casablancalover

One more birthday. *Rupert Holmes*. Neither one is The Pina Colada song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZLZDOJlbg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au6XV6gYCuQ

> {quote:title=sineaste wrote:}{quote} > Is there something wrong, Charlotte? It's eleven o'clock and you're only on > your second pack of cigarettes. What are you doing over there? Pithy comments, btw, but probably not appreciated. It's hard to know the audience sometimes. Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 24, 2010 10:30 AM, 'cuz she couldn't get the pic to post..

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > In fact, I'm loving this entire ramble and the thoughts evinced from watching Charlotte's struggle with becoming her own person. Funny, I never thought of the adultery aspect of this film. See what happens when Hollywood sugarcoats things with love and camelias and Max Steiner music. We lose our heads and our hearts. The screen caps help sooooooo much to illustrate points. And it brings the movie vividly to mind. > Why do I keep hearing Bette Midler???? I think that is the point of NV. Charlotte Vale is on this journey. Great thread, Maven. I don't know if I agree with the notion of sugarcoating infidelity. Charlotte Vale is the only one not being guilty about it. Jerry is downright whipped when we first meet him. Sorry guys, but he is. And he tries to make some sort emotional amends about it. The book paints his wife as a master manipulator (read Prouty's book years ago). And The Wife would Never agree to a divorce. Life is blessedly too complicated to equate Jerry Dorrance with Tiger Woods. I think that's why this story resonants, it takes us through some pretty murky waters and points out the paths that are reality. Think of the way the story shows her relationship with her mother.. We need Dr Jacquith there just to explain it.

Forgot about the *Voice*. I looove deep voices. Oh yeah, I can understand her shifting gears now.. h4. NO, Wait a minute! When she first meets him, he barely speaks!!

But first, response to past reflections on another thread delightfully posted to a clever death. >Sineaste wrote: >Peggy's a good kid, she's just young and still feeling her way around. Twenty years down the >road she'll be repeating the old 'When I was young and foolish, I was young and foolish' thing. >She's just gaining experience. Ducky is definitely a detour, hope it's a short mileage one. If I hear one more story of sexual escapades of a half-drunk 40-something, I'm telling her clueless husband. Because she's no longer young and she's still doing the foolish. h4. Random Thoughts on Random Harvest Random Harvest has great storytelling, but some viewers can't get past how "mature" Coleman looks. Are we to buy into a middle-aged soldier? How old do we think he is? And Greer Garson's character. She sure does a 180 in her life after she meets him. I mean, a guy who wanders away from the *Asylum*.. not the first place for an eHarmony encounter. Or is it?? h5. Editor's note: Charlotte's glad her internet is BACK!

Stephen Bishop: and of course. with the change that has happened to me: h5. Always believe, always hope, always love.

I like the Broken Dream you posted very much. Put it in my iTunes in fact. Thank you. I am now building my collection of classical. I do like the Drama (aka- musical thunder) a bit more. Do you have any favorites there. Here's a bit from a larger work I am certain you know. Pictures at an Exhibition:

> {quote:title=sineaste wrote:}{quote} > *for such a weave.* > Hey honey, how about you and me go out and get a big old case of...lung cancer. The coffin nails > are on me. *I'll pass on the coffin nails. Never started them. But they are funny and amusing to mock.* > And now that any nut with an internet connection can present their own version of events, it's > looking a bit worse for the reporters. *And desperate journalistas are busy as ever with their one man band stringer gigs, and for what? To be beaten to the story on youtube by a 15 year old with no writing skills, but a deep set of music tracks.* > >{quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote} > >That shot was well-composed, wasn't it? But Jane's first scene is seriously over-acted. "Do you THINK . . . that . . . MAYBE . . I WON'T LIKE IT? Gee, just spit it out, Kate. > Well,,,you see dear,..that's just...just Kate's inTUitive genius..well..coming to ...the FORE > ...well.. BEcause that's...what a...nervous...well very nervous...ah SPINSter would SAAYYY > ...you seeee *But does she have to sound like she took her coaching from William Shatner?* > I don't know. DD seems to have been heading toward a cliff for a while now, but maybe now > that he might be single...He did hit a non-brick wall when he picked up the ' honeymooners' > and things got weird and Don got beat up. Ouch. But maybe back in the 1960s day, it was > a little more usual for the younger woman to submit to the older man in hopes of getting > ahead, so to speak. At first, now that Peggy's on the ground floor of the new agency, one > might think she wouldn't need to go duck hunting. But if the firm doesn't make it, well old > Grey Ducky may be useful in the future. Still, at least in the mind's eye, Peg and Duck are > not a purty picture, especially, as you already noted, in the harsh light of day. Makes one > appreciate the opening scene of Psycho. *Excellent point. You make me grateful I have no more hope for success, so I don't have to sleep to the top. I will be happy in the bottom rung. But I like Peggy, and I want her to win. This feels like a detour, not a destination.* *And oh yeah. Watch the opening credits. The writer does a reveal to an ending. I think I know where it's going. Final redemption. But I am enjoying the ride.* > Bizarro World Betty/Betsy will definitely need an extensive makeover, and now it's too late to > just imitate Jackie. *I think they missed an excellent opportunity with that one. But, hope springs eternal. Can any woman be happy with a Henry in her life? Betty's due for a change internally. Standing politically away from these guys would be a good first step. Betty always seems to keep up with the fashions. Maybe she'll meet Andy Warhol and the Left avant garde.* > >{quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote} > > Sleep well, readers. > Your eyes are heavy... > Curse Sir Walter Raleigh, > He was such a stupid get. h5. Sigh no more, Ladies . . . sigh no more. h5. Men were deceivers ever. h5. One foot in sea, h5. and one on shore, h5. To one thing constant never. h5. Then sigh not so, h5. But let them go, h5. And be you blithe and bonny, h5. Converting all your sounds of woe, h5. Into Hey nonny nonny!

MM: I loved the Moody Blues, but Justin Hayward was totally off my radar. His work that you post strikes me as very much what he was about. His musical heart, so to speak. Was his *Tuesday Afternoon* from this period, or was it earlier? I wonder. Sometimes, writers will hold on to their precious stuff for years without releasing it.

h5. And now for something completely different.. Jennifer Lopez married Ojani Noa on this day in 1997. Marriage lasted about a year. J-Lo, Ain't If Funny: h6. I will be back to my usual tricks tomorrow. Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 22, 2010 7:17 AM

h4. Who should be thrown into the canal? Mary Ann or Ginger? > {quote:title=sineaste wrote:}{quote} > I've always preferred Mary Ann to Ginger, the fake small-town farm girl to the fake air-headed > movie star. And she was very easy on the eyes, and cuter than a button. Who wouldn't > fall for Mary Ann, especially on a deserted island. *Then we are in agreement. I say Ginger gets the impromptu swimming lesson.* > > Jus one cigarette? Is' for my grandpoppy.. > Oh, that's how it always starts. One Smoke, one more, and then another. *Express you care in the universal language. Offer a Marlboro..* > Whenever some of the old time newspaper reporters reminisce in an article, they always note > how things changed during the 1970s and 1980s and became more professional. Out went > the late night drinking and poker games, in came bottled water and sensible hours. *They had plenty to keep track of then. Pentagon and Watergate, then Iran/Contra. It's not that they don't now, but the "Get it first - get it right" has been replaced with "Watch the budget" and "Did you get a severance package?" The drinking may still be there, but they keep it off-site. And they don't wear the lanyard in the bar.* > >Late April, Early May. Sometimes a schedule in Venice seems all wrong. The incredible art. You must see that! Beautiful pictures-- ALL Painted by hand! The Grand Canal, the pace of life, the pigeons in San Marco. . . What just fell onto my gelato? > > Sounds wonderful. I liked the paintings underneath the opening credits, a little Dufy like. That > was a good segue into the first well-composed shot of the train. *That shot was well-composed, wasn't it? But Jane's first scene is seriously over-acted. "Do you THINK . . . that . . . MAYBE . . I WON'T LIKE IT? Gee, just spit it out, Kate..* > Delighted, because old Rog is, with trivial adjustments, Don thirty years later. His wife does > seem to have faded into the background, at least so far. Peggy spending a love in the after- > noon encounter with Daddy Ducks during the assassination seems bad karma enough. *Don is following in the footsteps of a Lemming. I say bring back Roger's spurned wife. Doesn't she end up with half interest in the business? Don is heading toward a cliff, we can see it coming, but he has no brakes. That Peggy/Duck pairing seems so wrong-headed to me, and I think that's why the JFK assassination happens when it does. All due respect for age, but Peggy can do so much better than old Duck out of water. He's improving his corporate structure how?* > Evil twin or the poor twin sister to Betty. She sips her coffee from the saucer, wears > slacks, and hair-rollers in public. Get thee to a Saks. *Yeah, gotta polish up the image. Put away the saucer, find a clever Anne Taintor mug, get a pair of tight ankle pants, toss the rollers. To be an evil twin to Betty is pretty bad. I'll paint a better image next time.* h5. Sleep well, readers.

*Ginger.* > {quote:title=sineaste wrote:}{quote} > Maybe they used a child because they always have to wait on the batteries for their own toys. > Mauro's one of those cute and lovingly larcenous kiddies that turn up so often in films. Their > heart is in the right place, even if their hands sometimes aren't. Yes, it might be a good idea > to take an inventory before he leaves, just in case. *Jus one cigarette? Is' for my grandpoppy..* > The fringe benefits probably made up for the small part. They had reruns of Kolchak a few > years ago on Sci-Fi or Chiller. I think it was only on for one season, so you don't need to spend > a lot of time watching them. They sure didn't spend much on his wardrobe. *That's the beauty of using reporters. They dress the same. I think the fedora should come back with that cute little Press pass in the band. Now they run around with a lanyard on their neck like they're librarians. Hey, maybe that's not so bad...* > The pestiferous, darker side of Venice is to the fore in movies like Death in Venice and > Don't Look Now. Maybe there's a certain time of the year when's it's more appealing to > the sense of smell, and you don't need to wear waders. *Late April, Early May. Sometimes a schedule in Venice seems all wrong. The incredible art. You must see that! Beautiful pictures-- ALL Painted by hand! The Grand Canal, the pace of life, the pigeons in San Marco. . . What just fell onto my gelato?* > And sometimes there's the old is/was that a dream sequence or not. DD does seem to have more > than his fair share. But with his adman's imagination, secret identity blow back, and cheating > heart, I guess it's not surprising he's liable to them. This wouldn't be in character, because Don > usually doesn't go fishing where he works, but how about if he takes up with Sterling's new 'she's > young enough to be my daughter' wife, who is Don's former secretary. That might produce some > fireworks, since they always seem to be wary of one another in the first place. *That would be unexpected and so refreshing, since we could have our sensibilities perplexed wondering if we are disgusted or delighted that Roger gets the cuckolding I think he richly he deserves, yet we don't have to cheer on little Miss Doe-eyes when it happens. I don't think the Kennedy assassination was enough of the Bad Karma being played out. Casablancalover finds her inner-evil twin. Hum, maybe that could be Betty's excuse?*

This morning, deep in thought, deep in reflection: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxD6lGquUU

