| re: The Roommate | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:09 pm EDT 08/31/24 | |
| In reply to: re: The Roommate - PlayWiz 11:27 am EDT 08/30/24 | |
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| Two of those titles sort of did focus on life issues that were getting a good deal of attention generally at the time, not that either was exactly a serious tract. 40 Carats was about inter-generational romance, and The Impossible Years focused on the generation gap and changing attitudes toward sex. The Impossible Years got awful reviews, but to many people's surprise (at least if we trust William Goldman), it turned out that Alan King had great drawing power. I guess word of mouth was good because it then ran another nine months with Sam Levene, unquestionably a much better actor (I'm sure King would have agreed), but one who never had much if any drawing power on his own. Again, if we trust Goldman, the producers and King himself later realized that The Impossible Years was junk. It's interesting that the film of 40 Carats got bad reviews and flopped, probably not helped by the casting of the leads, while the film of The Impossible Years probably got even worse reviews (I don't feel like looking up the reviews of both films to compare), but, like the play, was a hit, even though David Niven had little drawing power as a star at that time (and I'm not sure he ever had much in the first place). |
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