Dothery Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 I love old English movies. I watched "Storm in a Teacup" this morning, and was knocked sideways by some of the dialogue, even though it was said too fast for me to catch some of it. I loved Sara Allgood saying she'd been waiting "like Patience on a document." It was really Cecil Parker's movie, though. Villain though he was, the high-and-mighty keeper of law and order, he did it so well he almost had my sympathy, and he turned out well in the end. Rex Harrison and that odd-shaped head were present and skillful, and of course Vivien Leigh always was wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Wasn't Jeremy Brett lovely in My Fair Lady, an otherwise forgettable movie? But a Rex Harrison day without The Ghost and Mrs. Muir? Puhleeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I hadn't realized that after the Carole Landis incident in 1948, Harrison was "toast" in Hollywood for a number of years. Only after his tour-de-force in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway in 1956 was he welcomed back to Hollywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Harrison is one of those "accquired tastes" that many people never do accquire. I too, thinks he takes some time getting used to. I DID like him in the warhorses; "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir". "Anna and The King of Siam", "My Fair Lady"...but not much else. Never did see "Dr. Doolittle", but I'm told I didn't miss anything, so... I have an old vinyl LP of Harrison narrating "Peter and The Wolf", and I always kind of liked his sound of "British", and likely could listen to him longer than watch. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Sep wrote: Harrison is one of those "acquired tastes" that many people never do accquire. Yeah Sep, apparently none of his six wives "acquired his tastes" either ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 ... apparently none of his six wives "acquired his tastes" either ! I always remember one of them (I think it was Rachel Roberts) saying he was the only person she ever met who would send back a bottle of wine to his own cellar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeHolman Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Of all the movies I've seen, I best remember him in The Agony and the Ecstasy. His back and forth cajoling and dictates to Heston to git 'er done and done good and beautiful I remember. No acquired taste. Liked it. Jake in the Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 >Sepiatone: >Never did see "Dr. Doolittle", but I'm told I didn't miss anything, so... The songs are entertaining. You can see and hear them on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothery Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 "Dr. Doolittle" has one of the most beautiful songs ever written, "When I look in Your Eyes." Harrison sings it to a seal. I played it for 20 years in clubs and never failed to have people lost in a dream at the end. The words are so lovely: "When I look in your eyes I see the wisdom of the world in your eyes I see the sadness of a thousand goodbyes When I look in your eyes, And it is no surprise To see the softness of the moon in your eyes The gentle sparkle of the stars in the skies When I look in your eyes. In your eyes, I see the deepness of the sea I see the deepness of the love, The love I feel you feel for me, Autumn comes, summer dies I see the passing of the years in your eyes, And when we part, there'll be no tears, no goodbyes I'll just look into your eyes. Those eyes, so wise, so soft, so real, How I love the world your eyes reveal." I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It seems a shame that the words were wasted on a seal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Oh, I don't know, finance. It's seems to me some very interesting and notable songs have been written about our Pinniped friends over the years. (..."goo goo g'joob", baby!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Like , "Sealed With a Kiss"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I believe that *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* is one of the films Fox has been reluctant to license to other stations. Too bad it couldn't be shown on Rex Harrison's day, for it's one of his best films and best performances. I was very glad that *St. Martin's Lane* (*Sidewalks of London*) was shown, because Vivien Leigh and Charles Laughton are terrific. Also liked *The Foxes of Harrow*, with Rex Harrison a more caddish Rhett Butler type, and Maureen O'Hara extremely beautiful in the Scarlett role. Susan Doll's article on the Morlocks site about this film is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Sure, I suppose that Brian Hyland song might qualify here, or maybe any song sung by this guy here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I assume this guy is "Seal" I wouldn't recognize him if I fell over him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 The more I read about Rex Harrison its a wonder that he wasn't cast as Ratchett in *Murder On The Orient Express* (who was played by my man Richard Widmark) . If Rex had been in the movie there would been more than a dozen lined up to take a stab at him. Using real weapons no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Harrison apparently didn't have much time for Jews or Blacks either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroberts Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I guess you have to give him credit, he treated everyone equally shabbily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I guess he was playing himself in MFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 LOL. From all reports he and Audrey got along very well during shooting........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 ...but I don't know why he couldn't get his own ******* slippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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