tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7002576689152766714..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: This week in TV Guide: May 14, 1966Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-74555311559346779822014-05-21T09:56:39.202-04:002014-05-21T09:56:39.202-04:00That's right - thanks for the refresher. Now ...That's right - thanks for the refresher. Now I know what you mean. Been late in making any comments of my own on those - my bad - but I'm catching up as well!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-63749267857290362432014-05-21T00:33:25.438-04:002014-05-21T00:33:25.438-04:00THE LOST MONTH:
My "retirement" was imp...<i>THE LOST MONTH</i>:<br /><br />My "retirement" was imposed on me in mid-March; at that point I lost access to the Internet.<br />It wasn't until mid=April, give or take a week or thereabouts, that I finally got my own confuser here in my condo, which I'm still trying to figure out.<br />I don't spend that much time at the oedipusrexing thing; I've been trying to catch up with a whole bunch of other sites that I visited regularly, and it's been hit-and-miss all the way.<br />I follow my standard practice of only commenting when I feel I actually have something unusual to contribute.<br />I'll just mention here (again) that I can't seem to get my E-mail working right ( or <i>at all</i>), so I can't access those offline queries you have for me *sorry about that*.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-44732244437542787392014-05-20T13:38:45.603-04:002014-05-20T13:38:45.603-04:00Hey Mike, I'm writing this from work, so my mi...Hey Mike, I'm writing this from work, so my mind may not be thinking the right way. Refresh me on where The Lost Month is?Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-79212839848918568012014-05-17T12:17:05.418-04:002014-05-17T12:17:05.418-04:00Starting at the bottom ...
I've always had a ...Starting at the bottom ...<br /><br />I've always had a sneaking fondness for the Cinema of Bert I. Gordon, aka Mr. B.I.G.<br /><br />When he landed at American-International Pictures circa 1957/58, Mr. B.I.G. made in quick succession <i>The Amazing Colossal Man, Earth Vs. The Spider,</i> and <i>Attack Of The Puppet People</i>. Internal evidence suggests that these three pix were shot, if not simultaneously, at least tightly consecutively.<br /><br />B.I.G., like so many low-end moviemakers, drew many of his actors from those just under star status (like John Hoyt) and those who'd just missed the brass ring (like John Agar). This practice extended throughout B.I.G.'s directing career, through to the '70s and '80s.<br /><br />The true significance of <i>Puppet People</i> is that it marked the screen acting debut of Susan Gordon, probably the best child actress of her generation - and, by coincidence, Bert I. Gordon's daughter.<br />Dad may have started her out, but Susan Gordon had a pretty successful career away from him, mainly on TV, in series like <i>Route 66, Going My Way, Alfred Hitchcock,</i> et al.<br />Her best-remembered TV spot may be a <i>Twilight Zone</i> titled "The Fugitive", which paired her off with the wonderful J. Pat O'Malley; I never miss it when it pops up.<br />Susan Gordon also made a number of features, best of which may have been <i>The Five Pennies</i>, in which she played Danny Kaye's daughter as a little girl (giving way to Tuesday Weld late in the picture). She also turned up in some of her dad's later pix; the last one she did, as a teenager, was <i>Picture Mommy Dead</i> with Zsa Zsa Gabor, Martha Hyer, and Don Ameche (see above note about casting).<br />After that, Susan Gordon went to schools all around the world, ultimately becoming a teacher herself. She spent many years in Japan, teaching American children whose parents were working there. She also got married and became the mother of six.<br />When Susan Gordon returned to the USA in the '90s, she hit the nostalgia show circuit, often with her dad, Mr. B.I.G. himself; she was delighted to find that she still had fans who loved her childhood work. I saw the Gordons at a show in Chicago once; even at 60 she was still cute as all get out.<br />Sadly, Susan Gordon passed away only a couple of years later, aged 62 (cancer) - two years younger than I am now *sigh*.<br /><br />Boy, when I digress, <i>I digress</i>.<br /><br />I'm still working The Lost Month now and then; I hope <i>somebody's</i> reading those ...<br />Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.com