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- May 4th, 2009, 4:24 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Showboat 1936-1951, which is best.
- Replies: 52
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Re: Showboat 1936-1951, which is best.
It has been a while since I've heard them, but I remember Ava's recordings as touching in their non-perfection, and quite emotional. And I don't think she was ever more gorgeous than she is singing "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." Whoosh.
- May 1st, 2009, 10:16 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: ROBERT MONTGOMERY Presents...
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12165
Re: ROBERT MONTGOMERY Presents...
Isn't he wonderful? When TCM made him SOTM a few years back, I made an effort to see all his works. I especially love HIDE-OUT; as good as Bob is at being aristocratic, he makes a marvelous Damon Runyon type as well. As for THEY WERE EXPENDABLE, it is apparently virtually autobiographical (given tha...
- April 3rd, 2009, 10:38 am
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Cover Girl
- Replies: 72
- Views: 56966
Re: Cover Girl
Gosh, that's such a shock to read! I am glad everyone was OK. My husband works at the Library of Congress and has had some communication about this with a colleague who hasn't firsthand knowledge about the fire, but is familiar with the Stanford Theater projection room. He indicated that it has a ni...
- September 7th, 2008, 4:25 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
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This is going to sound silly but even when Fred had a hairpiece, he looked like he was balding. Surely if you are going to have a hairpiece it's better to look like you have a good thick head of hair? or perhaps the thinking is reversed perhaps the viewer wouldn't think it was a hairpiece because t...
- September 7th, 2008, 11:31 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 3951320
With Joe's blessing, I'll be posting some candid photos of Fred Astaire. Here are a couple more of him sans toupee, just to show that he didn't always look as awkward as in that one earlier photo. First, one of him and Ginger in the early 1940s: http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r280/Ayres_album/Mo...
- September 7th, 2008, 11:12 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 3951320
- September 7th, 2008, 11:11 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 3951320
- September 4th, 2008, 11:04 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 3951320
- August 19th, 2008, 12:45 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: *CANDIDS*
- Replies: 14682
- Views: 3951320
- August 14th, 2008, 2:14 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8848
Ava told some great stories about her father at the conference we put on at Oxford (more on this at www.faconference.org). One that tickled the audience: FA did not often lose his temper, but if anyone were mean to Ava, that was IT. Once she complained in passing to Fred that a drug store employee h...
- August 14th, 2008, 2:09 pm
- Forum: Games and Trivia
- Topic: Pronunciation Guide
- Replies: 43
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Yup, one thing you can say for the English under William & Mary . . they were definitely down with their pepys . 'Specially 'round Easter time! 8)! Speaking of William & Mary, when I was there one of the most mystifying names was the residence hall with a sign out front that said "Taliaferro Hall."...
- August 14th, 2008, 2:00 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Fred MacMurray: Under or Over?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5964
I think Dewey and Moira have summed up MacMurray really well here. Like many, it was "My Three Sons" and Disney flicks that brought him into my life, and he was a likeable sort in those. I smile to think of all the times that Steven Douglas mentioned his young days of playing the saxophone, as Fred ...
- August 12th, 2008, 2:19 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8848
- August 12th, 2008, 8:14 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8848
also, there are 2 astaire/ rogers dance numbers i question....."the piccolino" in 'top hat' ends with the two spinning up to and sitting at their dinner table, ginger's dress rides up although she tries to fix it and finish the routine but is unable to...why use that take? would not gentleman fred ...
- July 25th, 2008, 8:24 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Did Fred ever kiss Ginger?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8848
Ayres, are these quotes from Ginger's autobiography? I wasn't quoting her, but if you'd like me to, here goes: From "Ginger: My Story" Pages 80-81 The Casino in the Park was a magical place. The atmosphere was dreamy with soft lights and floral and spice aromas in the air. The circular sand-colored...