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Kiss Me Kate
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Regarding Doris Day's date of birth - It actually was not Miss Day who made the change from 1922 to 1924. When she signed her Warners contract in 1947, she was 25. The studio decided that they wanted their new player to be 23 - therefore she would be 24 in 1948 when her first film would be released, not the real 26. That seemed a tad old in those days for a new star to be starting out. Doris who didn't like confrontation or putting her studio in a bad light, went along with it and in those days it was easy enough to do. Although she'd been performing professionally for more than 7 years, her fame was not the kind that being a movie star would bring.
In 1964 a national magazine decided to feature Doris on their cover. It would be to promote the upcoming 3rd Day-Hudson film, "Send Me No Flowers", it would be to mark Day's continued reign as number one box-office star and would note her 40th birthday and how unusual it was in America at that time to have someone 40 still playing leading lady roles and having such a level of success.
While researching the piece they discovered her Baptismal records, signed by the Parish Priest in 1922, which would have been impossible had she been born in 1924. They also discovered her first grade enrollment papers ALL indicating 1922 as her date of birth. In addition, newspaper reports about her train/car accident, s couple of years prior to her first professional singing engagement, indicated the correct age (15) in 1937. The magazine then decided to sarcastically call the story "Doris Day, 42, turns 40!" Needless to say when Marty Melcher got wind of it he and the powers to be at Universal (which was releasing "Flowers") put pressure to have the story halted, and it was.
I don't think this sort of age modification was all that unusual in Hollywood.
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Dry your eyes, fi baby. I found your youtube site, and I love it !
This is NOT one of the baboons that I would prefer to June Allyson.
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My local library growing up had a huge selection of CDs and I discovered so much wonderful music by borrowing those CDs. We were only allowed to take out 10 CDs at any time although some of the people at the circulation desk would let me take out more. I admit that on at least one occasion I purposely held up the check-out line by taking my sweet time in choosing which 10 I wanted so as not to exceed the quota --- in an attempt to force them to break the rule for me
Usually the artists were people that I had heard of but had never really experienced their music. Some of the artists I discovered were ones that I had never even heard of before.
One CD that I must have checked out multiple times was DISCOGRAPHY: THE COMPLETE SINGLES COLLECTION by Pet Shop Boys. I had heard of Pet Shop Boys before listening to that CD, but I had never really listened to their music.
One song that really made an impression on me was "Being Boring," which I understand was not a big chart-topper when it was first released. The title of the song was supposedly inspired by a quotation from Zelda Fitzgerald, the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The video posted below is not the official video for the song, which was shot in beautiful black-and-white by fashion photographer Marc Weber, I hesitate to post that one as it contains some footage of naked human buttocks which might offend some viewers.
Marc Weber's video is available on YouTube.
It wouldn't by any chance be George Brent's, would it?
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I am very sorry to say that confirmed reports state that both: Justin Bieber and: Kanye West are alive and well.
Since neither is anywhere on my radar, they may go on iiving.
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's'ok, dgf, if I had any closet to come out of , I'd have done it here ages ago.
Perhaps it was a Freudian slip, and you were really thinking you'd like to kick me "out" of the boards here.
But I'm not really worried you wanted to do that, either.
Having that done to you would make you "cry like a baby". Or, as the Boxtops once intoned it, "Cry like a bee-buy".
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Stevie Winwood is a great musician, and very much under-rated here in North American. He wrote that very beautiful song that most people know but cannot name who performs it: Can't Find My Way Home, by Blind Faith, led by Steve Winwood. He also was the main songwriter and inspiration behind the unique British band Traffic. And so much more...
It's a cliche that's been said to death, but like all cliches, that's because it's so true (and what I just said about cliches is a cliche in itself ) - that every single person has their own singular taste in music, we love what we love and musical preferences, more than just about anything else, even movies, is extremely personal. I always try to keep that in mind when discussing music with others, especially when their taste diverges from mine (but I think you and I have enough in common, musically, that we'd have lots to talk about...)
I like SEA OF JOY by Blind Faith much better. My favorite Traffic songs are PAPER SUN and FREEDOM RIDER. Winwood was also the lead on the SPENCER DAVIS GROUP's GIMMESOME LOVIN when he was 16.
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R&B singer Billy Paul, who won a Grammy Award for his 1972 hit "Me and Mrs. Jones," died Sunday at the age of 81. He died in his Philadelphia home after being diagnosed with cancer.
Written by Philadelphia International Records creators Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff with Cary Gilbert, "Me and Mrs. Jones." was the No. 1 song on Billboard's pop chart for three weeks in December 1972. It earned Paul the 1972-1973 Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
The song was used in the 2001 romantic comedy "Bridget Jones's Diary," which starred Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
The mellow ballad about an extramarital affair exemplified Philadelphia International's "Philly Soul" sound during the '70s. The label also featured such artists as The O'Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and Teddy Pendergrass. Another well-remembered song from the label was "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)," recorded by a group of studio musicians under the name MFSB. The instrumental became the theme used on the TV musical variety show "Soul Train."
http://www.newsweek.com/me-and-mrs-jones-singer-billy-paul-dead-81-451873
A Philly guy. I'm very familiar with his work. Distinctive voice. His best song was "I Think I'll Stay Home Today".
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Then you will also want to pitchfork out own MissWonderly, who uses (or used to use)'"baby" even more than Neff.
It's "our" Miss W, not "out" Miss W. I'm not outing anyone.
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Thanks, fi, but I was listening to rockabilly before you were reborn (as a rockabilly fan.)
Sniff, sniff.
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I also loved MacMurray's demonstration of his acting chops in The Apartment - but, if ever a sleazeball character deserved a 3 pronged piercing, it was Mr Sheldrake (when can I have my Angry Mob Membership card, ColumboFan?). Part of the genius of that film was casting Lemmon in full vulnerable, nice-guy mode for contrast.
However, I found the continual punctuation of MacMurray's character's speech with 'Baby' in Double Indemnity jarring/corny - after this thread, a mental image of nice shiny pitchfork will no doubt find it's way into my mind's eye, at those points in the dialog...
Then you will also want to pitchfork out own MissWonderly, who uses (or used to use)'"baby" even more than Neff.
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Untill yesterday, I only knew her as "Veda" in the movie "Mildred Pierce" w/Joan Crawford and from the girl in the movie "Our Very Own". Yesterday, I watched the movie "The Helen Morgan Story" (release in 1957) in which she played the title character. She's all grown up in this one, an adult (she was young in the previous 2 movies).
I began to research her and found that this appears to be the last movie she starred in.......she did some tv shows after but never another movie. She was only 29 yrs old in 1957. Why did she stop making movies?
Maybe she wasn't being offered decent roles.
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Oscar Levant
ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS
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Sounds like it was a fun evening. I saw Bowie a couple of times
in the 1970s. I went with friends. The only way my father would
have gone is if I had held a gun on him, and that's not something
you'd want to do to your dad.
I almost shed a tear when Joe Strummer died, but punk fans
don't cry.
Hey, is there any possibility that Prince can come back to life
if QE2 was offed? I'd go for that deal in a heart beat.
I didn't think I'd hear myself saying this, but in retrospect, the recent rock death that has the biggest impact on me is Paul Kantner's. I've recently become a huge Airplane fanatic, about 50 years after I should have.
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Charles Boyer.
George Sanders.
But these were intentional.
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I hate to take attention away from Prince and my rockabilly post, but here's my new favorite "deep track", from the LP, "After Bathing at Baxter's". Enjoy. (This is a great LP. Also contains "The Last Wall of the Castle", "Martha", "Wild Time", "Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil", etc.)
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I read that it's looking more likely that his death was in fact drug related. If it's true, and it was a prescription pill overdose that lead to his death, maybe more people will wake up to the damage these pills are causing, which is worse than the illicit drugs that get most of our attention.
What other celebrities' deaths have been prescription pill related, directly or indirectly? Elvis? Judy Garland? What others?
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Hello, this is ColumboFan who used to go by the name GregoryPeckFan on this site. I am still me.
But I love to watch detective shows and there are a lot of MeTV.
This is a thread for anyone who wants to talk about metv detectives - what has been on METV, and what used to be on MeTV.
My favourite TV detective is: Columbo played by Peter Falk.
I love his car, his dog that never got a name except Dog, the stars on his show, the tune he whistled...
everything.
I sometimes wear an old raincoat which is something like his. ....And I have just one more question.......
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You are given that membership. I have been a member ever since I first saw it and so has every Fred M. fan, including the lady who hit him with her purse at Disneyland because she had taken her children to see the movie. We, the Angry Mob, have meetings every time the movie airs.
Is there any other actor who normally played good guys whose fans were outraged when he played a bad guy? Henry Fonda?
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That's how I felt about David Bowie's passing, so don't feel too bad.
Bowie was much more of a part of the soundtrack of my life than Prince.
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Fra-- thanks for telling us that Prince wrote the Glamorous Life for Sheila E. I love the song and the video, but I never knew.
I saw her do that years ago when she was an opening act for Lionel Richie.
I heard somebody say yesterday that she had been engaged to Prince.
At least you can listen to songs he wrote for other people on youtube. Much of his own material, like that of Hendrix, is unavailable.
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How about THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986) with Harrison Ford?
I would imagine a rhinoceros IS more appealing to another Rhino than June Allyson might be. It would be close!
BABBOONS? I wouldn't go THAT far. I have to agree however, that they would have the more soothing voice!
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..and I imagine that either a baboon or a rhino would rather have each other than have June Allyson.
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Quite a response already....
I really never cared much for Prince musically( or otherwise). Never really a fan. But there is no denying his talent. it being insomuch as taking what was already available and putting it to better use. Some might call that innovative. I just can't. But I have heard him do some decent runs and riffs on guitar, so I gotta repect that. (being a guitar player too, and all)
The closest I ever came to liking a Prince song was his "A Love Bizarre", which had, it sounded like to me, a heavy Sylvester Stewart influence.
Today there's report of his being treated a week ago for some kind of opiate overdose. I don't really know or care. I only know about the report of him having a flu bug of some kind. Which in that case making his death the same oddity as were the deaths of Jim Henson and Bernie Mac. You know.....going into a hospital with pneumonia and suddenly dying.
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The only song of his that I thought was great is "When Doves Cry".
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He also wrote "Stand Back" which was a huge hit for Stevie Nicks after Fleetwood Mac broke up. It's a great song.
I always thought that Stevie was singing "Stamp Act", which hearkens back to the post-American Revolution period.
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Janet Leigh