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Hello sweetheart

posted 16 years ago by artistathome
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didn't you love the way Bill always called his mother sweetheart? I wonder how that got started as the movie doesn't mention it.

A wonderful child actor and such an enjoyable movie.
Why can't they make movies like this anymore?

[–] tdaugherty2005 16 years ago

I fell in love with Moore every time stood up for his mom. He was her up and coming ultimate protector who took crap off nobody. Others turned their back on her, he did not, priceless.

I wish they did make movies like this today, I guess they don't because the premise seems too simplistic for todays twist and turn films.

P.S. Why isn't this on DVD?

[–] liscarkat-2 11 years ago

I just saw this on TCM this afternoon. Moore was terrific. Interstingly, he was twelve years old when the movie was made (unless IMDB has his birthday incorrect), but seemed about eight or nine.

[–] smrhyne-1 11 years ago

I recorded it this morning and I'm watching it right now. Dickie Moore is one of my favorite child actors from that period. He was born in 1925, which would make him 13 when this film was made.

[–] crlnrgbrght5 11 years ago

He was probably eleven. Kids at that age seem so little. I don't think They start looking mature until 14.

[–] liscarkat-2 11 years ago

Given the release date of the movie, and the delay between filming and release, he was most likely twelve, if his IMDB birth date is correct.

[–] crlnrgbrght5 11 years ago

Dickie Moore looks like a small Man in Stature, so He was most likely a small Child, which made Him look younger than His years.