Word: woodwarding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...insane when his wife dies and fancies himself Sherlock Holmes, complete with Inverness coat, underslung pipe and austere vanity. His brother-in-law tries to have Justin put into an institution to gain control of his fortune. Faced with "Holmes," the asylum assigns a real psychiatrist named Watson (Joanne Woodward). Even though the sex is wrong, the Baker Street Irregular decides that she is the Dr. Watson ("Elementary, my dear"), and the shrink goes along with the gag. Soon the two are tooling along in Manhattan in pursuit of a villain known inevitably as Moriarity...
...this lunacy in Manhattan has no imagination to propel its whimsy, no language to give it breath. Goldman is a dealer in used ideas ("The Bible has it wrong-Earth is Eden!" cries Justin). Scott continues to act with impatient power, but his messages all seem self-addressed. Woodward's real sweetness becomes ersatz and saccharine...
...ladies who sell maps to movie stars' homes have been cloaked up for years, boutiques are having trouble keeping capes in stock. A favorite is St. Laurent's Moroccan wool version, already snapped up by Jennifer Jones. The farther-out Reva's Fashions boutique, where Joanne Woodward picked up her reversible Guinevere cloak, has a bestseller in matte jersey, its turban hood framed in ostrich or turkey feathers. Reva's also stocks a show-stopping full-length Levi model, appliquéd on the back with a collage of antique fabrics...
Beautiful, blue-eyed and adored, Actor-Producer Paul Newman professes to know nothing about sex appeal. "I'm bewildered by it," he told TV Interviewer David Frost. He does know, though, why he and Wife Joanne Woodward get along so well: "We have absolutely no common interests...
...station's jackboot-minded owner (Pat Hingle). By day he wallows in booze and self-pity ("I had it made and I woke up one morning, I looked down and fell off my life") in the arms of his pathetic paramour, a hooker named Geraldine (Joanne Woodward...