On Wednesday, December 29, 1993 at 4:23:45 PM UTC-5, 9073h...@vms.csd.mu.edu wrote:
> In article <2fqsth$e...@panix.com>, fra...@panix.com (Frazier Moore) writes:
> >I am an avid TV watcher and (full disclosure) New York-based critic for
> >the Associated Press who, as a youngster, had an enormous, heart-aching
> >crush on an actress named Lori Martin. Yeah, the Lori Martin who played
> >the Juliette Lewis (daughter) role in the original "Cape Fear." But I
> >didn't know her from that movie -- I was too young to see it. My
> >infautation was based on the short-lived TV series "National Velvet,"
> >which aired on NBC from 1960 to 1962. Lori played Velvet Brown (the role
> >Elizabeth Taylor played in the original film, of course). Anyway, I have
> >lately been feeling nostalgia for, and might write about, the puppy love I
> >as a 10-year-old kid felt for 14-year-old Lori three decades ago. So
> >finally the question(s): Does anybody out there even remember the series?
> >Is there anyone who felt any similar affection for the series, and is
> >there anyone who had a similar crush on Lori Martin? I suppose it's a long
> >shot, but I just thought I'd ask. Any thoughts or recollections would be
> >appreciated.
> >
> >WAS I THE ONLY ONE!!!!???
> >
> >Second thought: Did anybody ever have a similar infatuation on another TV
> >actor/actress when you were a kid?
> >
> >thanks in advance
> >
> >Frazier Moore
> >
> Sorry, I never heard of Lori Martin. But I was hopelessly in love
> with Uncle Bill from Family Affair, still like him in fact!