#martha scott

[oscar-nominee-tournament]

Oscar Nominee of All Time Tournament: Round 1, Group A

(info about nominees under the poll)

MATT DAMON (1970-)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 1997 for Good Will Hunting, 2015 for The Martian

Supporting- 2009 for Invictus

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MARTHA SCOTT (1912-2003)

NOMINATIONS:

Lead- 1940 for Our Town

#oscars #academy awards #oscar nominees #actors #film #our town #our town 1940 #good will hunting #the martian #the martian 2015 #invictus 2009 #nominees group a #nominees group a polls #matt damon #martha scott

[gatutor]

Martha Scott-George Brent "They dare not love" 1941, de James Whale, Charles Vidor, Victor Fleming.

#Martha Scott #George Brent #James Whale #Charles Vidor #Victor Fleiming

[nitrateglow]

Thoughts on Our Town (1940)

I haven't thought about Thorton Wilder's Our Town in years. I had to read the play during my senior year of high school. The teacher had everyone given a part so we could read it aloud. I didn't get a big part because we had just finished A Streetcar Named Desire and I'd read Blanche, so they figured it was only fair I would read the narrator's part and someone else would get the meatier roles. (Unfortunately, I was about the only one in class who read any part with real enthusiasm, so you can imagine my internal agitation when the emotional sections of this play were read in such a flat, disinterested teenage monotone from my classmates.)

I remember liking the play but finding it deeply sad. It's basically about how few people appreciate the banal moments of their lives while they're living it. We take people for granted. We take "boring" moments of normalcy for granted.

I wasn't aware until recently that there was a film version. I admit I was skeptical going in: the play is famous for its minimalist set design-- and I do mean minimalist. The stage is traditionally bare and actors tend to mime using props. This is to give the setting a universal feel, even though it's supposed to be turn of the century New Hampshire.

The film dispenses with this conceit, lovingly recreating small town USA circa 1901-1913 via the efforts of William Cameron Menzies. However, some of the meta touches are still present, such as the narrator, who casually dispenses facts about the characters as they appear onscreen or facts about Grover's Corner, the story's setting. While there are a few awkward moments-- such as when the narrator asks the "audience" to ask a character onscreen questions and we hear "audience members" doing so-- generally the meta elements work better than I expected.

Some more disorganized observations:

I have never seen William Holden so young before. He's a baby in this!!

The ending was famously altered for this film version. Many have complained about it, but apparently the change was at the author's request and to be honest, it didn't affect the ultimate message of the story as much as I thought it might.

I find it interesting how many movies in the 1940s looked back on turn of the century, pre-WWI life with nostalgia, much the way people now idealize the 1980s and 1990s (and the 2000s too now--- my God, I feel old) as simpler times. The weird thing is, I have to wonder if anyone in the 1900s-1910s viewed their world as so simple.

#our town #classic film #thoughts #martha scott #william holden #sam wood

[citizenscreen]

Martha Scott and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. at the Lux Radio Theater studio with host Cecil B. DeMille before the presentation of “Third Finger, Left Hand,” which aired in September 1941.

#martha scott #cecil b demille #douglas fairbanks jr.

[fizziepopangel]

Tell Me Your Thoughts, Reindeer: A Baby Reindeer Review

It’s Fizziepop! And we’re back at it with the reviews!!!! Today we’re talking about Baby Reindeer, a seven episode series on Netflix written and directed by Richard Gadd. Now, this show is based on a true story and contains some heavy topics so please read this review with caution and while I do highly recommend this show, please, please watch it with the content in mind as it does contain violence, SA, and depictions of severe mental illness…. But as for my review, for those who feel up to the read, let’s get into it!

Ok, let me start with the basis of the show. Richard Gadd wrote and directed this mini series to depict his experience as the victim of stalking and sexual assault in a real way. The scenes and narration and characters are all gripping as they depict a raw tale of trauma using the character Donny Dunn to tell the story of Gadd’s own experience with the issues. While there are many shows that depict topics like mental illness and SA in real ways (Law & Order: SVU, Big Mouth, Shameless, The Upshaws, Grey’s Anatomy), Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer shows a more unseen side of it and even shows the idea of stalking in a unique way.

In the show Baby Reindeer, bar server and struggling comedian Donny Dunn meets a woman named Martha Scott. Martha is an awkward, rather average looking woman who wanders into this bar looking depressed. She immediately takes a liking to Donny after he takes pity on her and offers her a free drink after hearing that she couldn’t afford one. This small act of kindness causes Martha to come back. Again. And again. And again. She becomes a bar regular, and though he knows that most of the things she’s telling him about her life are most likely untrue, Donny does some harmless flirting and makes a few jokes to brighten her day… But Martha takes this meaningless joking and banter seriously and suddenly Donny’s harness flirting becomes a lot less harmless.

