She had an uncredited role in the film noir The Turning Point (1952)

She also had an uncredited role as Mrs. Kirk in the Western film Arrowhead (1953), co-starring with Charlton Heston.[11] The following year, she had a supporting role as Betsy Williams in the Western comedy film Ricochet Romance (1954).appearing on television (still using the stage name Judith Ames). From 1954 to 1957, she guest starred on The Public Defender, I Led 3 Lives, Science Fiction Theatre, The Millionaire, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, You Are There, Highway Patrol, Broken Arrow, The Loretta Young Show, Cavalcade of America, General Electric Theater, Tales of Wells Fargo, and The Californians.[13][1][14][5] She made a brief return to film, playing Marion Erschick in the Western Oregon Passage (1957).[15]

From 1958 to 1959, Ames guest starred on Telephone Time, Trackdown, Perry Mason, Man Without a Gun, Lassie, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, Wagon Train, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Cimarron City, and Wanted Dead or Alive.[5][1][14] In her only regular role on primetime television, Ames played Policewoman Sandy McAllister on The Lineup in the series' final season in 1959.[8][1][5]

She played Alice Hainline in the Western film Gunfighters of Abilene (1960), co-starring with Buster Crabbe and Barton MacLane.[16][17] Ames guest starred on Thriller, Laramie, Stagecoach West, Whispering Smith, 77 Sunset Strip, The Andy Griffith Show, The Fugitive, Arrest and Trial, and Ben Casey.[5][18][1]

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What other actor seemed to always played them selve... Like John Wayne did???

A great action movie! One of Errol Flynn’s best, acting is great all around. It takes place in 1191 and depict Robin Hood and his Merry Men fighting Prince John while King Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in the Third Crusade.

Where can I watch this adaptation of the play for free? I can’t find it anywhere and i need to watch for my research.

Relistening to an episode of the podcast You Must Remember This and rediscovered that Billy Wilder had Montgomery Clift as top pick for Sunset Boulevard, but Monty eventually turned down.

I love Monty but to imagine SB without the cynicism of William Holden is almost impossible. It also feels like Holden had a streetsmartness about him that I don’t think Clift ever had.

Recently, I got a chance to see yet another a Oscar Micheaux classic film, God’s Stepchildren. It’s about this light-skinned girl, Naomi, abandoned and adopted into this neighbor’s family starts to grow up and have all kinds of mixed feelings regarding her racial identity, preferring the company of the white children than the darker children.

She becomes quite the wild child causing all kinds of mischief before being sent off to a convent. Years later, Naomi returns to her hometown a changed woman…or is she?

This was a polarizing film for many, some calling it a great film while also saying it’s riddled with harmful colorist stereotypes. I mean, I understand both sides and this isn’t the first Micheaux film where he’s displayed some sort of colorist commentary.

The film also feels reminiscent of films like Imitation of Life (the original film version having come out a few years prior), yet it manages to tell its own complex story involving race…and also has one of the most disturbing endings I’ve ever seen in a classic film.

It’s a film worth watching, if you want to be introduced or familiar with more of Oscar Micheaux’s work. For those who have seen it, I’m curious to know what you all thought.

Happy Halloween!