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Yes, Mary Louise Wilson was also good as Big Edie in the second act of GREY GARDENS THE MUSICAL.

Thanks for recommending this movie. I had never heard of it and the Maltin review was quiite dismissive. I watched the first half hour or so and was captivated but had to leave to take care of some business so I was recording it as well to watch later. I did get back to see the ending. *****SPOLER ALERT***** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * How did Victor Mature (as the son of the cheese maker) wind up as pharoah at the end??? I'll have to watch to find out. . . .

Yes, I love Fraulein Schneider's songs in the stage musical CABARET (none were sung by the the character in the movie). Here's one of my favorites "It Couldn't Please Me More" as sung by Mary Louise Wilson and Ron Rifkin in the Sam Mendes revival on Broadway. An instumental version of "It Couldn't Please Me More" is heard playing on Sally Bowles's victrola in the movie CABARET.

I caught part of WHIRLPOOL, but now wish I had recorded it. I did record THE EGYPTIAN based on recommendations on this board. I'm thankful I read those recommendations rather than relying on the dismissive Maltin review. I also recorded PLYMOUTH ADVENTURE. I'd never heard of this movie but it intrigued me.

Here's a clip of Liza Minnelli singing "So What," which was sung Lotte Lenya as Fraulein Schneider in the original stage production of CABARET. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZc2fUqmaXE

HUSH . . . HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE airs late tonight as part of the Olivia De Havilland Summer Under the Stars tribute.

I never knew it was an actual law. I've been schooled.

Yes, she always commits herself and never mocks the material as some actors would have dione.

I've only seen the movie I AM A CAMERA once (were you referring to I AM A CAMERA or CABARET?), but I don't think Isherwood was explicitly gay in it although perhaps it could be implied. In the movie CABARET Brian Roberts (the Isherwood character) was gay (athough some will say he's bisexual because of his experience with Sally I say that his "fling" with Sally was a fluke).

I was surprised to hear that he was straight, but I guess it turns out he wasn't after all.

Isherwood's out loud remark at the screening of CABARET was surely not an expression of surprise that the scene was in the film, just a comment that he wanted to make sure was heard. I don't know if Isherwood ever attended a stage production. On stage the Isherwood-based chartacter was American Cliff Bradshaw. In the movie he was English Brian Roberts. In the original stage production (I may be wrong about this) I don't think Cliff was gay or bisexual (at least not explicitly) just as the Isherwood character was not explicitly gay in I AM A CAMERA. Brian Roberts in the movie was gay (or perhaps bisexual --- although I think his experience with Sally was more of a fluke than anything), and in Sam Mendes's stage revival of CABARET Cliff Bradshaw was explicitly gay (or bisexual). Mendes's revival also added Kit Kat Boys. In one scene Cliff Bradhaw kisses one of them.

The TIE fighters look a bit different as well.

BLUE DENIM with Brandon deWilde and Carol Lynley

I see the similarity as well. Are Fergie and Josh Duhamel still together?

Yes I mentioned Alan C-u-m-m-m-i-n-g earlier in this thread and I noticed that the surname was bleeped.

Mary Badham's voice was indeed dubbed in that TWILIGHT ZONE episode, likely because of her Southern accent. Was she really dubbed by Rocky the Squirrel?

Sam Mendes's wonderful revival of CABARET again presented Sally Bowles as a mediocre English singer, played in London by Jane Horrocks and on Broadway by Natasha Richardson. Jane Horrocks is brilliant in the role and is in fact a good singer as evidenced by her work in LITTLE VOICE.

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is scheduled for October 29.

I've just learned that Mickey Kuhn also played Ashley and Melanie's son in GONE WITH THE WIND. In the photo below he's held by Leslie Howard. Mickey Kuhn at age 18 was reunited with Vivien Leigh in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. He actually has the first line in the movie.

I remembered Mickey Kuhn's name from the credits of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE because I know someone with that surname. I made the connection when I saw him credited in THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS and I confirmed that it was the same person on the internet. Mickey Kuhn also played the young Matt Garth in RED RIVER. The adult Matt was played by Montgomery Clift.

"How did it happen to you, girl in blue denim? How did you wind up here, half-frightened to death with no one to turn to but the boy who got you into trouble?"

I tried to like Danny Kaye but I could nnot get into him. My grandmother likes him and she usually has very good taste, but we don't agree about this subject.

My mother's story about seeing the first STAR WARS movie in a theater during its original release was similar to yours. She found the movie boring. She said she tried to enjoy the score but ended up falling asleep.

Bette Davis and Agnes Moorehead in HUSH . . . HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE. Olivia De Havilland and Agnes Moorehead in HUSH . . . HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE