{"id":3582,"date":"2025-09-05T18:45:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:52:45","slug":"walk-of-fame-movie-adventures-the-visitor-1979-and-mel-ferrer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/05\/walk-of-fame-movie-adventures-the-visitor-1979-and-mel-ferrer\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk of Fame Movie Adventures: The Visitor (1979) and Mel Ferrer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor.jpg\" alt=\"John Huston in The Visitor\" class=\"wp-image-3583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor.png\" alt=\"Paige Collins in The Visitor.\" class=\"wp-image-3584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-visitor-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I knew I was in for a high quality piece of cinema when it opened with this title card:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.00_00_06_13.Still001-1024x546.png\" alt=\"The opening card from The Vistor. It reads: &quot;The Producer wishes to gratefully aknowledge Mr. GEORGE BUSBEE Governor of the State of Georgia and Mr. MAYNARD JACKSON Mayor of the city of Atlanta for their helpfull assistance without which this film could never have been made.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-3587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.00_00_06_13.Still001-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.00_00_06_13.Still001-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.00_00_06_13.Still001-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.00_00_06_13.Still001-1536x819.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.00_00_06_13.Still001.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Spelling? Capitalization? Grammar? Punctuation? Those rules are for cowards.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the best movie with an old man in a fishing hat fighting to stop an eight year old girl from forcing her mother (with the help of a secret evil organization and the owner of a basketball team) to give birth to the reincarnation of Space Satan I&#8217;ve ever seen. At that doesn&#8217;t even mention the ice skating fight, or the commune full of bald children led by Space Jesus in what looks like a very nice suburban home in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mel-ferrer.jpg\" alt=\"Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Mel Ferrer's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Mel Ferrer.\" class=\"wp-image-3586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mel-ferrer.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mel-ferrer-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mel-ferrer-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mel Ferrer (Walk of Fame star at 6268 Hollywood Boulevard) plays the head of the evil secret organization. He gets killed by birds. I&#8217;m not sure if he&#8217;s covered in blood or bird crap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.01_44_34_21.Still016-1024x546.png\" alt=\"Mel Ferrer covered with wounds (or possibly bird poop) in The Visitor.\" class=\"wp-image-3588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.01_44_34_21.Still016-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.01_44_34_21.Still016-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.01_44_34_21.Still016-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.01_44_34_21.Still016-1536x819.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The.Visitor.1979.1080p.BluRay.x264-YTS.AM_.01_44_34_21.Still016.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s fake poster&#8230; isn&#8217;t very good. It looks less like a movie poster, and more like a repackaged DVD in the five dollar bin at Walmart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Visitor-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A fake poster for The Visitor poorly mimicking the poster for The Avengers\" class=\"wp-image-3585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Visitor-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Visitor-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Visitor-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The-Visitor-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">They can&#8217;t all be gems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who can stop the return of Space Satan? Only an old man wandering around in his fishing gear!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":10,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[161,63,20,359],"tags":[350,357,78,10,358],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-pass-adventures","category-movies","category-photoshop","category-watch-of-fame","tag-fake-posters","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-photoshop","tag-walk-of-fame"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3593,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3582\/revisions\/3593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}