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Post by rochelle on Mar 13, 2018 16:15:08 GMT -5
I've always been more moved by the actors who perform best without words. In all my years I recall two such scenes: Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life when he sits at the bar in absolute crisis about the lost money, and Ellen Corby when she drops the beans she was snapping with one hand on the front porch frustrated that she can't do more after her stroke. The exchange between her and Michael Learned is so emotional.
Well, having just watched The Actress, I have one more to remember. When Alvira Drummond is saying her goodbyes on the front porch, she kisses Grandpa and that action Grandma does in her expression is PRICELESS! Ellen Corby at her best - again!
What is one of your unforgettable *wordless* performances by a Waltons actor?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2018 18:40:27 GMT -5
I totally agree about It's a Wonderful Life, it's my favourite film...As for the Waltons, Grandma Walton was always very entertaining  |
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Post by nedandres on Mar 13, 2018 21:42:19 GMT -5
The expressions by all the adult actors on the porch in John-Boy's last scene in "The Achievement" are memorable and moving.
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Post by rochelle on Mar 14, 2018 0:14:55 GMT -5
The expressions by all the adult actors on the porch in John-Boy's last scene in "The Achievement" are memorable and moving. Oh, yes! I saw that episode not too long ago and was stunned by that scene and by not remembering ever having seen it before! I got the sense that John Boy and Richard Thomas were never more *one* than here, because I believe those tears and emotions were as much Richard's for leaving the show as they were JB's for leaving Walton's Mountain. I think I got choked up as much as he did. Wow, extreme Waltons.  |
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Post by Brenda on Mar 14, 2018 15:09:49 GMT -5
Season 7 - "The Yearning" This is the episode where Elizabeth falls in love with the new preacher, Andy March. At the end of the episode, she comes downstairs in her new dress, looking all grown up, ready to go on a "date" with her daddy, then she and John dance together in the living room as Jason plays the piano. Olivia has one of those moments where she acts without words. She is sitting on the couch watching them dance when she becomes visibly emotional. I've often wondered if she was "acting" in that scene, or if Michael Learned herself became emotional as she realized she had watched this little girl grow up before her eyes. Just a few episodes later, Michael Learned left the series in the episode The Parting. Attachments:
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Post by nedandres on Mar 14, 2018 15:55:59 GMT -5
Cool, Brenda. Thanks for sharing that. From seeing them together in person many times, it is clear that Michael loves her TV children very much.
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Post by sandy43 on Mar 19, 2018 3:39:11 GMT -5
Hi Nedandres, you have just answered my question before I posted it. The cast of The Waltons were together for so many years, I had often wondered if they built up a relationship. I now know they did. Sometimes when I have been watching an emotional episode, and tears have been shed, they have looked so real, as though they have actually been touched by the story line.
By the way, the snow has finally stopped here in Bletchley Bucks UK and the sun is shining brightly.
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Post by sandy43 on Mar 19, 2018 3:54:22 GMT -5
I totally agree about It's a Wonderful Life, it's my favourite film...As for the Waltons, Grandma Walton was always very entertaining |
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Post by sandy43 on Mar 19, 2018 4:00:47 GMT -5
I loved the episode when Olivia has Polio, she is lying in bed and imagines she hears Elizabeth calling for her, she jumps out of bed and walks. Also, her expression when she sees the wheelchair the Baldwin sisters give her. I could almost have hated that wheelchair myself.
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Post by kazk on Apr 11, 2018 0:36:15 GMT -5
Director of The Waltons, Ralph Senensky, spoke about just that on his blog where he recalled directing The Gift, with Ron Howard as the guest star. He mentioned how Richard Thomas was concerned with all the dialogue going to Ron Howard during a scene on the porch. Richard was doing all of the listening to Ron's character Seth, but he says that it was Richard Thomas's reactions to what was being said that moved him to tears. I think Richard is a real master at that. You can have a read of it at: senensky.com/the-gift/ |
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Post by goldfinch1 on Apr 11, 2018 13:34:44 GMT -5
Director of The Waltons, Ralph Senensky, spoke about just that on his blog where he recalled directing The Gift, with Ron Howard as the guest star. He mentioned how Richard Thomas was concerned with all the dialogue going to Ron Howard during a scene on the porch. Richard was doing all of the listening to Ron's character Seth, but he says that it was Richard Thomas's reactions to what was being said that moved him to tears. I think Richard is a real master at that. You can have a read of it at: senensky.com/the-gift/Thank you for this post and link. I couldn't agree more, Richard reactions are always so moving to me, they always have me in tears. He speaks so much through those shinning eyes of his. It was fascinating to read about the scene on the question of death, between John and John Boy. I always thought that eventual scene was very honest and brave of John Boy to ask the question to John, and I appreciated John's reply. That scene touched me personally.🌸 |
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