#maggiepollitts

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

night of the iguana

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

the killers

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

cat on a hot tin roof

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

not a big elizabeth taylor or paul newman fan, so i’m not too interested in this one

on the beach

never seen it | need to see it | hate it | ugh | it was okay | LOVED IT | asdfghjkl

greg, fred, AND tony? perfect. and depressing. but really good.

I spent practically all my time in the company of adults. I was very withdrawn, very shy, I did what I was told and I tried not to disappoint anybody. I knew I had a duty to perform, and I was trained to follow orders. 

 Born July 20, 1938, Natalie Wood was one of the rarest types of actors there is – the child star who seamlessly transitions into teenage ingénue before a successful move to adult stardom. Wood got her start at the tender age of four with a brief scene in Happy Land. Several small roles followed, but it was in 1947, when she was 8, that she would make her big breakthrough in Miracle on 34th Street. The Christmas classic made Wood a star not just because of the movie's heartwarming story, but because she was talented beyond her years. 

 "We just spent three days testing 32 kids. There is only one girl who has shown the capacity to play Judy, and she is Natalie Wood." -Nicholas Ray 

 As Wood grew up, she remained a popular young actor – but once a child star reaches the teen years, it can be difficult to avoid fading into obscurity. Wood needed a bold movie to jump-start her teen career. She found it in Rebel Without a Cause. The legendary tale of teen angst gave Wood the opportunity to show off her sex appeal opposite equally sexy James Dean, and to prove that she was ready to shed her childhood and take on more mature roles

. “Although our romance lasted approximately two years, our affair was a ‘collision’ — a combination three-ring circus and five-alarm fire.” - Warren Beatty 

 In so many ways I think it's a bore to be sorry you were a child actor - so many people feel sorry for you automatically. At the time, I wasn't aware of the things I missed, so why should I think of them in retrospect? Everybody misses something or other. 

 Wood grew up on camera and along the way gave us more than 50 movies to remember her by. Had she not died so young, perhaps she would have given us 50 more.

 You know what I want? I want yesterday.