Hey Robert,
I guess that shows that one can jump to conclusions. I saw that the
Lynn Redgrave wed site was on your links. I sent an e-mail to Lynn
after she was diagnosed with breast cancer as I had that too and she
sent me back a great e-mail.
I guess "A Taste of Honey" is it for me although I have seen "The
Knack" and a couple of other films that Rita was in but really can't
remember them.
Cheryl
-- In finallyaritatushinghamclub@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Dahl"
<rjd0309@c...> wrote:
>
> > Hi Robert,
> > Thanks for the links. I guess Rita was not nominated for the Academy
> > Awards but she should have been.
> > I think you must be British as you said "cinema" instead of movies.
> > But, maybe not.
> > Well, I have been a fan of Rita since I first saw "A Taste of
> Honey".
> > As a film student, writer and a visual artist, the scenes between
> her
> > and the gay guy really moved me. Since I am a gay woman, it sort of
> > brought to light the prejudices that we encounter.
> > I live in California. Where do you live?
> > Hope to hear from you,
> > Cheryl
> -------------------------------------
>
> Hi Cheryl,
>
> Rita's IMDB filmography is fairly complete. For a slightly more
> complete list of her performances, click on the link to her TV Tome
> page. (Well, okay, I'll cut and paste it for you right here.)
> http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-151288/
>
> I'm not British, but I do correspond with some British friends by
> email, so I guess I'm used to saying "cinema" for their benefit.
>
> One of my Brit friends asked me just the other day whether Murray
> Melvin was gay. I said that he had done a great job acting the part
> of a gay character in ATOH, but that I really didn't know if he was
> gay in real life. Does anyone in the group know for sure???
>
> This reminds me of the first Rita film that I saw. One day in about
> 1995 or thereabouts, I was channel surfing and stumbled across a
> cable channel that was showing "The Trap". I was tremendously
> impressed by this unknown (to me) actress who played the part of a
> mute woman. I wondered if the actress herself was mute (ha!), just
> like some might wonder if Murray Melvin is gay because he did such a
> great job playing a gay character.
>
> Bear with me here....in August of 2003, the Earth was passing close
> to the planet Mars, and a friend of mine told me to check out
> the "Mars Observers" Yahoo Group. That is how I learned about the
> existence of Yahoo Groups.
>
> I then went looking for a group dedicated to my favorite 1960's TV
> show, "The Fugitive". Scanning down the list of groups beginning
> with the letter "F" - for Fugitive - I came across a group
> called "Finally A Rita Tushingham Club". This triggered my memory of
> seeing "The Trap" in 1995 -- "Oh, yeah, that's that terrific mute
> actress from The Trap!"
>
> I joined the group and looked at the backlog of messages up to that
> point. From the discussions of other group members, I learned that
> Rita had made many more movies than just "The Trap". I bought a few
> of her more popular movies on DVD, and they were great, so I just
> kept on getting more of her movies. After a while, I had so many
> that I figured I might as well try to collect them all! (This hobby
> keeps me off the streets, and prevents me from spending my money on
> useless frivolities like food, rent, and utilities.) :o)
>
> Every so often, another rare Rita movie will turn up, or perhaps an
> old TV performance. Not everyone is interested in some of Rita's
> more arcane performances, so I'm afraid that I may bore some of the
> group members to tears with this stuff. Oh, well.
>
> Which of Rita's performances is your favorite? Which movies have you
> seen? Which would you LIKE to see but just can't find?
>
> Cheers,
> Robert, from Phoenix