cujas
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I just saw both films, back-to-back- Obviously "Letter" is more cinematic and has more going on--but the material, the performances and the history behind "Eve" just drives most cinephiles crazy.
You could watch this film just to see the Edith Head Costumes. There's so much to get ahold of.
And don't even start with what the Marilyn groupies must see in this film.
For me, It's a must because my 2 favorite character actors: Thelma Ritter and George Sanders are outstanding, I believe Sanders got the Supporting Oscar for this movie.
But I think most fans of "Eve" are in love with the brilliant Mankiewicz dialogue. It's his very best, next to "Barefoot Contessa".
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That's probably why she ended up with Barry Manilow. In 1979 he produced her only platinum album. I saw both of them, separately, at the same local venue and they talked about each other.
Fyi--Dionne said her favorite Bacharach/David song was: "Train, & Boats & Planes"?????--Then after singing that and a very brief B/D medley--she spent the evening trying to sing Cole Porter.
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"Wells Fargo"
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Spring Byington in *Meet John Doe*?
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Miles--Do you remember Clark Gable singing "The Man of the Flying Trapeze" on the bus in *It Happened One Night*?
Edited by: cujas on Jun 2, 2011 6:54 PM
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*On the Town*
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Judy was in *I Could Go On Singing* with Jack Klugman.
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Going to France for 40 years, I'm use to this. They always ask you how much money you've got when you enter the country. And at the Metro, the train station or on the Boul Mich/Champs Elysee, they stop you and check your ID/Passaport or whatever and ask how much money you've got. I've only been stopped once. But they I've seen them predominantly stop Gypsies and Arab-looking people.
10 years ago at Chares DeGaulle, I missed a check-in hurdle and they took me to a room for questioning and threatened to arrest me. That's their idea of airport security.
I suspect something like that goes on in most countries.
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Ronald Reagan was in "Louisa" with Spring Byington.
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You're very sweet but moi was thinking of the very Miss Dionne Warwicke.
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What did you do last night?
Take it easy--
Anyway, do you have another question for us?
Fi is still up--
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I said he started in the Broadway Theatre and won the Tony--
I lo9ved him in "The Girl Can't Help It" and "Vertigo"
Fi--Do you have a question?
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*Take Me Out to the Ballgame*
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You have the same "Seinfeld" DVD that I have.
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Jules Styne wrote "Gypsy* for Ethel Merman
"Funny Girl" for Barbra Streisand
& "Bells Are Ringing" for Judy Holliday
all quite famous and made into big movies.
Fi's turn--
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You're Too Marvelous for words--
I think this was really a hard one--very good.
Fi's Up!
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*Poseidon Adventure
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Everything's Coming Up Roses for you and for me!
What took you so long?
Mama and Fi's Turn--
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Go back to the 1950's Movie theme music--
Go back to the Broadway Divas fo the 50's and 60's
Then go all the way back to a composer who was working in Hollywood musicals in the 30's, 40's and 50's---
How many guys did all this?
Hint: wrote for Frank
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*The Duchess of Idaho*
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Charles Coburn played Bette Davis' wicked uncle *In This Our Life.*
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All I can say about that is that I think that I would have enjoyed that meeting more than you. Can I think of a song to catch that moment? "I Just Don't Know What to Do with myself?"
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Other thing about Brian is his religious regard for Phil Spector. I was listening to Al Jardine's version of "And Then He Kissed Her" yesterday. Next to the Four Freshmen, I suppose Spector had the most influence on his style.
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This actor is little known, but recognized as a gem of a performer.
He is associated in film with Alfred Hitchcock (including the TV show), top westerns and rock 'n roll movies.
Although he worked a great deal in both movies and TV, he started in the Broadway theatre and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor.
Hint: He appeared in two films starring James Garner.
From Broadway to Hollywood
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*One Touch of Venus*