Patricia Neal

**blackv8** · June 5th, 2009, 08:37 PM

Patricia Neal
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623658/
(born January 20, 1926) is an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning American actress of stage and screen. She was born Patsy Louise Neal, in Packard, Whitley County, Kentucky. She grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. During the filming of The Fountainhead (1949), Neal had an affair with her married co-star, Gary Cooper, whom she had met in 1947 when she was 21 and he was 46. By 1952, Neal had starred in The Breaking Point, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Operation Pacific (the last with John Wayne). Neal met British writer Roald Dahl at a dinner party hosted by Lillian Hellman in 1951. They married on July 2, 1953, at Trinity Church in New York. In 1963, Neal won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Hud, co-starring Paul Newman. (from Wikipedia)

**blackv8** · June 5th, 2009, 09:18 PM

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 black-and-white science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth with a warning. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe, under the direction of Robert Wise. Screenwriter Edmund H. North based the screenplay on the 1940 Harry Bates' short story "Farewell to the Master." The score was composed by Bernard Herrmann and used two theremin electronic instruments. (from Wikipedia)

BlackV8 sez: The Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds are two of my favorite 1950s sci-fi films. They both have good stories, are well executed and have particularly excellent, intriguing designs for the aliens and spacecraft. This is by far the better film, however. I can think of two reasons this movie dates so much better than WOTW. First, the cinematography in this one is excellent: lighting, angles, composition- looking at the screen captures below, they could be photographic publicity stills (you wouldn't even realize, for the most part, that these are cropped from widescreen format). Second, the performances here are top notch. Patricia Neal has the heft to be able to portray a young widowed mother. She is believable as a woman who both wants to take a day away with her boyfriend, and is cautious about leaving her son in the company of a man she has only just met. Her character has layers, like when she is tucking her son in, listening to his theories about "Mr. Carpenter," simultaneously dismissing them to the boy as she becomes more convinced there is something "off" about the man (he's an alien). Neal does have the ability to give a bloodcurdling scream when the moment warrants, but that isn't her whole repertoire as an actress!

I also find her appearance to be spot-on; she is a young mother who is still very attractive, but not dressed like a pin-up model (not that there's anything wrong with pin-up models).

**zwaik** · October 18th, 2009, 11:20 AM

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**george anson** · January 2nd, 2011, 05:25 PM

**zwaik** · March 15th, 2011, 06:45 PM

3 portraits by Bert Six

1st is reposted in better resolution
2nd smaller but in better definition

~~rodak~~ · April 25th, 2011, 10:56 PM

colorized.

June 5th, 2009, 08:37 PM	#1
blackv8 Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Up on the roof signaling with a flashlight Posts: 1,701 Thanks: 15,777 Thanked 53,069 Times in 1,834 Posts	Patricia Neal Patricia Neal http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623658/ (born January 20, 1926) is an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winning American actress of stage and screen. She was born Patsy Louise Neal, in Packard, Whitley County, Kentucky. She grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. During the filming of The Fountainhead (1949), Neal had an affair with her married co-star, Gary Cooper, whom she had met in 1947 when she was 21 and he was 46. By 1952, Neal had starred in The Breaking Point, The Day the Earth Stood Still and Operation Pacific (the last with John Wayne). Neal met British writer Roald Dahl at a dinner party hosted by Lillian Hellman in 1951. They married on July 2, 1953, at Trinity Church in New York. In 1963, Neal won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Hud, co-starring Paul Newman. (from Wikipedia) __________________ Check out these unique threads" Girls of Hawaii * Ladies of Sci-Fi Glamour & Erotic Photographers

June 5th, 2009, 09:18 PM	#2
blackv8 Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Up on the roof signaling with a flashlight Posts: 1,701 Thanks: 15,777 Thanked 53,069 Times in 1,834 Posts	Patricia Neal - Helen Benson in 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' *The Day the Earth Stood Still* is a 1951 black-and-white science fiction film that tells the story of a humanoid alien visitor who comes to Earth with a warning. The film stars Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe, and Hugh Marlowe, under the direction of Robert Wise. Screenwriter Edmund H. North based the screenplay on the 1940 Harry Bates' short story "Farewell to the Master." The score was composed by Bernard Herrmann and used two theremin electronic instruments. (from Wikipedia) BlackV8 sez: The Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds are two of my favorite 1950s sci-fi films. They both have good stories, are well executed and have particularly excellent, intriguing designs for the aliens and spacecraft. This is by far the better film, however. I can think of two reasons this movie dates so much better than WOTW. First, the cinematography in this one is excellent: lighting, angles, composition- looking at the screen captures below, they could be photographic publicity stills (you wouldn't even realize, for the most part, that these are cropped from widescreen format). Second, the performances here are top notch. Patricia Neal has the heft to be able to portray a young widowed mother. She is believable as a woman who both wants to take a day away with her boyfriend, and is cautious about leaving her son in the company of a man she has only just met. Her character has layers, like when she is tucking her son in, listening to his theories about "Mr. Carpenter," simultaneously dismissing them to the boy as she becomes more convinced there is something "off" about the man (he's an alien). Neal does have the ability to give a bloodcurdling scream when the moment warrants, but that isn't her whole repertoire as an actress! I also find her appearance to be spot-on; she is a young mother who is still very attractive, but not dressed like a pin-up model (not that there's anything wrong with pin-up models). __________________ Check out these unique threads" Girls of Hawaii * Ladies of Sci-Fi Glamour & Erotic Photographers Last edited by Wendigo; May 22nd, 2016 at 03:43 PM.. Reason: removed dead images

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