I'm in Tracy, just a few hours up the road from Madera. I love Fresno! (Bet you never heard that much during your tenure in the area, eh?)

True, everyone loves to diss Fresno.  But I must admit to a certain nostalgia when I think of the place.  I'm a true "valley girl."  What I miss most is being only one hour from Yosemite, and being able to take all those day trips there. I've been thrugh Tracy, but not spent any time there unfortunately.

Bette

Northern California, about 75 miles (give or take) east of San Francisco, in the San Joaquin Valley, salad bowl of the world!

What city in the San Joaquin Valley? I'm originally from Madera, 20 miles north of Fresno, and lived in Fresno, too, before moving to the LA area.

Bette

I'm in Southern California too, Latisha.

So am I.

Bette

I've been out of touch with the Board the last few days and only saw these posts today. Since I work at a large library which has Variety obits compiled in book form, I checked the index to see if they had an obit for Craig Slocum. Sadly, they did not. However, they did have a listing under Slocum, Craig (mother of).

All it said was that the mother of actor Craig Slocum died on June 20, 1965. She was survived by her husband, son and daughter. It didn't even give her first name!  I believe it also stated that she was 60 years old.

Bette

Happy Birthday, John,

Hope your day is fun-filled!

Bay-uh-tee 

and the Number One sign you are in Collinsport is:

 1.  A red-headed woman approaches you and says.."Let me give you a sedative." 

These are all great, but obviously this is my favorite.

Bette

Thanks a bunch, sweetie

Luv ya, 

Bette

No, she didn't have an accent in 1795. As to mannerisms and voice, she didn't remind me of Julia at all, but I'll watch it again sometime, paying close attention to the mannerisms.

In the 1991 version, Barbara Steele did play the Countess with an accent.

I remember reading somewhere (maybe the Sam Hall interview with Gross) that Grayson wanted to give Natalie an accent, but the other actors playing characters from Martinique weren't able to do it, and it would have seemed strange if only Natalie spoke with an accent. When it came to playing Magda though, Grayson and Thayer worked together on their gypsy accents so that they would sound alike.

Bette