This is basically a one-woman showcase. Despite being an old movie and TV freak, I'd never seen or heard of Elizabeth Seal (not exactly a movie star name). But now she's permanently registered in my little fan book. All in all, she's an extraordinary TV presence. Neither pretty by Hollywood standards nor statuesque, hers is one of the most distinctively expressive faces I've seen. I didn't just watch Rosemarie's (Seal) sadness, I felt it, in spades. And that's thanks to a sensitive inner projection behind her outer emotions. Here, Seal plays a lead dancer who's lost her artistic motivation because of a lost love.
Buzz and Tod serve mainly as onlookers giving Rosemarie timely encouragement for her marginal comeback. Yet what fine professionals they are, even when only secondary in the story. Note how they too engage instead of just standing by with occasional lines of their own. Then too, it's interesting to see backstage CBS Television City where the boys work as prop men. I expect the building was still pretty new, and certainly a lot of shows have originated there. It's also interesting and rather poignant watching the girl dancers auditioning on stage. That turns out to be a real nail-biter for the uncertain Rosemarie (Seal) trying to get a job in the back row of a chorus line. But what's with that opening burial scene. Looks like the gravediggers dug a hole curbside in a city park for the mourners to attend. I hope they filled it back in after filming.
Anyhow, the 60-minutes is a tour-de-force for an obscure actress, showing again how much talent dwells behind those sometimes anonymous names.
Buzz and Tod serve mainly as onlookers giving Rosemarie timely encouragement for her marginal comeback. Yet what fine professionals they are, even when only secondary in the story. Note how they too engage instead of just standing by with occasional lines of their own. Then too, it's interesting to see backstage CBS Television City where the boys work as prop men. I expect the building was still pretty new, and certainly a lot of shows have originated there. It's also interesting and rather poignant watching the girl dancers auditioning on stage. That turns out to be a real nail-biter for the uncertain Rosemarie (Seal) trying to get a job in the back row of a chorus line. But what's with that opening burial scene. Looks like the gravediggers dug a hole curbside in a city park for the mourners to attend. I hope they filled it back in after filming.
Anyhow, the 60-minutes is a tour-de-force for an obscure actress, showing again how much talent dwells behind those sometimes anonymous names.