Hot Spell

Alma takes a present to their son Buddy to bring home for his Poppa, and is carrying no other packages.

But later, when she takes gifts to Billy and Virginia she is still carrying the gift she apparently left with Buddy.

When Jack comes home from work, he places his jacket on the stair post.

Later when the stair post is shown, the jacket is gone.

When Jack is ready to leave the house again, the jacket is back on the stair post, he grabs it and puts it on.

I have a tape of this film that I haven't seen in about 8 years. Therefore, plot details have escaped me.

Shirley Booth made so very few big screen appearances she was certainly fortunate in her choice of roles.

It's a shame Shirley Booth never got the high acclaim she deserved. She took a simple and somewhat uninspired script and made it work.

A husband is struck by mid-life crisis, torn between his obligation to family and self. He decides there must be something more to life, seeks happiness with another woman.

I saw this film about 20 years ago and never forgot it. It was a story about a devoted housewife played by Shirley Booth, doting on her unfaithful husband played by Anthony Quinn.

This movie was based on an unproduced play, but on stage would have been perfect because of the elements it contains: a dysfunctional family, lovers, infidelty and a hot summer.Shirley Booth and Anthony Quinn are a married couple with Earl Holliman, Shirley MacLaine and Clint Kimbrough as their three children.

This movie is a great Forgotten gem! Anthony Quinn is a real pig in this film and it's hard to have sympathy for him.

I don't know whether it's Shirley Booth's uniquely pathetic acting persona, or simple typecasting, but I always mix this movie up with her other dramas from the 50s, particularly Come Back, Little Sheba. Similarly, I repeatedly misremember this movie as a scenario by William Inge.

Shirley Booth was one of those few actresses that could break your heart with a glance over the shoulder, a flutter of the hand, a stumbling voice.Like Geraldine Page in "A Trip To Bountiful," Cecily Tyson in "A Woman Called Moses" or Jessica Tandy in "The Gin Game," her performance stays with you for years afterward.