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Well, "you're not a fool without a mind, nor have you merely been to blind to realize"..."GIGI" it is ! ...
Colette wrote the novella in 1944. It was later written into a play by no less than Anita Loos, and made into a musical by Lerner and Loewe.
^[]|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn#cite_note-barryparis-3]^ Hepburn was offered a small role in the film being shot in both English and French [Monte Carlo Baby|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Baby|Monte Carlo Baby] (1951). While Hepburn was filming on location, the French novelist [Colette|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette|Colette] happened to be on the set, on an international search for the right actress to play the title character in her Broadway play [Gigi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_%281951_play%29|Gigi (1951 play)]. Upon first glance of Hepburn, Colette supposedly whispered, "Voilà," indicating Hepburn, "there's your Gigi."
1954 was a good year for Miss Hepburn, winning the Academy Award for "Roman Holiday" and the Tony for the fantasy play "Ondine"
When GIGI started filming, Lerner wanted Hepburn to play the title role. The producer, Arthur Freed, wanted Leslie Caron with whom he has worked before in "An American In Paris". Freed did offer the part to Hepburn later after reconsidering, but she declined.
Incidentally, one of the songs included in the movie was a reject from "My Fair Lady"....but that's another story.
Your thread, FI...
^[Gigi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn#cite_note-time-30]^^[Gigi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn#cite_note-33]^
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Maybe:
1) Young Man With A Horn (1950)
2) Lullaby Of Broadway (1951)
3) Midnight Lace (1960)
4) Lover Come Back (1961)
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Sorry, forgot about this one...Giveaway clue:
The movie is about baseball...
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No, but close...Older film.
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This classic musical premiered in Broadway in 1951, starring an European actress who was discovered for the role after a search by the play's writer.
The actress would later win a Tony Award for another play and a Best Actress Oscar for a different movie. The musical ran for 219 performances.
When the movie was made 7 years later, the entire cast was all changed. Although the lyricist preferred the original Broadway actress, the producer gave the role to another European actress with whom he has worked before and who also looked perfect for the part...
Name the musical, the author, the Broadway actress, and the actress who landed the movie role...
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You're right,of course. The Marcels' version is Doo-****, not Be-Bop. The few non-sense syllables at the beginning of the song probably doesn't qualify as scat singing....like Sarah Vaughn does well.
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Marshall was the NFL's leading racist, refusing to hire blacks until Bobby Kennedy gave him an ultimatum...Mitchell was the first black player hired by the Redskins. He was sent to Washington in exchange for All-American Syracuse running back Ernie Davis who, after he was drafted in 1962, refused to play for Marshall and the Redskins.
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I hope this is what you're looking for :
The musical "Grease", starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, featured the song "Blue Moon" composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934.
The song was originally titled "Prayer", to be sung by Jean Harlow in the 1934 movie "Hollywood Party", but was cut from the film. Later that year, Shirley Ross introduced the song in the movie "Manhattan Melodrama", but with a different title and lyrics by Hart---"The Bad In Every Man"... It wasn't a hit, so Hart re-wrote the lyrics a third time and changed the title to "Blue Moon".
Personally, I prefer both dreamy versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme, and also The Marcels' be-bop version...
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Barsoomian Conquerors
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"Lust For Life"
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"Oliver!" and "The Third Man" director Sir Carol Reed...
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Of course...Your thread, Flash.
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No. This one is in color, and one of the passing ladies became a noted television actress in a very popular sitcom....
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The "Maine Stein Song", the fight song of The University of Maine, was composed by Adelbert Sprague in 1902 from an old German march titled "Opie" by E.A. Fenstad. The lyrics were originally written by Sprague's roommate, Lincoln Colcord.
Rudy Vallee, who was a U of Maine student in 1921 and 1922, wrote the current version of the song and introduced an up tempo version to the public in 1929 on the Fleischman Radio Hour....Here's a version from You Tube:
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Thread Open...
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Thread Open...
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Last lines:...."In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. "
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Sorry...Thread Open.
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Woody Allen in "Annie Hall"...
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Thanks, otherwise round in circles I'd go...
Next:...Two ladies passing by can't see the stranger a man is talking to on his porch...
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Thanks, Edythe, but I think it's only right that Finance should have the thread since he gave the first two correct answers...
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That's the one, with Robert Wagner and Jeffrey Hunter...Your thread, Edythe.
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1) Gene Autry--California Angels
2) Danny Kaye -- Seattle Mariners
3) Bing Crosby - Pittsburgh Pirates
4) Burt Reynolds - Tampa Bay Bucanners
5) Will Smith - Philadelphia 76ers
6) Jennifer Lopez - Miami Dolphins
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That phrase was from "Goldwyn: A Biography" by A. Scott Berg. Goldwyn was referring to a time when he was a young man named Schmuel Gelbfisz in Poland....Your thread, Six.
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Well, "you're not a fool without a mind, nor have you merely been to blind to realize"..."GIGI" it is ! ...
Colette wrote the novella in 1944. It was later written into a play by no less than Anita Loos, and made into a musical by Lerner and Loewe.
^[]|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn#cite_note-barryparis-3]^ Hepburn was offered a small role in the film being shot in both English and French [Monte Carlo Baby|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Baby|Monte Carlo Baby] (1951). While Hepburn was filming on location, the French novelist [Colette|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette|Colette] happened to be on the set, on an international search for the right actress to play the title character in her Broadway play [Gigi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_%281951_play%29|Gigi (1951 play)]. Upon first glance of Hepburn, Colette supposedly whispered, "Voilà," indicating Hepburn, "there's your Gigi."
1954 was a good year for Miss Hepburn, winning the Academy Award for "Roman Holiday" and the Tony for the fantasy play "Ondine"
When GIGI started filming, Lerner wanted Hepburn to play the title role. The producer, Arthur Freed, wanted Leslie Caron with whom he has worked before in "An American In Paris". Freed did offer the part to Hepburn later after reconsidering, but she declined.
Incidentally, one of the songs included in the movie was a reject from "My Fair Lady"....but that's another story.
Your thread, FI...
^[Gigi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn#cite_note-time-30]^^[Gigi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn#cite_note-33]^