That Darn Cat

[MonarC]

I was flippin around on the tube this morning and they were showing "That Darn Cat" I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid. I loved it. And D.C. was a beautiful cat. :D Great movie.

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[catlover79]

Yes, those Hayley Mills movies from back in the day were so much fun. I'll have to watch this one again one of these days.

[MonarC]

I agree. She's gorgeous and I love her accent.:D

[Jude The Obscure]

I love Hayley Mills--esp in Pollyanna, The Parent Trap, and The Trouble with Angels

Hallmark showed the remake of That Darn Cat afterwards....doesn't quite have the same charm, IMO.

[MonarC]

Yeah I like Christina Ricci but you can't beat the original.

[catlover79]

I agree. She's gorgeous and I love her accent.:D
Exactly - she was and is class all the way, as is her sister Juliet.

[Marvo301]

The Parent Trap is my favorite Hayley Mills movie. I also liked her as Miss Bliss on Good Morning Miss Bliss (the prequel to Saved by the Bell)

[catlover79]

^ Me, too. Except here in the Cleveland market, GMMB was shown under the Saved by the Bell title with a clip at the beginning of the show. The clip always featured Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack, mentioning the gang's adventures "when we were in junior high". I liked the character of Miss Bliss, and Hayley Mills did a fine job in the role. I wouldn't have minded having her for a teacher. :D

[JamesG]

I can't say that I liked this one or the remake.

For Hayley Mills I have memories of watching The Trouble With Angels when I was younger. It was one of my mother's favorities and she watched it all the time.

I bought in on DVD in a discount bargain bin at PathMark for $5.00


I didn't care at all for the sequel Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows. I don't remember much of it now but I remember this one dumb scene where the nuns school bus stumbles upon a western movie set and Native Americans "attack" the bus. It was another bad example on how Native Americans were treated in Hollywood at the time before the whole big feud going on during the 1970s.


I also liked her in The Parent Trap but I did not see the three sequels.

[Liza]

I can't say that I liked this one or the remake.

For Hayley Mills I have memories of watching The Trouble With Angels when I was younger. It was one of my mother's favorities and she watched it all the time.

I bought in on DVD in a discount bargain bin at PathMark for $5.00


I didn't care at all for the sequel Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows. I don't remember much of it now but I remember this one dumb scene where the nuns school bus stumbles upon a western movie set and Native Americans "attack" the bus. It was another bad example on how Native Americans were treated in Hollywood at the time before the whole big feud going on during the 1970s.


I also liked her in The Parent Trap but I did not see the three sequels.

I remember Where Angels Go Trouble Follows. I didn't like it at all either. Hayley wasn't in it, and it was just barely a sequel because Roz Russell was playing the same character. Loved the original with Hayley though!

I think my favorite film of hers is Summer Magic. I also love all of The Parent Trap movies. It's hard to find Parent Trap III and IV nowadays, but II is finally on DVD :clap:

My dad is hopelessly in love with Hayley Mills. He's likes my mom a lot, but she understands that she comes in second to Hayley ;) He wanted to name me Hayley, but that's where she drew the line.

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[Liza]

^ Me, too. Except here in the Cleveland market, GMMB was shown under the Saved by the Bell title with a clip at the beginning of the show. The clip always featured Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Zack, mentioning the gang's adventures "when we were in junior high". I liked the character of Miss Bliss, and Hayley Mills did a fine job in the role. I wouldn't have minded having her for a teacher. :D

I think they did that everywhere once Saved by the Bell really took off. It sort of worked ;)

[Jude The Obscure]

I agree about Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows. The lack of Mills is a dynamic--Stella Stevens is no Hayley Mills :D Hayley and Rosalind Russell did not get along, so when a sequel came along, Hayley's part was refashioned as the rebel nun played by Stella Stevens. I recently rewatched it a few months ago and it reinforced my correct position on why I didn't buy it.

[catlover79]

^ Did they ever say why the two didn't get along?

[JamesG]

^ Did they ever say why the two didn't get along?

Basically because Russell found Mills to be unprofessional on the set. The following was taken from the IMDB trivia section about The Trouble With Angels:

-According to Rosalind Russell, she and Hayley Mills did not get along during filming. She claimed that every time she turned around or walked away from Mills, she would stick her tongue out at her.

[catlover79]

Basically because Russell found Mills to be unprofessional on the set. The following was taken from the IMDB trivia section about The Trouble With Angels:

-According to Rosalind Russell, she and Hayley Mills did not get along during filming. She claimed that every time she turned around or walked away from Mills, she would stick her tongue out at her.
Ooh, not good. ohno:

[Marvo301]

Well maybe Rosalind Russell did something that caused Hayley to stick her tongue out. That little blurb from IMDB hardly tells the whole story. I'd love to hear Hayley's side of the story.

[JamesG]

Well maybe Rosalind Russell did something that caused Hayley to stick her tongue out. That little blurb from IMDB hardly tells the whole story. I'd love to hear Hayley's side of the story.

I know, but that's the best I could find.

Apparently Russell told the story in her memoirs but obviously that will be according to her version.

[Marvo301]

I know, but that's the best I could find.

Apparently Russell told the story in her memoirs but obviously that will be according to her version.
Well maybe someday Hayley Mills will publish her memoirs and we'll get to find out her point of view.

[Jude The Obscure]

I'm sure both were at fault....and I'm saying this as someone who is a fan of both people. Rosalind at this point, was coming off many years of being an A list star, and prolly resented the fact that her co-star was someone still potentially on the rise. Hayley was already established as a child/teen star for the Disney empire and working on this film was her first real chance to get away from that "goody goody" mindset. She may have been used to getting her way at Disney and when Rosalind perhaps didn't brook her approval on Hayley, she resorted to being like her character in the movie, a rebellious spoiled imp. This is just speculation and perhaps if Hayley writes her memoirs we may find out "the rest of the story".

[JamesG]

This is a completely random fact but since we're talking about The Trouble With Angels I have to mention this.

Marge Redmond who played "Sister Ligouri" in the film (the math teacher who died and had the funeral) did some voice over work in some of my favorite games.

She had a small role in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne as an old lady with a shotgun defending the apartment. I managed to find a clip of her appearance and it is here. She is right in the very beginning and you could recognize that voice right away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqZg1J82RA

She also did work in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a pedestrian so if you run over an old lady with your car you will probably hear her scream.


I found this out just now and I had to mention it...

[Jude The Obscure]

I love how Marge would also play a nun in The Flying Nun after this movie. And those Cool Whip commercials she did in the '70d..."Pudding in a Cloud".

Another actress in this movie, Mary Wickes, would play nuns in the "Sister Act" movies and I think in Father Dowling Mysteries, although I could be wrong about her role in that, but she was in that show.

[Schmoopie]

I haven't seen the original in years, but I loved the remake. I thought it was really cute!