Word: lorna
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Hood sets the action of the novel in motion. He pursues a man who has bullied a poor street sweeper and beats him to death in a deserted alley. Hood thinks the murder an act complete in itself, but he falls in love with Lorna, his victim's window, and finds an arsenal of weapons in her house...
...death. In the end, theater reveals as much as it conceals so Hood turns to inaction which, he concludes, is the only "sure assault," a "celebration of security in itself." Within the claustrophobic confines of Theroux's terrifically written novel, Hood is left no choice but to take Lorna and her child and his by now much trusted companion, Murf...
...meeting were in fact possible. And in the show's final soliloquy, the eradication of the line between art and life is given psychological--as well as sociological--significance as Nancy Ross, the bitchy aging actress, wonders at the extent to which she has merged with the character of Lorna Charles. By the end, it seems as though the actors and the characters they portray on screen/stage are not so distinct after all, that the latter are largely excuses for the former to act out latent dimensions of their own personalities...
Growing Pains. Once the cast was chosen, there was no telling whether they would stay suited to their roles. Costume Designers Monica Howe and Lorna Hillyard would buy real '20s duds from thrift shops, then spend 50 times the price tailoring them to fit the kids, who, of course, just kept growing. During the eleven weeks of filming, trouser cuffs were constantly being lowered. The original Blousey literally grew out of her part. Two inches taller than Leading Man Scott Baio, she had to be replaced by her understudy, Florrie Dugger...
When all this glitter is draped over a strong story line, the effect is impressive. Lorna is a powerful vision of a woman's physical and mental collapse at an out-of-the-way Mexican resort. Nor does Tryon stint on nostalgia. Skillfully he conjures up the well-nigh irresistible grandeur that prewar Hollywood displayed to the world when "people were driven by their liveried chauffeurs in Duesenbergs . . . when polo matches were played at Will Rogers' ranch and Gable danced with Lombard at the Trocadero...