Hey Eve (or other fans of older movies), Have you seen this one?

[mouthbreather]

This movie came to mind while reading/posting to the "Good Book to Movie Adaptations" thread.

I'm talking about The Wayward Bus (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0051182). It came out in '57 and stars Joan Collins and Jayne Mansfield.

The story is taken from a Steinbeck book of the same name. It is not one of his more popular titles, but I really enjoyed the book. I have heard mixed opinions on whether or not the movie was any good.

Any dopers out there seen this one? Whadja think?

[exchicagoan]

Saw it when it first came out. Don't remember a thing about it except that RICK JASON was in it. But then again, I think HE was the reason that I went to see it in the first place.

Oh well!

[Eve]

Havbe I seen it? I have it on video! I was thinking of doing a Jayne Mansfield bio a few years back, but it ran into Insurmountable Problems.

Not a bad movie; could have been better—but I've never read the book, so I can't say if it was a good adaptation. It was nice to see Jaynie in a rare serious role, and I thought she did rather well!

[mouthbreather]

Damn! Where did you get a hold of that? I searched for a while yesterday and every instance of it that I could find just showed as "not available".

[Eve]

Find a copy of the film-history publications "Classic Images" or "Films of the Golden Age," both of which run lots of ads for companies that sell unusual, old and out-of-circulation videos.

If you can't find 'em on your newsstand, log on to http://www.classicimages.com

[mouthbreather]

Sweet, thanks for the info and link.

[Fiver]

Did you mean "A source for cool movies! Sweet!" or

"Sweet [Eve], thanks for the source for cool movies?"

[mouthbreather]

Well, I meant "A source for cool movies! Sweet!".

Which is not to say that Eve isn't sweet -- It's just that I've been reading over in the pit about how she deals with people on the subway, and frankly, I'm a tad frightened of her. ;)

[Eve]

" . . . and frankly, I'm a tad frightened of her."

—And that's how I like to keep it, dear [gracefully tucking the shiv back into her garter].

[Fiver]

We're all frightened of Eve; that's what makes her so terribly sexy, and so sexily terrible.

Rrowrr!