Movies ‘Til Dawn: An interview with Adell Aldrich by Raymond De Felitta
In this special-edition guest episode of XCU: The Viewfinder, Raymond De Felitta interviews Adell Aldrich — a pioneering filmmaker who was the first woman to direct a network movie of the week. The film, ‘Daddy I Don’t Like It Like This’ (1978) starred and was written by Burt Young (the actor most known for his role as Paulie in the ‘Rocky’ franchise). Adell explains how she met Burt on her father’s set, the remarkable story of her journey to the director’s chair, and her collaboration with Burt in fascinating detail.
“There weren’t women doing this yet...and you know, my own personal problems with it was always, ‘Oh it’s the director’s daughter...’ It was frustrating, but I was on my own path at the time and trying to break away from that...”
