Chameleon Actor

Stephen Colbert chatted with Robert Duvall recently. Colbert asked Duvall about working with Brando, which is where this clip comes in.

A very different interview with Duvall would focus on his Science Fiction work, including THX-1138.

Years before THX-1138, Duvall appeared in The Twilight Zone. A while ago I watched as many episodes of the original The Outer Limits as I could before it was yanked from Amazon Prime. The series was good at stretching what could have been half-hour episodes into full hours. Duvall worked well with the deliberately slow pacing, as seen in “The Chameleon.”

Work to Live or Live to Work?

Luddites unite!

Progress is inevitable, as I was reminded last night, watching The Blue Gardenia on TCM Noir Alley. After George “Superman” Reeves lights up in this video, there are telephone switchboard operators hard at work.

https://youtu.be/-QewqQUs8aE?t=2152

Are there even clerical secretaries anymore? Many minimum wage jobs in food service and retail used to be filled by students who quickly left those jobs, and by women making money for family vacations, Christmas presents, and college funds. Today, many people depend upon those jobs to support themselves and their families. The economy has changed a lot since I started working part-time as a high school kid 50 years ago.