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9 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
Hermione Gingold is best known for her performance as the grandmother in the Oscar award-winning"Gigi".
She was also outstanding in another Hollywood musical, "The Music Man".
On Broadway she co-starred in Sondheim's "A Little Night Music". I'm no fan of his solo work, but I'm guessing she introduced the song "Liaison".
While "Send in The Clowns" was the big hit from the show.
I had a nice live recording of Mel Torme singing "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"--I imagine that was the World War II favorite with lyrics written by her husband Eric Maschwitz. And he also wrote a song that I vaguely know--"These Foolish Things (remind me of you)".
But his main claim the fame has to be as one of the co- screenplay writers of James Hilton's "Goodbye Mr Chips", which was Oscar-nominated for best screenplay in 1939.
I never noticed Eric much before, but Hermione, yes
"I remember her well".
Well done Princess! Yes, Hermione introduced the song "Liaisons," sung by Madame Armfeldt, mother of Desiree (played by Glynis Johns) who sang "Send in the Clowns." A Little Night Music was based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night. Hermione was also a frequent guest on the Tonight Show with Jack Paar, and later with Johnny Carson.
Although "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" was introduced by Judy Campbell, it was famously performed by Vera Lynn, who died in June 2020 at 103. Dame Vera may be best known to American filmgoers for her recording of "We'll Meet Again," which, very dramatically, comes at the end of Dr. Strangelove, as the bomb is dropping.
"These Foolish Things" is truly one of the great songs. Everyone has recorded it (Ella, Nat, Billie, Frank, etc.). My favorite version is by Adriana Marcovicci. Since you are are a Francophile, here's Jean Sablon's rendition, in French. Sablon also recorded it in English, but I prefer his French version:
The young Hermione Gingold
Your thread Princess!
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Peter -- Delmar Watson in Heidi (1937)
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Today's hint: The singer (who died aged 103) who was famous for singing one of the husband's songs may be best known to movie fans for a recording of a song she sings over a rather cataclysmic end to a very famous Academy Award-nominated movie.
In addition to her rich career in theater and film, wife was a frequent guest on many television shows, including a late-night show.
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On Svengoolie tomorrow, June 26, 2021:
(I don't know this film at all.)
Time Walker (1982)
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Grant, Duncan -- James Norton in Life in Squares
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4 hours ago, Capuchin said:
Now, it's is going to bug me which Grant or Kerr movie had a cat I mentally inserted into this one. Good way to ruin an already bad day.
Well there's cat in Bringing Up Baby -- a big one!
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Next: Terry-Thomas
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10. Won a BAFTA Award for Best British Actor for his performance as Fred Kite in I'm Alright Jack (1959)
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Irma la Douce (1963)
Imitating a Frenchman
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10 hours ago, Swithin said:
OK, I'll take it.
This couple, not American born, consists of an actress/wife who was nominated for Golden Globes, including for her performance in a movie that won a Best Picture Oscar. In one of her performances on Broadway, she introduced one of (I think) Sondheim's best songs, although it's not the most famous or popular song from its show.
Husband was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing the script of a beloved classic film. He was also a lyricist who wrote two immensely popular songs, both much loved and recorded and used in many movies. One of the songs was a huge hit during a war.
When you name the couple, identify the films/songs referred to.
Today's hints:
The Sondheim song that wife introduced was from a Broadway musical that included perhaps his most famous song, a musical that was based on a movie.
One of the two famous songs that husband wrote lyrics for was written the same year that the film was released, for which he was nominated for co-writing the Oscar-nominated screenplay, though there is no connection between song and movie. A famous rendition of the song was performed by a beloved singer who died a few years ago, aged 103.
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OK, I'll take it.
This couple, not American born, consists of an actress/wife who was nominated for Golden Globes, including for her performance in a movie that won a Best Picture Oscar. In one of her performances on Broadway, she introduced one of (I think) Sondheim's best songs, although it's not the most famous or popular song from its show.
Husband was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing the script of a beloved classic film. He was also a lyricist who wrote two immensely popular songs, both much loved and recorded and used in many movies. One of the songs was a huge hit during a war.
When you name the couple, identify the films/songs referred to.
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Eli Wallach
Next: Harridan
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On 6/21/2021 at 7:22 AM, lavenderblue19 said:
Princess, absolutely Carol Lawrence and Robert Goulet. Both were so talented and so familiar to all of us growing up in the 1960's. We were all so surprised when they divorced. Robert is gone and Carol will be 89 in September. We remember when they were young and beautiful.Thanks for the compliment, glad you enjoyed the question. Your thread Princess
I met Carol a few years ago. Lovely woman. She actually came to my apartment.
Back to Princess passing on the next turn, so anybody's thread.
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Robert Redford was in Out of Africa with Malick Bowens.
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More written and directed by Delmar Daves
The Red House (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
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Pert Kelton
Next: Played in the (ancient) classics
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More films shot in Africa
Zulu (1964)
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
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I haven't seen Curse of the Undead in years and don't remember much about it, but it has a decent reputation. As horror westerns go, it has a better reputation than some of the others.
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12 hours ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
I already knew a lot of Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor. She gets mocked today for being rather unattractive - but she was one of the finest 1st ladies of the 20th century. Also, I believe the media had an agreement about photographing Roosevelt in a wheelchair. Not happy about his turning away the St. Louis, but I know of someone who actually got off the boat.
As for what I just watched - right now I'm watching my computer and what is going outside my window. Before that, it was the Today Show and some local news. Nick Wallenda just walked the tightrope again; this made it on the tonight show - Amazon boxes with masks being delivered to a home circa where I live. Goodbye Mr. Chips is fairly long, but worth every moment of it. Great performance by Robert Donat. Another movie he is in (his last - and the role he played wouldn't be considered politically correct today) is Inn of Sixth Happiness (based on a true story and starring the great Ingrid Bergman).
Have you seen the Ken Burns series about the Roosevelts? I think it's his finest, even better than the Civil War. It's about Teddy, FDR, and Eleanor, giving each a lot of time. It's fascinating and shows Eleanor for the extraordinary woman that she was.
Regarding Robert Donat, although he wouldn't be cast today, he was superb in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness. His last line to Ingrid Bergman in the film is sadly prescient: "We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell." Donat had been ill during filming, and died shortly after.
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On Svengoolie tomorrow, June 19, 2021:
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"What the World Needs Now Is Love" -- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Next: An Otto Harbach song in a film
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It's nice to see The Day of the Locust as a premiere on Stevo's schedule. Maybe TCM will show it someday! If there's any film that cries out to be shown on TCM, that's it!
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Albert Dekker was in Kiss Me Deadly with Ralph Meeker.
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Nels -- Steve Brown in I Remember Mama (1948)
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Double Feature
in Games and Trivia
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Interlude (1957) -- Sirk's remake of Stahl's When Tomorrow Comes
Imitation of Life (1959) -- another Sirk remake of a Stahl film.