For some reason I was reminded of Liza and her enchanting portrayal of Pookie (in Sterile Cuckoo)

Criticism of Dame Maggie’s performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is grounds for removal from Datalounge.

[quote]Criticism of Dame Maggie’s performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is grounds for removal from Datalounge.

Cancelled out by my big appreciation for Pookie....which clearly identifies me as a genuine homosexual and of the highest order.

The BIG NIGHT - Maggie didn't make it to the awards.

The Happy Ending is on Amazon Prime if anyone cares to check it out. Jean Simmons and Shirley Jones are fantastic. Shirl was great at playing whores

Fonda should have won that year. Liza was playing herself (again) and Maggie's role wasn't too much of a stretch for her.

Fonda absolutely should have won for Horses. It was a fantastic performance. The bonus is Glenda Jackson would have won for Sunday, Bloody Sunday in '71 instead of Fonda for Klute, which means Jackson would have lost in '73 for A Touch of Class, allowing Burstyn the win for The Exorcist, which would have left Gena Rowlands open to win for A Woman Under the Influence a year later.

Both Pookie Adams and Jean Brodie are much darker (and more interesting) characters in the novels. Minnelli and Smith are fine as far as the characters are presented in the movies, which isn't very far if you compare them to the books which the scripts gutted.

R6, outstanding!

SJP has often stated that "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is the worst film ever made.

If Liza had won for this one, would Diana Ross have won for “Lady Sings The Blues”?

Jane Fonda gives a harrowing performance in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? and is very clear winner from this year. I also think that Susannah York should have won and Red Buttons should have been nominated.

I also vote for Fonda. It was a riveting performance.

R9, are you suggesting SJP knows something about horses?

[quote]The Happy Ending was a BOMB and deservedly so. NO ONE remembers it, apart form a few old queens who remember the middling song.

Although it was an art house hit, do you actually think anyone remembers "The Sterile Cuckoo" but few old queens?

[quote] do you actually think anyone remembers "The Sterile Cuckoo" but few old queens?

Just I and my friend.

You're probably right, R14, in fact I'm sure you are. My enthusiasm affected my judgement.

Sorry, Horses is Jane's best role.

“Sorry, Horses” is a great title.

I like Catherine Burns for supporting actress in '69 over York. But I also think York should have been nominated (and won) the year before in supporting for The Killing of Sister George.

I would have also nominated Buttons alongside Gig Young for Horses, but I would have given supporting in '69 to Richard Thomas for Last Summer. I also would have nominated Tim McIntyre for supporting for The Sterile Cuckoo.

I loved Sterile Cuckoo, Liza’s performance and the beautiful Academy Award nominated song from the film. Music by Fred Karlin and lyrics by Dory Previn.

I didn't know Dory Previn wrote the music. (then Mia stole her husband)

This film made me wish I had gone to Hamilton College. (Hadn't heard of the film or the school when I was 18)

It looks so serene and the school is one of the few in the nation without and general ed requirements. You take whatever classes you want!

Do we know why Bernice Clifton accepted the award?

Maggie was probably in a play in London. Usually the person accepting an award for an absentee explains, but this gurl did not.

OP = ASSASSIN!

[quote]OP = ASSASSIN!

I feel just awful. Liza + Pookie = GOLD gay card, I thought. But no, reject.

I guess I need some alone time to get over this, this weekend. A time of self-reflection/examination along a stormy coastline.

[quote] Do we know why Bernice Clifton accepted the award?

They were lesbian roomies in the 50s when Maggie lived in New York.