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Hot Spell (1958)
A Memorable Performance by Shirley Booth
I saw this film about 20 years ago and never forgot it. It was a story about a devoted housewife played by Shirley Booth, doting on her unfaithful husband played by Anthony Quinn. Her children witness their father meeting with another woman and try to keep it from their mother until one day, he leaves home with the other woman only to be killed together in a car crash. His poor wife wants him to be buried in the Bayou country where they lived when they were first married, because she reminisces about how happy they were living there, only to find that when they all arrive in Louisiana with his body on the train, that the little house and scenes from her memory where they lived were very ordinary. It was just her memories that made it more than they were. I think I am telling it right from my recollection. It was a sad story of a lonely housewife living in her fantasy of a past. I wish I could find this film somewhere.
Picket Fences (1992)
This is the best series I have ever seen
How can I express how I feel about a series that has captivated my interest for the past few months since TNN was airing reruns of all the episodes until the end of June, 2001. Then it stopped. Now I find myself searching on the NET to see if there are any other stations that are playing it. Television was elevated to a new level when this was created, because the intellect of David Kelley used great filming techniques, bazarre subject matter and psychologically stimulating acting to bring attention to real life issues that we all could identify with. I wish I had taped more of the episodes, now I can't find a station that is playing this series. Oh, woe is me, I feel like I have lost a best friend.