Can someone help PLEASE???

In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.

In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.

sorry, tallbob, but i can't help you. i sort of recall the same movie you're thinking of, but don't know the name. i saw it a long time ago and remember it being a bit scary.
a good question, though.
jbt

sorry, tallbob, but i can't help you. i sort of recall the same movie you're thinking of, but don't know the name. i saw it a long time ago and remember it being a bit scary.
a good question, though.
jbt

[Brenda]

quote:Originally posted by TallBob:
In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.

I think that the reference to a "ghost in a wishing well" is more metaphorical than it is literal.


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[Westernstar9]

quote:Originally posted by TallBob:
In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.

I think that the reference to a "ghost in a wishing well" is more metaphorical than it is literal.


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Tall Bob-

I, too, remember that movie abou the little girl, and would also love to know the name of it! Have you ever found out?? redstreamwalker@yahoo.com

Tall Bob-

I, too, remember that movie abou the little girl, and would also love to know the name of it! Have you ever found out?? redstreamwalker@yahoo.com

I remember an Abott and Costello movie that had to do with ghosts who were chained to the well they died in. I think it was The Time of Their Lives?

Then there's Here Comes Mr. Jordan? Didn't the wife finally suceed in knocking Farnsworth off by shooting him and having his body fall into a well from which his ghost arose? Or was that just in Warren Beatty's remake?

Both movies were made in the 40's.


quote:Originally posted by TallBob:
In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.



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Born once - Got it right the first time. )O(

I remember an Abott and Costello movie that had to do with ghosts who were chained to the well they died in. I think it was The Time of Their Lives?

Then there's Here Comes Mr. Jordan? Didn't the wife finally suceed in knocking Farnsworth off by shooting him and having his body fall into a well from which his ghost arose? Or was that just in Warren Beatty's remake?

Both movies were made in the 40's.


quote:Originally posted by TallBob:
In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.



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Born once - Got it right the first time. )O(

quote:Originally posted by TallBob:
In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.
I have been trying to find the name of that movie for years!! It was out in the 70's around the "Wathcer in the Woods" and I am dying to find out the name. If you learn it please email me Tkg89@yahoo.com Thanks

quote:Originally posted by TallBob:
In the lyrics for "If you could read my mind", there is a mention of an old time movie about a ghost in a wishing well...does anyone here know the name of the movie he is referring to? I saw one about a little girl who fell into a wishing well with her doll that had diamonds in it cuz her uncle was chasing her and she died and years later, another family moved into the residence and discovered the ghost and to solve the mystery, they had to find the doll. I would appreciate any help on this at all...either email me at tallbob68@yahoo.com or post here...thanks a lot.
I have been trying to find the name of that movie for years!! It was out in the 70's around the "Wathcer in the Woods" and I am dying to find out the name. If you learn it please email me Tkg89@yahoo.com Thanks

[Auburn Annie]

Would this be "Child of Glass"? It's a Disney (TV?) movie from 1978. Stumbled across a review with this (long) description:

"The Armsworth family has gone and bought themselves an old mansion in the South and mom and dad plan on renovating it so they can hold fancy parties there. Alexander and his sister Connie Sue (worst name in the history of film) are less than thrilled because even though they don't have to change schools or anything, they are living five miles further away than they were before. Someone should call family services on those parents! Those kids are being positively abused!

Alexander is a whiny and crabby kid and is a little put out by some strange goings on in the old barn out back. That dang ghostly blue light coming from it is keeping him up at night. And his gal pal Blossom Culp (whom he treats like crap the whole movie) isn't helping any by talking about ghosts haunting the old place. We find out that this blue light is indeed a ghost and that it is the ghost of Inez Dumaine who lived in the mansion a million years ago with her river pirate uncle, who reportedly hung himself. Inez herself died a mysterious death and now she's floating around demanding that Alexander put her soul at peace so that she can go on and meet her parents in the afterlife. To help him do this, she tells him a rhyme that supposedly has all the info he needs. It involves where a murdered lass sleeps and a child of glass being reunited with that murdered lass.