> {quote:title=sineaste wrote:}{quote} > ( Psssst...David Lean) It happens to us all. But...After Valli walks right past Joseph Cotten, > he takes the Vienna to Venice train, turns from third-rate Westerns to third-rate Italian > white telephone scenarist, and a few years later, while out strolling in Venice...you know > the rest of the story. Probably selling the usual tourist scenes. He's still a little young for > French postcards, I think. Maybe back in the States she was the spinster aunt who > occasionally took care of her nephews and nieces, and of course there's no romantic > complications with a roguish but sweet little street urchino. *There's safety with child actors to play off of.. I saw The Awful Truth, and they show a child playing with a remote to a, how would we say- marital aid device . I thought it creepy. Mauro, even with the suggestive post cards and smoking at the sidewalk cafe is more charming. I wonder where he got that watch to sell to Jane? Mr McIllhenney should check his left wrist.* > I thought the tourist couple were nice enough, but they seemed a bit on the stereotypical > side, though they could have been a lot worse. That kind of whirlwind travel schedule is > a bit of a hoax. Would any foreign tourist to the U.S. think they had seen the country if they > spent a few days in NYC or DC? *Any foreign tourist? No. You or I? No. But sadly, there are still plenty of folks who think a tour of 3 hours in a foreign capital counts them as a world traveler. I've met them here in the heartland.* > I felt a bit sorry for Darren McGavin. Yes, it was really about Jane/Kate, and he was only > a supporting player, but he had so little screen time. I don't think he was on screen for more > than seven or eight minutes. Of course he made up for it with his much more substantial > role in The Man With the Golden Arm in the same year. *In another way, I don't feel sorry for him. He gets to Venice, there's a shooting schedule, and you have your shots. But you are not usually done. Considering the lab work and processing for the dailies, I am pretty certain he may have to hang around Venice for a while in case something needed to be re-shot. Darren McGavin played the long suffering captain in Riverboat, with Burt Reynolds as his pilot. I liked him best in Kolchak: The Nightstalker . Sort of "evil entity of the week" sort of show. Fighting evil through reporting. Why not? The pen is mightier than the sword.* *Kate suffered an infection in her eye after her dip in the canal. Not surprising. The canal is part of a lagoon, so the water is fairly brackish. The only thing about the Venice that would kill the romantic vibe of the place is the smell of the canals. And the occasional Acqua Alta.* > Yes, Don spent a lost week or two in LA already. He left the work to one of the young up and > comers and went on a toot complete with dream sequence. I think he also visited his first wife, the secret Mrs. Whitman or whatever she is. I think I've seen all the Season 3 episodes, but if there's > nothing else on might catch some just to refresh my memory. I missed a lot of the first season, > so some day I'll have to check those out. *I love Netflix. Season 1 is in my queue. It is getting hazy for me. I think dream sequences like that one are cop outs. It's like Bobby Ewing is stepping out of the shower. . . . and jumping a shark. or maybe I have the wrong dream sequence. Don really has too many. He seems to zone out for our little trip into backstory/reveal land.* > The subject line-she's a too short. *The subject line: ussa too cute!*

Thanks for your comments, jamesjazzguitar. Let me post a Hoagy Carmichael clip that I like..

> {quote:title=JakeHolman wrote:}{quote} > Mary Chapin-Carpenter.... > > > > Happy trails... Mary Chapin-Carpenter - ♥♥♥♥ Thanks..

Oops! More later, haveta clean The Apartment... h5. What fools these mortals be.

How could I forget this woman. Carly Simon. Love Carly. The Right Thing to Do: ♥♥♥♥ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfYj4Vd3nEs Big Dumb Guy: ♥♥♥ That's The Way I've Always Heard it Should Be: ♥♥♥♥

Who's Afraid ... is scary to me, because it's seems so plausible. I'm afraid I grew up in household with that much violence. The War of the Roses was more cartoonish, but with some of the news stories I've seen, maybe not so crazy either.

>*W-w-w--Waiter! . . . .--Bel-- il canto?* (sic) I kept thinking I missed a line in the movie. It's just --Carol-- --Reed-- David Lean letting the pictures tell the story. The whole Mauro thing is cute, but it gets me ruefully remembering that some women can only have an honest relationship with children. Ever wonder what was on the postcards he's hawking? h4. Luna Park on water.. The McIllhenney's are great. Carol Reed pays homage to Americans overseas! The old guy was so delightfully Midwestern, and the wife (Jane Rose) played off him like she had been married to him for decades. They reminded me of the Bunkers, played sweetly and Passive/Aggressive. I thought folks don't do the Europe in one fell swoop anymore, but the travel sites show me there is still a market. Maybe that's the next direction for *Mad Men*. The Boeing 707 is introduced. DD can become a jet setter. Or did they jet to California at the end of Season 2. The Encore run of Season 3 starts March 21st, btw. Edited by: casablancalover on Feb 20, 2010 1:26 PM, - Carol and David don't look alike --do they?

Nancy Wilson's birthday: Sort of a big day for Cher too. She divorced Sonny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEszTzdUMcY

h4. The gauntlet was thrown. Hank Williams: Original recording on 78: Re-mix, not as good: still like 'em better than Allman bros. version.

