Did you know that Pamela Bellwood and Dirk Benedict were the replacement cast in Butterflies are Free on Broadway?

Lol no shit. Pamela always wanted to show tits

Sounds like a production that I could get involved in.

Meredith Baxter and Karen Grassle would both play the role as well.

Pamela Bellwood was the second-worst actress on Dynasty (Kathleen Beller was #1 by a wide margin), which is saying something. Can't imagine sitting through two hours of her straining to portray a "free spirit." Yikes.

I'd rather replace Romulus's mother than Gwyneth's.

Was Gloria Swanson playing the Eileen Heckart part?

[quote] Was Gloria Swanson playing the Eileen Heckart part?

Mildred Natwick was

You could have seen this dreck, or you could have seen Lauren Bacall in "Applause."

Or--this would have been my choice--you could have bought a ticket to see "Coco."

Did she show her "liars candles?"

Yup. Knew that. And for R1. No topless scene for the girl although there is a scene in her underwear. Keir Dullea , who I did see ,was shirtless. And Bellwood showed 'em in Playboy. Swanson did replace Eileen Heckhart.

[quote]Kathleen Beller was #1 by a wide margin

Yes, but I had HUGE jugs!

R8 I saw all three. March 1970 on a college theatre trip. Plus PURLIE And PRIVATE LIVES.

R12 did you know Suzi Rogers co-starred with Kate in CoCo?

She is now top-billed on Days of our Lives

Starring

Suzanne Rogers

as

Maggie Horton

Yes and Ann Reinking was a replacement, I think but she may not have been in it when I saw it.

Kcguy, I'm actually impressed AND jealous. Which did you enjoy the most? The least? Who was in that version of Private Lives?

R4 Don't forget Emma Samms and Catherine Oxenberg.

[quote]Pamela Bellwood was the second-worst actress on Dynasty (Kathleen Beller was #1 by a wide margin), which is saying something.

No mam, Ali MacGraw (Lady Ashley Mitchell) was the absolute worst thing to ever hit Dynasty. I hated Pamela Bellwood but Ali MacGraw was far worst. I didn't pay enough attention to Kathleen Beller to remember if she was good or bad.

How was Gloria Swanson? Did she have huge gestures?

a playbill!!!

(who was David Huffman btw?)

omg mother was billed below the title!!! I'm so embarrassed.

(Pamela enters, sighs, flips on the light switch, and leans against the door jamb dramatically.)

Dirk: That doesn't work on me, you idiot. I'm blind.

Weren't they all thesbians in the 70s and 80s

R15. At the time I wasn't all that familiar with Hepburn. Remember, this was long before TCM and to be honest, the TV station late movies in Springfield, Mo were all crap. I remember thinking that the finale was stunning to watch and I really enjoyed seeing David Holiday who was our Lancelot in a local production of CAMELOT the previous year. I caught the final preview of APPLAUSE and loved every minute of it. Being on a Sunday, there were quite a few performers there. James Coco and Marcia Rodd were sitting behind me. I thought Bacall was fabulous . I had not seen ALL ABOUT EVE at that time so the story was new to me. Saw it again that summer when the entire company shut down for a week and brought the show to the St. Louis Muny. Yes, they did that with several high profile Broadway shows back then. Saw APPLAUSE a third time on the next year's college trip with Anne Baxter. PURLIE was Melba Moore from start to finish. I remember not being all that taken with the show. PRIVATE LIVES was fun . Those trips were great. A week in NYC over spring break..Accomodations at the Hotel Piccadilly and as drinking age was 18, we spent a lot of time in that hotel bar. The same bar where Michael Caine watched the reviews of his play in DEATHTRAP. Saw a lot of great shows on those trips. IRENE, EQUUS, NIGHT WATCH, A CHORUS LINE with the original cast, DEATHTRAP, J.C. SUPERSTAR, FOLLIES. the entire cost was $500.00 plus 75.00 dollars more if you wanted a single room and not share. Now back to thread topics.

and Gloria Swanson was playing the mother.

I would so titty fuck her.