Alexander and Blossom figure out pretty fast that the murdered lass is Inez and that where she sleeps is in her tomb at the local cemetery, but they're a bit stymied by the child of glass bit. That's okay, because Alexander's parents are having a big cotillion so Alexander has to get dressed up and go to that instead of ghostbusting for that evening. Inez appears as she frequently does to whine about how Alexander isn't busting his ass to solve her riddle and he's telling her even though he's at the party, he's thinking about his next move. Then she uses her one time only power to become real and waltzes with Alexander. Great. There's a ghost and rumors of a treasure trove of diamonds the river pirate left on the grounds and we're watching two 13-year-olds dance. Luckily, Inez's dog (I think it was hers, though it didn't seem all that ghostly) shows up and wrecks the party chasing a cat around (think Brady Bunch wedding).

As if the hunt for this child of glass wasn't enough drama for the youngins, Anthony Zerbe shows up to collect a paycheck for a few days work as the drunken, backwoods handyman who gets fired by Alexander's family for not fixing up their gazebo the way they wanted. He swears revenge and then burns up their barn while Alexander is inside it! He gets away from the burning barn with Zerbe with in hot pursuit and escapes by falling down a well! This provides the classic moment where Inez's dog starts yapping at everyone as they look for Alexander and then leads them to the well. "What's that, Ghost Dog? Alexander is trapped in the old well?"

While rescuing Alexander, Blossom solves the whole child of glass deal. It makes sense that it was down there because earlier we saw Inez's secret origin in a crystal ball that Blossom was using. It involved her being chased around by her river pirate uncle and somehow or other she ended up falling down the well. (I'm guessing pushed but I suppose river pirate uncle's attorney is saying tripped.) A mad dash to the cemetery follows and Zerbe puts in one more appearance for some added thrills, but ultimately everything gets worked out. (This is a Disney movie, so it's not like I'm letting anything out of the bag by saying that.)

I never figured out why Inez needed this child of glass and what it had to do with the curse the river pirate put on her and how come she had to impart the information in riddle form and why couldn't she just use her one time power of turning real to retrieve the child of glass for herself? I suppose those are questions best left to the spirit world and we should deal with more earthly matters. The movie moves along for the most part, but really stalls once that party happens. Since there wasn't a lot to the mystery (find the kid's child of glass and dump it on her grave) they had to stretch things out a bit and throw in the drunken handyman to liven things up. It was based on a book called The Ghost Belonged To Me (never heard of it) by Richard Peck (never heard of him either) so maybe they had to truncate things for TV.

The kids were initially irritating, especially Alexander with his nasty southern accent and vaguely cross-eyed/inbred look, but for the most part I thought he and Blossom acted like normal kids would if they were getting haunted and chased after by Anthony Zerbe, so I can't dump to much on them. I'm especially not going to dump on the dude that played Alexander (Steve Shaw) because Steve bought it in a car wreck when he was only 25 and I don't his dead ass haunting me demanding that I find him a legitimate $150 copy of this movie! You might also find the sister Connie Sue to be vaguely familiar. She was played by Denise Nickerson and all of us have seen her end up all round and purple in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory as that brat Violet! It's an innocuous enough movie for the kids to watch on Halloween or something, but certainly not worth donating a kidney to acquire. Now, I just need to find a copy of something called Mr. Boogedy. (Shock ending! I was a Disney zombie all along!)

Reviews © 2004 MonsterHunter

[Auburn Annie]

Would this be "Child of Glass"? It's a Disney (TV?) movie from 1978. Stumbled across a review with this (long) description:

"The Armsworth family has gone and bought themselves an old mansion in the South and mom and dad plan on renovating it so they can hold fancy parties there. Alexander and his sister Connie Sue (worst name in the history of film) are less than thrilled because even though they don't have to change schools or anything, they are living five miles further away than they were before. Someone should call family services on those parents! Those kids are being positively abused!

Alexander is a whiny and crabby kid and is a little put out by some strange goings on in the old barn out back. That dang ghostly blue light coming from it is keeping him up at night. And his gal pal Blossom Culp (whom he treats like crap the whole movie) isn't helping any by talking about ghosts haunting the old place. We find out that this blue light is indeed a ghost and that it is the ghost of Inez Dumaine who lived in the mansion a million years ago with her river pirate uncle, who reportedly hung himself. Inez herself died a mysterious death and now she's floating around demanding that Alexander put her soul at peace so that she can go on and meet her parents in the afterlife. To help him do this, she tells him a rhyme that supposedly has all the info he needs. It involves where a murdered lass sleeps and a child of glass being reunited with that murdered lass.

