![]() She inspired him to write a story about how love transcends time. ![]() ![]() So, who was the inspiration for Elise McKenna? When Richard Matheson’s family stopped at the opera house in Virginia City, Nevada, during a vacation, he was struck by a photo of Maude Adams, an early 20th-century stage actress who possessed a haunting beauty. There are also parallels that can be seen between that novel and Time and Again, written by Jack Finney. Somewhere in Time is based on a novel, Bid Time Return, by Richard Matheson. Perhaps that was because it was basically a science fiction theme wrapped up in a romance movie. The movie didn’t do very well at the box office in its initial run, but developed a cult following thanks to cable television. With these two characters, anything was possible. When you saw the two of them together, you really believed that time travel was possible. His piercing blue eyes could melt almost every girl’s heart! Jane Seymour, a relative unknown at the time, was so beautiful as Elise McKenna. I was already a huge fan of Christopher Reeve (oh, that Superman!). ![]() I don’t know about you, but I have been enamored with the movie ‘Somewhere in Time’ since I first saw it. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |