{"product_id":"ty-thel-films-of-thelma-ritter-9781763810075","title":"TY, Thel: Films of Thelma Ritter","description":"Classic Hollywood character actor Thelma Ritter was in her mid -forties when she appeared in her first film, the Christmas favourite \u003cem\u003eMiracle on 34\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cem\u003eth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cem\u003e Street\u003c\/em\u003e 1947. Ritter played Every Mother and crafted a career playing working-class women, usually speaking in the vernacular of her beloved New York Brooklyn borough.In an extraordinary career, Ritter received a record six Oscar nominations for best support. And she won . . .. . . None. Award-winning film noir cultural analyst Bernie Dowling is campaigning to set the record straight, to have Thel Ritter awarded an Academy Honorary Award, 55 years after her death. \u003cem\u003eTY, Thel\u003c\/em\u003e is the campaign documentation.\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's Inside: \u003c\/strong\u003eReviews of eighteen of Thel's films, with more than 280 photographs of Ritter, Hollywood films, and the people who created them.\u003cstrong\u003eThe forgotten period piece: \u003c\/strong\u003e Thelma's second-to-last film was a 1960s social-issues neo-noir about a New York train ride from hell.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Letter to Three Wives\u003c\/em\u003e 1948: \u003c\/strong\u003e Sharp-tongued Sadie Dugan gives us the lowdown on the festive season. \"You got it mixed up with Christmas. New Year's Eve is when people go back to killing each other.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll About Eve\u003c\/em\u003e 1950\u003c\/strong\u003e. This satire does for theatre what \u003cem\u003eSunset Boulevard\u003c\/em\u003e did for film in the same year. The caustic wit of Birdie Coonan: \u003cem\u003e\"What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snapping at her rear end.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs Young as You Feel\u003c\/em\u003e 1951: \u003c\/strong\u003eThelma leaps to the defence of Brooklyn when no other character had mentioned the borough. \"The first thing you know, somebody will remind me that I came from Brooklyn. But first, I would like to remind them that some of the finest people in the world came from Brooklyn.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePickup on South Street\u003c\/em\u003e 1953: \u003c\/strong\u003e It was a travesty that Ritter did not win the Oscar for one of the greatest character roles in the history of film noir. Moe (Ritter) peddles neckties on the street and sells information to the police to save money so they won't bury her in a pauper's grave.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRear Window\u003c\/em\u003e 1954: \u003c\/strong\u003eTwo classics in a row for Ritter as she plays a nurse and budget philosopher in this Alfred Hitchcock's thriller.\u003cstrong\u003ePillow Talk\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e1959: \u003c\/strong\u003eDoris Day, dressed\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eto the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003enines, \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003etrades naughty banter with Rock Hudson and Ritter in this romcom.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/em\u003e 1969: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe cowboy neo-noir and everybody dies, not in the movie but Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift shortly after. The film's a gem, and Thelma Ritter and Monroe are a dazzling duo.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirdman of Alcatraz\u003c\/em\u003e 1962\u003c\/strong\u003e: Ritter's character arc as the mother of the never-to-be-released Birdman is as fine a piece of acting as you will see.\u003cstrong\u003eHow the West Was Won 1962: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis blockbuster Western had some of the biggest stars in the business, and Ritter held her head high with the best of them.Dowling's sly humor and sharp cultural analysis make this campaign for a Ritter Academy Honorary Award a fitting tribute to a legend.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bent Banana Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763810075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.24d","brand":"Bernie Dowling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52679568130229,"sku":"9781763810075","price":10.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ty-thel-films-of-thelma-ritter-9781763810075","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}