Like the Orson Welles' fictionalized martian invasion, no one saw it coming.
Just watched this version of Heidi on TBN, a religious station. So this was the infamous Heidi that interrupted the football game, eh? It watched well. Good strong story, I thought, very effective for the time it represented. Not too steeped in late 1960s fasions, as often plagues movies that take place in time periods other than when they are filmed.
No, I haven't read the book. I only saw the Shirley Temple version a little over a year ago and was rather amused by the chase scene and villainous fraulein, tho as another review says, the fraulein wasn't nice in the book.
Nevertheless, sometimes villains aren't missed when they are removed, and in this instance, I wasn't disappointed with Simmons in the role. Yes, she was very lovely.
Actually this was rather the story of Heidi I always thought it was, as I first read the tale in a little golden book, and there was no villianess, and the ending was with Clara in the mountains regaining her ability to walk. Shirley Temple's version had none of this.
As I watched this film, in my usual begrudging way, I bemoaned how this version didn't air on holidays during the 1970s, but as I observed, I realized I had indeed seen some of this show before, so it wasn't completely banished from TV by hurt feelings over the ball game.
A recent VH1 special, 100 (or 50 or whaddevuh) Most Unexpected Moments In TV, would declare that it didn't want to focus on age old things such as Lucy Ricardo's pregnancy and the JFK assassination, but on more recent talked about events, so this meant moments on shows such as Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place, Sopranos and Six Feet Under getting all the gab, but it did manage to find past outstanding events, and lo and behold, Heidi Bowl made the list.
Jennifer Edwards would appear and said on her tombstone when she passed, it would mention her as Heidi Bowl.
I hope this isn't all she thinks she will be known for, because she wasn't a terrible child actress, and nor was the movie awful.
Just watched this version of Heidi on TBN, a religious station. So this was the infamous Heidi that interrupted the football game, eh? It watched well. Good strong story, I thought, very effective for the time it represented. Not too steeped in late 1960s fasions, as often plagues movies that take place in time periods other than when they are filmed.
No, I haven't read the book. I only saw the Shirley Temple version a little over a year ago and was rather amused by the chase scene and villainous fraulein, tho as another review says, the fraulein wasn't nice in the book.
Nevertheless, sometimes villains aren't missed when they are removed, and in this instance, I wasn't disappointed with Simmons in the role. Yes, she was very lovely.
Actually this was rather the story of Heidi I always thought it was, as I first read the tale in a little golden book, and there was no villianess, and the ending was with Clara in the mountains regaining her ability to walk. Shirley Temple's version had none of this.
As I watched this film, in my usual begrudging way, I bemoaned how this version didn't air on holidays during the 1970s, but as I observed, I realized I had indeed seen some of this show before, so it wasn't completely banished from TV by hurt feelings over the ball game.
A recent VH1 special, 100 (or 50 or whaddevuh) Most Unexpected Moments In TV, would declare that it didn't want to focus on age old things such as Lucy Ricardo's pregnancy and the JFK assassination, but on more recent talked about events, so this meant moments on shows such as Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place, Sopranos and Six Feet Under getting all the gab, but it did manage to find past outstanding events, and lo and behold, Heidi Bowl made the list.
Jennifer Edwards would appear and said on her tombstone when she passed, it would mention her as Heidi Bowl.
I hope this isn't all she thinks she will be known for, because she wasn't a terrible child actress, and nor was the movie awful.