Comments on: Movie Legends Revealed #4

By: Sandra Hess

Sandra Hess — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:22:28 +0000

As regards Vera Ellen’s health situation, there is another possiblity that has not been brought forth. She may have had an illness called Marphan’s Syndrome. Marphans is revealed by the patient being tall, thin with very long fingers and long narrow feet, just to name a few of the symptoms. I have noticed that she had these qualities. I, also note that she died at 61, that could have been as a result of Marphan’s also. Abraham Lincoln had Marphans. It’s just a thought.

By: mary warner

mary warner — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 04:06:01 +0000

I’ve heard that people with anorexia (or other forms of malnutrition) have a tendency to bruise very easily, and that the bruises can take a long time to fade. That could’ve made covering her neck necessary, without causing any permanant damage, so that her neck could be shown at later times.

By: The Crazed Spruce

The Crazed Spruce — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:24:48 +0000

Needs to be in the form of a “true or false” statement, eh? Okay, then….

Did the producers of the film adaptation of “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” add the character of Tom Sawyer (not to mention the many, many other fundamental changes in the story) in order to pander to an American audience?

By: Teebore

Teebore — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:18:45 +0000

Huh. I’ve seen White Christmas a dozen times (my wife LOVES it, and we watch it every year during the holiday season) and I never noticed her neck was covered throughout.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:17:52 +0000

“Please explain how/why LXG was such a departure from the source material.”

You have to phrase it in the form of a true/false question.

That said, the rights to the comic were optioned by Don Murphy’s production company before the comic had ever been released [he knew about it early because of his involvement in 'From Hell'], and they sold the movie rights using the just-released issue 1 as part of the pitch. The movie script is based on two or three issues of the comic, with the screenwriters filling in the rest from either their own imagination or from the script ‘Cast of Characters’ by Larry Cohen.

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Fri, 15 May 2009 15:17:09 +0000

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By: david

david — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:13:05 +0000

Just as an aside, though, I actually liked Stroker Ace.

By: david

david — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:01:08 +0000

By golly you’re right! It’s probably been twenty years since I read that, and I got it all a little muddled. Still sometimes hard to believe that the Burt Reynolds from “Deliverance” is the same guy from “Stroker Ace”.

By: david

david — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:59:07 +0000

oops!

By: Squashua

Squashua — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:33:14 +0000

Suggestion for future Movie Urban Legend investigation:

Please explain how/why LXG was such a departure from the source material.