Bronxgirl48 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > I wouldn't even feel like a real woman if Gable didn't give me that chuckle. Honestly! There's just something about the King that makes me want to put away my tomboy jeans and don a sexy sun-dress (well, this IS Florida). > > True that. But don't forget...Gable liked riding horses, fishing, ranching, hunting and Lombard did all that too. So keep those jeans close by. That's right, I almost forgot! And I don't think Lombard was the nature-girl type, but did it to please Clark > > > > Dean Jagger looks like he came out of the womb 62 years old. I love my Stella Meredith Breakfast Treats, and usually dunk them in coffee for softening, but this time I ate one "cold". > > Holy Holloway. OUCH!!! Wouldn't that make his mom's uterus about 132? I mean, if she even had a uterus in the first place. It's a good thing I don't have a Stella D'Oro biscuit in my pie-hole right now, > > I saw Dean Jagger in a 30's murder mystery when he was young. (Nope, it wasn't Louis Calhern). Dean had the same voice and black hair. Hell...he had hair. He was cute. But when he was older...boy, was he older-r-r-r-r-r-r. Remember Dean in REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES? I'd personally never call him cute, not even in 1936. (I love Louis Calhern. He's definitely another actor who looks like he was born old) > > When you come for a visit I'll bring out the rocking chairs and we can reminisce about the old days when Marlo Thomas and "Donald" dated each other for five years without anything more than a goodnight kiss at her door. Not that that's a good thing. > > Uhmmm...yeah, thats a very NOT good thing. But can we talk about 30's and 40's movies. And I wanna meet your Mom. What month would you be thinking of coming? Mom remembers you from the TCM 15th anniversary celebration > > What a wonderful world this would be if John Boles were in it. Also David Manners. I want to see David Manner's armpits. I think it would excite me. > > Armpits? Okay, it's official...Libras are strange. We Libras are discriminating -- we only gravitate towards the best armpits. > > I'm only attending this film festival to see one thing: David Manners on the BIG screen in "THE MUMMY" saying ONE thing: > > * "...And boy was it hot. < WHISTLES > That tomb." > > Oh...and to hear Zita Johann say: > > * "Isis, save me from this Mummy!" > > Oh...and some threat one of the old guys levels at Ardef Bey about cracking his dried flesh. Yep...thats it Looooove those quotes!! And could anyone other than Boris Karloff look convincingly like a 2,000 year old mummy? Not even Dean Jagger. > > I was never a hippie. My dream back then was to live like a preppie in the Hamptons. Terrible, I know... > > No bra burning or Patchuli for you I gather. Well, who can blame ya! Have you seen those communes? Communes, yuck. How can you decorate them in any chic way? > > Cheese Doritos, oh be still my heart. Everyone used to tell me I looked like Ali McGraw. But that was 30 years ago, lol. > > Well that was a good start; Ali was very attractive. And I'm sure the today looks just as good on you. After all, you've got Gable in a sun-dress laughing at you. Now who else can claim that but Ali or Angie Harmon (who looks like Ali MacGraw too). There are "mature" photos of Ali on the internet if you click in her name. But she's actually much older than I am. No, really. > > Wait a minute, let me correct myself: BRIDGE TO THE SUN, oooh, James Shigeda....yum! > I love James Shigeta. "Crimson Kimono" "Bridge to the Sun" and of course, "Flower Drum Song." He should have been a strong leading man. Who wouldnt want to be kissed by him. James was so good-looking, and a fine actor. Haven't seen many of his films, though. Actually only two, FLOWER DRUM SONG, and BRIDGE TO THE SUN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > > > If I don't respond quickly...I'm hitting cell-less zones in Lamy, New Mexico. Don't sit next to Robert Walker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 It never dawned on me before, but JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR's score sounds a lot like EVITA's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 James Shigeta. So sexy, even in a suit and tie. He's got a beautiful face. Somehow I got Dean Jagger and Dean Jones mixed up. No wonder I'm confused by this conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Now Dean Jones, to me, regardless of his Disney persona, has an evil preacher face, along with Andy Griffith and Monte Markham. I'm going to watch ALIAS NICK BEAL tonight on YouTube!