Sissy Spacek is Verna: USO Girl
Originally aired on [italic]PBS Great Performances.[/italic]
Based on a story by Paul Gallico. A USO entertainer of very modest talent travels across WW Two Europe to entertain the troops. With a very young William Hurt as an Army officer who falls in love with her. Supporting cast includes Sally Kellerman and Howard da Silva. I have always wanted to see this but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Thanks to the person who uploaded it to YouTube. The ending make me laugh, but I’m twisted like that. I forgot about how good public television was back in the day…
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 18, 2022 1:57 PM
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“Who’s Happy Now!” by Oliver Hailey was on [italic]Great Performances[/italic] when I was but a gayling. It made a big impression on me. John Ritter and Rue McClanahan were the stars.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 26, 2021 4:30 PM
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^^That should be a question mark.^^
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 26, 2021 4:31 PM
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I loved this series of dramatizing short stories.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 26, 2021 4:49 PM
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Why didn’t Sally Kellerman become a bigger star?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 27, 2021 12:49 AM
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Who Is Sally Kellerman and why Is she saying those terrible things about me?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 27, 2021 2:03 AM
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Let's get personal.
Your father Werner was a burger server in suburban Santa Barbara when he spurned your mother Verna for a curly-haired surfer named Roberta.
Did that hurt her?
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 27, 2021 2:40 AM
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Paul Gallico was quite the prolific one. He wrote a ton of novels and short stories.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 18, 2022 1:42 PM
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Broadway Theatre Archive has several shows broadcast on PBS. They can be bought on Amazon.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 18, 2022 1:53 PM
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