Finishing “The Portrait of a Lady” leaves the author of “Old Crimes,” a new story collection, “a little more confident.” Meanwhile, Rod Serling has a place on her shelves.
Lethal Weopan legends Danny Glover and Mel Gibson.
Donner was one of those directors who didn t flinch at adding comedy to his dramatic scripts – the
Lethal Weapon series is a perfectly example. On the surface, these are deadly serious cop dramas, but focusing on the pairing of opposites Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, Donner was able to mine some terrific comic moments as the by-the-book Roger Murtaugh tries to understand and deal with his unhinged partner, Martin Riggs.
Although Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and The Jeopardy Room have virtually no laughs, Sounds and Silences and The Brain Center at Whipple s add light touches to serious stories by exaggerating the villainy of, well, their villains.
Anne Francis – so good in The After Hours as blonde Marsha White - returns in a black wig as fetching Jess-Belle Stone, a backwoods girl who loves handsome Billy Ben Turner (James Best). Unfortunately, Billy has found new fire with gorgeous Ellwyn Glover (Laura Devon) and Jess-Belle is left in the dust. until she seeks out the fiery community witch Granny Hart (a truly wonderful Jeanette Nolan), who puts a spell on Billy. However, if you make a pact with the dark side, you have to pay, and Jess-Belle s debt soon comes calling.
Jess-Belle Stone (Anne Francis) embodies the old saying hell hath no fury like a woman scorned in the mighty atmospheric episode Jess-Belle.