Alexander and Blossom figure out pretty fast that the murdered lass is Inez and that where she sleeps is in her tomb at the local cemetery, but they're a bit stymied by the child of glass bit. That's okay, because Alexander's parents are having a big cotillion so Alexander has to get dressed up and go to that instead of ghostbusting for that evening. Inez appears as she frequently does to whine about how Alexander isn't busting his ass to solve her riddle and he's telling her even though he's at the party, he's thinking about his next move. Then she uses her one time only power to become real and waltzes with Alexander. Great. There's a ghost and rumors of a treasure trove of diamonds the river pirate left on the grounds and we're watching two 13-year-olds dance. Luckily, Inez's dog (I think it was hers, though it didn't seem all that ghostly) shows up and wrecks the party chasing a cat around (think Brady Bunch wedding).

As if the hunt for this child of glass wasn't enough drama for the youngins, Anthony Zerbe shows up to collect a paycheck for a few days work as the drunken, backwoods handyman who gets fired by Alexander's family for not fixing up their gazebo the way they wanted. He swears revenge and then burns up their barn while Alexander is inside it! He gets away from the burning barn with Zerbe with in hot pursuit and escapes by falling down a well! This provides the classic moment where Inez's dog starts yapping at everyone as they look for Alexander and then leads them to the well. "What's that, Ghost Dog? Alexander is trapped in the old well?"

While rescuing Alexander, Blossom solves the whole child of glass deal. It makes sense that it was down there because earlier we saw Inez's secret origin in a crystal ball that Blossom was using. It involved her being chased around by her river pirate uncle and somehow or other she ended up falling down the well. (I'm guessing pushed but I suppose river pirate uncle's attorney is saying tripped.) A mad dash to the cemetery follows and Zerbe puts in one more appearance for some added thrills, but ultimately everything gets worked out. (This is a Disney movie, so it's not like I'm letting anything out of the bag by saying that.)

I never figured out why Inez needed this child of glass and what it had to do with the curse the river pirate put on her and how come she had to impart the information in riddle form and why couldn't she just use her one time power of turning real to retrieve the child of glass for herself? I suppose those are questions best left to the spirit world and we should deal with more earthly matters. The movie moves along for the most part, but really stalls once that party happens. Since there wasn't a lot to the mystery (find the kid's child of glass and dump it on her grave) they had to stretch things out a bit and throw in the drunken handyman to liven things up. It was based on a book called The Ghost Belonged To Me (never heard of it) by Richard Peck (never heard of him either) so maybe they had to truncate things for TV.

The kids were initially irritating, especially Alexander with his nasty southern accent and vaguely cross-eyed/inbred look, but for the most part I thought he and Blossom acted like normal kids would if they were getting haunted and chased after by Anthony Zerbe, so I can't dump to much on them. I'm especially not going to dump on the dude that played Alexander (Steve Shaw) because Steve bought it in a car wreck when he was only 25 and I don't his dead ass haunting me demanding that I find him a legitimate $150 copy of this movie! You might also find the sister Connie Sue to be vaguely familiar. She was played by Denise Nickerson and all of us have seen her end up all round and purple in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory as that brat Violet! It's an innocuous enough movie for the kids to watch on Halloween or something, but certainly not worth donating a kidney to acquire. Now, I just need to find a copy of something called Mr. Boogedy. (Shock ending! I was a Disney zombie all along!)

Reviews © 2004 MonsterHunter

Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
Would this be "Child of Glass"? It's a Disney (TV?) movie from 1978. Stumbled across a review with this (long) description:

"The Armsworth family has gone and bought themselves an old mansion in the South and mom and dad plan on renovating it so they can hold fancy parties there. Alexander and his sister Connie Sue (worst name in the history of film) are less than thrilled because even though they don't have to change schools or anything, they are living five miles further away than they were before. Someone should call family services on those parents! Those kids are being positively abused!

Alexander is a whiny and crabby kid and is a little put out by some strange goings on in the old barn out back. That dang ghostly blue light coming from it is keeping him up at night. And his gal pal Blossom Culp (whom he treats like crap the whole movie) isn't helping any by talking about ghosts haunting the old place. We find out that this blue light is indeed a ghost and that it is the ghost of Inez Dumaine who lived in the mansion a million years ago with her river pirate uncle, who reportedly hung himself. Inez herself died a mysterious death and now she's floating around demanding that Alexander put her soul at peace so that she can go on and meet her parents in the afterlife. To help him do this, she tells him a rhyme that supposedly has all the info he needs. It involves where a murdered lass sleeps and a child of glass being reunited with that murdered lass.

