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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Og" data-source="post: 318136" data-attributes="member: 17">Barbara Bel Geddes (R.I.P.) was Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow, period.&nbsp; However I always thought Donna Reed (R.I.P.) provided her best in the role, given difficult circumstances.&nbsp; As time went on she just couldn&#039;t do right for doing wrong.&nbsp; After a strong enough start as the matriarch, Donna&#039;s Ellie was soon diminished.&nbsp; The &#039;duffle bag full of family silver&#039; scene (shown below) and the removal of Jock&#039;s portrait are two scenes, in which she shone well imho.&nbsp; The question then arises how would Barbara&#039;s Ellie have been in these scenes?[MEDIA=youtube]fcedSd1D6f4[/MEDIA]Ellie (Donna Reed) recently returned to Southfork Ranch with Clayton, after spending their honeymoon in Greece.&nbsp; The matriarch intends putting Jock&#039;s portrait back at Ewing Oil (the company he built).&nbsp; J.R. disagrees with his very different looking mama.&nbsp; Ellie&#039;s two sons are with her; in the living room of Southfork, where Jock&#039;s famous portrait is still very prevalent, (a scene from season 7; DVD-8, 1984 - &#039;85):Ellie: &quot;J.R. I know how much you loved your daddy but keeping that painting up there is not going to bring him back.&nbsp; Only our memories can do that and we have a lifetime of those.&nbsp; Your daddy is in every shadow in this house, in every place he ever walked.&nbsp; Nobody can take away, the love we had for him.&quot;J.R. looks glum.Ellie: &quot;His life with us is over and we have mourned him, long enough.&quot;Bobby and J.R. look at their father&#039;s portrait.Ellie lifts the portrait off the wall: &quot;Taking this painting down is the right thing to do! I&#039;m sure even Jock would agree.&nbsp; It&#039;s time for this family to start again.&quot;The frame freezes on Jock&#039;s portrait; fade to black, the theme tune and the closing credits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Og, post: 318136, member: 17"] Barbara Bel Geddes (R.I.P.) was Ellie Southworth Ewing Farlow, period. However I always thought Donna Reed (R.I.P.) provided her best in the role, given difficult circumstances. As time went on she just couldn't do right for doing wrong. After a strong enough start as the matriarch, Donna's Ellie was soon diminished. The 'duffle bag full of family silver' scene (shown below) and the removal of Jock's portrait are two scenes, in which she shone well imho. The question then arises how would Barbara's Ellie have been in these scenes? [MEDIA=youtube]fcedSd1D6f4[/MEDIA] [B]Ellie (Donna Reed) recently returned to Southfork Ranch with Clayton, after spending their honeymoon in Greece. The matriarch intends putting Jock's portrait back at Ewing Oil (the company he built). J.R. disagrees with his very different looking mama. Ellie's two sons are with her; in the living room of Southfork, where Jock's famous portrait is still very prevalent, (a scene from season 7; DVD-8, 1984 - '85): Ellie: "J.R. I know how much you loved your daddy but keeping that painting up there is not going to bring him back. Only our memories can do that and we have a lifetime of those. Your daddy is in every shadow in this house, in every place he ever walked. Nobody can take away, the love we had for him." J.R. looks glum. Ellie: "His life with us is over and we have mourned him, long enough." Bobby and J.R. look at their father's portrait. Ellie lifts the portrait off the wall: "Taking this painting down is the right thing to do! I'm sure even Jock would agree. It's time for this family to start again." The frame freezes on Jock's portrait; fade to black, the theme tune and the closing credits.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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