Point taken, Brian; but some of Corman's stuff was really fine, especially some of the Sixties films.

It would seem from my viewing of the Lair #1 and the accounts of the shooting schedules that was called for, more than anything else, is a highly competent technician with the ability to log maximum minutes of footage per day.  Ray seems capable of filling that bill.

G.

Counter-culture?  Don't forget DS' very own Wild One, the incomparable Buzz Hackett, complete with bomber jacket, boots, stubble, and a hairpiece that resembled barely-taxidermed roadkill.

In the words of the Master, 'if ya feel it, sit it!"

G.

I'm getting quite a charge out of today's screen capture of Jebulous and Pruno heatedly conferring in a darkened foyer at Collinwood.  I am old enough to remember when these shaggy coats and bits of woolly trim were fashionable on men's winter coats, but I'm still thinking of these two as "the ranch poodle brigade" and I'm wondering whether Bruno's hairpiece ever went flying when push came to shove.

Thanks again MB for brightening another dreary Winter afternoon here at the Great House!

cheers, G.

Hey Philippe, I certainly do remember the lurvely "exposure" dear little (hmmm, not so little!) Dougie Henshall received in "Angels and Insects" (fabou tho the film was, the book by Miss Byatt was so much better).

That new version of Dorian Gray sounds potentially intriguing.  Have you noticed that this story *which inspired some significant storylines on DS* has had about four different film versions lensed in recent years? I believe they all sank without a trace.

The most hysterical version has to be the early 1980s TV version with, if memory serves, Anthony Perkins in the Lord Henry "role," in which Dorian was a female model and the "portrait" was a video clip (yes, it's the Eighties--whoo hoo! break out that hair gel and those shoulder pads!).

The most arty version--my vote goes for the Helmut Berger one from the late Sixties.

Probably the most brilliant from a dramatic and aesthetic perspective will always be the 1940s film with Hurd Hatfield who was nothing at all like Dorian in the book, but brought a hypnotically compelling understated moodiness to the role.

I personally am very fond of the Dan Curtis version.

G.

Thanks again for that fabulous snapshot from Rocky Horror, MB!  It's Land-o-lakes.

G.

I wonder if I'm the only one here who sees a distinct resemblance between Grayson Hall as the Countess du Pres in today's magnificent screen shot, and Dr. Frank N. Furter in the Rocky Horror Picture Show.  It looks as if Grayson is incanting these lines:

I'm just a Sweet Transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania.

So why don't you stay for the night? Or maybe a bite?
I could show you my favourite obsession.
I've been making a man with blond hair and a tan
And he's good for relieving my tension

Fun stuff!  Thanks to the MB for another glorious image!

G.

Fans, I knew when I first saw today's fabulous image of Mrs Johnson on a tear while Maggie seems to be in the middle of saying "talk to the hand" .... that there was something familiar about it.

I just now realized that it reminds me of this (in)famous clip from the movie Clue that has someone, maybe Madeline Kahn, talking about how another female character makes her so angry that "I can't breathe and ... I feel ... it's as if ... flames ... flames on the side of my face..."

Even without these references, the shot of the two women is pretty darn hysterical!  Way to go MB!

Another possibility is that Mrs J is complaining that nobody is paying HER extra money to model Junior Sophisticates ensembles...

G.

Many Happy Returns to Bette for her special day!

hugs,Steve