tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post5729224255171724313..comments2024-03-02T15:33:51.602-05:00Comments on The Obscurity Factor: Liv Ullman and Gene Kelly in 40 Carats 1973Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17769809005816830951noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-55435881969789963892011-04-21T12:15:34.797-04:002011-04-21T12:15:34.797-04:00My first experience of this play was in Kansas Cit...My first experience of this play was in Kansas City in the 80's. My mother was cast in the role of the grandmother and Ann was played by Elinore Donahue from "Father Knows Best" and "The Odd Couple" fame. It was a fun production and I saw lots of performances of it.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769809005816830951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-56605245646702683782011-04-21T11:56:37.723-04:002011-04-21T11:56:37.723-04:00When I was a sophomore in high school, this was pe...When I was a sophomore in high school, this was performed as the senior class play of that year! That was my first exposure to it. I saw the movie years later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-10474405675865891482011-01-09T01:27:54.222-05:002011-01-09T01:27:54.222-05:00I love Cactus Flower. It's less obscure than 4...I love Cactus Flower. It's less obscure than 40 Carats, but look for it on the blog soon!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769809005816830951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-1480452423043200612011-01-08T16:43:50.857-05:002011-01-08T16:43:50.857-05:00And you know what, Ingrid Bergman would have made ...And you know what, Ingrid Bergman would have made a good Mrs. Robinson.Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678403160077545260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-65320913865287867672011-01-08T16:42:41.882-05:002011-01-08T16:42:41.882-05:00Now, Ingrid Bergman - albeit too young in The Visi...Now, Ingrid Bergman - albeit too young in The Visit - COULD do saucy, witness Cactus Flower. Cactus Flower has its roots in a French "boulevard" play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, who also wrote the original 40 Carats play. Ingrid had more versatility than Liv if possibly less depth. Their movie together, Autumn Sonata, is quite the bitter pill. <br />I also have read that Doris Day was offered Mrs. Robinson. Just like with Claudette Colbert as Margo Channing, or Casablanca with Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan, things worked out for the best. Doris Day would have been more appropriate than Liv Ullmann in 40 Carats, however.Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678403160077545260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-35381817529833264502011-01-08T11:18:56.878-05:002011-01-08T11:18:56.878-05:00Cabaret with Liv Ullmann... now that's an imag...Cabaret with Liv Ullmann... now that's an image. I agree with you there, too young and too bleak. There was some talk about Doris Day playing the role, and that would have been really remarkable. She probably had the same reaction to it as she did to The Graduate - "vulgar". Ahh well, in a perfect universe...Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17769809005816830951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-30635908463493826172011-01-08T08:27:31.365-05:002011-01-08T08:27:31.365-05:00I'll say again what I said about the Visit: le...I'll say again what I said about the Visit: leading lady TOO YOUNG. On Broadway, it was Julie Harris, June Allyson, Joan Fontaine, and Zsa Zsa Gabor!<br />Also, Liv Ullman, when miscast, could really kill a movie stone-dead. I've recently watched the Serpent's Egg. She just ruins that one in a part that should have gone to a Jane Birkin for instance. Imagine Cabaret with Liv Ullman and you have an idea of what the Serpent's Egg feels like.Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678403160077545260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208674285913301013.post-1818027947805909842011-01-05T16:38:44.102-05:002011-01-05T16:38:44.102-05:00¿¡OMG she divorced Gene Kelly!? That sounds more l...¿¡OMG she divorced Gene Kelly!? That sounds more like 40-NUTS! :Pleekaygraphicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466327969418141606noreply@blogger.com