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 Jagger with hair. Maybe this is the '30's murder mystery Maven saw Dean in Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 24, 2011 10:14 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinemafan Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 bronxie - you guys are cracking me up with your funnies. You all are hilarious! I am also a John Boles fan. Apparently he had a good singing voice, and was a silent film star. maven - taking a train? what a great idea - what an adventure! You must be seeing a lot of different weather out there. By the way, I saw you again in yet another Fan perspective version. I never knew you liked *Psycho* so much. Every time I see you speak, I feel the - hold on - LOVE love LOVE for the movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Shelley Winters (in a schmatta) "I'm cured! I'm cured!" ...Of Tony Franciosa! I have to say that so far, this film is visually stunning, but a painful, laborious bore to sit through, sad to say. Every scene is a painting, but, where is the LIFE? Makes me yearn for the juicy, garish charms of the Old Testament with Cecil. You weren't crazy about "CLEOPATRA" either. Maybe you should stay away from epics?? DeMille's use of close-ups in "REAP THE WILD WIND" was disconcerting to me. That's right, I almost forgot! And I don't think Lombard was the nature-girl type, but did it to please Clark. Smart girl...isn't that what we all do? < Sigh! > If men ever found out...I've seen more basketball games or gone to jazz clubs than I want to remember! Remember Dean in REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES? I'd personally never call him cute, not even in 1936. (I love Louis Calhern. He's definitely another actor who looks like he was born old) Get outta those pits, and look at their face. They had faces then! Looooove those quotes!! And could anyone other than Boris Karloff look convincingly like a 2,000 year old mummy? Not even Dean Jagger. Have you seen Sylvia Sidney in "MARS ATTACKS")? Communes, yuck. How can you decorate them in any chic way? Haven't you heard of shabby chic? Or is that Gabby Hayes... There are "mature" photos of Ali on the internet if you click in her name. But she's actually much older than I am. No, really. I know. I believe you. What month would you be thinking of coming? Mom remembers you from the TCM 15th anniversary celebration. What? Get outta here! She does? That is very flattering. Well, my friend is bidding on a house in West Palm Beach and said the closing is in May, if all goes well. I'd be thinking about July, if all goes well... Don't worry. I won't show up at your doorstep. (When Worlds Collide...the cyber and the real!!) Don't sit next to Robert Walker. NOW you tell me! Too late. I should have listened. All he did was cry on my shoulder...weeping like a baby: "Jennifer! Jennifer! How could you leave me?" It never dawned on me before, but JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR's score sounds a lot like EVITA's. Don't cry for me Ernest Borgnine! Now Dean Jones, to me, regardless of his Disney persona, has an evil preacher face, along with Andy Griffith and Monte Markham. Wassup with you and evil preachers? Were you thumped on the **** by an evil preacher with a bible in his hands, in your Hamptons commune? And was he wearing Patchuli? There is a hedge outside my apartment building with a disturbing looking Triffid thing about to blossom. Triffid...meet Anole. Anole...meet Triffid. And Bronxie, don?t touch anything! *** How 'do Jackaaaay - James Shigeta. So sexy, even in a suit and tie. He's got a beautiful face. Some how I got Dean Jagger and Dean Jones mixed up. No wonder I'm confused by this conversation. He was...he was. Don't be confused by Bronxie's strange bizarre Libra-rian (Libra...not library) love of armpits. I can see how one might. Focus on me.... *** Hiya Cinemafan!!! - bronxie - you guys are cracking me up with your funnies. You all are hilarious! Stay away from Stella D'Oros. I hear they can be lethal! Don't blame me. I follow Bronxie's lead. (I'd go with the softer Fig Newtons...) I am also a John Boles fan. Apparently he had a good singing voice, and was a silent film star. Oy! Another one. Look, just stay away from Stella D'Allas. I hear she can be lethal! maven - taking a train? what a great idea - what an adventure! You must be seeing a lot of different weather out there. Not