Dargo2

Tom, besides the "Harrison Ford/John Williams" connection I mentioned in your "Zorro/Don Juan" thread, I'll add the connection of Robert Taylor/Miklos Rozsa here, what with the latter's memorable scores of Taylor's starring roles in 1951's Quo Vadis, 1952's Ivanhoe and 1953's Knights of the Round Table.

>The movie was Blazing Saddles. I thought the Randolph Scott reference, coulpled with the African-American actor would give it away fer sure. "Excuse me while I whip this (mea culpa) out", but yes slayton, I have to admit that that was an excellent clue for the Cleavon Little picture, and one which should have helped me think of him. I probably missed it because I've always thought of Mr. Little as the young and vibrant Sheriff Bart character in that comedy, and his appearance in the picture you posted as an older man didn't register with me at all.

Funny story about the car wash there, VX. (...though not surprising at all, given Mr. Lucas' "sterling" reputation, huh!)

The ZAZ looks a lot like the old Fiat 500s, wouldn't ya say, Sans? And I'm only guessin' here, but I'll bet your first car, the 407, was probably considered somewhat luxurious back in the day there, right?!

Aah yes. I LOVED watchin' Crusader and Rags back in the day! (...though btw, for some reason, "Crusader" Rabbit never caught on in Islamic countries!...go figure, huh?!)

Yeah VX, I had heard Durwood was not amused or flattered with Jay Ward's play on his name. That might have been the norm with celebrities back in that era. However today, I think most all celebs might be a little more accepting to something like this. Wouldn't ya say? Edited by: Dargo2 on Jan 27, 2013 1:21 AM

>Randolph Scott wouldn't have been stumped. Well, according to SOME sources, THAT would've all depended upon how close in proximity Cary Grant was to him at the time.....if ya know what I mean! LOL Okay, now that I've gotten THAT easy joke out of the way, I'm gonna assume that the gentleman in question here was in one of Scott's Technicolor Westerns. (...lemme know if I'm gettin' close here!)

Very good point about Flynn possibly being accompanied by some of the best, or maybe better said, some of the most stirring music scores, and more than any other star. But then again, that could of course primarily be due to the thought that the Swashbuckler genre almost demands music of the "Fanfare" variety, and who doesn't like the occasional bombastic fanfare? I listened to all those links you suppled, and what I noticed was that Korngold's music seemed to me to be very similar in tone, whereas Steiner seemed to be able to absorb a little more "local favor" into his works, such as in his They Died With Their Boots On score, and where he incorporates some Western themes reminisence of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony. Of course, in Korngold's defense, his scores were primarily for films situated in "Old English" style. And, I've been wracking my brain to think of another actor in the history of cinema who might have had the same quantity and quality of stirring music accompaniment as Flynn seemed to enjoy, and the only actor I could think of that might come at least a little close could actually be Harrison Ford, and with John Williams of course supplying the music for his screen daring-dos. Though of course, there's probably a few other of which I'm overlooking. Which, come to think of it, this very premise of yours might make for an excellent separate thread topic in itself.

It's funny, but I've always had mixed feeling about that TZ edisode. While I love the usual Serling-esque irony of it, I've always found it somewhat different than almost all of his other TZ teleplays, in that almost always Serling has his most obnoxious characters getting their comeuppance, but poor ol' Mr. Bevis always seemed much too nice a fellow to end up with the fate he received.

Well, I gotta admit that THAT sounds like a lot more fun than what I'M doin' here...typin' away on this freakin' keyboard!!!

>I might live out in the middle of the desert, but I know what century I'm in. Yeah, Fred?! Then why are ya still dressin' like it's 1955 there then, HUH?! (...oh...wait...that's Spence there, not you, huh...sorry...never mind)

Yep, heuriger. You might have missed it, but back on the second page of this thread I posted the following message to hamradio about this very car... > Ham, being the Gearhead that I am, I drove down from Sedona to Scottsdale last Friday and attended that circus known as the Barrett-Jackson Auction, And yep, I stood next to George Barris' creation there. (...though.I was more hot for this one '66 Shelby GT350 Mustang)

NO, heuriger! Like I SAID, that's MR.BEMIS!!! (...years before he got locked in the bank's vault and the Atom Bomb hit!!!)

Sorry, but I'm really stumped on this one. I know he looks kind of familiar to me, but without an even more obvious clue, you're going to have to wait for someone else to make the correct call on this one. (...but you ARE sure it's not Reverend Al, RIGHT???!!!) LOL

That's easy. That's Mr. Bemis. (...pity about his glasses, huh!)

Oh! NOW I got IT, slayton! Thanks for the clue. Why OF COURSE that's Rev. Al Sharpton there, isn't it. ] (...well, ya have to admit it DOES look a lot like him anyway, RIGHT?!!!) LOL

"Durwood Kirby"?! Now Swithin, are you SURE you don't mean... ???

It's been years since I've seen that hilarious skit, BB. Thanks for posting it. I had forgotten what a great Bette Davis impression Carol Burnett did in it...along of course with her Kate Hepburn.

Very true statement regarding the aesthetics of cars having different effects upon the individual. And while I'm somewhat inclined to agree with your statement that car design today in most cases doesn't come close to the elegance of those old Jaguars, you might find the Jaguar model about to hit the market, the new F-type here, a worthy addition to the "breed"... (...at least I think it is, anyway)

Okay folks, I've got it! If THIS isn't "the greatest musical sequence in a non-musical" ever, then I don't know what is.... (...yep, top this one for dramatic effect, if ya can)

Here ya go, slayton... A 1951-53 Jaguar C-type... And 1954-57 D-Type Absolutely gorgeous automobiles, wouldn't ya say?! Btw, some 10 years ago while on a motorcycle ride through the Ojai Valley(near Santa Barbara), I once happened to run into(not literally of course ) actor Malcolm McDowell while he was parking his C-Type in front of a restaurant, and we had a short conversion about his car and my Triumph motorcycle I was riding.

Kim Darby ?

Yep...or spats!

Are you talkin' about the DeTomaso, Iso Grifo and Bizzarrini, slayton?

Yep, and I'll bet that ol' thick blood o' yours will be warmed and begin swiftly coursing through those veins as soon as you hear the first stirring strains of Max Steiner's score for this swashbuckling masterpiece too, eh?! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPgd8axr1kM (...I know it always gets me in the mood to enjoy this film, anyway)