[Melvin and Howard] Yup, it's a good film, Gloria Grahame has a small part, but Mary Steenburgen has a real plumb role. Good story too.
I saw it when it came out, but I've since forgotten that Gloria was in it. Might have to re-watch...
But what impressed me most about the film was its good-naturedness-- a quality that has all but disappeared in contemporary films. Looking back I guess 1980 was in the midst of an idyllic era, certainly in comparison to today's misery, grief, angst and contentiousness. Makes one wonder if society will ever return to pleastantness.