![]() "I knew I couldn't shoot in a movie all day and work on a stage at night and do my best in both," she was quoted as saying by Hedda Hopper of the Los Angeles Times in 1966. This commitment led her to turn down the role ultimately played by Eva Marie Saint in On the Waterfront (1954). Rule was in the original 1953 Broadway cast of William Inge's Picnic (in the role of Madge Owens, the innocent beauty, played by Kim Novak in the film version), whose company also included Paul Newman in his Broadway debut. She was troubled by the attitude toward women's beauty at the studios in the early 1950s: "Because I was afraid of being robbed of my individuality, I fought with the makeup people, the hairdressers, and I didn't understand problems of the publicity department," she was reported as saying in 1957. Rule's Warner contract was allowed to lapse after only two films. The established star belittled the younger woman, making Rule's work on the film difficult, although Crawford years later wrote a letter of apology to Rule for treating her badly on this film. Gaining a contract by Warner Bros., her first credited screen role was as Virginia in Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), which featured Joan Crawford in the lead. She was pictured on the cover of Life magazine on January 8, 1951, as being someone to watch in the entertainment industry. Rule also studied acting at the Chicago Professional School. She began dancing at the Chez Paree nightclub in Chicago at age 15, which paid for ballet lessons, and was a dancer in the 1949 Broadway production of Miss Liberty. Her father was a dealer in industrial diamonds. Rule was born in Norwood, Ohio, to parents of Irish origin. I have a feeling she’s gonna love it.Mary Janice Rule (Aug– October 17, 2003) was an American actress and psychotherapist, earning her PhD while still acting, then acting occasionally while working in her new profession. My 11 year-old Kendyl has never watched The Twilight Zone, since she eschews black and white films and TV shows (I’m telling ya, this generation is doomed), but I’m gonna show this one to her whether she likes it or not. It’s a complete success, not quite in my top 20… but damned close. It’s a warm, sweet tale with just enough intrigue and peril to keep things balanced. In animated form, “The Fugitive” would be right home among the classic animated films of Walt Disney, with its troubled female protagonist, magical sidekick, wicked aunt, propulsive story and happy ending. The design is whimsically retro-futuristic, which fits into the proceedings perfectly. Whatever it is, it seems capable of both harming and healing. I've gotta mention the cool device that both Ben and his pursuers wield. C’mon, if you’re going to make action figures of the Frisby alien and the Cyclops alien (both vastly inferior to this), you’ve gotta tackle Old Ben’s monster disguise. Bang Bang Pow!, if you’re listening, this would make an awesome action figure (or bobblehead, or both). It manages to still look like Ben (well, an Asian caricature of Ben) despite the utterly inhuman appearance (thanks in large part to an upper lip piece that resembles his big mustache). Finally, he’ll become… well, I’d hate to spoil the delightful surprise that the episode’s climax brings.īen’s alien monster disguise, with skin that looks to be composed of rock fragments, is an impressive design. ![]() He becomes a fearsome space monster to entertain the neighborhood kids later, to evade the mysterious men looking for him, he’ll change into a mouse, then a housefly. Ben is the parental figure Jenny lacks, but it’s more than that: she passionately adores this charming old man who is clearly more than he appears.īen can transmogrify into different forms, as we see in the episode’s prologue sequence (a masterfully staged scene that, in a brief couple of minutes, establishes the tone of the story to follow). ![]() Pat O’Malley and Susan Gordon, share an innocent but powerful bond. Gann (she’d fit right in with the evil aunts in Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach). Bare, this heartwarming offering turns 50 tonight.īen is a friendly old codger who spends his days playing with neighborhood kids and keeping a watchful eye on Jenny, a disabled orphan who lives with her mean aunt Mrs. Written by Charles Beaumont and directed by Richard L. …asks Rod Serling in his opening narration for “The Fugitive,” one of the brightest spots in the increasingly uneven landscape of The Twilight Zone’s third season. What would you have if you put these two different things together?” "It's been said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things: science fiction, the improbable made possible fantasy, the impossible made probable.
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