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Post by carol on Aug 15, 2021 13:05:02 GMT -5
Spencer's Mountain is on INSP right now!!
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Post by noplacelikehome on Aug 16, 2021 12:20:09 GMT -5
What a great movie this is. Watching it right now.
James MacArthur was in so many movies in the 60s. He plays Clay Boy in this. Beautiful scenery.
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Post by Easton on Aug 16, 2021 12:43:54 GMT -5
^ Did you know that James was Helen Hayes' son?
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Post by noplacelikehome on Aug 16, 2021 15:15:16 GMT -5
^ Did you know that James was Helen Hayes' son? I didn't know that until a few hours ago. I looked him up on Wikipedia. That is so fascinating. I had a major crush on him in the late 60s 70s. |
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Post by Easton on Aug 16, 2021 17:58:34 GMT -5
^ No wonder you had a crush. James was what has been called 'Boomer Beefcake'. 
Here he is in Swiss Family Robinson with Disney child star Kevin 'Moochie' Corcoran:
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Aug 16, 2021 18:07:21 GMT -5
^ No wonder you had a crush. James was what has been called 'Boomer Beefcake'.
Here he is in Swiss Family Robinson with Disney child star Kevin 'Moochie' Corcoran:
I would love to be on an island with James♥️😃🥰💋😘 |
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Post by Easton on Aug 16, 2021 18:23:50 GMT -5
^ Do you know what a 'Boomer' is? It's short for 'Baby Boomer', a baby born following the end of World War II when the soldiers returned home from overseas. There was a rather large Baby Boom over the next few years. (I'm a boomer.)
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Post by JessicaGirlSpy on Aug 16, 2021 18:30:18 GMT -5
^ Do you know what a 'Boomer' is? It's short for 'Baby Boomer', a baby born following the end of World War II when the soldiers returned home from overseas. There was a rather large Baby Boom over the next few years. (I'm a boomer.) Just a bit of humour!😀 |
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Post by Easton on Aug 16, 2021 19:18:42 GMT -5
^ I know, but I thought that, if you didn't know the expression, I'd explain it to you and save you the trouble of looking it up.
Here. James might need a bit of help getting the sand off his... hands:
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Post by carol on Aug 16, 2021 19:22:51 GMT -5
^ Did you know that James was Helen Hayes' son? From IMDb MacArthur was the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur. His elder sister, the couple's biological daughter, Mary (for whom he named his own elder daughter), died in 1949 of polio. Hayes established the Mary MacArthur Fund, which helps children with polio along with the March of Dimes. Actress Lillian Gish was his godmother. |
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Post by carol on Aug 16, 2021 19:25:01 GMT -5
What a great movie this is. Watching it right now. James MacArthur was in so many movies in the 60s. He plays Clay Boy in this. Beautiful scenery. He was also known for playing Danno in the original Hawaii Five-0 |
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Post by Kyle on Aug 17, 2021 11:11:21 GMT -5
This is one of the reviews from imdb. I have to say I agree with most of it. I saw the movie for the first time about 15 years ago and don’t need to see it again.
Based on the same source material that was used for the TV series "The Waltons", "Spencer's Mountain" is cornier, shallower, and quite a bit duller than its television counterpart. The basic setup is the same - a poor but proud man lives with his churchgoing wife, his elderly parents, and a multitude of children, including an intellectual eldest son who aspires to go to college. However, this movie takes place in the present day, though (1963 at the time), and the action, what little there is, is moved from Virginia to gorgeous Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Enjoy the scenery, because it's probably the best thing about the film.
Unlike the series, the characterizations are not nearly as well fleshed out. Other than the eldest son (here named Clay Boy instead of John Boy), none of the children are given much to do. The grandparents are ciphers as well. Also, it's difficult to make lovely Maureen O'Hara unappealing, but this movie somehow manages - she plays the clan's shrewish, nagging mother, who lavishes most of her attention on her "special" eldest son. Even worse is Henry Fonda as the patriarch, who is prone to spewing corny, down-home platitudes and creepily refers to his "babies".
Sure, "The Waltons" had its corny side as well, but the early seasons can be surprisingly gritty at times. "Spencer's Mountain" will just make your teeth ache. Skip it.
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Post by noplacelikehome on Aug 17, 2021 13:27:54 GMT -5
This is one of the reviews from imdb. I have to say I agree with most of it. I saw the movie for the first time about 15 years ago and don’t need to see it again. Based on the same source material that was used for the TV series "The Waltons", "Spencer's Mountain" is cornier, shallower, and quite a bit duller than its television counterpart. The basic setup is the same - a poor but proud man lives with his churchgoing wife, his elderly parents, and a multitude of children, including an intellectual eldest son who aspires to go to college. However, this movie takes place in the present day, though (1963 at the time), and the action, what little there is, is moved from Virginia to gorgeous Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Enjoy the scenery, because it's probably the best thing about the film.
Unlike the series, the characterizations are not nearly as well fleshed out. Other than the eldest son (here named Clay Boy instead of John Boy), none of the children are given much to do. The grandparents are ciphers as well. Also, it's difficult to make lovely Maureen O'Hara unappealing, but this movie somehow manages - she plays the clan's shrewish, nagging mother, who lavishes most of her attention on her "special" eldest son. Even worse is Henry Fonda as the patriarch, who is prone to spewing corny, down-home platitudes and creepily refers to his "babies".
Sure, "The Waltons" had its corny side as well, but the early seasons can be surprisingly gritty at times. "Spencer's Mountain" will just make your teeth ache. Skip it.Some people just don't appreciate quality. I love this movie. Maureen O'Hara, Henry Fonda, James MacArthur. |
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Post by Kyle on Aug 17, 2021 14:01:03 GMT -5
Nope - just that some people have a different definition of quality than you do.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2021 15:55:09 GMT -5
I am not a big fan of SM either. I own it simply because I used to collect works by Earl. It does make the family out to be hicks more than anything else. The whole storyline with breeding the cows and people kind of, well, blech.
I am not the only one that noticed the comparison. "Film critic Judith Crist, writing in the New York Herald Tribune, criticized the adult aspects of the movie's plot, saying it showed "sheer prurience and perverted morality," and adding that "it makes the nudie shows at the Rialto look like Walt Disney productions."[7]"
But, the Waltons did not show everything about Earl Senior either. Apparently, his wife wasn't the only woman.
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