Just FYI, OUR BETTERS has nothing to do with Abraham Lincoln.  That's rather amusing.  It's a sophisticated early 1930s society comedy in which Constance plays a sexually vivacious older woman dealing with a daughter whose concept of morality is of the "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" variety.  Grayson was actually in a revival of the play at the Yale Drama School theatre in the early 1950s--that was how she met Sam.  He was a student there.

OUR BETTERS is mainly remembered now for the final sequence in which a flamboyantly queenly male tango authority shows up at the manor and frivolity erupts.  Vito Russo used to show this in his lectures that led to the CELLULOID CLOSET.

The original film of MADAME X was also early 1930s... maybe with Helen Hayes?  Can't recall.

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I remember reading somewhere once either a speculation or rumor about who was going to play the hippie, but I can't recall the name now.

Awesome idea MB!

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That's a surprise about the comic.  In terms of "writers." I thought John Logan wrote them all.  I guess I didn't really pay attention to the credits for season 2 since I marathoned the shows over a weekend.

Time to re-watch...

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Abigail and Trask both had better wardrobe choices and much more flair with words than that tired old bigot Davis.

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Oh, I do hope you get to see it MB.  It's one of my favorite Grayson things.  A really fun role for her and much better than what they had her do in GFU.

Plus, she actually gets to wear some glamorous, attractive clothing for a change!

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Fans,

If I recall correctly, Glenn Barr has painted Grayson Hall at least a couple of times in her role of Pepe in SATAN IN HIGH HEELS. A friend of mine who follows Barr's work sent me this link earlier today.  WARNING if you scroll down beyond the portrait of Nancy, there's a painting of a topless woman:

http://innerstategallery.com/glenn-barr-hidden-persuasion/

The painting entitled Carolyn looks just like Nancy in the role in 1966 to me.

Other subjects include Sharon Tate (not so identified but it looks just like her to me, from VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) and two Moon women from the British cult sci fi series, UFO.

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I think it's season 1 only.  And I think some of the artwork and set plans, etc was on the website at one point.

A friend bought it and really loved it.

G.

and who can blame you?

Alec Newman's Barnabas was deeply, romantically, irresistibly SEXY.

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