Ellery…*sigh*
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 14 years ago(September 05, 2011 07:11 PM)
Tee hee about Jim Hutton's college pranks lol.
Yeah, he certainly doesn't sound like he was the college type! I'll have to Google him and look up this story. Amazing how Ellery is such a gentleman and Jim Hutton waswell, he was different. I can't imagine Ellery driving a bulldozer through some rosebushes.
Have you been noticing how much Ellery has been putting his hand on his head, or on the back of his neck? In "The Hard-Hearted Huckster", he walks towards the elevator while tapping the back of his neck. That looked so attractive.
One other thing that I found quite sweet was the following: in "The Wary Witness", when he meets the victim's wife in the bar, he refuses to accept an alcoholic drink because "he's old fashioned" (as he said himself). Now I have nothing against people drinking, but somehow, it struck me as being so sweet that Ellery refused to have a drink because he's old fashioned. In "Col. Niven's Memoirs", he was also reluctant to go to that get-together at the bar. What an adorable sweetie. I rather like to see him and his father get the shock of their lives. For example, in "The Judas Tree", when the widow admits that she spent the night at her lover's townhouse, she sure got a reaction from both Queens. Ellery recovered faster than his dad did, though.
If you do decide to read any of the Ellery Queen mysteries, I recommend both "Calamity Town" and "Inspector Queen's Own Case". I can totally see Jim Hutton doing Calamity Town and David Wayne doing Insp Queen's Own Case. It's too bad that both men aren't together in the two books. Oh well.
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rahrah14 — 14 years ago(September 06, 2011 12:45 PM)
I ordered my full season DVD set from Amazon.com todaywoohoo! I got an email saying it had already been shipped (quick!) so hopefully it will be here by early next week or socan't wait to start watching the early episodes again and pay closer attention to what's going on and notice things I forgot.
He does the back of the head thing a lotit's actually funny because David Wayne does that some too. In fact, I've noticed that he did that in other roles toomaybe it was a father/son thing, haha!
I thought that was kind of strange the way he didn't want to have a drink with the widowthe only thing I could figure is that he maybe thought it was improper to have a drink with a woman whose husband had so recently died, which is kinda sweet.
I think I want to check out "Inspector Queen's Own Case" but I've got to try and finish "The Help" which I've had for months and kind of stalled on. I'm bad about starting a book before I've finished other ones I've started before.
I think Jim Hutton was probably just mischievous. Maybe somewhat rebellious, which is kinda sexy in and of itself.
Sweet merciful crap!
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 14 years ago(September 06, 2011 03:51 PM)
Hello again! Well, I modified my signature because I noticed a wonderful comment in the episode "The Black Falcon". I love that episode! There is one kitchen scene where Ellery is totally spaced out, and his dad does have to explain to him the difference between a sink and a fridge (tee hee).
When Ellery finally makes it to the fridge, his dad says something like, "Why does everything in this house end up in the fridge? Manuscrips, mittens" and then he gets cut off. I decided to make part of that quote my signature.
Regarding "The Wary Witness", you might be right. Ellery probably didn't want to have a drink with the woman whose hubby died so recently. Very sweet and sexy of him to think that way.
I do like to think of Jim Hutton as being a naughty and rebellious boy.
By the way, I still can't figure out his eye color. His eyes look so blue in some episodes and so grey in others!!! I should start a thread about this on this board.
Hey, enjoy the DVD collection!16d0 It's really wonderful. There is one thing that I find kind of annoying: they didn't label each DVD with the episode names. Otherwise, the DVDs are great! Hope your DVDs arrive soon!
Ellery Queen(Jim Hutton)=SEXY!
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rahrah14 — 14 years ago(September 07, 2011 07:40 AM)
I noticed your new signaturegood call! I liked that line too because I find myself doing things like that sometimes. I'm sort of absent-minded, but not nearly as bad as Ellery, haha!
Well, eye color does change on some people (or seems to). I generally have hazel eyes, but sometimes they look more green and sometimes they look more brown. I don't know if that's scientifically possible, but they do appear to change color at times. It seems like, sometimes, they look different depending on what color clothes you're wearing. Maybe that's the case with Jim Hutton. I've always thought they looked more blue, but I could definitely see them going grayish from time to time.