Alexander and Blossom figure out pretty fast that the murdered lass is Inez and that where she sleeps is in her tomb at the local cemetery, but they're a bit stymied by the child of glass bit. That's okay, because Alexander's parents are having a big cotillion so Alexander has to get dressed up and go to that instead of ghostbusting for that evening. Inez appears as she frequently does to whine about how Alexander isn't busting his ass to solve her riddle and he's telling her even though he's at the party, he's thinking about his next move. Then she uses her one time only power to become real and waltzes with Alexander. Great. There's a ghost and rumors of a treasure trove of diamonds the river pirate left on the grounds and we're watching two 13-year-olds dance. Luckily, Inez's dog (I think it was hers, though it didn't seem all that ghostly) shows up and wrecks the party chasing a cat around (think Brady Bunch wedding).

As if the hunt for this child of glass wasn't enough drama for the youngins, Anthony Zerbe shows up to collect a paycheck for a few days work as the drunken, backwoods handyman who gets fired by Alexander's family for not fixing up their gazebo the way they wanted. He swears revenge and then burns up their barn while Alexander is inside it! He gets away from the burning barn with Zerbe with in hot pursuit and escapes by falling down a well! This provides the classic moment where Inez's dog starts yapping at everyone as they look for Alexander and then leads them to the well. "What's that, Ghost Dog? Alexander is trapped in the old well?"

While rescuing Alexander, Blossom solves the whole child of glass deal. It makes sense that it was down there because earlier we saw Inez's secret origin in a crystal ball that Blossom was using. It involved her being chased around by her river pirate uncle and somehow or other she ended up falling down the well. (I'm guessing pushed but I suppose river pirate uncle's attorney is saying tripped.) A mad dash to the cemetery follows and Zerbe puts in one more appearance for some added thrills, but ultimately everything gets worked out. (This is a Disney movie, so it's not like I'm letting anything out of the bag by saying that.)

I never figured out why Inez needed this child of glass and what it had to do with the curse the river pirate put on her and how come she had to impart the information in riddle form and why couldn't she just use her one time power of turning real to retrieve the child of glass for herself? I suppose those are questions best left to the spirit world and we should deal with more earthly matters. The movie moves along for the most part, but really stalls once that party happens. Since there wasn't a lot to the mystery (find the kid's child of glass and dump it on her grave) they had to stretch things out a bit and throw in the drunken handyman to liven things up. It was based on a book called The Ghost Belonged To Me (never heard of it) by Richard Peck (never heard of him either) so maybe they had to truncate things for TV.

The kids were initially irritating, especially Alexander with his nasty southern accent and vaguely cross-eyed/inbred look, but for the most part I thought he and Blossom acted like normal kids would if they were getting haunted and chased after by Anthony Zerbe, so I can't dump to much on them. I'm especially not going to dump on the dude that played Alexander (Steve Shaw) because Steve bought it in a car wreck when he was only 25 and I don't his dead ass haunting me demanding that I find him a legitimate $150 copy of this movie! You might also find the sister Connie Sue to be vaguely familiar. She was played by Denise Nickerson and all of us have seen her end up all round and purple in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory as that brat Violet! It's an innocuous enough movie for the kids to watch on Halloween or something, but certainly not worth donating a kidney to acquire. Now, I just need to find a copy of something called Mr. Boogedy. (Shock ending! I was a Disney zombie all along!)

Reviews © 2004 MonsterHunter

THANK YOU ANNIE!! I'M HEADING TO eBAY!!! Tkg89

Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
Would this be "Child of Glass"? It's a Disney (TV?) movie from 1978. Stumbled across a review with this (long) description:

"The Armsworth family has gone and bought themselves an old mansion in the South and mom and dad plan on renovating it so they can hold fancy parties there. Alexander and his sister Connie Sue (worst name in the history of film) are less than thrilled because even though they don't have to change schools or anything, they are living five miles further away than they were before. Someone should call family services on those parents! Those kids are being positively abused!

