Made-for-TV movies have alas had little serious cachet. But there are several that merit artistic consideration. Here are two of them.
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn, the sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, is about a male hustler on the streets of Los Angeles, played by the lovely Leigh J. McKolsky.
(Leigh J. McKlosky)
(John Erman)
It was directed by John Erman, a seasoned professional whose works include the AIDS dramas An Early Frost and Our Sons.
The real auteur however is producer Doug Cramer,
(Doug Cramer)
well-known to "working boys". It's strikingly honest. The film's co-stars include Policewoman himself Earl Holliman,
(Earl Holliman)
and, in her final role, Jean Hagen.
(Jean Hagen)
(Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn)
(Frankenstein : The True Story)
Frankenstein: The True Story was a two-part mini-series written by Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy
(Chris and Don)
and directed by the estimable Jack Smight.
(Jack Smight)
Chris and Don also wrote a Mummy movie centered on a female Mummy called The Lady From the Land of The Dead. Universal still owns it but have yet to produce it.
Enjoy!
(Frankenstein The True Story)
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p.s. Hey. Today Mr. Ehrenstein reopens his Le Petit Mac-Mahon theater for a double feature of two made-for-TV movies from back in the days when such things were far rarer and more centrally located than they are now. And he has chosen a couple of real humdingers for us, so why not lean back in your chosen seating devices, fill your screens, and enjoy yourselves in every way possible because, really, that's what life is all about, push come to shove. Thank you kindly, Maestro Ehrenstein! ** Squeaky, Hi, Darrell! Welcome back! Oh, I see, yeah, I gotcha. I hope that time and money fall from the heavens asap, obviously. Very excited! Love to you! ** Thomas Moronic, I will, then. Listen to 'FoR' again, that is. Sounds like a definite plan. Awesome that you can make it for Chris's 'Weaklings' show. Me too! Hopefully we'll get 'LCTG' over to the UK for some actual theater showings if the gods of distribution and the UK's draconian censorship laws can be subverted. There's some question about the latter, but we'll see. I'm not interested in healing per say, and I can't say that I believe in it, but I guess I see that as her work's material and obsession, no different really than re: your or my stuff and our obsessive need to make art out of it. I guess I see her a lucky artist in a way, you know? Thank you for your great thoughts! ** Kyler, Well, of course. But it wasn't so interesting to you, actually? Probably lazy and generalizing of me to predict it might be. Well, that 'dogs' thing is pretty cool. I certainly wouldn't have minded being a fly on the ... well, I guess there wasn't a wall. A fly on your wizard hat? ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. So happy that you found it interesting and useful, and I hope Sophie did as well, although maybe she already knows Kunz's work. I hadn't heard of her until very recently, but I think she's very highly regarded among people who are into and versed in visionary art. ** David Ehrenstein, Thank you so much David for using this place as your exquisite theater's foundations! Very interesting about Varda, thank you so much for that too. I think Whitman moved back to the States some months ago, if I'm not mistaken. But, yes, about not running into him, although I don't think I know exactly what he looks like, so perhaps I unwittingly did. I'm always hoping to run into Wes Anderson, who does still live here. Now he's someone I would to have a long conversation with. ** Sypha, Holy shit, it's out! I'll be there as soon as I'm able. Everyone, Sypha, noted author, of course, is also, and you may already know this a recording artist ... a maker of music both wondrous and original, which he releases under the moniker Sypha Nadon, and, the reason I bring this up at this very moment os that Mr. Nadon has just hours ago released a new album entitled 'Monolith', which you can download for absolutely no pocket change at all! Seriously! All you have to do is click this and then, after perusing the cover art and notes about the LP, click again where it says download. Why in world not do that, I ask you? It's manna for nothing. So, do that, and let's all have an international listening party! ** Steevee, I'll be very interested to hear your take on 'SOC', if you don't mind sharing it. ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. Well, good. Well, maybe I should do a galerie show of your spiraling spirals. What say you? Bators was in 'Polyester', and, yeah, you should see 'Polyester'. What have you got to lose? A guy at your work loved 'Hogg'?! Now that's a coworker situation you don't find every day. That guy sounds like a keeper. Or a total maniac, one or the other. ** That's it? Okay. Go spend some portion of your day watching the flicks up there, and talk to Mr. E., please, whether you have the time and temerity to do that or not. See you tomorrow.