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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 0:51:52 GMT
Some we wish had been ours, some we were more than happy belonged to someone else and some were pretty much just like ours. Essays always welcome and encouraged.   |
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Post by OldAussie on May 10, 2018 0:58:06 GMT
Agnes Moorehead gave one of the great single scene performances as a mother -  and was the mother in a film of slightly lesser quality -  |
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Post by mattgarth on May 10, 2018 0:58:39 GMT
Jimmy Stewart's favorite mom Beulah Bondi:
OF HUMAN HEARTS
VIVACIOUS LADY
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
And especially IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
also appeared as mom on his 1970s TV series
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Post by OldAussie on May 10, 2018 1:02:06 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 1:06:08 GMT
Jimmy with his WONDERFUL Mom and wife (who was no slouch in the Mom Department)  |
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Post by jervistetch on May 10, 2018 1:19:40 GMT
Great topic, BAT. Another great single-scene Mom performance is Jo Van Fleet in COOL HAND LUKE. That scene is so sad.  Van Fleet played another memorable Mom to James Dean in EAST OF EDEN. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 1:25:17 GMT
This is Forrest's Mama. She always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."  Mama always had a way of explaining things so I could understand them. |
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Post by jervistetch on May 10, 2018 1:34:54 GMT
Ma Joad always makes me cry. She's SO strong and SO good. Just like my Mom.  |
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Post by OldAussie on May 10, 2018 1:37:37 GMT
Not to forget Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden also.  oops just saw it was mentioned. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 1:45:48 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 1:47:20 GMT
oops just saw it was mentioned. repeats no problem ! 
RE: the Moorhead image … great scene and screenshot ! |
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Post by politicidal on May 10, 2018 2:17:42 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 2:26:47 GMT
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Post by politicidal on May 10, 2018 2:29:15 GMT
Oh right, Stiffler's Mom (Jennifer Coolidge) from American Pie. Shit, that's almost twenty years old. I've grown old . I need to log off for a moment. |
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Post by bravomailer on May 10, 2018 2:31:58 GMT
Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 2:49:25 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on May 10, 2018 2:59:58 GMT
Another good mom…  Always my favorite scene in the ’56 Man. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 10, 2018 3:05:11 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on May 10, 2018 3:11:03 GMT
Oh, geez, Bat, now I’m getting all teary-eyed… My grandmother brought me to the public library to see Bambi when I was very, very little—they were showing it there on a big screen. All of the kids brought blankets and lay on the floor while the adults sat in chairs, and I remember crying when Bambi’s mother died…but my grandmother was there to comfort me, and the whole thing is just a wonderful memory, in the end, because even with something sad it turned out all right in the end, me and my grandma there. Wow. Sorry for having to treat everyone here to my own personal stories, but that’s the first thing that comes to mind with that… I also have a sweet memory with my mom and Dumbo there. Boy, the things that touch you… |
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Post by bravomailer on May 10, 2018 3:16:51 GMT
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