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|    gggg gggg to OldBob    |
|    Re: PICNIC (1955)    |
|    06 Dec 22 01:22:11    |
      From: ggggg9271@gmail.com              On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 1:52:55 PM UTC-7, OldBob wrote:       > On 10/1/2015 3:26 PM, SLGreg wrote:       > > Joshua Logan's faithful 1955 screen adaptation of William Inge's       > > Pulitzer Prize-winning play about small-town America features a       > > stellar performance by William Holden as Hal Carter, a drifter who       > > comes to a small Kansas hamlet just as the community is preparing to       > > celebrate Labor Day.       >       > I've always liked "Picnic". Not because it is a cinematic masterpiece       > (far from it) but I like the small town Midwestern setting and Kim Novak       > was absolutely drop dead gorgeous.       > Plus the slow dance sequence is terrific.       > The supporting actors did a great job too, esp. Ros Russel and Arthur       > O'Connell.       > Great cinematography and, of course, that song.              (Youtube upload):              "What's My Line? - Randolph Churchill; Kim Novak; Desi Arnaz [panel] (Feb 5,       1956)"              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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