Martha becomes more than a regular. After a flirtatious joke in front of the other bar workers, Martha takes it to mean that Donny wants more from her and her seemingly small crush at that time begins to spiral into pure obsession. It begins as her flirting a little more aggressively, but soon becomes cyber-stalking his facebook page, then showing up outside the bar and forcing herself into different aspects of his life despite Donny slowly becoming more and more uncomfortable. In all honesty, there are times that Donny seems to almost invite her into his life, sometimes out of pity, and others because he enjoys the attention she gives him, but as things begin to turn into something more than he’s capable of dealing with, he does attempt to stop it. He tells here they’re just friends, even breaks up with her in hopes that ending the relationship she’s made up in her mind with him will keep her away from him…  But in line with her obsessive behavior, Martha continues to show up, continues harassing him online, and even resorts to public humiliation at points.

Now, in the midst of dealing with Martha continuously leveling up her obsessive behaviors, the situation Donnie is also being reminded of trauma that he experienced prior to meeting Martha and he is being forced to relive it with each new twist and turn in the downward spiral into madness Martha is dragging him into. But as things come to a head, we find ourselves on the edge of our seat as we wait to see how far Martha will go to keep her precious ‘Baby Reindeer’ (her affectionate nickname for Donnie), and how far Donnie will go to get himself out of the situation he’s found himself in.

Baby Reindeer is an amazing reenactment of Gadd’s own story, and if you enjoy British dramas and/or shows that are based on true events, or even just psychological thrillers in general, I think you’ll really enjoy this short series. I personally would watch this mini series again and I will absolutely add this to my list of recommendations!

#fizziepop thoughts #baby reindeer #based on a true story #richard gadd story #tv show review #trigger warning abuse #tw stalking #trigger warnings #baby reindeer review #netflix series #Martha scott #richard gadd #fizziepop recommended

[pretty-little-fools]

#dallas #barbara bel geddes #martha scott #80's #television #soap opera #vintage #mid 80's #1985

[audiemurphy1945]

The Desperate Hours(1955)    

#film #the desperate hours #1955 #humphrey bogart #fredric march #mary murphy #martha scott #william wyler #50s #old hollywood #film noir #vintage #...

[loveboatinsanity]

#martha scott #the bionic woman

[eclecticpjf]

Now watching:

#strange bargain #will price #Jeffrey Lynn #martha scott #harry morgan

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Bionic Woman Season One 1976

#The Bionic Woman #Harve Bennett Productions #Lindsay Wagner #Richard Anderson #Martin E. Brooks #Ford Rainey #Sam Chew Jr. #Jennifer Darling #Martha Scott #Lee Majors #Christopher Stone #Christian Juttner #Don Porter #Diane Cary #René Assa #Al Hansen #Robbie Rist #Roger Til #Robbie Wolcott #Alycia Gardner #Jack Kelly #Philip Abbott #George Maharis #John Houseman #Dennis Patrick #Roger Perry #Skip Homeier #Rick Lenz #Jim McMullan #Spencer Milligan

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#ben-hur #charlton heston #jack hawkins #haya harareet #stephen boyd #hugh griffith #martha scott #cathy o'donnell #sam jaffe #william wyler #1959

[gatutor]

Martha Scott-Charlton Heston "Ben-Hur" 1959, de William Wyler.

#Martha Scott #Charlton Heston #William Wyler

[higherentity]

#women against abortion #abortion is healthcare #call jane #Martha Scott #Jeanne Galatzer Levy #Abby Parisers #Sheila Smith #Madeline Schwenk #Jane #Jane Collective #1972 #70s

[citizenscreen]

Martha Scott (September 22, 1912 – May 28, 2003)

#martha scott

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Sherry Jackson, Martha Scott, and Bobby Driscoll in an original lobby card for When I Grow Up (1951). This is Sherry's second honorable mention, after Come Next Spring. Her entry among my best 1,001 movies is Trouble Along the Way, as widowed John Wayne's daughter.

#sherry jackson #martha scott #bobby driscoll #when i grow up

[pretty-little-fools]

#dallas #linda gray #howard keel #martha scott #larry hagman #barbara bel geddes #80's #television #soap opera #vintage #mid 80's #1985