Of course Lillian Hellman's most famous and best line was delivered in real life when she refused to "name names" at the HUACC hearings, saying, “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions”.
Truly she was a "woman for all seasons", and Patrick Mondout should be forced to return to high school (where he obviously did little learning). Bruce On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Joseph Bonelli <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, all, from Joe B in NOLA > > It's aggravating to quote a story that accurately tells of a controversial > Oscar-show incident 30 years ago, only to realize upon re-reading the story > that you missed a glaring error on the part of the (obviously young) writer. > > You would think that a writer so intent on reporting the story correctly > would be sure of the name of the Real-Life Writer portrayed in the story. > Of course, the writer of the book "Pentimento" (filmed as "Julia") was the > author of such theatrical gems as "The Little Foxes" and "Toys in the > Attic," Lillian Hellman. > The writer (someone named Patrick Mondout) calls the author and > movie-character, "Linda Hellerman." > Good research/bad research!!! > > Oh, well. I just worked with a teacher of theatre movement (and a good > one) in a play-- and he confessed that until he recently played "Officer > Krupke" in a production of "West Side Story," that he had NEVER HEARD of the > MUSICAL PLAY or MOVIE!!!!! > > Joe B in NOLA > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