so much different weather...but different topography and have been talking with different people at every meal. Three different times during this trip, I met people from Wisconsin; and expressed my admiration to them for their protests. By the way, I saw you again in yet another Fan perspective version. I never knew you liked Psycho so much. Every time I see you speak, I feel the - hold on - LOVE love LOVE for the movies. Oh yes. I think "PSYCHO" is perfect. And how many things can you say that about. In all seriousness though, I love classic movies more than anything in the world. I'd better say Nitey Nite! Next stop: CALIFORNIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 > {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote} > Shelley Winters (in a schmatta) "I'm cured! I'm cured!" > > ...Of Tony Franciosa! LOL!!!! Poor Tony -- everyone's bete noir. Just ask Miss G. > > I have to say that so far, this film is visually stunning, but a painful, laborious bore to sit through, sad to say. Every scene is a painting, but, where is the LIFE? Makes me yearn for the juicy, garish charms of the Old Testament with Cecil. > > You weren't crazy about "CLEOPATRA" either. Maybe you should stay away from epics?? DeMille's use of close-ups in "REAP THE WILD WIND" was disconcerting to me. I like THE EGYPTIAN, for the good cast -- Edmund Purdom, Michael Wilding (I'm really appreciating him more and more), Jean Simmons, and Victor Mature. Even though there's that line by Tommy Rettig: "I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant". (or was it a hippopotamus?) Don't know what George Stevens was thinking with TGSET. With the exception of GRAND HOTEL and DINNER AT EIGHT, all-star productions usually flunk with me. > > That's right, I almost forgot! And I don't think Lombard was the nature-girl type, but did it to please Clark. > > Smart girl...isn't that what we all do? < Sigh! > If men ever found out...I've seen more basketball games or gone to jazz clubs than I want to remember! I'm selfish -- I don't do anything to please men, which is probably why I'm single. > > Remember Dean in REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES? I'd personally never call him cute, not even in 1936. (I love Louis Calhern. He's definitely another actor who looks like he was born old) > > Get outta those pits, and look at their face. They had faces then! But I'm telling you, if the pits don't look good, it just ruins everything for me. I used to think Wallace Ford was cute until I got a good look at his you-know-what's in THE SET-UP. > > Looooove those quotes!! And could anyone other than Boris Karloff look convincingly like a 2,000 year old mummy? Not even Dean Jagger. > > Have you seen Sylvia Sidney in "MARS ATTACKS")? OMG! ****! > > Communes, yuck. How can you decorate them in any chic way? > > Haven't you heard of shabby chic? Or is that Gabby Hayes.. Gabby Hayes, now you're talking. Forget Troy and Grant. Shabby chic, isn't it ironic one usually has to have a lot of money to pull that look off, lol?. > > There are "mature" photos of Ali on the internet if you click in her name. But she's actually much older than I am. No, really. > > I know. I believe you. Whew, THANK you! It's hard to believe MacGraw was born in 1939, and already 30 years old at the time of GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. > > What month would you be thinking of coming? Mom remembers you from the TCM 15th anniversary celebration. > > What? Get outta here! She does? That is very flattering. Well, my friend is bidding on a house in West Palm Beach and said the closing is in May, if all goes well. I'd be thinking about July, if all goes well... Don't you recall I told you that Mom thought you were poised and sophisticated? > > Don't worry. I won't show up at your doorstep. (When Worlds Collide...the cyber and the real!!) Just say the secret woid to the guard at our gate, "Swordfish". You'll also need to sign your soul away. > > Don't sit next to Robert Walker. > > NOW you tell me! Too late. I should have listened. All he did was cry on my shoulder...weeping like a baby: "Jennifer! Jennifer! How could you leave me?" No doubt Bob thought of Jones as he was strangling Miriam at the amusement park. > > It never dawned on me before, but JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR's score sounds a lot like EVITA's. > > Don't cry for me Ernest Borgnine! I read that Ernie was descended from Italian royalty, I believe on his mother's side. That blows my mind. And he's most famous for winning an Academy Award playing (to perfection) a Bronx butcher. My favorite song from JCSS is "I Don't Know How To Love Him" -- love the way Yvonne Ellman sings it. Ted Neeley has such a sexy bad-boy look to him, and his voice sends me. Is this a terrible thing to say, lol? Considering he became famous playing a Very Good Guy. > > Now Dean Jones, to me, regardless of his Disney persona, has an evil preacher face, along with Andy Griffith and Monte Markham. > > Wassup with you and evil preachers? Were you thumped on the **** by an evil preacher with a bible in his hands, in your Hamptons commune? And was he wearing Patchuli? Doesn't ANYONE see and understand about the evil-preacher look in those actors?? I'd wear Patchuli if I knew Cornel was around. > > There is a hedge outside my apartment building with a disturbing looking Triffid thing about to blossom. > > Triffid...meet Anole. Anole...meet Triffid. And Bronxie, don?t touch anything! I'm waiting for the Triffid to grow and knock on my window. Anything's within the realm of horrific possiblity in South Florida. They're opening those golden gates for you. Enjoy! > Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on Apr 25, 2011 2:50 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Did someone mention Franciosa? :0 I thought about you, Bronxie, when I was watching a DVD last night of a Robert Mitchum movie I never saw before called *Betrayed*. Lo and behold, who appears but a YOUNG Dean Jagger. Danged if he didn't already have that same ambivalent attitude down pat already. His hair was dark but already thinning on top. I won't say more about his character, but if you can find this movie you might have fun with it. It features Kim Hunter in her *Seventh Victim* days. I fell asleep before I could finish it, but it looked interesting...directed by William Castle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 >Oy! Another one. Look, just stay away from Stella D'Allas. I hear she can be lethal! You're good. Real good. Bronxie - I understand about the evil preacher look, that's why I didn't doubt you were talking about Dean Jones when you were discussing Dean Jagger - everything you said about Jagger could apply to Jones. As for *The Egyptian*, I've always stayed away from it, but if it has Victor Mature and Michael Wilding in it, I'm there! I really love Wilding, but I don't know why. He's weak and kind of foppish most of the time, but smart in a certain callous way, and I love his voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 HELLO FROM HOLLYWOOD TO ALL OF MY FELLOW RAMBLERS!!! Before I go all "Hollywood" I thought I'd answer a coupla points here: HOW 'DO B-GIRL - LOL!!!! Poor Tony -- everyone's bete noir. Just ask Miss G. Not me. I know better than that. (Psst! Do yourself a favor...don't mention Diane Keaton either!) With the exception of GRAND HOTEL and DINNER AT EIGHT, all-star productions usually flunk with me. Okay. I gotcha. I don't mind them. I know that the stories probably won't be as well written 'cuz everybody's got an agent. I'm selfish -- I don't do anything to please men, which is probably why I'm single. --Aaaaah. Well...stand by your convictions.-- Nahhhh, c'mon girl...play the game. But I'm telling you, if the pits don't look good, it just ruins everything for me. I used to think Wallace Ford was cute until I got a good look at his you-know-what's in THE SET-UP. There may be something in what you say...but I'm too busy falling on the floor laughing. Looooove those quotes!! And could anyone other than Boris Karloff look convincingly like a 2,000 year old mummy? Not even Dean Jagger. Have you seen Sylvia Sidney in "MARS ATTACKS"? OMG! ****! As you have made us laugh, countless times. Shabby chic, isn't it ironic one usually has to have a lot of money to pull that look off, lol? Very true. Whew, THANK you! It's hard to believe MacGraw was born in 1939, and already 30 years old at the time of GOODBYE, COLUMBUS. ?39. Geezus!!! Check this out: http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/2011/0105-ali-macgraw.html Don't you recall I told you that Mom thought you were poised and sophisticated? Hmmmm. Do you mean this: < (( PM )) >? Thank you. Does your mother like Tiffany's? Or shall I just send the check in the mail? Just say the secret woid to the guard at our gate, "Swordfish". You'll also need to sign your soul away. Groucho's doing door duty?? Yeeesh! Okay, but I already sold my soul to THERESA HARRIS See here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/theater/theresa-harris-a-black-actress-who-left-an-impression.