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...hands of Bogdanovich and his scenarist, the material is gutted of charm. It becomes a sort of attenuated general-store yarn about a bunko artist named Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal) and a nine-year-old girl, Addie (played by O'Neal's daughter Tatum), who team up to fleece the citizens of Kansas and Missouri. The relationship between the older man and the girl, who may or may not be father and daughter, is grudgingly respectful and guardedly affectionate. They start off trying to fox and swindle each other, and the girl actually runs an elaborate...
...screen Tatum is a pixie. Her moods flicker from gleeful to sassy, and she dreams of growing up to "wear big elevator shoes and great clothes." She confided to TIME'S Mary Cronin that "what was good about the film was that I got to know my father better." Then, green eyes sparking, she adds: "You have got to admit he did very well." Actually, Tatum stole scene after scene...
...Tatum's childhood has been more gothic than glamorous. Her mother, Actress Joanna Moore, and O'Neal are divorced, and waged bitter custody fights over Tatum and her brother Griffin, 8. For several years the children lived a hippie existence with their mother on a California ranch. O'Neal charged that his former wife was using drugs and not properly supervising the children. The parents came to an agreement in 1971, and Ryan took Tatum while the mother kept Griffin. When Director Peter Bogdanovich suggested that O'Neal and Tatum costar, O'Neal leaped...
...being together seemed like a good idea during the tensions of filming. When Tatum would blow a scene, she was quick to pass the buck. "It wasn't my fault," she would cry. "Ryan did it." Says Bogdanovich: "She was a handful...
...Tatum learned to smoke for the role, but vows "I'm not going to smoke in real life-Humphrey Bogart died from it." Harder than smoking was a scene where she had to go up to a candy counter and say, "Can I have some Juicy Fruit gum, please?" She had flu, was "full of penicillin, and my mind was spinning." Bogdanovich decided he wanted her to ask for Dentyne. "I told him, 'You can't do that. I'm sick. I've learned my lines and I can't do it over...