tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post5043556269282651325..comments2024-03-28T17:53:45.682-04:00Comments on GREAT OLD MOVIES: THE CHAPMAN REPORTWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-91476834322787245092015-03-24T12:19:45.136-04:002015-03-24T12:19:45.136-04:00Ken and Chris, thanks for your comments!
Yes, ev...Ken and Chris, thanks for your comments! <br /><br />Yes, even when Efrem played a private detective on TV he was the personification of bland. <br /><br />I agree that having someone chewing the scenery in an hysterical manner -- or if Crawford had been in the cast! -- would have made the picture much, much more entertaining. <br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-73612082214834058072015-03-24T10:26:06.267-04:002015-03-24T10:26:06.267-04:00Hi Bill - Much as i want to like this film, with i...Hi Bill - Much as i want to like this film, with its stellar and attractive cast, there's something missing in it for me...can't put my finger on it. Maybe it just ain't sexy and racy enough--or needs an over-the-top hysterical performance by a Lana Turner or a Joan Crawford, perhaps. I'm a sucker for a scene-stealing diva! True, I haven't seen in a while, so I think it deserves a second look. <br /><br />Oh, and I agree with you 100% about Jane being the most talented Fonda...the only movie I really like him in is On Golden Pond, opposite Hepburn and produced by and costarring Jane...<br /><br />But next time Chapman Report is on, I will record and watch again!<br />-Chrisangelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-18199671707676497292015-03-24T08:16:31.708-04:002015-03-24T08:16:31.708-04:00"Zimbalist is no better than he ever is...&qu..."Zimbalist is no better than he ever is..." No truer words were ever spoken. He seriously plays every role I've ever seen him in exactly the same.<br />I liked your write-up on this glossy soap opera, and I so agree that it's curious how run-of-the-mill the women's cases are. Nothing ripping the lid off about this film, its the same soapy female afflictions (frigidity, nymphomania, infidelity) movies have been writing about for decades. Happily, the attractive cast - particularly Fonda and Bloom -makes it palatable. I haven't seen this in years. You've whetted my appetite for a revisit! Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com