Yes, as others said, the intro was a realistic acting out of rage over huge personal loss - both parents dead - and the rage at feeling abandoned. Keir Dullea had a difficult role here. This segment was really ahead of its time - in 1960 - 62, no one was dealing openly with this kind of blocked rage in children or adolescents - above all in middle class white families. If the rage turned inward, then it would be suicide. "Accept the soft lonely corners of yourself" - a sentence from a writer who knew the feelings. People, including children, were supposed to suck it up and "get on with things." And art therapy was unheard of. It was very much the exception to see on television any show approach these problems in families. We were supposed to be Ozzie and Harriet or The Brady Bunch.
Yes this was one of the TV shows I always watched as a little boy. Never understood the episodes but I liked the opening melting paint and liked Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure because I remember him in western roles. Keir Dullea I always had a problem liking him. Thought he was very good in David and Lisa and excellent in 2001. Good to see Dina Merrill in this too.
Yes, here's another appearance by the very classy lady Dina Merill. Coming from an aristocratic family in real life, Ms. Merill was glamour personified: a throw-back to the years when Hollywood was glamour and glamour was Hollywood. Always well groomed, never a hair out of place, she was what I would term "a real movie star". Keir Dullea seemed to always take on roles that were never mainstream, more to do with an undercurrent of evil in his scheme of things. He gave chilling performances that always resonated.
The intro with the fluid scared the he'll out of me as a kid, 5 or 4 years old. I remember screaming and crying. Watch it now laughing but as a kid I can see why would be scary!
Way too heavy with the histrionics, although that was the style of that era, it rings not only staged, but wholly inappropriate behavior otherwise. Very childish behavior being modeled by the protagonist in this story, and entirely too overwrought performance for a modern audience in 2021. Modern 10 year olds are much more emotionally mature than what was demonstrated in this episode.
I've been a subvstitute teacher with emotionally disturbed 8-12 year-old students. They not only can be like Keir Dullea's character, I've seen them be violent towards other students. I don't know where the aversion to melodrama came from in the last 30 years but life is often melodramatic, your disdain for melodrama notwithstanding. Keir Dullea plays an EMOTIONALLY disturbed young man, not a well-adjusted young man.
Yes, as others said, the intro was a realistic acting out of rage over huge personal loss - both parents dead - and the rage at feeling abandoned. Keir Dullea had a difficult role here. This segment was really ahead of its time - in 1960 - 62, no one was dealing openly with this kind of blocked rage in children or adolescents - above all in middle class white families. If the rage turned inward, then it would be suicide. "Accept the soft lonely corners of yourself" - a sentence from a writer who knew the feelings. People, including children, were supposed to suck it up and "get on with things." And art therapy was unheard of. It was very much the exception to see on television any show approach these problems in families. We were supposed to be Ozzie and Harriet or The Brady Bunch.
Yes this was one of the TV shows I always watched as a little boy. Never understood the episodes but I liked the opening melting paint and liked Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure because I remember him in western roles. Keir Dullea I always had a problem liking him. Thought he was very good in David and Lisa and excellent in 2001. Good to see Dina Merrill in this too.
is checkmate the name of show ? i landed on this accidently
What a series !glad I got to See it a really introspective show.thanks.
Yes, here's another appearance by the very classy lady Dina Merill. Coming from an aristocratic family in real life, Ms. Merill was glamour personified: a throw-back to the years when Hollywood was glamour and glamour was Hollywood. Always well groomed, never a hair out of place, she was what I would term "a real movie star". Keir Dullea seemed to always take on roles that were never mainstream, more to do with an undercurrent of evil in his scheme of things. He gave chilling performances that always resonated.
The intro with the fluid scared the he'll out of me as a kid, 5 or 4 years old. I remember screaming and crying. Watch it now laughing but as a kid I can see why would be scary!
Keir Dullea was a good actor, as seen in "David and Lisa" (1962), "2001 A Space Odyssey" (1968), and other films.
And, last I heard, still performing!
He was also in Bunny Lake is missing (1966)
Yes indeed ! He's a wonderfully gifted actor !
Seems like he always played a character with some sort of emotional issue, though.
Originally telecast on January 24, 1962.
Great actor.
That lady in the particular installment looks like-perhaps is Dina Merrill.
Dina Merrill it most certainly is...Just think Donald Trump bought her mother's house- Mar-a largo.
She invades someone's privacy then gets an attitude when someone wants to force themselves w questions to her. Spoiled fk'in ppl!!
Hey, there's Mr. French!
As a matter of fact,it was before Sebastian became Giles French in FAMILY AFFAIR.
mr.french, sebastion cabot
Now we know what he did before he became Bill Davis' "gentleman's gentleman" in New York City.....
This poor young mam has demons.
Wasn't Keir also in the play BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE?
On stage.
Too over the top for me...
Weird and weirder
Way too heavy with the histrionics, although that was the style of that era, it rings not only staged, but wholly inappropriate behavior otherwise. Very childish behavior being modeled by the protagonist in this story, and entirely too overwrought performance for a modern audience in 2021. Modern 10 year olds are much more emotionally mature than what was demonstrated in this episode.
I've been a subvstitute teacher with emotionally disturbed 8-12 year-old students. They not only can be like Keir Dullea's character, I've seen them be violent towards other students. I don't know where the aversion to melodrama came from in the last 30 years but life is often melodramatic, your disdain for melodrama notwithstanding. Keir Dullea plays an EMOTIONALLY disturbed young man, not a well-adjusted young man.