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Post by petrolino on Jun 24, 2019 19:25:41 GMT
Bestselling author of romance, Judith Krantz, has died aged 91.
R.I.P.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 25, 2019 16:21:03 GMT
The only book I read of hers was Mistral's Daughter and I watched the mini series "Scruples" on TV. I'm not big on Romance but I did enjoy Mistral's Daughter.
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Post by staggerstag on Jun 26, 2019 0:12:17 GMT
That cover right there ^ has remained for me one of the most eye-catching I've ever seen. As a skint teenager I got most of my reading from the public libraries and this book would always catch my eye, primarily the colours, also the fancy glam cover print and title. I never read it, though. I got the impression from leafing through it that it was not really me. I can still appreciate her talent. And she potted $5m on her second novel - before it was even published. That was something back then. Can't imagine any writer getting $5m up front today, although then (c1980) I guess people didn't have the slew of entertainment mediums we have today and paper books, television and picture theatres were it for lots of people. Yeah, it really was nearly 40 years ago, brah! No Kindles and E-Books.
Rest In Peace.
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Post by politicidal on Jun 27, 2019 15:36:18 GMT
RIP.
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Post by amyghost on Jul 1, 2019 12:47:50 GMT
The only book I read of hers was Mistral's Daughter and I watched the mini series "Scruples" on TV. I'm not big on Romance but I did enjoy Mistral's Daughter. Ever see the Mistral mini? Cheesy fun, and I don't think either Stefanie Powers or Stacy Keach are very good as the leads, but it does have a pretty dynamite supporting cast including Lee Remick, Stephane Audran, Timothy Dalton and Ian Richardson, and it's rather pretty to look at. Differs from the book in a few essentials, but not so much as to be a distraction. Mistral is actually the only Krantz book I've ever read, and though I agree she's pretty much trash, she did have the knack of telling a story that kept you reading, and it did hold my interest enough to finish it. Krantz did seem like one of those names who'd be on the landscape forever, whatever you thought of her work, so RIP. She'll probably still be dishing it in that big literary factory in the sky  .
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jul 1, 2019 13:19:44 GMT
The only book I read of hers was Mistral's Daughter and I watched the mini series "Scruples" on TV. I'm not big on Romance but I did enjoy Mistral's Daughter. Ever see the Mistral mini? Cheesy fun, and I don't think either Stefanie Powers or Stacy Keach are very good as the leads, but it does have a pretty dynamite supporting cast including Lee Remick, Stephane Audran, Timothy Dalton and Ian Richardson, and it's rather pretty to look at. Differs from the book in a few essentials, but not so much as to be a distraction. Mistral is actually the only Krantz book I've ever read, and though I agree she's pretty much trash, she did have the knack of telling a story that kept you reading, and it did hold my interest enough to finish it. Krantz did seem like one of those names who'd be on the landscape forever, whatever you thought of her work, so RIP. She'll probably still be dishing it in that big literary factory in the sky . I don't remember seeing the Mistral's Daughter mini series. I do miss the mini series era, often the mini series on TV were much better than what was being shown in the movie theaters but then came pay TV and it all went down the toilet. ( the only reason we have TV is because my husband is a big sports fan )
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Post by amyghost on Jul 1, 2019 19:41:55 GMT
Ever see the Mistral mini? Cheesy fun, and I don't think either Stefanie Powers or Stacy Keach are very good as the leads, but it does have a pretty dynamite supporting cast including Lee Remick, Stephane Audran, Timothy Dalton and Ian Richardson, and it's rather pretty to look at. Differs from the book in a few essentials, but not so much as to be a distraction. Mistral is actually the only Krantz book I've ever read, and though I agree she's pretty much trash, she did have the knack of telling a story that kept you reading, and it did hold my interest enough to finish it. Krantz did seem like one of those names who'd be on the landscape forever, whatever you thought of her work, so RIP. She'll probably still be dishing it in that big literary factory in the sky . I don't remember seeing the Mistral's Daughter mini series. I do miss the mini series era, often the mini series on TV were much better than what was being shown in the movie theaters but then came pay TV and it all went down the toilet. ( the only reason we have TV is because my husband is a big sports fan ) They were fun; I miss that era of television, when the Big Three were still dominant, and these sorts of 'special event' programs were popular. The production values were often as good as those for theatrical films, and they sometimes managed to attract some pretty big name actors, as Mistral did. I watched any number of them, everything from Arthur Hailey's 'Wheels' to James Michener's 'Centennial' and got a big kick out of a lot of them. There's a lot of good stuff to be found on cable and streaming these days, but there was something sort of unique and special about the old miniseries format that I don't think could be recaptured today. Mistral used to be on Youtube, but I haven't seen it lately; you can buy the dvd from Amazon pretty inexpensively. It's worth a viewing, especially if you've read the novel.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jul 1, 2019 21:15:01 GMT
I don't remember seeing the Mistral's Daughter mini series. I do miss the mini series era, often the mini series on TV were much better than what was being shown in the movie theaters but then came pay TV and it all went down the toilet. ( the only reason we have TV is because my husband is a big sports fan ) They were fun; I miss that era of television, when the Big Three were still dominant, and these sorts of 'special event' programs were popular. The production values were often as good as those for theatrical films, and they sometimes managed to attract some pretty big name actors, as Mistral did. I watched any number of them, everything from Arthur Hailey's 'Wheels' to James Michener's 'Centennial' and got a big kick out of a lot of them. There's a lot of good stuff to be found on cable and streaming these days, but there was something sort of unique and special about the old miniseries format that I don't think could be recaptured today. Mistral used to be on Youtube, but I haven't seen it lately; you can buy the dvd from Amazon pretty inexpensively. It's worth a viewing, especially if you've read the novel. I have some of the mini series on DVD, mostly the ones with Richard Chamberlain: The Thorn Birds, Dream West, Centennial, The Bourne Identity, and Shogun. I haven't watched them in several years. I'll check out Mistral's Daughter.
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Post by amyghost on Jul 2, 2019 13:26:11 GMT
They were fun; I miss that era of television, when the Big Three were still dominant, and these sorts of 'special event' programs were popular. The production values were often as good as those for theatrical films, and they sometimes managed to attract some pretty big name actors, as Mistral did. I watched any number of them, everything from Arthur Hailey's 'Wheels' to James Michener's 'Centennial' and got a big kick out of a lot of them. There's a lot of good stuff to be found on cable and streaming these days, but there was something sort of unique and special about the old miniseries format that I don't think could be recaptured today. Mistral used to be on Youtube, but I haven't seen it lately; you can buy the dvd from Amazon pretty inexpensively. It's worth a viewing, especially if you've read the novel. I have some of the mini series on DVD, mostly the ones with Richard Chamberlain: The Thorn Birds, Dream West, Centennial, The Bourne Identity, and Shogun. I haven't watched them in several years. I'll check out Mistral's Daughter. Remember when Chamberlain was the miniseries heartthrob king? Now, when I watch reruns of The Drew Carey Show and see him in drag playing Nigel Wick's mother, I'm not sure if I could ever take him seriously as a romantic lead again  . But Shogun was one of the really good ones, and I haven't watched it in ages, either. If you ever get around to Mistral's Daughter, let me know what you think of it  .
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. But Shogun was one of the really good ones, and I haven't watched it in ages, either.