> {quote:title=sineaste wrote:}{quote} > Yeah, that will show the dirty so and so. Yes, the child might not be Don's, and no DNA to check > it. Now Betty's a high-class surburbanite/mother from Westchester. She wouldn't go to just any neighborhood beer joint. Reminds me of a good story: *John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmicks. His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change.* *One day John came home with another one of his unusual purchases. It was a robot that John claimed was actually a lie detector. Here is the story:* *It was about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old son, returned home from school. Tommy was over 2 hours late. "Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?" asked John.* *"Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit project," said Tommy.* *The robot walked around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him completely out of his chair.* *"Son," said John, "this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you really were after school."* *"We went to Bobby's house and watched a movie." said Tommy.* *"What did you watch?" asked Marsha.* *"The Ten Commandments," answered Tommy.* *The robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him off his chair. With his lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, "I am sorry I lied. We really watched a tape called Sex Queen."* *"I am ashamed of you son," said John. "When I was your age, I never lied to my parents."* *The robot walked around to John and delivered a whack that nearly knocked him out of his chair.* *Marsha doubled over in laughter, almost in tears and said, "Boy, did you ever ask for that one! You can't be too mad with Tommy. After all, he is your son!"* *The robot walked around to Marsha and knocked her out of her chair.* > Maybe they wanted to go for the fish symbolism. I see Gilly going two ways, for a name change > that is. Exotic, like Father Devlan...May Care, or simple and basic, like Father Michael...Just > call me Father Mike, everybody else does. Oh Father Mike...you send me. *No comment, just ****.. Why do the young priests seem so more attractive than young Protestant pastors? I know-- it's just that they are emotionally unavailable. Climb Every Mountain, and all that!* > Do Catholic School Girls Still Rule? Probably, but not as much. I suppose she would confide > in her girlfriends, but probably not Aunt Nosey. Peggy. She'll have fun, fun, fun till Father takes > her birth control away. *Do Catholic School Girls Still Rule? My girlfriends did. They all said I would burn eternally for I followed that Heretic Martin Luther. That's why I ****. If those girls could see what was written.* > Will be interesting to see if Sal shows up next season. There doesn't seem to be a reason for > him to return, but this is TV after all. Not an antagonist, but what's with Mr. Conrad "Connie" > Hilton, hotel magnate? He seemed fairly normal at first, but in each subsequent appearance, > he got stranger and stranger, especially with those annoying free-form phone calls. And when > he had the pitch meeting with Don and actually wondered where the Hilltons on the Moon concept > was, oh boy. This guy is wacky. I don't think Connie's elevator goes all the way up to the penthouse. *I forgot about Conrad Hilton! I kept thinking he was doing a Howard Hughes turn, but then, Connie was a real person. Unlike Mr. Cadillac (How to Marry a Millionaire reference). Yup, he was a piece of work, but then the uber-creative types always have us scratching our heads. Why did Steve Jobs think iPad was a good label? Women everywhere wonder ????* > Respect is definitely a two-way street. Of course, since mama's probably doing the cooking, she > deserves a little break. *Funny, but I enjoy a trip to the Publix or Ralph's or Byerlys - it's the planner/gatherer in me, I guess. If he just handles that wine bottle opener for her, and keep company with her in the kitchen, she will feel special and honored to be in his presence.* > I think it might be on hiatus now. One of the best "characters" is the middle-aged meter woman who > likes to present a nice appearance and have every hair in place. When she feels the Philly heat is > messing up her hair, she goes into the nearest drug store and buys some hairspray. Problem > solved. She's a sweetheart. *I still have my Cub Scout Den Mother's uniform. Maybe guys like uniforms too.* > >I did pour myself a glass. I toasted you. > > Thanks. Here's looking at you, Bea Kiddo. > The cheese is so thick, you can't even see the sauce! Pizza joint and low fat? Something > wrong with that picture. *The bread is low fat. Cheese must be what it is. Normal, not low fat. Melts better that way.* *What's a Bea Kiddo??*

All Time Low: ♥♥♥♥ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xJdHkQkBTo h6. not Weightless

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