There aren't a lot of movies that stand up to the test of time as great art but this was one of them. Patty Duke had the great fortune and, maybe, the misfortune of having her best role when she was a young child. Katherine Hepburn degraded the art of acting, saying that Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. I don't think Hepburn in any of her movies rose to the level of acting that Patty Duke achieved in The Miracle Worker, she never displayed that level of ability. Maybe Duke could not have done it without the partnership of the truly great Anne Bancroft but she did it. Hepburn and Tracy in all of their movies were nothing to that paring.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft: The Miracle Worker
There aren't a lot of movies that stand up to the test of time as great art but this was one of them. Patty Duke had the great fortune and, maybe, the misfortune of having her best role when she was a young child. Katherine Hepburn degraded the art of acting, saying that Shirley Temple could do it when she was four. I don't think Hepburn in any of her movies rose to the level of acting that Patty Duke achieved in The Miracle Worker, she never displayed that level of ability. Maybe Duke could not have done it without the partnership of the truly great Anne Bancroft but she did it. Hepburn and Tracy in all of their movies were nothing to that paring.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment