Natalie Wood Special on my local PBS

I am so disappointed that I caught the end of this special. They showed a scene from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof- Natalie was mesmorizing in that role. It looked like it was a filmed TV special. I would love to see that production in full- Olivier, Robert Wagner as Brick, Maureen Stapleton. I'll never forget when I learned of her death when I was at college- I was so sad. The special looked like it was taped in the 80's based on Liz Taylor's clothes and hair. Roddy McDowell was also in it. I'm sure they'll repeat it but you never know when it's on the local PBS stations. mom

I only saw a little clip of the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with just Natalie and Robert. I liked the scene I saw but that's all they showed. That's a shame that it was an awful production. From the commentaries, I thought it would have been good. Oh well, thanks for your insight.

When I was a young gay, I used to have a shrine to her in my bedroom.

I love the recording booth scene in Daisy.

"The circus is a wacky world - how I love it!"

Updated On: 11/1/07 at 11:52 PM

The cast for the film may have been impeccable but the liberties they took with Tennessee Williams' original work is laughable. If you want to see CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF the way it was *meant* to be seen a first rate theatrical production trumps the whitewashed film version any day of the week.

I must say though that Liz made a fetching Maggie.

But I don't really care about that. In the case of the movie, the cast's the thing, not the play. I've seen the show, a few times, and I'm always left wishing I were seeing the film's cast.

Tennessee Williams himself was quoted as saying:

"This movie will set the industry back 50 years. Go home!"

But I digress, back to the BEAUTIFUL MISS WOOD....

Updated On: 11/2/07 at 11:38 AM