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Title: Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Gothick on March 26, 2003, 07:53:24 PM

Have been meaning to note that Grayson got a one month vacation during this period of DS (I gather that she told them that if Jonathan was getting one, she needed one as well!)  Part of the time was spent working on a little known feature film, Adam at 6 A. M.  Below I've pasted in the review of the movie I wrote for IMDB. Even though Grayson's scenes are few and far between, it's worth seeing her in action here.

Gothick

The hard life of Mikey Douglas--an early chapter

This is a very early Michael (or as he was popularly known then, Mikey) Douglas vehicle. He plays a disillusioned college professor of the late Sixties (there seem to have been so many of them scurrying about in those days!) who drops out of his successful, stressful life in the big city to go in a search for his roots in a not-so-idyllic midwestern small town. The story plods along, showing his courtship of a rather status-proud Junior Miss type whose Mom (wonderfully etched by Louise Latham) is the town hairdresser, and his adventures in serious male bonding with Joe Don Baker and other flannel clad logger types. Grayson Hall has an excellent cameo role as his aunt, and gets to administer a deft put-down of Douglas' masculine vanity towards the end. In some ways the last 30 seconds is the best part of the movie. Overall not at all a bad effort. To quote Maggie Smith in a movie that is much more suitable to this writer's temperament, "For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing that they like." I did make liberal use of the fast forward button in viewing "Adam at Six A. M."

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M.
Post by: Annie on March 26, 2003, 08:02:27 PM

Hello, Gothick thanks for sharing that info
very nice of you.   Love Anne ;D

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M.
Post by: ClaudeNorth on March 27, 2003, 04:35:52 AM

In these frightening and uncertain times, it's nice to know that we Graysonphiles can count on Gothick to provide us with fun facts about our fave rave actress.

ADAM AT 6 A.M. tends to pop up on Channel 48 in Philadelphia, for those in the area.

BTW, is this film on home video?

Thanks!

John

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M.
Post by: Bette on March 27, 2003, 04:43:42 AM

Quote from: ClaudeNorth on March 27, 2003, 04:35:52 AM

ADAM AT 6 A.M. tends to pop up on Channel 48 in Philadelphia, for those in the area.

BTW, is this film on home video?

Thanks!

John

It used to be. Don't know if it is currently in-print or not, but it pops up consistently on Ebay.

Bette (another of the Graysonhallics.)  :D

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M.
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on March 28, 2003, 01:32:09 AM

A peek at future additions to the Members' Archive:

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image1.jpg)
I've always loved the opening shot of Grayson, fiddling with her gloves.

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image2.jpg)
Adam Gaines (Michael Douglas) meets Inez Treadley (Grayson Hall) at Grandma Sanderson's funeral...

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image3.jpg)
Inez is glad Adam could come...

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image4.jpg)
Inez breaks down...

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image5.jpg)
Grayson can do more with a kleenex than most
actors can do with a ream of dialogue. ;)

(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image6.jpg)
Inez introduces Adam to the family.


(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image7.jpg)
Inez and Mrs. Hopper (Louise Latham) remark at what a "cute" couple Adam and Mrs. Hopper's daughter, Jerri Jo, make.


(http://www.dsboards.com/images/Aat6_image8.jpg)
Inez congratulates Adam on his engagement to Jerri Jo, while her husband Van (Dana Elcar - DS' Shefiff Patterson) looks on.

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M.
Post by: ClaudeNorth on March 28, 2003, 01:38:25 AM

Wow!  GREAT pics!

I really need to find a copy of this (as well as END OF THE ROAD)...

Regards,

John

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M.
Post by: Misty on March 28, 2003, 01:47:45 AM

 ::) I must admit that I've NEVER heard of this movie. Now, of course, I'll have to search for it. Great pictures!!  Can't wait to find it.
                                                                         Misty

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Cassandra on March 28, 2003, 09:33:20 AM

Wow, these were really nice pictures MB!!  I have never heard of this movie either but now I'll have to go and see if I can get it.

And how nice to see another DS actor also cast in the movie along with Grayson!!

Thanks for posting these,

Cassandra[/font]

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Connie on March 28, 2003, 10:12:13 AM

Oooo!!  Interesting pictures.  Thanks for posting these, MB.  I wouldn't mind seeing the film either.

 ;)

(Michael Douglas doesn't look to shabby.  Hmm...not
bad....not bad at all.)

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Carol on March 28, 2003, 01:58:24 PM

Quote from: Connie on March 28, 2003, 10:12:13 AM

(Michael Douglas doesn't look to shabby.  Hmm...not
bad....not bad at all.)

And he looks the same today! A tighter and shinier face but you have to look good for your SYT. Maybe Julia convinced him to have CDT paint his picture so CZ-J won't know who she really married.

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Cassandra Blair on March 28, 2003, 04:19:33 PM

Great screencaps MB - muchos gracias!  Would love to see Grayson in this flick.  And the addition of Dana "Sherrif Patterson" Elcar to the proceedings makes it even more fabulous.

You're right Carol, Michael Douglas really doesn't seem to have changed much from those days - just a tighter and shinier face, LOL!  I'd forgotten what a babe he used to be back then - I had a huge crush on him when I was a kid!   ;D

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Gothick on March 28, 2003, 05:33:17 PM

Darling Mysterioso, thanks for these great photos!  Love Grayson's smiles.  Mikey don't look bad, I must say.  A graduate from the Roger Davis school of squinting thespianism (tm).

IIRC, Dana Elcar has this great scene where he's talking about the movie, the Graduate, and complains that it just doesn't add up to a hill of beans.

I would love to hear Mikey's stories about working with Grayson.

Steve

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: The Ghost of Sarah Collins on March 29, 2003, 12:34:21 AM

Thank you so much MB these shots of Grayson are wonderful! and Dana looks great as well, I had not heard of this movie until I read it here, thanks!   :D

  Sarah's [ghost]

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Stuart on March 29, 2003, 07:29:57 AM

Quote from: Carol on March 28, 2003, 01:58:24 PM

And he looks the same today! A tighter and shinier face but you have to look good for your SYT. Maybe Julia convinced him to have CDT paint his picture so CZ-J won't know who she really married.

Yes, so now Catherine Zeta Jones has two shiny little men to improve her career prospects and bank balance ;)

Title: Re:Adam at 6 A.M. *now has screen caps*
Post by: Julia99 on April 10, 2003, 03:22:07 PM

wow i'm just catching up on all the posts. . .so glad i didn't miss this part!  Thanks MB!!

I think Grayson said in one of the taped interviews. . that this part was a "a lovely little biddy [or busybody]"  . . something like that. .