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- April 18th, 2008, 10:54 am
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: How do you categorize musicals?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6435
Re: How do you categorize musicals?
Wow--great question. I could probably write a treatise about this, of course, but I guess the short answer would be First of all, are they Astaire or non-Astaire? [wink] Mainly I tend to think of them by studio, because there was a style that each studio imprinted on them and many other genres. Some...
- April 10th, 2008, 8:39 am
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Who is Virginia O'Brien?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6896
Musicals
As I wrote a few years back on the old site, to like musicals (and nobody says you have to!) you must accept their conventions, just as to like action/adventure movies you must accept theirs. In action/adventure, you have to suspend disbelief on a number of fronts: One man can easily elude several a...
- April 9th, 2008, 8:16 am
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Who is Virginia O'Brien?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6896
Did you see this article, Ollie?
http://www.classicimages.com/1999/janua ... brien.html
The thing that intrigues me about O'Brien is how lovely she was, with those tilted eyes and (when you can glimpse it) a very sweet smile. Like Lucy, a gorgeous comedienne.
http://www.classicimages.com/1999/janua ... brien.html
The thing that intrigues me about O'Brien is how lovely she was, with those tilted eyes and (when you can glimpse it) a very sweet smile. Like Lucy, a gorgeous comedienne.
- April 9th, 2008, 8:12 am
- Forum: Games and Trivia
- Topic: What do you know about moviemaking superstitions?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12586
There may be superstitions unique to moviemaking, but I imagine that many of the ones observed are, as you point out, simply theatrical superstitions that carried over. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrical_superstitions By the way, I've got professional actor friends who have never worried about ...
- March 27th, 2008, 1:54 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Celebrity Lookalikes
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9247
I hope no one thought I was being disrespectful to Fred Astaire or Stan Laurel. I love them both. I could never imagine Stan dancing with Ginger though. Gosh, no. Astaire himself often remarked on the resemblance (though I generally find Fred handsomer), and it's especially startling in photos of t...
- March 11th, 2008, 3:14 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Follow the Fleet/Roberta - Fred & Ginger
- Replies: 23
- Views: 32057
- March 11th, 2008, 12:25 pm
- Forum: Games and Trivia
- Topic: Money: How Far Does a Buck Go in Classic Film?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 62603
This is a fascinating, and very useful, thread. I'm writing a romance novel in which a student wins a cash prize for writing in 1938. I originally had her winning $50, but my father said that $25 would be much closer to a prize amount awarded by a small college in those days--and that would have bee...
- March 11th, 2008, 12:09 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Follow the Fleet/Roberta - Fred & Ginger
- Replies: 23
- Views: 32057
I love The Gay Divorcee too. Is it just me who gets confused about which dance/song was in which film? I'm alright with the better known ones. Maybe it's age :) I think it's the same as with anything--the better you know them, the less likely you are to confuse the films. I might have a bit of trou...
- March 10th, 2008, 1:30 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Ginger Rogers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9053
- March 4th, 2008, 11:46 am
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: In The Spotlight Redux
- Replies: 389
- Views: 174228
- February 25th, 2008, 2:46 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Which child star has had the longest successful career
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2555
- February 25th, 2008, 2:44 pm
- Forum: The People of Film
- Topic: Which child star has had the longest successful career
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2555
- February 25th, 2008, 2:21 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Follow the Fleet/Roberta - Fred & Ginger
- Replies: 23
- Views: 32057
- February 12th, 2008, 12:05 pm
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Your Favorite Musical Sequences
- Replies: 39
- Views: 41328
- February 12th, 2008, 10:08 am
- Forum: Musicals
- Topic: Your Favorite Musical Sequences
- Replies: 39
- Views: 41328
Here are a whole bunch that I love (rendered in no particular order): 1. Night and Day—Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. For me, the apotheosis of romance 2. The Jumpin’ Jive—The Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather. Unbelievable 3. Over the Rainbow—Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz is my version of cho...