published, with Harry N.
Abrams, Inc., a book featuring 210 of her father's best
photographs, and the Academy is pleased to present an exhibition of
30 of these color and black-and-white images from his many film
sets and Hollywood friendships.
The photographs, spanning the 1950s through the 1980s, chronicle
the behind-the-scenes experience of Brynner with his directors and
fellow actors, including Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston, Sophia
Loren, Mia Farrow, Charlie Chaplin, Anthony Quinn, Vanessa
Redgrave, Roddy McDowall and many more. Several photographs
document the remarkable relationship between Brynner and two of his
frequent co-stars, Ingrid Bergman and Deborah Kerr.
This exhibition is free of charge and open to the public Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., and weekends from noon to 6 p.m.
Also, http://voices.fuzzy.com/show.idc?show_id=123 credits RM with doing voice work on 2 Stupid Dogs. Can anyone confirm this?
--Mel
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