#probably that is the itc effect‚ plus the specifically dingy early 70s feel of this itc series in particular

[mariocki]

Barbara Murray attempts a needlessly convoluted swindle, as Lady Diane Battersley in The Adventurer: The Not-So-Merry Widow (1.18, ITC, 1973)

[thisbluespirit]

#fave spotting#barbara murray#the adventurer#the power game#lady pamela wilder#panels <3#the not so merry widow#1973#itc#classic tv#i am now like 99% certain that babs was bringing her own hats onto the set of every job she took#that or it was in her contract that she must have a fabulous hat for her character (and probably that she got to keep it)#strange to think this was just 4 years after The Power Game ended when it feels like another era entirely#probably that is the itc effect‚ plus the specifically dingy early 70s feel of this itc series in particular#Lady Pam... I mean Diane‚ is supposedly the unappreciated wife of a business tycoon who decides to get her husband's attention via#jealousy: she leaks a fake romance between her and Mr Greatest Everything Ever Gene B to the press. except actually her husband is broke#and so they're going to fake his death‚ frame Gene for his murder‚ collect his substantial life insurance and live heavily#ever after. one pressing question: why? why involve international superstar and businessman Gene? why specifically a murder?#couldn't they have faked a drowning? y'know that might not have needed a body either. or a small plane crash. or anything‚ anything that#doesn't involve framing a super sleuth you don't even know for murder?? bizarre#but then this has been a bizarre series‚ a routinely very stupid one‚ and it's only the occasional appearances of actors#of the quality of a Babs Murray that's got me through it without losing my mind... she's very good of course‚ all sickly sweet insincerity#and quiet scheming. i kind of wish she'd got away with it too

Barbara Murray attempts a needlessly convoluted swindle, as Lady Diane Battersley in The Adventurer: The Not-So-Merry Widow (1.18, ITC, 1973)