What’s on Netflix Watch Now? The Flight of the Phoenix. Not a great movie, but it’s one that I remember enjoying on TV with my father, decades ago.
I’d forgotten that it features Academy Award® winner Ernest Borgnine. Long ago, my mother was with Borgnine in a traveling troupe of actors from the Barter Theater. She always called him Ernie. Ya know, I’ve never really thought about it before, but Borgnine bears something of a resemblance to my father. Hmm…
This is one of Tom’s favorite movies. I always forget that Ernie’s in it, because Jimmy Stewart, my favorite actor, is in it! We just watched it the other day! One of the myths about the movies is they used the actual shot of the plane flying that ended in the stunt guy getting killed. Of course, they dedicated the movie to him. I noticed Ernie’s resemblence to Dad a long time ago. Mom also said she liked Glenn Ford once, and I immediately told her, “Well, no wonder you married Dad; he looks just like him!”