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Longmire: Goodbye Is Always Implied (2017)
the last episode...spoilers
I liked the last episode. I even like Walt with the phone! He had been working in that direction as he discovered how handy they could be. He had even walked off with Ferg's phone at one point and had learned to text. It wasn't a moment without some precedent. And, I think his choice of Cady as the sheriff had a lot of merit. For all the reasons that he gave her. She was a local. She knew the people and she had ties in the Cheyenne community. I don't think Vic could be elected as a non local, eastern girl. And as Walt said, no sense of politics. His resigning gave him and Vic a chance to make it as a couple. Her being on his front porch as he left looked like she had moved in, to me. Even Cady has a possible guy with Zach. The Ferg was fixing to try his beau geste." And yay....no more Malachi.
The Keeper of the Bees (1935)
Caring and good food save a veteran
I was raised reading Gene Stratton Porter novels. The Keeper of the Bees was always one of my favorites. So when I was flipping through free movies at Amazon, I had to check this out. The book was written in the early 20s, so the veteran of WWI who thought he only had 6 months to live would have likely been a younger man. I was so young when I first read the book the that major plot twist rather went right over my head. What struck me and has stayed with me is the way a man who languished in a hospital began to thrive when he reached the home of the Beekeeper. The fresh ocean air, the fresh tomatoes and good fresh food and even the orange juice. It was eating clean before that name for healthy eating was coined. I like that this was included in the plotting of the movie. So many books turned into movies lose what I think of as the best parts! And Little Scout was played amazingly in this movie. All in all I was happy to see it. Now if I could just find her book "Freckles" filmed and treated as well!
Sweet Lorraine (1987)
Brought back memories of working in the Poconos
One summer in the 1960's, 3 girls from Florida packed a car and went to work in a family resort in the Poconos. For me it was utter culture shock. South Florida, and I don't mean Miami, was so very different. I yet remember the 3 year old twins from New Jersey who asked their dad, "Is this the country?" But so much of this movie was like my summer. The relationship of the college kids to the owners/family. The motley group of kids working at the resort. I happened to have a job as a chambermaid, which had real advantages over being a waitress. We were off work for the day after the rooms were cleaned! Our inn was no way near as large, the entertainment was even more corny, but the the experience, the memories. They are golden. It was a great summer job, a place to meet people from very different backgrounds, to see new places. Thanks for "Sweet Lorraine".
The Dick Powell Show: Price of Tomatoes (1962)
This was memorable
I was only a young teen when this episode was shown, but some of it remains stuck in my mind.
Like the earlier posting, I would love to see it again, DVD or shown on TV. It really doesn't matter.....I would just like to see it as I would love to see many of the other early shows. There was so much excellence that was shown back in the 60's and 50's with actors and actresses who later became big name stars. "The Price of Tomatoes" was one such show and Peter Falk's performance made me sit up and take notice. He was not anyone known at that time, but when he later began to show up on the "big screen", that TV role was one that made you want to see him again. Obviously it made an impression, as I can remember it and the name of the TV play over 40 years later :)
Tiger Bay (1959)
Tiger Bay
I also saw this movie as a young girl. It was evidently re-released after Hayley Mills became so well known in the US. I was mesmerized. She was so much more natural and less cutesy than in her Disney films. It was not until I was an adult that I saw Whistle Down the Wind and Gypsy Girl. In her early English movies she is far more natural. (Check Gypsy Girl out for an adolescent Hayley and a gorgeous young Ian McShane.) Although the ending leaves you hanging and wondering what happens to Korchinsky, it is also satisfying. I was just touched to see that he really was decent and truly cared for Gilly, enough to risk his future. Trivia: Michael Anderson Jr., who later starred in "In Search of the Castaways" in 1962 with Hayley, was an unacknowledged child on the wharf in Tiger Bay. I kept looking, thinking he looked familiar.