I wanted to be his friend the moment I saw him.
Sitting in a darkened movie theater watching the movie "Oliver" with my entire 5th grade class, I was smitten with him.
This was long before any awareness of sex, but I was definitely aware of my attraction to Mark.
I wanted to live with him and the Artful Dodger
(Jack Wild) and all of Fagin's boys. I wanted to share a bunk and swap shirts with him. And pick pockets with him, just like all the other scruffy kids in the gang.
Afterwards, my friends giggled about seeing "Nancy’s boobies" in her low-cut wench dress.
I was mystified. Nancy? Who was watching Nancy? Certainly not me!
Long before I knew I was gay, I had a fondness for blondes, and Mark Lester was my first.
Steve - Austin, Texas
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6 comments:
No wonder you love Mark Lester! He was the most adorable kid. And indeed, Oliver! was a film which I enjoyed very much as a little girl . I also wanted to be with all the gang, be part of it and be friend of Jack Wild (the Dodger) and the rest of the boys (I was madly in love with the ginger-haired one, one of the crew, who plays one of the horses in the number "I'd do anything"). Well, indeed, we loved playing "orphans" with my sister and cousins. Sometimes we played as if we belonged to Oliver! gang, and sometimes, we played as if we belonged to Annie gang ;)
And then, I don't know if you know it, but Mark Lester had starred before in another film "Our Mother's House" (an excellent british thriller film), and after Oliver! he starred again with Jack Wild in the film "Melody". They are nice good films, I love the british films of that era.
Forgive me for spoiling one detail, but Mark Lester couldn't sing. It was a woman who sang while he pretended he was singing.
No wonder. In your era I certainly would rather look at his incredible looks than any breasts. He was so adorable. No doubt many boys were just as mesmerised as you
I was 7 when I first saw Oliver, and in THAT particular scene (he was washing up and Nancy was there) I asked, "Is he NAKED?!?"
I saw all the barefoot kids, and I kept waiting for the tickle torture scene, which never happened on-screen!
Yes! Mark Lester was the most adorable boy, and selected out of 5000 boys who auditioned for the role. What a beautiful child, and later, Michael Jackson became smitten with him and invited Mark to visit him, albeit he was 18 by then. I'm still mesmerized by this film, loved it! I wonder if they ever had reunions. Thank you
Hey, Yes,my goodness what a cute and adorable boy he was. I wonder what his parents looked like. I had a crush on him for sure, as a kid, he was/is a little older than me but he's soooooooo cute. No wonder Michael Jackson asked him to father one or more than one of his kids. Thank you, Paul Tyler
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