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Sandre Dee's "morning-after" scene: good or awful?

posted 9 years ago by InherentlyYours
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can't decide on her acting:
"I haven't done anything wrong, I've been a good girl", No, No, I've been a good girl"!, "Please I want my fadda, please I want my fadda"

[–] I_Love_Hutch 9 years ago

From everything I've seen her in (mostly melodramas) , Sandra Dee was not a good actress.

[–] communionsong 9 years ago

Oh...I beg to differ. She was very good in "Imitation of Life" and in several of the "Night Gallery" episodes she appeared in.

[–] PrometheusTree64 8 years ago

I think she was a good actress, but this kind of fare from this era doesn't invite an ingenue to do anything more than what Dee does here.

I think she does far better elsewhere, and a little later.

This kind of sudser could find a teenaged Dee a bit shrill, but I thought overall she generally showed an intelligence and a certain clarity that prevents me from dismissing her as a bad actress.

Let's face it: the appeal of A SUMMER PLACE is that damned music, for those of us uncynical enough to appreciate such swoony cascading stringery from the cusp of the '50s and '60s.

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[–] pouncemo 8 years ago

Her overall performance seemed very natural and unforced to me. The particular scene you mention would be difficult for anyone to pull off. It had an over-the-top premise and that is what she turned in.

I know I would have been hysterical under those circumstances and screaming my head off for my dad to stop such a thing from happening.

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