tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208953.post112498562098374883..comments2024-03-13T13:27:33.666-04:00Comments on Sandra Scoppettone's Writing Thoughts: Writing for TelevisionSandra Scoppettonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00149336752789641751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208953.post-1125062069236880502005-08-26T09:14:00.000-04:002005-08-26T09:14:00.000-04:00Only Donato & Daughter was made into a TV movie. ...Only Donato & Daughter was made into a TV movie. And Charles Bronson did star. Also Dana Delany. He was horrible and she was perfect. No, I had nothing to do with it. <BR/><BR/>They almost never want the author to adapt. All in all, I thought it was a pretty good script.Sandra Scoppettonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149336752789641751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208953.post-1125031275850192762005-08-26T00:41:00.000-04:002005-08-26T00:41:00.000-04:00Weren't a few of your Jack Early cop novels made i...Weren't a few of your Jack Early cop novels made into TV movies with Charles Bronson? Were you involved in those at all?<BR/><BR/>LeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208953.post-1125015686601330552005-08-25T20:21:00.000-04:002005-08-25T20:21:00.000-04:00Dear Sandra: My play "COURTING MAE WEST" - - whi...Dear Sandra:<BR/> My play "COURTING MAE WEST" - - which features Sara Starr, a character modelled on the late Gr Village resident Starr Faithfull - - is set during the 1920s when Mae West was arrested and jailed for trying to stage two gay plays on Broadway.<BR/> Since you wrote Some Unknown Person [about Starr], you probably are aware of the 100th anniversary of Starr's birthday: January 1926.<BR/>Interested in doing a reading from Some Unknown Person in Gr Village in January in memory of Starr?<BR/> - LindaAnn Loschiavo<BR/> a journalist in New York, NY<BR/>http://MaeWest.blogspot.com<BR/>http://StarrFaithfull.blogspot.comMae West NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429691535206284217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208953.post-1125005163803873212005-08-25T17:26:00.000-04:002005-08-25T17:26:00.000-04:00I deleted the second comment because it was a repe...I deleted the second comment because it was a repeat of first.<BR/><BR/>I looked at Hartman's credits on IMDB but I missed that somehow. The date is wrong though. I think.<BR/><BR/>Camilla was a friend of mine. I often used names of friends in my scripts and novels.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't recall the name of the actor, Roger Davis, when I posted. He looked a bit like Henry Fonda back then and he tried to sound like him. He was terrible. And he doesn't even get the title right.<BR/><BR/>See, it was a memorable piece of work.Sandra Scoppettonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00149336752789641751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208953.post-1125003472945786132005-08-25T16:57:00.000-04:002005-08-25T16:57:00.000-04:00I found a few references to A Little Bit Like Murd...I found a few references to A Little Bit Like Murder on the internet. It's listed on the IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366946/) under Elizabeth Hartman's TV appearances and includes her character's name "Camilla," which I found interesting because Camilla was also the name of the protagonist in your novel Trying Hard to Hear You. <BR/><BR/>There is also a reference to the show in the New York Times that even contains a plot summary: http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=127052<BR/><BR/>And here's an actor who lists the movie in his credits: http://www.darkshadowsonline.com/where-davis.html<BR/><BR/>With all the cable stations available now, I bet that someday A Little Bit Like Murder will resurface and we'll all get a chance to see it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com