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I think the films people choose has to do with their own tastes and ages.
I have always owned "Father of the Bride" and the sequel, "Father's Little Dividend". It's my choice for her with Tracy and Minnelli.
But artistically she achieved as much greatness as as anybody--Hepburn, Davis anybody-- with movies like:
"A Place in the Sun"
"Suddenly Last Summer"
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?"
"Giant"
Additionally, as a child actress she ranks up there with Natalie Wood and Judy Garland.
As an actress--being beautiful didn't hurt, but her performances speak for themselves.
Edited by: cujas on Mar 25, 2011 6:28 PM
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I remember reading something about this about the time she married Eddie Fisher--but it might have been Mike Todd, as t hey were both Jewish.
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I just saw a press interview with Harrison on my "My Fair Lady" DVD. When the reporter asked him about the controversy surrounding *Cleopatra*, he seemed irritated and retorted that he did his job properly and there was no problem or controversy, what so ever, involved with his participation.
I had read in "Life" magazine, at the time, that he had been professional on the set and didn't stay long anyway as his character, Julius Caesar, died in the first part of the film.
Edited by: cujas on Mar 25, 2011 6:18 PM
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Prof. Henry Higgins does not accept slang as a viable mode of the English language.
The song is Higgins' greatest soliloquy in "My Fair Lady" and famously, the only Higgins song sung by all the greats--From Andy Williams--on down.
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Mr. 6--you're my man of the week
Mr. 6 is up--
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Edited by: cujas on Mar 25, 2011 5:59 PM
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Fi--it's kinda an obscure movie now, if that's any consolation.
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Metz "You (almost) Did It!"
Rex and "My Fair Lady" are correct--
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It was their first "Love" Dance--
"Night & Day" by Cole Porter in *Gay Divorcee*.
"Night & Day" had been a number #1 song while Astaire performed it on Broadway in "Gay Divorce". He also took the Broadway production to the West End in London and sang it there.
"Gay Divorce" was his first Broadway show as a solo star after his sister Adele married.
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Que Sera Sera--Doris Day
Gable--"Teacher's Pet"
Grant--"That Touch of Mink"
Stewart-"The Man Who Knew Too Much"
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When I was a kid-- I thought "Out of sight" really was James Brown--As an adult, I almost got killed one day playing "Living in America"on the car radio. I was driving around Kansas City--I grooved out when he said KC--the radio was so loud that a Fire Truck almost got me. That to me was really living in America.
Edited by: cujas on Mar 25, 2011 5:41 PM
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Mr. 6 it's all yours--
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Edited by: cujas on Mar 25, 2011 5:36 PM
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Flash-gave me two names--I asked that 1 answer be given for consideration
then the answer given was the correct one
Since Flash was first, that member had the first choice.
As for Gershwin--that was the clue that made the answer undoubtedly Simone.
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Things are never as obvious as they seem--
ce n'est pas le film classique de RKO.
Does that answer your question?
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Can you tell me why Ginger Rogers wasn't allowed to use any of the dance video with Fred Astaire in her Kennedy Honors tribute?
Can you tell me if Astaire was extremely angry that Ginger discussed their brief Broadway affair when he was fixing the dance numbers in "Girl Crazy"?
Can you tell me why last every major dance star Astaire ever worked with from Audrey Hepburn, Leslie Caron, Eleanor Powell, Barrie Chase, Cyd Charisse, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller and dance luminaries like James Cagney, Barishnikov, Bob Fosse--showed up to speak and honor Fred Astaire at his AFI Life Achievement Award, except Ginger Rogers?
Can you tell me why Ginger was allowed to wear dresses, such as the Powder Blue Feather number in "Cheek To Cheek" (Top Hat) or the heavy spangled beaded number in "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Follow the Fleet), when Astaire felt the dresses not only made it difficult for him to dance, but obsured his vision (feathers) and ko'ed him (beaded sleeve) for the number. (Infor from his autobiography "Steps In Time". Reportedly Rogers got to wear these dresses by using her mother's Lela Rogers clout with Pan Berman who was having an affair with her cousin/protege Lucille Ball.
When Rogers started with Astaire, she couldn't tap dance-- He and Pan taught her. In fact, she never dubbed or recorded her own taps. Hermes Pan did the tapping for her. In fact she ended the series at RKO with a contract--Astaire was dropped and he lopped along for years until he was forced into retirement and too many bad movies and 2 2nd bananas to Crosby in the '40's.
While Rogers was a top star during the '40's.
"The Barkleys" was a marriage of necessity after Garland couldn't do it. The movie seemed to be a true enactment of Astaire and Rogers' professionally coupling.
My point is there was no love lost between these two. Fred desparately didn't want her in "Flying Down To Rio."
But my dear Music Professor--I didn't know that he hated her enought to try to kill her--maybe he got tired of her trying to get those chaine turns right in "Never Gonna Dance". She said she did 20 takes, with her feet bleeding--guess that was one take too many for Astaire.
Edited by: cujas on Mar 23, 2011 6:37 PM
Edited by: cujas on Mar 23, 2011 6:40 PM
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A hunchback wants a handsome body to please a pretty gypsy girl.
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Yep--you were first
Metz is up--
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2nd Hint--the studio is 20th Century Fox
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"Get Off My Cloud" is my favorite Stones number--Charlie, I think, is the most underated drummer in rock. Check out the "Start Me Up" video for Charlie's only "exciting", very cute, performance.
Edited by: cujas on Mar 23, 2011 5:49 PM
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Edited by: cujas on Mar 23, 2011 5:43 PM
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Hint: the movie referring to the "Professional Virgin" was based on a hit Broadway play.
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A hint:--this number begins with: "Damn, damn, damn, damn"
FYI--it's from a movie with a "G" rating.
Edited by: cujas on Mar 23, 2011 5:40 PM
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Simon is correct--The clue was her affair with George Gershwin.
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Give me 2/4-3-2-1 on Gable
2 female co-stars-- ( I do mean stars on 4 Gable pix)
2 female co-stars on 3
" on 2
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