That is a little annoyinghopefully there's at least a guide that tells you which episodes are on which discs. I'm still getting disc 6 tomorrow so I won't have to wait too long to watch them, but I hope the season set will be here by the beginning of next week or so
Sweet merciful crap!
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 14 years ago(September 07, 2011 07:53 AM)
I'm kind of absentminded as well, but Ellery and my dad both take the cake when it comes to having their heads up in the clouds. My dad has done some very bizarre things in his time!
Interesting about eye color. Mine are always dark brown. Jim Hutton's eyes always look georgeous, no matter what shade they are. I always notice his eyes when he talks to the audience, and other times5b4 when there is a close-up shot of him (ex. when he's in the jail cell, talking to Flannigan).
As for the DVDs, the episodes are put in order. The first three are on DVD one, the next four on DVD two, etc. I really should print out a copy of all the episodes and just mark for myself which episodes are on which DVD. I'm just too lazy to do this (ha ha).
I forgot to say in my last email that it's funny that David Wayne also put his hand on his head in other TV shows and such. Jim Hutton does it with such charisma, though. He's so unbelievably attractive and appealing.
Have a good day at work! I need to get going as well.
Ellery Queen(Jim Hutton)=SEXY!
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 14 years ago(September 02, 2011 03:36 PM)
By the way, I think that in the episode "The Hard-hearted Huckster", Ellery is sexiest when presenting the conclusion to the mystery. There is something different about what he does in that episode compared to all the other episodes, a gimmick that isn't used in any of the other episodes. Ellery sure looks georgeous when he presents us with the conclusion.
I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. That episode is on the sixth disk.
Also in this episodeI love the fact that Ellery pats his head and/or the back of his neck so many times!
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dolenz5 — 13 years ago(July 08, 2012 10:16 PM)
HiI know it's been quite a while since either of 5b4you have posted anything here and don't know if you ever check back in, but I'm one of those who was able to watch "Ellery Queen" when it was originally aired. I was about 20 and also thought Jim Hutton was a hottie! I think I watched it because Jim had already caught my eye elsewhere. I was so smitten with Jim that I even named one of my kittens Ellery.
Being a huge John Wayne fan I think I probably first noticed Jim in "Hellfighters" and "The Green Berets". While I liked him in both (as well as everything else I saw him in!) I think I preferred his performance in "The Green Berets". He had a great role as Sgt. Petersen the company scroungerif they needed anything, Petersen could get it for them. And the relationship that developed between 'Peter-saun' and the little Vietnamese orphan was absolutely precious! I HATED the out come of the one mission but it was a fact of warenough saidI don't want to spoil anything for anyone that might read this.
Anyway, if you happen to read this and are still a big Jim Hutton fanand why wouldn't you be? I am after almost 40 years! I hope you get a chance to see these 2 movies, they are both available on Netflix.
BTWI agree with you about David Wayne and Burgess Meredith, too! In fact I had a very good friend who reminded me a lot of Burgess as they each got older and my friend was a REAL HOTTIE!! If you do watch "The5b4 Green Berets", check out David Janssen and Aldo Raythey are two more of my favorites. I don't think either will disappoint you.
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 13 years ago(July 09, 2012 10:55 AM)
hello! I'm certainly still a Jim Hutton fan. I have been for about 15 months now. I alternate watching the Ellery Queen episodes with the movies he's done. He was wonderfulvery talented, sexy, attractiveetc.
He and Paula Prentiss made such a charming couple. I love all five movies which they did together. (Well, they weren't a couple in one of those movies.)
I've also seen "Never Too Late". I can't believe how funny that movie is!
"Period of Adjustment" - a VULNERABLE Jim Hutton is always fine by me!
"Who's Minding the Mint?" - very funny as well.
"Walk Don't Run" - I can't seem to stop watching that movie.
I was also lucky enough to get a copy of "They Call it Murder" (1971 TV movie), in which he plays another detective. That one is worth a look if you haven't seen it in awhile. And yes, I did see the original "Don't be Afraid of the Dark" after the remake came out last summer. Jim looked great in that one, especially when he had his shirt unbuttoned.
I haven't seen the two John Wayne movies he was in, but I was disappointed with the two westerns which he did (Major Dundee, The Hallelujah Trail).