Alexander is a whiny and crabby kid and is a little put out by some strange goings on in the old barn out back. That dang ghostly blue light coming from it is keeping him up at night. And his gal pal Blossom Culp (whom he treats like crap the whole movie) isn't helping any by talking about ghosts haunting the old place. We find out that this blue light is indeed a ghost and that it is the ghost of Inez Dumaine who lived in the mansion a million years ago with her river pirate uncle, who reportedly hung himself. Inez herself died a mysterious death and now she's floating around demanding that Alexander put her soul at peace so that she can go on and meet her parents in the afterlife. To help him do this, she tells him a rhyme that supposedly has all the info he needs. It involves where a murdered lass sleeps and a child of glass being reunited with that murdered lass.

Alexander and Blossom figure out pretty fast that the murdered lass is Inez and that where she sleeps is in her tomb at the local cemetery, but they're a bit stymied by the child of glass bit. That's okay, because Alexander's parents are having a big cotillion so Alexander has to get dressed up and go to that instead of ghostbusting for that evening. Inez appears as she frequently does to whine about how Alexander isn't busting his ass to solve her riddle and he's telling her even though he's at the party, he's thinking about his next move. Then she uses her one time only power to become real and waltzes with Alexander. Great. There's a ghost and rumors of a treasure trove of diamonds the river pirate left on the grounds and we're watching two 13-year-olds dance. Luckily, Inez's dog (I think it was hers, though it didn't seem all that ghostly) shows up and wrecks the party chasing a cat around (think Brady Bunch wedding).

As if the hunt for this child of glass wasn't enough drama for the youngins, Anthony Zerbe shows up to collect a paycheck for a few days work as the drunken, backwoods handyman who gets fired by Alexander's family for not fixing up their gazebo the way they wanted. He swears revenge and then burns up their barn while Alexander is inside it! He gets away from the burning barn with Zerbe with in hot pursuit and escapes by falling down a well! This provides the classic moment where Inez's dog starts yapping at everyone as they look for Alexander and then leads them to the well. "What's that, Ghost Dog? Alexander is trapped in the old well?"

While rescuing Alexander, Blossom solves the whole child of glass deal. It makes sense that it was down there because earlier we saw Inez's secret origin in a crystal ball that Blossom was using. It involved her being chased around by her river pirate uncle and somehow or other she ended up falling down the well. (I'm guessing pushed but I suppose river pirate uncle's attorney is saying tripped.) A mad dash to the cemetery follows and Zerbe puts in one more appearance for some added thrills, but ultimately everything gets worked out. (This is a Disney movie, so it's not like I'm letting anything out of the bag by saying that.)

I never figured out why Inez needed this child of glass and what it had to do with the curse the river pirate put on her and how come she had to impart the information in riddle form and why couldn't she just use her one time power of turning real to retrieve the child of glass for herself? I suppose those are questions best left to the spirit world and we should deal with more earthly matters. The movie moves along for the most part, but really stalls once that party happens. Since there wasn't a lot to the mystery (find the kid's child of glass and dump it on her grave) they had to stretch things out a bit and throw in the drunken handyman to liven things up. It was based on a book called The Ghost Belonged To Me (never heard of it) by Richard Peck (never heard of him either) so maybe they had to truncate things for TV.

The kids were initially irritating, especially Alexander with his nasty southern accent and vaguely cross-eyed/inbred look, but for the most part I thought he and Blossom acted like normal kids would if they were getting haunted and chased after by Anthony Zerbe, so I can't dump to much on them. I'm especially not going to dump on the dude that played Alexander (Steve Shaw) because Steve bought it in a car wreck when he was only 25 and I don't his dead ass haunting me demanding that I find him a legitimate $150 copy of this movie! You might also find the sister Connie Sue to be vaguely familiar. She was played by Denise Nickerson and all of us have seen her end up all round and purple in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory as that brat Violet! It's an innocuous enough movie for the kids to watch on Halloween or something, but certainly not worth donating a kidney to acquire. Now, I just need to find a copy of something called Mr. Boogedy. (Shock ending! I was a Disney zombie all along!)

Reviews © 2004 MonsterHunter

THANK YOU ANNIE!! I'M HEADING TO eBAY!!! Tkg89

[The Rez]

The Child of Glass references are fascinating. I, too, will be heading to eBay, or maybe Art Bell has a copy.

Regarding the line in Gord's song:

Water reflects. As you look into still water, wishing well-water included, you'll see a somewhat opaque vision of yourself staring back.

Perhaps the opaque ghost in the wishing well, resembling the look of an old time movie character, is the singer himself - Gord.

Perhaps . . .

The Rez