tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post5471928132688878030..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Parrish - 1961Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-3356407502033804442022-12-23T20:21:40.119-05:002022-12-23T20:21:40.119-05:00Thank you for stopping by, David, and welcome to t...Thank you for stopping by, David, and welcome to the blog!Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-19307052469000431212022-12-23T17:54:35.973-05:002022-12-23T17:54:35.973-05:00Jacqueline -
I saw Parrish years ago. I can't ...Jacqueline -<br />I saw Parrish years ago. I can't remember why I watched it. This was in the pre-streaming years. Did I rent a DVD? Was it on one of the cable channels? I do enjoy older movies but I tend to stick with scifi and horror. <br />Most of the movie has faded from my memory but a speech by Karl Malden's character has stuck with me. It so clearly told me the difference between "good" and "bad" actions. Malden is telling Parrish that he tried to show him how to do things the easy way and Parrish keeps doing things the hard way. The fair way. The way that takes other people into consideration. <br />Every so often I want to quote that speech and I do internet search to see if someone has transcribed it. Today that search brought me to your blog. I'll come back and read more reviews. <br />Merry merry and Cheers!<br />David David Lee Ingersollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960750033882386122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-25719524328349621542018-10-30T08:52:38.053-04:002018-10-30T08:52:38.053-04:00Paul, thank you so much for stopping by! I'm ...Paul, thank you so much for stopping by! I'm very glad to hear from someone who actually worked in the tobacco fields of northern Connecticut and knew something of the working background of this movie. It certainly does revive memories.<br />Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-65786698943238474582018-10-30T03:27:09.461-04:002018-10-30T03:27:09.461-04:00I just stumbled on your article and thoroughly enj...I just stumbled on your article and thoroughly enjoyed your commentary. I grew up in Thompsonville (Enfield today) and worked on a tobacco farm in East Granby for two summers in '63 and '64. It was hard work for a 14 year-old working for 75 cents an hour but I felt rich! My family used to go to drive-in movies quite often back in that day and I recall seeing the previews for Parrish at an East Windsor drive-in but for some reason we didn't go see the movie. It was actually much later, in the late 1990's before I finally saw the movie and I've watched it again since. The movie was definitely "over-the-top" but was quite interesting to me because of the scenery and old memories working tobacco. Thanks for a good insightful article!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515509933042734480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-28596757381962924582018-08-02T15:52:03.006-04:002018-08-02T15:52:03.006-04:00Thanks so much for chiming in with that info, Loui...Thanks so much for chiming in with that info, Louie. Since I wrote this post, I believe I've heard of that hotel, and I might even have a postcard image of it somewhere. I really appreciate your filling in the blanks for me.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-60492505126457884922018-07-31T11:36:53.881-04:002018-07-31T11:36:53.881-04:00The beach hotel was shot on location in Old Saybro...The beach hotel was shot on location in Old Saybrook at the Miramar, which at that time was next to the parking lot at Dock and Dine. Miramar was demolished, and character-less condos now occupy the area. Miramar was all the rage in the 1950s, with fresh and salt water swimming pools.cfburns17@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03348073890449197073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-57934449571987855262013-02-10T16:57:43.297-05:002013-02-10T16:57:43.297-05:00I like your Dan Duryea suggestion. Interesting. ...I like your Dan Duryea suggestion. Interesting. The character was also bullying though, at times. I don't think I've ever seen Duryea in a bullying role. <br /><br />Sometimes we're all in the mood for frothy stuff like this.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-48627173721449069352013-02-10T14:56:27.924-05:002013-02-10T14:56:27.924-05:00Thanks for the input on the book. The movie is a ...Thanks for the input on the book. The movie is a very interesting but I thought the book would be even more so, I'll have to find it! <br />Karl Malden was always way too angry and blustering in this movie. I did not like his performance at all. When he chews the scenery, there is nothing left over.<br />Otherwise, it's highly entertaining and all the women are very beautiful. Normally, I don't like movies like this, but sometimes I'm in the mood for two hours of mindless technicolor soap opera with pretty clothes, and Daves always delivers. For example, I recently watched "Chicago Calling" with Dan Duryea, a grindingly sad realistic, brilliant movie with great acting. After watching that, I need a pick-me-up like "Susan Slade" or some cheesy 50's sci-fi. <br />Wouldn't Dan Duryea have been interesting in the Karl Malden role? Charming, ruthless, sneaky, manipulative, cruel. He could do it all!Crocheted Lacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03099187268400466661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-11514472251161540342013-01-28T12:38:12.629-05:002013-01-28T12:38:12.629-05:00Thanks, Kevin. Yes, I was surprised at how many w...Thanks, Kevin. Yes, I was surprised at how many women threw themselves at Troy in such a short space of time. If you're not having that kind of luck, I suggest you try wearing red sweaters. I'm thinking that must be it.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-14613947672038112922013-01-28T12:28:12.499-05:002013-01-28T12:28:12.499-05:00I saw "Parrish" on TV at a very impressi...I saw "Parrish" on TV at a very impressionable age, about 13 or 14 and looked forward to a life where an assortment of beautiful women would throw themselves at me. I'm still waiting. <br /><br />Like Rick, I like the Delmar Daves soapers as well. They may not be subtle, but they are highly watchable. I think I like "A Summer Place" the best, with "Rome Adventure" coming next, followed by "Parrish." <br /><br />Thoroughly enjoyed your look at this movie, Jacqueline. Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-3427293394351850152013-01-25T20:44:21.472-05:002013-01-25T20:44:21.472-05:00Hi, Yvette. One of the neat things about movies i...Hi, Yvette. One of the neat things about movies is showing us places we haven't been to yet. I'll look forward to your "A Hatful of Rain" post.