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1303742326-fwflC+0GKvs9Ik7Hg1aJyQ I'm waiting for the Triffid to grow and knock on my window. Anything's within the realm of horrific possiblity in South Florida. YIKES!! What AM I letting myself in for. Hi there Jackaaaaaaay - You're good. Real good. Thank you so much. I've read Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edna Ferber, Robert Frost...and MAD Magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalnovelty Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hey, safe & fun trip out west! Wish I was joining you! But, maybe see ya at The Film Forum Vitaphone shorts show on May 9. http://www.filmforum.org/films/vitaphone2011.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFavell Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 AWESOME article about Theresa Harris, Mava! I only wish the author had gone into more detail about Harris and her life. I am on a constant quest to find out more about her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Lynn, I've been to the mountaintop. Or should I say, the Peerless Building. Yes. I saw THE TOWERING INFERNO. And LOVED it! (I'll take schlocky Irwin Allen over, say, Henry Jaglom any day, Tried sitting through FESTIVAL IN CANNES this afternoon, but couldn't. Blech!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdPOwvZnYCY "It's out of control and it's coming your way. You've got about 15 minutes" Steve! Steve! Save me! Could Jennifer Jones have been treated with any more contempt and humiliation by the scriptwriters, until, at last, the final horror? Wasn't it bad enough she was called Liselotte (was her character left over from THE SOUND OF MUSIC or something?) sported a hairdo that seemed as though her pet cat was nestled inside it, courted by an impoverished, dessicated con man played by a prime-less Fred Astaire, rescued the obligatory obnoxious children, shimmied unceremoniously down pipes, only to be rewarded with such a terrible fate? Mummified but ardent Fred shows up at her door: "I hope you like prompt men". Jennifer: "Listen, at my age, I'm glad to have men show up at all". Oh the shame of it. Robert Wagner sniffing the air: "It's no cigarette!" That's right, Bob, leave your secretary lover and rush out of the office with a wet towel draped over your head so that you resemble a babushka-ed Maria Ouspenskya. (wearing a tuxedo) I've got more to say on this classic. Also ALIAS NICK BEAL. I'm certain Ray Milland moseyed on over from the China Coast Cafe on Front Street along the ultra-fog shrouded wharf to the Peerless Building in order to "gather up" William Holden and Richard Chamberlain. (I found Richard Chamberlain strangely appealing and sexy as William Holden's gutless son-in-law) Help me. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on May 2, 2011 3:48 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 What can a rational person say about THE TOWERING INFERNO? It's a timeless story of human hubris and greed, but with Robert Wagner looking like Maleva the gypsy woman from THE WOLF MAN et. al. What more does one really need? Okay, there's the mayor's wife, who as you rightly note looks like she's got on a negligee. It's Pepto-Bismol pink, and reminds me of something out of a 1910 bordello. In fact, this woman looks like the madam. She's the chubby Shelley Winters "substitute". (ever notice that Shelley Winters, with the exception of A PLACE IN THE SUN, always looked like a bordello madam?) Mrs. Mayor is married to Jack Collins, most notable to me for playing what seemed like 150 McMann & Tate clients on "Bewitched". It would take arguably the "coolest" actor ever, Steve McQueen, to extinguish all that heat. (the fire, not the melodrama) You're right, McQueen wasn't aging as well as Paul, sad to say. And in fact, I thought I even detected a bit of a paunch, for goodness sake, on Steve, whereas Newman is his usual lean self. Faye Dunaway wants Paul for lunch, and he's taken aback: "I'm not a cheeseburger". But Faye is on her own Atkins diet: "All I need is six glasses of water and YOU". I wasn't prepared to love William Holden as the Peerless Tower builder, fearing just a grab-the-paycheck performance and a shaky alcoholic demeanor perhaps. But Bill is terrific, letting us see the denial and conflict within the charmingly ruthless businessman. Jennifer Jones is very lonely, because she takes about five seconds to fall madly in love with