What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976 TV Movie) User Reviews

Lucille Ball in a dramatic role

[rdooley123 · 8/10 · 25 July 2006]

Miss Ball does a fairly good job in an extended "solo" scene where she depicts her character's acute fears regarding her upcoming life as a single woman. As I recall, the scene seemed to be done in one cut... Additional scenes with her co-stars are fine, but no where near as unusual for Miss Ball. In her scene she is alone in her new apartment, with nothing but unpacked boxes to comfort her. In deciding what to do, all her fears confront her. Terrified, she breaks down, then finds the will to face tomorrow. This scene allowed her to present her dramatic side to her television audience, though I don't think many people watched. The show continued with a September/ June (not quite May) romance with Joseph Bologna, whom she initially puts off, but agrees to leave on a vacation with.

I don't love Lucy in this production

[pound68 · 2/10 · 29 July 2020]

I get that this more of a theater performance than a TV/movie role, but Lucy is over-performing. It is all the more obvious when Art Carney is on screen. He is very comfortable and natural while she is all theatrical and actorly. Carney was the best part of this show.