<br /><br />The more I think about it, what I really didn't like so much about "A Summer Place", and "Susan Slade" was the teenagers. I like Troy Donahue, but I found myself not caring about the teens as much as the grownups. Even in "Parrish" I was more interested in Dean Jagger than his daughter.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-86114043872051301362013-01-25T19:55:51.914-05:002013-01-25T19:55:51.914-05:00I didn't know this was in your 'backyard&#...I didn't know this was in your 'backyard' Jacqueline. How wonderful to have it preserved on film and now with DVD you can fast-forward if you please and just view the once familiar scenery. :)<br /><br />I saw PARRISH in the theater when it first came out, also SUSAN SLADE (which I remember not being crazy about) and A SUMMER PLACE which I also didn't love though I remember liking it well enough at first. These locales were so far away from what I knew and was familiar with growing up in lower Manhattan.<br /><br />But then there are several movies from the fifties that show my neck of the woods, i.e. A HATFUL OF RAIN which I mean to write about one of these days...Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-62928559928551213642013-01-25T17:51:28.389-05:002013-01-25T17:51:28.389-05:00Thank you so much, Rich. As for an accurate repre...Thank you so much, Rich. As for an accurate representation of the CRV, in terms of history and color, no. It doesn't really try to much. But the location scenes are great, and since a lot of that farmland is now industrial parks and shopping centers, "Parrish" preserves a film image of what was there. I'm grateful to Delmer Daves for that.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-17270180124297950362013-01-25T17:31:35.134-05:002013-01-25T17:31:35.134-05:00You write so eloquently about New England. I'm...You write so eloquently about New England. I'm gonna have to start looking at your other blog now.<br /><br />Would you say this film is the most accurate representation of the CRV?Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-68107267451345704502013-01-25T12:35:48.839-05:002013-01-25T12:35:48.839-05:00I'm going to have to chalk it up to her excell...I'm going to have to chalk it up to her excellent research skills, then. As far as I know, she grew up in the New London area, not in the Valley. Granted, CT is not a big state, but I grew up in tobacco country (Mass) and I don't think I could write as vivid a portrait as she does. Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-25735393835956073412013-01-25T11:02:38.136-05:002013-01-25T11:02:38.136-05:00It is great fun to read another person's take ...It is great fun to read another person's take on this odd but watchable movie. Regarding Mildred Savage's knowledge of the tobacco industry, I believe it may have been derived from her having been born in Connecticut as well as her background as a technical writer and researcher, when she would have honed the skills needed to bring this esoteric background to life on the page. I believe that her background studying history at Wellesley College may have prepared her for translating real life detail to the page--even if she did create Judd Raike, tobacco baron out of whole (cheap) cloth! <br /><br />Savage also wrote an interesting book "In Vivo" about the development of antibiotics in the pharmaceutical industry (some of which is still relevant to today)--much of that was also set in CT. Moira Finniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12626493736940699514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-25744181793794309772013-01-25T07:19:26.227-05:002013-01-25T07:19:26.227-05:00Hattie. Thank you. The minute I read that it cli...Hattie. Thank you. The minute I read that it clicked. <br /><br />It took me years to see this movie all the way through, I never seemed to come in on it from the beginning. Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-64765190863033696182013-01-25T05:29:09.373-05:002013-01-25T05:29:09.373-05:00Psst: "Hattie"Psst: "Hattie"Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-29235248045435474442013-01-25T04:29:38.215-05:002013-01-25T04:29:38.215-05:00One of these days I will have to watch this movie ...One of these days I will have to watch this movie all the way through from beginning to end, instead of catching bits here and there. Now armed with knowledge to enhance the experience.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-81332175558562982402013-01-24T20:56:55.158-05:002013-01-24T20:56:55.158-05:00I'm glad you like the movie, Rick, and I know ...I'm glad you like the movie, Rick, and I know it has a lot of fans. I enjoyed it too; but while the point of the movie may be only to entertain (for people who are entertained by such), the book goes deeper and has social, historical, and philosophical significance that the film, with the self-absorbed attitude of most of its "soap" characters, ignores. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with gloss; there isn't. It's just that, knowing as much as I do about the story and setting, I think a movie could be made from this novel that is something a wee bit more thoughtful.<br /><br />Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-39809911666550877212013-01-24T19:50:21.569-05:002013-01-24T19:50:21.569-05:00Jacqueline,I am a connoisseur of big screen soaps ...Jacqueline,I am a connoisseur of big screen soaps and PARRISH is one of my favorites. I like Douglas Sirk, but am always flummoxed that he evolved into a critical favorite while Delmer Daves--who mastered the genre more successfully--has not. The point of PARRISH, like other all great soaps, is to entertain and that it does. I agree that Troy wasn't a great actor, but Daves made the most of Troy's awkward charm. True, Karl Malden chews up the scenery and Claudette Colbert is wasted. But, like you, I like Dean Jagger and the three ladies in Parrish's life are all delightful. I'll never understand why Diane McBain didn't get better roles. She's quite fun as the bad girl in this film and even better in CLAUDINE INGLISH. Visually, PARRISH is lovely and the Max Steiner score is instantly hummable. Here's some PARRISH trivia: Hampton Fancher, who played Edgar Raike, become a movie producer and co-wrote BLADERUNNER; Sharon Hugueny was briefly married to producer Robert Evans (CHINATOWN). By the way, I loved your description of growing up in the area.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.com