spindly, creaky, suspiciously upbeat Fred Astaire. There is a scene of him in his room and we hear "cutesy" "bouncy" music, letting us know that "Harlee" (another improbable name) is really FRED ASTAIRE. At one point I honestly thought Fred was going to do one of his brilliantly creative dance moves, this time with a copy of that phony stock bond. Then I guess we're supposed to think it's funny that Harlee tries to "get down" whirling Jennifer about at the party. Forget STELLA DALLAS; can anyone not be moved to tears by The Juice putting Liselotte's beloved kitty into Harlee's arms? I got all verklempt. But speaking of verklempt, there's frustrated Paul yelling Method-style into a phone, trying to convince Holden that something of an emergency nature is occurring in the 81st floor storage room: "There's a FIRE going on!" But of course Bill thinks it can be contained. Yet Holden is not so stupid as to ignore Battalion Chief Steve's advice on evacuating everyone to the lower floors. Holden knows something is serious, deadly serious. I thought Maureen McGovern had a blonde mop on her head. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on May 2, 2011 3:53 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Faye Dunaway wants Paul for lunch, and he's taken aback: "I'm not a cheeseburger". But Faye is on her own Atkins diet: "All I need is six glasses of water and YOU". OMG!! Your post is the funniest thing I've read from you: * Pepto Bismol dress * I'm not a cheeseburger. * Creaky, spindly, suspiciously upbeat Fred Astaire. OMG! * 1910 bordello It's not the vodka crans I drank at the TCM Film Fest Closing Party. Bronxgirl your post is an absolut HOOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Gad, did you just hear the breaking international news? Osama's dead. I wish I could take credit for "cheeseburger" and "six glasses of water and you", lol, but that's the actual dialogue, ha! But thanks for the compliments. Did you read my first post to Lynn on TTI, below the one you referenced? I was even crueler to Fred Astaire. (not that I wanted to be, mind you) Having fun at the Fest? I've got to get some sleep. A student invited me to her house for an Indian lunch feast this afternoon. She's a dear, and I adore Indian food (er, remember Curry In A Hurry, lol?) but frankly this woman is a poor cook, and the last time I went I needed Pepto Bismol. Bon soir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hey Bronxie, I know you were you just quoting those lines from that comedy, but your spin on events was hilarious. The festival has been great fun, but not as much fun as your account will be after you attend your student's invitation. Yes, I did hear the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CineMaven Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hey Bronxie, I know you were you just quoting those lines from that comedy, but your spin on events was hilarious. The festival has been great fun, but not as much fun as your account will be after you attend your student's invitation. Yes, I did hear the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingViolets101 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Dear Bronxie, "Don't eat the fish, unless you see the ocean" (a doctor told me this after an attack of Ptomaine from eating at an East Indian restaurant) YES Bin Laden is gone to Hades...( the students next door have been singing God Bless America all night) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 I had to cancel the Indian lunch invite and asked for a rain check to preferably a week-end, as a couple of unexpected and unavoidable errands popped up today and I had to dash out to wrap them up. This always happens to me between Monday through Friday, and I normally never get a chance to relax until Saturday rolls around. She and her husband will ask me over again soon. I'm always honored but invariably dread it. Now that I think about it, Fred's character in THE TOWERING INFEERNO is supposed to be the male equivalent of Helen Hayes's plane-boarding obsessive Ada Quonset from AIRPORT. You know, all superannuated fey "charm" and benign, if vaguely unsettling, eccentricity. Helen won a Best Supporting Actress for her effort. Unfortunately, all Astaire winds up with is the cat. Quite a day today. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on May 2, 2011 12:32 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxgirl48 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 > {quote:title=RainingViolets101 wrote:}{quote} > Dear Bronxie, > > "Don't eat the fish, unless you see the ocean" (a doctor told me this after > an attack of Ptomaine from eating at an East Indian restaurant) Hey, violet! I fondly recall all my delicous Indian buffet meals at New York and Chicago restaurants. (I'd go every week-end) Unfortunately South Fforida is basically an ethnic foods wasteland. > > YES Bin Laden is gone to Hades...( the students next door have been > singing God Bless America all night) Speaking of Hades, check out my comments on ALIAS NICK BEAL in Rambles II. Edited by: Bronxgirl48 on May 2, 2011 12:37 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Bronxie, Don't forget to watch TCM at 5:00 on Friday, they are airing the rarely seen John Ford film, *Flesh*. While it stars Wallace Beery and Karen Morley, I really want you to see Ricardo Cortez so you can add one more "Nick" to your collection. P.S. I also consider it one of my favorite of Ford's early nineteen-thirties movies. Morley is sensational as an "Anna Christie" type character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I understand very well how it is so nearly impossible to appreciate a song sung in a foreign language. I might feel the rhythm and admire the mastery of the singer but the song in itself remains a blank. When I was speaking of how a man's looks do not relate to how women relate to him I posted a link to a YouTube video of Vyacheslav Dobrynin. He clearly does not look like Tom Jones. Women and girls adore him like Tom Jones. I have tried to translate the first part of my favorite song that he sings into English. I do not translate anything into English well and songs are always very hard to translate because there are many idioms and cultural tropes for which word-for-word is nearly never appropriate. I have done my best: Who Told You Do you want to see in my eyes the look in your eyes? And remember all the words and repeat them? Who told you that? Well? Who told you? Who made it up that I do not love you? Every gesture of yours and every glimpse into your soul is part of me. Your voice rings in my heart. No. I can never stop loving you. As you once loved me, I will always love you. I do not want to believe and think I do not want What will come with separation and dreams. At night I cry. I cry in grief that you might dream that I do not love you. I can only hope that if you listen to his voice while you look at the words you might catch a glimpse of why an older and non-hunkalicious man can make me melt By the clock in the corner of the computer screen it is now Wednesday. I slept Monday. Or was it Sunday? I am not positive. We are preparing for final tests at school and I have been doing extra hours at work because two patients have come from Japan because the hospitals there are in such a mess their treatment would be delayed and I am the only one who can deal with them without using a phrase book or doing back-and-forth with their smatter of English. I understand them well but I am afraid that some of what I say is not what I mean. The woman gave me a very terrible look yesterday and I worry what I actually said when I told her she can now get up for the bathroom and she does not have to use the bedpan. Since she is Japanese she will not say if I offended her. Language is made worse as the man in the next room is German and I do not shift mental gears as quick as when I was so very much younger. He speaks English well but he likes very much to tell dirty jokes in German. He was afraid when I first began to attend to him because of my accent. Then I told him joke about Russians and we became friends. I have not asked if he was from East Germany or West Germany because he seems to not want to talk about his home. I do not know if that is because of bad memories or because he knows he will not be going back. He has perhaps two weeks more now. It is never nice to see an empty bed but that one will be worse for me than most. It is now time to wake Capuchin because his patch for pain must be taken off twelve hours before surgery. It is only to have ganglion cyst taken from his hand and he will only have a local but still I worry. I am taking all the rest of the week until Saturday away from school and work and we are going somewhere but he will not tell me where. With the mess and the threat levels I am sure we are not flying anywhere. I very much hope you all have as much fun as we will have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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