Let me say Happy 57th Birthday to "Jem" from
Mockingbird. The actor who played "Jem" so wonderfully (Phillip Alford) turned 57 just a few hours ago (born on a date that will now be remembered for something tragic -- September 11).
Phillip was born in Alabama, which makes me wonder if he or his family (if they still have homes there) were affected by Katrina's wrath on August 29th?
Along those same lines, Mary Badham ("Scout") was also born in Alabama (Birmingham). She'll be 53 next month. (Anyone feeling old knowing these stats?
) -- Mary is the sister of
Saturday Night Fever and
WarGames director John Badham. John, btw, did a very interesting Audio Commentary Track for the
SNF DVD. If you've never listened to it, I'd recommend doing so.
Somewhat amazingly, even with the huge success of "Mockingbird", neither Mary nor Phillip went on to do much else in Hollywood -- Mary was in only 3 other films after TKAM; and Phillip in just a mere four more (three of those Made-for-TV films).
But the boy who would be considered the youngster with
third billing ("Dill"; John Megna; the boy who Jem said looked
"right puny for nine years old!" 
) actually fared much better in his post-TKAM acting career, appearing in several additional movies and TV shows -- including the films
Smokey And The Bandit 2, The Cannonball Run, The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, and the Bette Davis flick
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
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