tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post1731847466258926039..comments2024-03-23T21:46:50.843-04:00Comments on the passionate moviegoer: cinema obscura: Mervyn LeRoy's "Mary, Mary" (1963) / Jean Kerr on Filmjoe baltakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11467420961490314339noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-14136287457294985062009-09-04T14:36:55.895-04:002009-09-04T14:36:55.895-04:00Hi MARY MARY lovers:
I've found it on DVD. G...Hi MARY MARY lovers:<br /><br />I've found it on DVD. Go to www.wbshop (Warner brothers site), then go to the Archives Collection.<br /><br />It's not digitally remastered but it's a good copy, even letterboxed. Only $19.95. <br /><br />Oh happy day.<br /><br />PaulaPaulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996234358071168214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-67482169280554284232009-08-06T16:12:10.402-04:002009-08-06T16:12:10.402-04:00I *believe* that I saw reference earlier today to ...I *believe* that I saw reference earlier today to "Mary, Mary" being released to DVD. <br /><br />Saw a local production -- so-so, at best -- of the Jean Kerr theatrical script years back. I mainly remember the bit about the (live) TV ad where the person on camera exhales a cigarette and says "MAN, that's good coffee!" (This being an anecdote told by the heroine.) <br /><br />Oh, yes, and the ending struck me as a trifle "Playboy of the Western World"-ish. But that's the subject of a whole different discussion.chris schneiderhttp://lascar370.multiply.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-22766604872928146482009-04-29T15:41:00.000-04:002009-04-29T15:41:00.000-04:00"Mary, Mary" is Warner Brothers, so that would see..."Mary, Mary" is Warner Brothers, so that would seem a natural fit for Turner Classic Movies, since Turner owns the Warner backlist, but there seems to be an aversion to showing Warner product from the late 1950s and early 1960s on TCM.(Where's "Home Before Dark", which Mr. Baltake has previously written about? in fact, where are a lot of the Mervyn LeRoy films or the Delmer Daves films from that period? In the case of Daves, where are "Parrish" - i still have childhood memories of Diane McBain, Sharon Hugueny, and Connie Stevens telling Troy Donahue how, when it really gets hot, she sleeps raw - and my six-year-old voice suddenly piping up to ask my cousin who had taken me to see the movie - i wanted to go because i was a big fan of "Surfside Six" and "Hawaiian Eye" and i wanted to see McBain and Stevens in a real movie - "what does she mean, raw?" - "Susan Slade", "Spencer's Mountain" - another fond childhood memory, of Mimsy Farmer touching James MacArthur's sunburn - "Rome Adventure", "A Summer Place" and "Youngblood Hawke"?)D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-16571079918765603222009-04-15T08:09:00.000-04:002009-04-15T08:09:00.000-04:00Coincidently, like Sheila, "Mary, Mary" was the fi...Coincidently, like Sheila, "Mary, Mary" was the first Broadway play my parents took me too. I fell in love with the theater with this play. Never saw the movie but I sure would like too. "The Rat Race" is a good film and certainly worthy of a DVD release. Nice performances by Reynolds, Curtis and a slimy Don Rickles. "Goodbye Charlie", based on a George Axelrod play, is light and fun. Reynolds is very good. Curtis I always thought was underrated. I always like George Axelrod's work.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-54624865126664394502009-04-13T22:30:00.000-04:002009-04-13T22:30:00.000-04:00GOODBYE, CHARLIE is a 20th Century-Fox film and ha...GOODBYE, CHARLIE is a 20th Century-Fox film and has made the rounds on the Fox Movie Channel. <br /><br />MARY, MARY is a Warners film, but a lot of the Warners films from the late 1950s and early 1960s seem to be in some limbo. (Others include: THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, HOME BEFORE DARK, THE CHAPMAN REPORT.) But i do remember seeing it (it played at Radio City Music Hall) and enjoying it. (And it was one of the rare opportunities that Diane McBain had to show some of her comic style, which was always on display in the TV show SURFSIDE SIX.)Daryl Chinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13371258313590183345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-85788116887150903952009-04-13T16:49:00.000-04:002009-04-13T16:49:00.000-04:00"Mary, Mary" was the first Boadway play that my pa..."Mary, Mary" was the first Boadway play that my parents took me to see. I still can't get over how close the film was to it. I wish I could have it on video.Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18439960.post-53448098112757231952009-04-13T16:12:00.000-04:002009-04-13T16:12:00.000-04:00Yes, "Mary, Mary." I'd like to see it again. And "...Yes, "Mary, Mary." I'd like to see it again. And "Goodbye, Charlie," too. Maybe Turner? It resurrected "The Rat Race" after all.Smittynoreply@blogger.com