Very, very sexy man, worth talking about. Keep in touch if you like! I'm a 36 year old female, by the way.born in 1976.
Paula Prentiss sure was one lucky lady!!!!!
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dolenz5 — 13 years ago(July 15, 2012 10:13 PM)
Yes, indeed, Jim was a very handsome man. I wish we hadn't lost him so soon. But at least we can still enjoy his work on DVD's and whatever other media technology has in store for us. And thank goodness Tim is following in his father's footsteps (although he isn't quite as good looking as his dad.
But there is definitely a good resemblance there!)
I recently got hold of a copy of "Psychic Killer" but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. It should be pretty goodafter all, how can ya miss when you've got Jim Hutton and Paul Burke!?! If you're not familiar with Paul it might be worth your time to check him out, too. I got interested in Paul watching the reruns of "Naked City" and "12 O'Clock High" (They were on when I was a kid but it was my dad who was interested in those shows at the time, not me. It wasn't until I got older that I started watching these showsDad liked the stories, I liked the 'eye candy'. BTW, I'm a 56 yr. old femaleborn in 1955.) Paul has a similar allure as Jim but usually plays a more 'grim-faced' intense role than what I associate to Jim's roles.
While "Ellery" is by far one of my favorites of his roles, I loved "Who's Minding the Mint?" and got such a kick out of his role of the 'scrounger' in "The Green Berets" and he was so sweet with the little boy that 'adopted' his Peter-sonn! He just melted my heart! Later I was devastated, of course, (don't want to put anything in here to spoil it for anyone else who might not have seen this one) and I was so overcome with emotion at the end of that movie, too. I would think of this role so often while working one of the jobs that I hadif anyone needed something they would come to me because I could usually scrounge it up for them.
While I haven't seen all of Jim's movies yet, I really haven't found one that I was disappointed in. I'd like to get copies of all his work but for right now I just have these 6 movies
The Green Berets
Hellfighters
Psychic Killer
They Call It Murder
Where the Boys Are
Who's Minding the Mint?
and then, of course, the "Ellery Queen" series
Wow, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"! I'd forgotten about that one! I vaguely remember seeing it eons ago! I'll have to try to find it somewhere. I have a friend that has some of his other movies, I'll have to see if he has that one! (Hmmm, I just found a brand new one at wbshop.com, I just may have to check into getting thatit's listed at $14.99, but it would be a good investment!)
Well, I don't want to keep rambling on, thanks for replying to my post. It's so nice to chat with a fellow Jim Hutton admirer!
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MsELLERYqueen2 — 13 years ago(July 15, 2012 10:49 PM)
Hi again! I really do need to see more of Tim Hutton's work. I haven't seen him in anything yet, although I did catch his Oscar acceptance speech on youtube. "Ordinary People" sounds like a good movie, and the Nero Wolfe series is probably a good one.
I think that "Psychic Killer" is one of those movies starring Jim Hutton which I'll probably never see. It really does sound gruesome! I would like to get a hold of more of his movies. He didn't do that many, unfortunately.
Personally, I recommend getting all the movies he did with Paula Prentiss, including "Looking for Love". They weren'2000t a couple in that one, but they were both in the movie. I agree that "Who's Minding the Mint?" is very funny, but "Never Too Late" is even funnier! I've seen it about three times, and I just can't seem to stop laughing each time I watch it. Highly recommended! And with the Summer Olympics coming up, "Walk Don't Run" is a great movie to see. He plays an Olympic athlete in that movie.
I'll try to see both "The Green Berets" and "Hellfighters". I know what happens to him in "The Green Berets", and maybe that's why I have put off seeing this movie.
I get the impression that "Don't be Afraid of the Dark" has a bit of a cult following.by folks who saw the movie when they were kids and they were scared to death when they watched it! I first saw it at the tender age of 35, and didn't find it too scary.
I liked the part where Jim has his shirt unbuttoned.
He has a few "open shirt" moments in the Ellery Queen series.
Do you think he looked very, very hot in "They Call it Murder"? I especially like the scene where he shows up at the house to interview a suspect, and the maid lets him in. I like how he looked, standing in the doorway like that.
I think he looked like he was ready to go on a date!
Okay, so I have an overactive imagination.
No problem about talking a lot about Jim Hutton. I can say quite a bit about him!
Well, good night!
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER