tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32240374101053542512024-03-18T02:47:10.505-07:00A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANEA nostalgic journey to the past to relive the golden days of entertainment!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2028125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-3964343023766842024-03-17T05:42:00.000-07:002024-03-17T05:42:00.129-07:00CELEBRITY ADS: JANE RUSSELL<p>Here is the beautiful Jane Russell with an advertisement for Westmore cosmetics. This was around 1952/1953 because the ad talks about Jane appearing in <i>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</i>...</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yl6xhavlXPtQ6GELh97zVXWbPGQ49-G5fgLNzsg0qOICV3IRqnVeg3emRUPgk4T_VAvTxlkXjrkaJn3QwC1BhfNboerZ3tD323UpSeaRGNlRLNaD2wG_BSxQyH20VliuAGSbLZ-OI-WxbgRMP_1VS_Ad5JCz0slXPekCcB8M_Tf5RbBHb7hwSZU_6Q4/s815/ef2d7ac211584ca029b6340329594deb.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="600" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yl6xhavlXPtQ6GELh97zVXWbPGQ49-G5fgLNzsg0qOICV3IRqnVeg3emRUPgk4T_VAvTxlkXjrkaJn3QwC1BhfNboerZ3tD323UpSeaRGNlRLNaD2wG_BSxQyH20VliuAGSbLZ-OI-WxbgRMP_1VS_Ad5JCz0slXPekCcB8M_Tf5RbBHb7hwSZU_6Q4/w382-h518/ef2d7ac211584ca029b6340329594deb.png" width="382" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-89278751084312238932024-03-10T12:35:00.000-07:002024-03-10T12:35:00.128-07:00MUSIC BREAK: WOODY HERMAN - GOLDEN WEDDING<div><i><b>This recording contains to one of my favorite drum solos of Dave Tough. What a genius!</b></i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/N9XB2HTl_JU?si=YxOI1TfFXiForD12" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N9XB2HTl_JU/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-85007045421346465462024-03-08T12:33:00.000-08:002024-03-08T12:33:00.134-08:00DRUM MASTER: DAVE TOUGH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcZkUSw3gMVBbg6u-L7M_O16eEDe1LyPZ6A6apnHAwIvkIqJ6kuzjygbDWIkvQH1WDMxCR-m6466fDc0UWmxxBuI1zUFzcvzyHYr69SD61CKAkILare8V0AXNzt53R7gxNoOyl5KH0qwAzOUWub_Ue7wFSBzAymQtzQTiZIna9mQP9qzl71hd-fcOfCY/s751/davetough580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcZkUSw3gMVBbg6u-L7M_O16eEDe1LyPZ6A6apnHAwIvkIqJ6kuzjygbDWIkvQH1WDMxCR-m6466fDc0UWmxxBuI1zUFzcvzyHYr69SD61CKAkILare8V0AXNzt53R7gxNoOyl5KH0qwAzOUWub_Ue7wFSBzAymQtzQTiZIna9mQP9qzl71hd-fcOfCY/s320/davetough580.jpg" width="248" /></a></div>If you are a fan of jazz and big band music, please familiarize yourself with the drummer of Dave Tough. He was a brillant and yet troubled soul. He was born on April 26, 1907 in Oak Park, Illinois and died December 9, 1948 in Newark, New Jersey. From an early age he was passionate about drumming. While in high school, Tough became a member of the Austin High School Gang. The Austin High Gang was an ever evolving group that formulated the Chicago style of jazz which was very popular in the 1920s, initially comprised of Bud Freeman, Jimmy and Dick McPartland, Frank Teschmaker, Jim Lanigan, and Dave North. From early on Tough was an ensemble player, who preferred to solidify a groove rather than transform or change it. In doing so, Tough relied on his great sense of musical quality.<br /><br />In 1932 he was forced into temporary inactivity through illness, returning to the scene in 1935. Although his work up to the time of his illness had been primarily in small groups, he now slotted into the big band scene as if made for it. He played first with Tommy Dorsey and later with Red Norvo, Bunny Berigan, Benny Goodman and Dorsey again. Tough then joined Jimmy Dorsey, Bud Freeman, Jack Teagarden, Artie Shaw and others. His employers were a who's who of the best of the white big bands of the swing era.<br /><br />There were a number of reasons for his restlessness, among them his insistence on musical perfection, irritation with the blandness of many of the more commercial arrangements the bands had to play, and his own occasionally unstable personality.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwN3o3GeV2LZK4bTgUyfhYonjEjF-jWzwsVcB9hVjMHlDvghRAZL7tjZ91QFeEC4UM3qmxr7mjXdn5q18097sQlfIajgkltpnRBgY_i3FbecDw4VHrnHmaYk1W7i7l8ATghR_XsSQ5c6QwZc5PC1R9qncu1xOvK8EWvYPwhaBLAhfkQGfZBLQynRIsPzw/s286/Capture2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="222" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwN3o3GeV2LZK4bTgUyfhYonjEjF-jWzwsVcB9hVjMHlDvghRAZL7tjZ91QFeEC4UM3qmxr7mjXdn5q18097sQlfIajgkltpnRBgY_i3FbecDw4VHrnHmaYk1W7i7l8ATghR_XsSQ5c6QwZc5PC1R9qncu1xOvK8EWvYPwhaBLAhfkQGfZBLQynRIsPzw/s1600/Capture2.PNG" width="222" /></a></div><br /><div>During World War II he was briefly in the US Navy (where he played with Shaw) but was discharged on medical grounds. On his discharge he joined Woody Herman, with whom he had played briefly before the war. The records of Herman's First Herd demonstrated to fans worldwide that the physically frail and tiny Tough was a powerful giant among drummers. Despite his broad-based style, Tough believed himself unsuited to bop and for much of his career he sought to develop a career as a writer.<br /><br />His disaffection with the changing jazz scene accelerated his physical and mental deterioration. Although helped by many people who knew him, among them writers Leonard Feather and John Hammond, his lifestyle had numbered his days. Walking home one night, he fell, fractured his skull and died from the injury on 9 December 1948. His body lay unrecognized in the morgue for three days. Whether playing in small Chicago-style groups or in any of the big bands of which he was a member, Tough consistently demonstrated his subtle, driving swing. It was with Herman, however, that he excelled, urging along one of the finest of the period's jazz orchestras with sizzling enthusiasm...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq27qUODoQ7JveZWnbp6A__Zx9BwF0l_awCCDtJnIl2LUPTes2IGZXT1sCRYxAMgryXZwv7HMCVShfiJPYp4meA27d7Wjhzlo5MQ2_PCGUWD2pr9eKP2U81SL5IUffijqwZstgcXNJLDYGbMWnCUaSnTsc-U-OYmK4TqQLlqfuL_ej7A2FFmKF-Woe2Gg/s530/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="418" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq27qUODoQ7JveZWnbp6A__Zx9BwF0l_awCCDtJnIl2LUPTes2IGZXT1sCRYxAMgryXZwv7HMCVShfiJPYp4meA27d7Wjhzlo5MQ2_PCGUWD2pr9eKP2U81SL5IUffijqwZstgcXNJLDYGbMWnCUaSnTsc-U-OYmK4TqQLlqfuL_ej7A2FFmKF-Woe2Gg/s320/Capture.PNG" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-57128779298381854702024-03-07T15:15:00.000-08:002024-03-07T15:15:34.594-08:00RIP: STEVE LAWRENCE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctd21bS4eF_s9B-_wJbEIvFjRxFHJcLpX9hlrY3NqRCuDHbg3jXcrvL3novEgX_11oxwpCjgTbVCtqVVcRTkLkrLfvChJrFQEGIL4OFcORy9dBwu56xY61I1mtOKjFGL4l3sfiQC9izK6oAktIWDOWBUbSs13kTBWIASEy6q2WOw7089q3CJMhpTrpwo/s500/artworks-000079951903-ltwwsd-t500x500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctd21bS4eF_s9B-_wJbEIvFjRxFHJcLpX9hlrY3NqRCuDHbg3jXcrvL3novEgX_11oxwpCjgTbVCtqVVcRTkLkrLfvChJrFQEGIL4OFcORy9dBwu56xY61I1mtOKjFGL4l3sfiQC9izK6oAktIWDOWBUbSs13kTBWIASEy6q2WOw7089q3CJMhpTrpwo/w252-h252/artworks-000079951903-ltwwsd-t500x500.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br />Steve Lawrence, the Fifties and Sixties crooner, actor, and comedian who teamed with his wife Eydie Gormé to form the duo Steve and Eydie, has died at the age of 88.<br /><br />Lawrence died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a spokesperson for the family told Variety; Lawrence was forced to retire from touring after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2019.<br /><br />“My Dad was an inspiration to so many people,” his son David Lawrence said in a statement. “But, to me, he was just this charming, handsome, hysterically funny guy who sang a lot. Sometimes alone and sometimes with his insanely talented wife. I am so lucky to have had him as a father and so proud to be his son. My hope is that his contributions to the entertainment industry will be remembered for many years to come.”<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF-5EazqjZDqrWuhYlsgXCimWZfhyphenhyphenrTKAPYQUkIZUaYbkrlTgo_DH_Ms8S7MmqpYqYa5cz9rRiGi9J8dpHMspHKoLAVSWHBdA6v9Hb2HDKO-5bCYRjFZ4gXjv1Gi1tU9GUGVTXkilBN1MxW14i2tmPBzaad482wSyrZoQkr-2bfJG7i1NGfH35qQJwxo/s231/download.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="218" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeF-5EazqjZDqrWuhYlsgXCimWZfhyphenhyphenrTKAPYQUkIZUaYbkrlTgo_DH_Ms8S7MmqpYqYa5cz9rRiGi9J8dpHMspHKoLAVSWHBdA6v9Hb2HDKO-5bCYRjFZ4gXjv1Gi1tU9GUGVTXkilBN1MxW14i2tmPBzaad482wSyrZoQkr-2bfJG7i1NGfH35qQJwxo/s1600/download.jpeg" width="218" /></a></div><div><br />The New York City-born Lawrence got his start in show business as an 18-year-old singer hired by Steve Allen’s late-night show in 1953; a year later, the program was rebranded as The Tonight Show, with Allen its first host. While at The Tonight Show, Lawrence met fellow singer and cast mate Eydie Gormé, with the pair marrying in 1957.<br /><br />The couple together embarked on a recording career in addition to their television appearances — after Allen left the Tonight Show, the duo briefly launched their own The Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé Show — with Steve and Eydie releasing a string of singles over the late Fifties and early Sixties. Steve and Eydie also won a pair of Grammy for Best Performance By a Vocal Duo or Group.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3cMUM5ec1_m_25BwIPtMZrWhtfdMduY25rtObOvQlcplWolLOnAjuo-qGpHzqEFWEPPZvopuqP_iuF9W8yE_3fcXfeMWzHNfxfpi88wEv6Gt8Pj5piVnT8arFaTDsIUjHJMDfTNlYkfN_DM5tPI2JV0b_hD4btsBpR_5pSmlEjqt2HX4ySOwiMTj4vo/s500/MV5BYzI3NGFhNWQtYjQ1Ni00NjY5LTk3NWQtM2FlMDllYjUyYzYyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDc2NTEzMw@@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="500" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3cMUM5ec1_m_25BwIPtMZrWhtfdMduY25rtObOvQlcplWolLOnAjuo-qGpHzqEFWEPPZvopuqP_iuF9W8yE_3fcXfeMWzHNfxfpi88wEv6Gt8Pj5piVnT8arFaTDsIUjHJMDfTNlYkfN_DM5tPI2JV0b_hD4btsBpR_5pSmlEjqt2HX4ySOwiMTj4vo/s320/MV5BYzI3NGFhNWQtYjQ1Ni00NjY5LTk3NWQtM2FlMDllYjUyYzYyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDc2NTEzMw@@._V1_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />Over the ensuing decades, Lawrence was a fixture on the small screen, appearing on programs like the Carol Burnett Show, What’s My Line? and his own variety show. Lawrence also appeared on Broadway, starring and earning a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 1964 musical What Makes Sammy Run? Eyde Gorme died in 2013...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdUoNwR7-usATqI2TR2goDaryUA6fD1172EtMnZ7ROVD09lJMFmtOo7sF802u4eMWbVxIqBccvd5d-1DnvKaVcvve4MsF_1cXvQZMOf4sBccNiZ1q3TF8X0aWBF1gdjeSltM42Bn9e6X596-Z1_FCnUyG3bwGKlkHxloW4W1RxlIN8iFWapAZF0gdsKU/s1500/steve-lawrence-prewrite-obit-013124-2-a9a01cc75cac4b50a3888af76d084072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDdUoNwR7-usATqI2TR2goDaryUA6fD1172EtMnZ7ROVD09lJMFmtOo7sF802u4eMWbVxIqBccvd5d-1DnvKaVcvve4MsF_1cXvQZMOf4sBccNiZ1q3TF8X0aWBF1gdjeSltM42Bn9e6X596-Z1_FCnUyG3bwGKlkHxloW4W1RxlIN8iFWapAZF0gdsKU/s320/steve-lawrence-prewrite-obit-013124-2-a9a01cc75cac4b50a3888af76d084072.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-48157515079468804872024-03-04T07:04:00.000-08:002024-03-04T07:04:19.141-08:00RECENTLY VIEWED: GIRL IN THE BASEMENT <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63Kc5D9EuWqe-1lik4vn-NxnXTQLhs3OU_kiZmXyk-7k03RDX84tWLCxF2zYB4fW9DO_b3FdBCYEbd4I4iCH5witXlSbb7eyl74GruvfQktWpzjWjJ_49iDaEng0JF5R9akcKMlrYTgyKFriMgmWnMgP1zKE-7b7r0RYxrgkIfOzeKnlP4I_zAE-ehcQ/s1500/MV5BMTdkYWE4ZGQtOGZkMy00ZTg1LWE5ODEtZWRlMjQ3NWQ2N2I2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjU0NTI0Nw@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63Kc5D9EuWqe-1lik4vn-NxnXTQLhs3OU_kiZmXyk-7k03RDX84tWLCxF2zYB4fW9DO_b3FdBCYEbd4I4iCH5witXlSbb7eyl74GruvfQktWpzjWjJ_49iDaEng0JF5R9akcKMlrYTgyKFriMgmWnMgP1zKE-7b7r0RYxrgkIfOzeKnlP4I_zAE-ehcQ/s320/MV5BMTdkYWE4ZGQtOGZkMy00ZTg1LWE5ODEtZWRlMjQ3NWQ2N2I2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjU0NTI0Nw@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>My son asked if I wanted to watch a movie with him. As a teenager, he still does not want to do much stuff with me so I jumped at the chance. He picked a Lifetime movie of all things. The movie was called Girl In The Basement. It originally aired on Lifetime, but it was streaming on Hulu. Based on the infamous true story of Elisabeth Fritzl, who was locked up and abused for 24 years (from 1984 to 2008) by her father Josef in Amstetten (Austria). In these years of imprisonment she was mother of seven children as result of the abuses.<div><br /></div><div>Judd Nelson, of <i>The Breakfast Club</i> fame, headlined the movie as the evil father. Joely Fisher, half sister of Carrie Fisher, played his clueless wife. The real story of the crime of Josef Fritzl is more horrid than this cheap imitation. Here the american version, for america has no cases like this within its borders. Here the ceiling in the basement is high and room plentiful. It's still horrific but read up about the case for a true perspective on the horrors of this man.</div><div><br />Performance wise, it's a tv movie but better than most but still has a certain sheen to proceedings even through the dirtiness of matters. Judd is very good in the controlling role but I can't help but think, the way this is handled to sanitise for the American market cheapens the horrors from Austria. Even though this was a sanitized Lifetime version, I still found some parts difficult to watch. Any normal father of children, would have a difficult time.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGBSZxU2ZVtgDjGuGZFuV9dDRw5YcPF3F9jbqRfhsTVd3h-xFX1rI00W52dcZgq_0dGjboovg2HmNAr_GQ3n2nc3HhNDByWiVLPh4Jrv4fAOcswlpoydNkt09Pw76-GRgh-6nToOuhrbjD0T-khfifraoIO7sGBl3_Qic7eFK0Y7AcIX1JK1oUgb9wP0/s1000/MV5BMDQ1NzJjNWMtZTA1MC00ZWQ1LWFkODYtOTFhM2E5OWVlOTAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzk5MDQ0NA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1000" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGBSZxU2ZVtgDjGuGZFuV9dDRw5YcPF3F9jbqRfhsTVd3h-xFX1rI00W52dcZgq_0dGjboovg2HmNAr_GQ3n2nc3HhNDByWiVLPh4Jrv4fAOcswlpoydNkt09Pw76-GRgh-6nToOuhrbjD0T-khfifraoIO7sGBl3_Qic7eFK0Y7AcIX1JK1oUgb9wP0/s320/MV5BMDQ1NzJjNWMtZTA1MC00ZWQ1LWFkODYtOTFhM2E5OWVlOTAxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzk5MDQ0NA@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>So of the acting is weak, and this was a strange movie for a first time director Elizabeth Rohm to direct, and it shows. However, Judd Nelson really does a great job as the evil father, and Stefanie Scott is exceptional as the imprisoned and abused daughter. It's not a bad movie, but it is pretty far away from a great movie. After you watch this movie, research the true case. I believe there are some documentaries out there. You will be truly horrified...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>MY RATING: 6 out of 10</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkCa7sZbEw3LXAc3h1hkhpu3cIyS6H6tMjCT1XE8OJGq5ytIsvO-HvVXMYRkhJ9kjhyE-ohZD4saoKgShYL6ZvTTw2E8y2W-ehOUkEH4ACxxYCEycdOlhFh_2Z-O0FurbngVosGQ2CNAcPFUc2HaLoe9CKaQim0KjzZa8Pc9gw8AIyFhTS_RwNWDj0Ds/s1242/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="1242" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkCa7sZbEw3LXAc3h1hkhpu3cIyS6H6tMjCT1XE8OJGq5ytIsvO-HvVXMYRkhJ9kjhyE-ohZD4saoKgShYL6ZvTTw2E8y2W-ehOUkEH4ACxxYCEycdOlhFh_2Z-O0FurbngVosGQ2CNAcPFUc2HaLoe9CKaQim0KjzZa8Pc9gw8AIyFhTS_RwNWDj0Ds/s320/Capture.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-36826393207558115062024-03-01T08:33:00.003-08:002024-03-01T08:33:00.167-08:00BING CROSBY - THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS: PART 2<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ii2Ei4Ui8bI/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ii2Ei4Ui8bI?si=hQvyLNAW4Zdxc3-o" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-47214796055948246472024-02-28T13:12:00.000-08:002024-02-28T13:12:52.112-08:00RIP: RICHARD LEWIS<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWqGRqtrtEUsflWkPW72XYiaznnnXMPdqciOhesVvd_gDqROuKFh5ICR8MThXU_jUU3h3cWUY-_5xrGg1Yq7L84G9k7zi-TQs3LkLY0sH5P5nmNoMn0r_ea3iFjtxb1WhXh7gp45w8HdFnXc3CDKTEmaVW8xXLBiLY9WWUnIM0I6jjjEiwcTO7HkmSRk/s897/Richard_Lewis_2019_chicago_(cropped).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWqGRqtrtEUsflWkPW72XYiaznnnXMPdqciOhesVvd_gDqROuKFh5ICR8MThXU_jUU3h3cWUY-_5xrGg1Yq7L84G9k7zi-TQs3LkLY0sH5P5nmNoMn0r_ea3iFjtxb1WhXh7gp45w8HdFnXc3CDKTEmaVW8xXLBiLY9WWUnIM0I6jjjEiwcTO7HkmSRk/s320/Richard_Lewis_2019_chicago_(cropped).jpg" width="285" /></a></div>Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died due to a heart attack, Variety has confirmed. He was 76.<p></p>Lewis announced last April he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy. He most recently appeared in Season 12 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” currently airing on HBO.<br /><br />In 2021, Lewis announced he would not appear in Season 11 of “Curb” in order to recover from three surgeries. He surprised viewers by returning to set for one Season 11 episode, telling Variety at the time, “When I walked in and they applauded, I felt like a million bucks. Larry doesn’t like to hug, and he hugged me and told me how happy he was after we shot our scene.”<br /><br />Lewis, who played a semi-fictionalized version of himself throughout the 24 years of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” was known for his neurotic, self-deprecating style of comedy. After making his screen acting debut in 1979’s “Diary of a Young Comic,” Lewis rose to prominence in the 1980s and ’90s with appearances on “The Tonight Show” and the “Late Show With David Letterman.” He showcased his dark, yet brightly animated persona in his 1985 Showtime comedy special “I’m in Pain,” following it up with the HBO specials “I’m Exhausted” (1988), “I’m Doomed” (1990) and “Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour” (1997).<br /><br />In 1989, Lewis landed a leading role in the ABC sitcom “Anything but Love,” in which he starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis as coworkers at a Chicago magazine who fall in love and fail to uphold a strictly professional relationship. The series ran for 56 episodes across four seasons before ending in 1992...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfetiAhN8ruaR3DfN_rGm3SVPWBS7XE4qHh7ksY5mNJRLDgxzEXFxBOpvbncLhm15yCfb-sXNhSNYfelxIaRp0ZBp8CufJ0I5OmwVnP7MQcuYwe8qIgM0g9-ItlYz114Hh_Z0MiV6Nemaq__N_20bmwVHg_QYvU-H_1EUDKijrC6AX0prx_D-_Y83zwM/s729/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="729" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfetiAhN8ruaR3DfN_rGm3SVPWBS7XE4qHh7ksY5mNJRLDgxzEXFxBOpvbncLhm15yCfb-sXNhSNYfelxIaRp0ZBp8CufJ0I5OmwVnP7MQcuYwe8qIgM0g9-ItlYz114Hh_Z0MiV6Nemaq__N_20bmwVHg_QYvU-H_1EUDKijrC6AX0prx_D-_Y83zwM/s320/Capture.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-26103413396721687192024-02-28T06:18:00.000-08:002024-02-28T06:19:12.621-08:00THE CENSORSHIP OF MARY POPPINS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrIA6YubCROnD2qfcIfmvj477UCOWMPecl-IZymfVFKNbfgQ274cRQDB0uL7d0AR5sz8gIZ0xJgch9lsUtN3X0k6Qgy9l-TQ37Od9z9yOy5WAI2oSQLVMYR3ifKIgcyrLV7dVgx5e4FRxss8AutEGSRJuIdhHzU95AOzBtjb8OkS1F8KJoj4kvjqQ0Hw/s878/movies-mary-poppins-julie-andrews.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRrIA6YubCROnD2qfcIfmvj477UCOWMPecl-IZymfVFKNbfgQ274cRQDB0uL7d0AR5sz8gIZ0xJgch9lsUtN3X0k6Qgy9l-TQ37Od9z9yOy5WAI2oSQLVMYR3ifKIgcyrLV7dVgx5e4FRxss8AutEGSRJuIdhHzU95AOzBtjb8OkS1F8KJoj4kvjqQ0Hw/s320/movies-mary-poppins-julie-andrews.jpg" width="233" /></a></div>The age rating for the 1964 “Mary Poppins” has been increased in the U.K. due to “discriminatory language.”<br /><br />On Friday, the British Board of Film Classification upped the Disney movie’s cinema rating from U, meaning it contained “no material likely to offend or harm,” to PG for “discriminatory language.”<br /><br />In a statement to Variety, a BBFC spokesperson said that the film “includes two uses of the discriminatory term ‘hottentots’. While ‘Mary Poppins’ has a historical context, the use of discriminatory language is not condemned, and ultimately exceeds our guidelines for acceptable language at U. We therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language.”<br /><br />The word is a racially insensitive term for the Khoekhoe, an indigenous group in South Africa. The BBFC further explained that the word is used in the film by Admiral Boom (Reginald Owen), including when referring to the chimney sweeps whose faces are covered in soot.<br /><br />“We understand from our racism and discrimination research, and recent classification guidelines research, that a key concern for people, parents in particular, is the potential to expose children to discriminatory language or behavior which they may find distressing or repeat without realizing the potential offense,” the BBFC spokesperson continued. “Some language or behaviors are therefore not permitted at U or PG in any circumstance, or are wholly dependent on context.”<br /><br />The original “Mary Poppins” starred Julie Andrews as the magical nanny and Dick Van Dyke as her sidekick Bert. The cast also included David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher and Ed Wynn...<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ePBXQiPSeXQMgDUDf4geq6EHhFnJ-QvHKl0mu6fwuJwu1EGe5d69T1NYr_t9HeVh71z4iKSntKXdTrKpqQxd40Nn5u-VKMiaKr7e028AVkd65cU1Co_nowKWj6sSiUnp70Q5tN-nW_oTs2OTvlpD6SJIxXUsDZ57bqX2nDrFaDvlnBSdCneqi1ps6u8/s780/intro-1651030104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="780" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ePBXQiPSeXQMgDUDf4geq6EHhFnJ-QvHKl0mu6fwuJwu1EGe5d69T1NYr_t9HeVh71z4iKSntKXdTrKpqQxd40Nn5u-VKMiaKr7e028AVkd65cU1Co_nowKWj6sSiUnp70Q5tN-nW_oTs2OTvlpD6SJIxXUsDZ57bqX2nDrFaDvlnBSdCneqi1ps6u8/s320/intro-1651030104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mary-poppins-age-rating-increased-120543019.html">SOURCE</a><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-62508713443868816322024-02-25T08:50:00.001-08:002024-02-25T08:50:00.127-08:00GUEST REVIEW: LARCENY<p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KHCQKxfvuizcaM7-VI4rLv84nQq8IqkpNDXhOPUOH1bo-7B3ZU6YyU_jqW8UBweb9pOIb3N1zrjl4Dl_8er8Ic3wq_bsJjRVfqbOnQybLbmpU83JPQFae4vBX2tVMXRAqR9xZTAVgseXS-H1i8oY8zAObemPG5zD-fI_VGaecntGYf6WH5p20PZkzuM/s393/Larceny_1948_film_poster.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="253" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4KHCQKxfvuizcaM7-VI4rLv84nQq8IqkpNDXhOPUOH1bo-7B3ZU6YyU_jqW8UBweb9pOIb3N1zrjl4Dl_8er8Ic3wq_bsJjRVfqbOnQybLbmpU83JPQFae4vBX2tVMXRAqR9xZTAVgseXS-H1i8oY8zAObemPG5zD-fI_VGaecntGYf6WH5p20PZkzuM/w166-h258/Larceny_1948_film_poster.jpeg" width="166" /></a></b></div><b>The later great Bruce Krogan is back with another great review. This time around he is reviewing a forgotten 1948 film noir...</b><p></p>Watching Larceny I thought the way the film was building toward the climax I was sure of a sentimental ending. But far from it with this film. What we get is a crackerjack and original realistic ending in this noir film.<br /><br />John Payne plays a smooth talking confidence man who is part of a gang headed by Dan Duryea. Duryea has set up a big score and Payne has to romance war widow Joan Caulfield who thought her hero husband walked on water. The con involves swindling Caulfield ot of money to build a youth center for the town's young people and Payne poses as a GI buddy of the late husband.<br /><br />Payne's working a few cons here. He's also going out with the sultry and possessive Shelley Winters who is two timing Duryea. In the end though he falls for Caulfield and that sets up the climax.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLBCsOYEjFpTvzgFSmxSkacRsuSD7luOoWWmy9WAmpnFe2V12pync8RHQ4QvnhFB3BgEHe93AwG9t46x1kAOqsaW7CbaKt4Qs4BCnHAWSBoAgLYvJ0mQ8MaH7jb74tMIdyhGV2GUZDgxg2ElyD-k1fQbGkr-dzBz1I8siU-Kiy6ZiSs_h9oH4zJRzJV0/s450/MV5BMzVhYzEwYjMtNDZiZS00ODdhLTg0NGUtNTdmNWFiYjJkOTU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="450" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLBCsOYEjFpTvzgFSmxSkacRsuSD7luOoWWmy9WAmpnFe2V12pync8RHQ4QvnhFB3BgEHe93AwG9t46x1kAOqsaW7CbaKt4Qs4BCnHAWSBoAgLYvJ0mQ8MaH7jb74tMIdyhGV2GUZDgxg2ElyD-k1fQbGkr-dzBz1I8siU-Kiy6ZiSs_h9oH4zJRzJV0/s320/MV5BMzVhYzEwYjMtNDZiZS00ODdhLTg0NGUtNTdmNWFiYjJkOTU0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />Shelley Winters also has one of her good career roles in Larceny. The kind of woman that ought to come with a warning label. And Duryea gives us one of his classic bad guy roles as well.<br /><br />The script is a fine piece of writing and the director gets some great performances out of his ensemble cast. Do not miss this one, it's one of the best noirs out there.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>BRUCE'S RATING: 8 out of 10</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-mtpC0xtzCzLfW5x-pBgi8g55cFpmLKq7PxLRnzH2kJNwJQ0RjmDoXsBXytLJ20jShkzErGPzB6whCiLeEV6S2R9_4HOjiLLF60Kw0QPwLsWLtuuoQT6LMWP6ivW9L8QURi0wZuyzxdSy69w47FuWdZYmU-keYsuhhq3Z4O4Dyz5f47nnFdncM192HY/s1600/Larceny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-mtpC0xtzCzLfW5x-pBgi8g55cFpmLKq7PxLRnzH2kJNwJQ0RjmDoXsBXytLJ20jShkzErGPzB6whCiLeEV6S2R9_4HOjiLLF60Kw0QPwLsWLtuuoQT6LMWP6ivW9L8QURi0wZuyzxdSy69w47FuWdZYmU-keYsuhhq3Z4O4Dyz5f47nnFdncM192HY/w382-h215/Larceny.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-8653244888860518492024-02-18T08:40:00.002-08:002024-02-18T08:40:00.136-08:00BEHIND THE SCENES: THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939)<p>One of the greatest movies ever made was The Wizard Of Oz. I have heard and read about many of the back stories of the filming of this 1939 classic, but here are some photos from the time - many of which I have never seen!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnKkp9w5W2OMfCfrq4Rx46M4eE6djNvxSf-2zMRIXPHpz2AW5kx2AVkPR2bi0pLQKX4x89dQv89eB_Afl7NhBl5paDePuuto23pQDFVflp6zTC1CV6MSkbs67XL3EH0avdugbaWbggmKXkFUjfcu1Lak5Kq88J2ShRY9qpX4yAJyONLTAG39TEDGG81c/s275/275px-Taurog_munchkinland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="275" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnKkp9w5W2OMfCfrq4Rx46M4eE6djNvxSf-2zMRIXPHpz2AW5kx2AVkPR2bi0pLQKX4x89dQv89eB_Afl7NhBl5paDePuuto23pQDFVflp6zTC1CV6MSkbs67XL3EH0avdugbaWbggmKXkFUjfcu1Lak5Kq88J2ShRY9qpX4yAJyONLTAG39TEDGG81c/w293-h230/275px-Taurog_munchkinland.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6q4WkwVLrxM9Dkb2hZe1eIGpPNmXAEtnYI_QYsDMHs1eO2nIoZO-JYVJ5lWFobnsduIN2ZkfrYhh77DpMOXBgjP79GsQVYGzoMeYrXlWkn_1NPbgGw0VYe2_EvfqtB_rHxDrILtSpjAuU8RUpo7fslVQ7oiLbRBJ5mvlxslM4-GCQNhwuxSu-Sp06-g/s1043/11018853_10153165053252139_7134529773301322646_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1043" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU6q4WkwVLrxM9Dkb2hZe1eIGpPNmXAEtnYI_QYsDMHs1eO2nIoZO-JYVJ5lWFobnsduIN2ZkfrYhh77DpMOXBgjP79GsQVYGzoMeYrXlWkn_1NPbgGw0VYe2_EvfqtB_rHxDrILtSpjAuU8RUpo7fslVQ7oiLbRBJ5mvlxslM4-GCQNhwuxSu-Sp06-g/s320/11018853_10153165053252139_7134529773301322646_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHVip65dqSSx48Gkh39253ukswBaqCqhK3xyQTFts8gtBhbYbhA7d2uPTVUKZV-nEhV3QjzflnTVspZcltECYhODdIy4l0ZS4dzlV9pxN1Xlcdpycs-6lzeif9Q3pO7vlJXjyLiQMWVAoKXBrdfGHabQ9Ju3J502Xmn9uk-wbQOd42O_LagYeX5xr0CY/s1200/2014111400001031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="960" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHVip65dqSSx48Gkh39253ukswBaqCqhK3xyQTFts8gtBhbYbhA7d2uPTVUKZV-nEhV3QjzflnTVspZcltECYhODdIy4l0ZS4dzlV9pxN1Xlcdpycs-6lzeif9Q3pO7vlJXjyLiQMWVAoKXBrdfGHabQ9Ju3J502Xmn9uk-wbQOd42O_LagYeX5xr0CY/w305-h382/2014111400001031.jpg" width="305" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22W4Cy3zW2PnlneP3JcZsDGyRLD5VP-xUWYrn-5ChYaKndA7OEmqX8tldwtBHRb01LiEFxmIXAq2DJ7ST4ZjgtS219Iav0NSOyyRgVWVQhiJ5vL9789RW4AJzWLrx5ngHt_-m-FFscKd6eEF3YMTCtVzSX9hE7XKXS7IuXFEDcjCMR3o9HvnFgarygh4/s1600/s-l1600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1259" data-original-width="1600" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22W4Cy3zW2PnlneP3JcZsDGyRLD5VP-xUWYrn-5ChYaKndA7OEmqX8tldwtBHRb01LiEFxmIXAq2DJ7ST4ZjgtS219Iav0NSOyyRgVWVQhiJ5vL9789RW4AJzWLrx5ngHt_-m-FFscKd6eEF3YMTCtVzSX9hE7XKXS7IuXFEDcjCMR3o9HvnFgarygh4/s320/s-l1600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTMDTjGUcrJcI9XFoKSyoHPQcPYRE8qzdkBZQ0uiayFyqVKQLOvJ_2aFLDIVVJ9rbYz10d_y6Wn58uMmzyXr206DZisSb2CTQpRdVUAG_VNDsTKaPllg2LEaJpRM6nbCtYBHGAKXoTQ5cwsALIMyN2WBxVhTZPuYVWX7pRKcdXY3bnNhNImQfIy59qpY/s3200/Wizard-of-Oz-Munchkinland.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="3200" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTMDTjGUcrJcI9XFoKSyoHPQcPYRE8qzdkBZQ0uiayFyqVKQLOvJ_2aFLDIVVJ9rbYz10d_y6Wn58uMmzyXr206DZisSb2CTQpRdVUAG_VNDsTKaPllg2LEaJpRM6nbCtYBHGAKXoTQ5cwsALIMyN2WBxVhTZPuYVWX7pRKcdXY3bnNhNImQfIy59qpY/s320/Wizard-of-Oz-Munchkinland.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-10576937442555253952024-02-11T08:13:00.001-08:002024-02-11T08:13:00.240-08:00THE BOX OFFICE STARS: 1951<p> As the 1950s got under way, there were different movie stars in the top ten. Here are the top ten grossing movie stars of 1951...</p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7JxTUkSIou3GNPswQ03EN8b3W6t5DilewreBUuPPlhfPpAHgy9TuwxFVrdIQ9-jnO2OAC0ntDZ2WacS9M5fOfafUz-nf-xrEIbquWMDxJH3F4i_lNOYY3TJLlizP3DqZxOd_G7SGws2S2pYLdv_KJmmeV5BWraib-_OvKekzSZGog2NYuYm7DFxYB7U/s970/John_Wayne_-_still_portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="700" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7JxTUkSIou3GNPswQ03EN8b3W6t5DilewreBUuPPlhfPpAHgy9TuwxFVrdIQ9-jnO2OAC0ntDZ2WacS9M5fOfafUz-nf-xrEIbquWMDxJH3F4i_lNOYY3TJLlizP3DqZxOd_G7SGws2S2pYLdv_KJmmeV5BWraib-_OvKekzSZGog2NYuYm7DFxYB7U/w157-h218/John_Wayne_-_still_portrait.jpg" width="157" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEExAxSCL7cKpn-avN0n8EMl-NDI9UessxVB18LZpk6Lvxuzblxob7-t1edJ_thUpR0OiIKYz2Ds0CBuz5TqKE0v_AZSHK3fULPAM5G-82dMDUPuXmDKxRnd_18gNAa9N3Z47Jo2a4LTyUVJ7cBnTSE_2jckndaJ_yEC0loUSBctho6BxkSIDrYqUjjo/s422/Lewis_and_Martin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="347" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEExAxSCL7cKpn-avN0n8EMl-NDI9UessxVB18LZpk6Lvxuzblxob7-t1edJ_thUpR0OiIKYz2Ds0CBuz5TqKE0v_AZSHK3fULPAM5G-82dMDUPuXmDKxRnd_18gNAa9N3Z47Jo2a4LTyUVJ7cBnTSE_2jckndaJ_yEC0loUSBctho6BxkSIDrYqUjjo/w183-h223/Lewis_and_Martin.jpg" width="183" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br /><b>1. John Wayne<br />2. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis<br />3. Betty Grable<br />4. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello<br />5. Bing Crosby<br />6. Bob Hope<br />7. Randolph Scott<br />8. Gary Cooper<br />9. Doris Day<br />10. Spencer Tracy</b><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjr2rm_VZNTpEkHaTCPYeNBmHLadtDcIyildNNYWX4HsdcpGyv1YnBTf72iLFHE8viCO_Zo94NOAlGdr9zkp91k-qKy6VSBZCj1rks8qGzr0Dq7PMis46Zeih-fDV4qbjSVj1At71I-jC-pp-ipRoyt9N0FmekVkOZsQ3Juw4kaQUaAKCD0hOFyHdAEI/s450/MV5BMTcyMDk3ODkwMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTEwNzQ2._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="325" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjr2rm_VZNTpEkHaTCPYeNBmHLadtDcIyildNNYWX4HsdcpGyv1YnBTf72iLFHE8viCO_Zo94NOAlGdr9zkp91k-qKy6VSBZCj1rks8qGzr0Dq7PMis46Zeih-fDV4qbjSVj1At71I-jC-pp-ipRoyt9N0FmekVkOZsQ3Juw4kaQUaAKCD0hOFyHdAEI/w206-h285/MV5BMTcyMDk3ODkwMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMTEwNzQ2._V1_.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-1915470680360016202024-02-04T08:24:00.001-08:002024-02-04T08:24:00.135-08:00PHOTOS OF THE DAY: CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD AND THEIR VINYL<p>I still have some vinyl. No a lot of vinyl but some vinyl. I love looking at the classic Hollywood stars as they listened to their record collections. Some great picures here...</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkxhaITdKeniAnWvJqBEzmh2BhNklX-WqugPXRq9U7bahLbSHY8ARuZaFRhiF9EwO0OGQVCXOlJevVMwdyxqCE55zhmlCAtl2T6ylV8bh6vdHFJ_YXAokP8PdOyNB71GiXXv4AbjxyM32AONdw0WMy-LKpoIsOBNnhcphzrAG_B7OqopwqrLqn1MstdY/s532/5f544db62c7e04fdf741761d8378c10f--rita-hayward-record-collector.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkxhaITdKeniAnWvJqBEzmh2BhNklX-WqugPXRq9U7bahLbSHY8ARuZaFRhiF9EwO0OGQVCXOlJevVMwdyxqCE55zhmlCAtl2T6ylV8bh6vdHFJ_YXAokP8PdOyNB71GiXXv4AbjxyM32AONdw0WMy-LKpoIsOBNnhcphzrAG_B7OqopwqrLqn1MstdY/s320/5f544db62c7e04fdf741761d8378c10f--rita-hayward-record-collector.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rita Hayworth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rw-TTTF_jUQWVb0Wlf8tlk-2mNW22-AJ_hisnQE1-AjfnpYR9TG8Qk_j_8Dny4Nh9YxcY3boDZMcRitkQa3hUsxrwETIPnqxTlAMY5PEDZkLFoKW032tRHaeunsUeHndbkcQF8u_hdeuPy-Cxdi8_eNVPIR_L5YDcAO9IG8Jj88S9T9GXHhuWAQBQD8/s536/5fd7a1ff07953f2570568c1ebc590061--marl%C3%A8ne-dietrich-record-player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="465" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rw-TTTF_jUQWVb0Wlf8tlk-2mNW22-AJ_hisnQE1-AjfnpYR9TG8Qk_j_8Dny4Nh9YxcY3boDZMcRitkQa3hUsxrwETIPnqxTlAMY5PEDZkLFoKW032tRHaeunsUeHndbkcQF8u_hdeuPy-Cxdi8_eNVPIR_L5YDcAO9IG8Jj88S9T9GXHhuWAQBQD8/s320/5fd7a1ff07953f2570568c1ebc590061--marl%C3%A8ne-dietrich-record-player.jpg" width="278" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlene Dietrich <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1papyXasyS4pL2o4M6cFpM2UOsI-1mA6xSusP0mnugATgaJ6NIx1XY2powcQh9ittHCAYoGEkOisCEA05ktOGEeHCV51anyS0ImlcR2PO7BCNt0GxUgzQNbpZ_gnRxCT0_som0elq1SaK72Gl5ZbMfQoKo_O6gSCmhbRzN0Xa2LV2s7smY7wblYRjKTo/s663/6da027af02368a3dc6fd8b6cfab06317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="500" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1papyXasyS4pL2o4M6cFpM2UOsI-1mA6xSusP0mnugATgaJ6NIx1XY2powcQh9ittHCAYoGEkOisCEA05ktOGEeHCV51anyS0ImlcR2PO7BCNt0GxUgzQNbpZ_gnRxCT0_som0elq1SaK72Gl5ZbMfQoKo_O6gSCmhbRzN0Xa2LV2s7smY7wblYRjKTo/w275-h365/6da027af02368a3dc6fd8b6cfab06317.jpg" width="275" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Stewart<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xJgfc0TTnbvN8YXK6KXgCdiLE9dekxGh-gWOoClFn9xQbdMovhHy-Bsw3aFocJa7hQMYjYBvruxnm8a5Do-6hY-msPQOvLZnuOD0NCRB45Br8kHcpJYd3PSwW9SlvhxfDEjjaAztYuvL9V0rkQHjNs9-EjfzSQOGrcWSK-DmeFDMNld3c75UYZYUORw/s622/7166bef636e632e82a5b8831bda7ac51--gene-tierney-record-player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="500" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xJgfc0TTnbvN8YXK6KXgCdiLE9dekxGh-gWOoClFn9xQbdMovhHy-Bsw3aFocJa7hQMYjYBvruxnm8a5Do-6hY-msPQOvLZnuOD0NCRB45Br8kHcpJYd3PSwW9SlvhxfDEjjaAztYuvL9V0rkQHjNs9-EjfzSQOGrcWSK-DmeFDMNld3c75UYZYUORw/w276-h343/7166bef636e632e82a5b8831bda7ac51--gene-tierney-record-player.jpg" width="276" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gene Tierney<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FYO7EriGSbLpAqjLSyEfH-6H2Uq_qRBvYWXFgFJxVYGOvF-Mny5j-vI3w_mMGTnd4Wpog49tR6VDdNVA78RqZfM2UpYfxY21vhVr1bfIvkHrWfsCF5PWcYPfmHG3V1w9lRY7XMooETxZ49y_OwStHjpNG9RF5jyQKlqEJMi5tAjvfs4oFFu0Dld_l6E/s573/115738_8_600.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="465" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FYO7EriGSbLpAqjLSyEfH-6H2Uq_qRBvYWXFgFJxVYGOvF-Mny5j-vI3w_mMGTnd4Wpog49tR6VDdNVA78RqZfM2UpYfxY21vhVr1bfIvkHrWfsCF5PWcYPfmHG3V1w9lRY7XMooETxZ49y_OwStHjpNG9RF5jyQKlqEJMi5tAjvfs4oFFu0Dld_l6E/w286-h352/115738_8_600.webp" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marlon Brando<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DJa1DNK_p4fNg6yjqvNJbQzVqatBA-7AeDsQsGalRVS-6_wdp4Vsyay8PiYoUMYzQwBFByR1fdPtoUsYlnXd719mlF7FI4R9lcZk6fGwUWYLTxd3ZyhrY27gM0EWCXqukhNJvmYRJRcdSdmq23pV3ToUOlF-ZM6z_CKCvl-FcLpQdWo-Va6-BrYfk7k/s516/carmen-miranda1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="516" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DJa1DNK_p4fNg6yjqvNJbQzVqatBA-7AeDsQsGalRVS-6_wdp4Vsyay8PiYoUMYzQwBFByR1fdPtoUsYlnXd719mlF7FI4R9lcZk6fGwUWYLTxd3ZyhrY27gM0EWCXqukhNJvmYRJRcdSdmq23pV3ToUOlF-ZM6z_CKCvl-FcLpQdWo-Va6-BrYfk7k/s320/carmen-miranda1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carmen Miranda<span> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-70368179334338016742024-02-02T08:47:00.000-08:002024-02-02T08:47:00.157-08:00THE DAY THE CLOWN CRIED - TO BE RELEASED?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaF5_hdNCXZXaiSN8jBUi5TJkyTfiGI5aLRb_Nhyphenhyphendfi6nLYj42ejG-yK7_YcpqdoFSfbmMsq5t9-fY3mA7Q83bbdAvk9W6NwdtN22QKxpZLrNxL4grT3PtlQ07M75jODuvnsFklaReeJNm9Wo8tX07qukUzDQ7QUEpKDjwF-5VRgPloFVHhnTMJR_8e8/s1000/MV5BNzE5NThlMDktYWM0Zi00NGI4LWJlMWMtOGJlMDc3YjRkNWE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDI3NzQxODA@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBaF5_hdNCXZXaiSN8jBUi5TJkyTfiGI5aLRb_Nhyphenhyphendfi6nLYj42ejG-yK7_YcpqdoFSfbmMsq5t9-fY3mA7Q83bbdAvk9W6NwdtN22QKxpZLrNxL4grT3PtlQ07M75jODuvnsFklaReeJNm9Wo8tX07qukUzDQ7QUEpKDjwF-5VRgPloFVHhnTMJR_8e8/s320/MV5BNzE5NThlMDktYWM0Zi00NGI4LWJlMWMtOGJlMDc3YjRkNWE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDI3NzQxODA@._V1_.jpg" width="218" /></a></div>While portions of the film will be made available to scholars for research purposes, sources tell us that a screening is impossible because the Library of Congress does not have a complete cut of the film.<br /><br />Cinema completionists and fans of unreleased movies appeared to receive their Holy Grail last week when reports began to circulate that “The Day the Clown Cried,” Jerry Lewis‘ infamous Holocaust movie that has never seen the light of day, would be screened at the Library of Congress in 2024.<br /><br />Lewis spent decades disavowing the film, which he directed and stars in as a circus clown imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, but ultimately donated his footage from it to the Library of Congress in 2014. The deal stipulated that the footage could not be screened for 10 years, meaning that 2024 would be the first year that it could be made public. Lewis died in 2017.<br /><br />However, a representative for the Library of Congress confirmed to IndieWire that no public screenings are planned, as the archive does not possess a complete cut of the film. The footage donated by Lewis contains several unedited scenes from the film and several sound reels (which may or may not align with the film footage), and those portions will be made available to scholars for research later this year. But anyone hoping to watch the infamous film in its entirety will have to manage their expectations.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyYAdWu1i87vBejnzIfMOOiG-Ii4ir8s9OivRdzYFIu712QqxTR_g8PuHZoRbBnUNTbM-x6gPn6YoLYk49pkS2lIIixMvl4IUIqlGepgZUhT-nyIGnLUw2Mk7T4JCRf-0G-akdU3lz3vR4OZa_DzjpPP2hSIMq-HxgR9eXbricYG8lQNQOlkzCiu1LKw/s1000/MV5BOWJiMTc3MmYtZTI4OS00MTU5LWI3NzctODUxNDhiNzliZmUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDgyNjA5MA@@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1000" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJyYAdWu1i87vBejnzIfMOOiG-Ii4ir8s9OivRdzYFIu712QqxTR_g8PuHZoRbBnUNTbM-x6gPn6YoLYk49pkS2lIIixMvl4IUIqlGepgZUhT-nyIGnLUw2Mk7T4JCRf-0G-akdU3lz3vR4OZa_DzjpPP2hSIMq-HxgR9eXbricYG8lQNQOlkzCiu1LKw/w411-h221/MV5BOWJiMTc3MmYtZTI4OS00MTU5LWI3NzctODUxNDhiNzliZmUxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDgyNjA5MA@@._V1_.jpg" width="411" /></a></div><br /><div>While the mystique surrounding the film has only grown in the 50 years since production on it concluded, those who claim to have seen it have had very harsh words about it. Harry Shearer famously said that the rough cut of the film that he saw was worse than he could have imagined.<br /><br />“Seeing this film was really awe-inspiring, in that you are rarely in the presence of a perfect object,” Shearer said. “This was a perfect object. This movie is so drastically wrong, its pathos and its comedy are so wildly misplaced, that you could not, in your fantasy of what it might be like, improve on what it really is.”<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/jerry-lewis-day-the-clown-cried-library-of-congress-1234943306/">SOURCE</a><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tKzx3o33SxLRs4ypz5HJKuA6zn_HkxtH5K1mFne0rY02jMKsxEWIAj2X7iYwcuU2NDR5m7FCUhlOrDQc9FVTERD0SvZCq52Mv-vlh4dzDpo9rrVZpfBppVDuP4n7uMIoYZkaFisW5UPa3-fpYLJDPjQ7D9k3xSJoThhdJShjLpqTHQPzTiYVVX7t3LE/s800/The_Day_the_Clown_Cried_F_S1972_Lewis_SDK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="800" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_tKzx3o33SxLRs4ypz5HJKuA6zn_HkxtH5K1mFne0rY02jMKsxEWIAj2X7iYwcuU2NDR5m7FCUhlOrDQc9FVTERD0SvZCq52Mv-vlh4dzDpo9rrVZpfBppVDuP4n7uMIoYZkaFisW5UPa3-fpYLJDPjQ7D9k3xSJoThhdJShjLpqTHQPzTiYVVX7t3LE/w377-h267/The_Day_the_Clown_Cried_F_S1972_Lewis_SDK.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-69711055202767733592024-01-29T11:17:00.000-08:002024-01-29T11:17:48.160-08:00RECENTLY VIEWED: MAX ROSE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VrHcrhEhdxt1ThxMBRbwJIXbxRxIpUJGZPpwWqGDstHkIDXuOA-ctO31WsTnsZPWJBzZV_Zx_YApm5Q6YXTYT3Sh4SpzNZC7MuDNVuBl0QS7wJR8_z_SsobL4jF0LLGFbG87w4eEWfD3bdkmy8ziMpjLuOZCoRzx6OuWSuxHNrm9imircGeyggvrwhU/s384/Max_Rose_Poster.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="259" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VrHcrhEhdxt1ThxMBRbwJIXbxRxIpUJGZPpwWqGDstHkIDXuOA-ctO31WsTnsZPWJBzZV_Zx_YApm5Q6YXTYT3Sh4SpzNZC7MuDNVuBl0QS7wJR8_z_SsobL4jF0LLGFbG87w4eEWfD3bdkmy8ziMpjLuOZCoRzx6OuWSuxHNrm9imircGeyggvrwhU/s320/Max_Rose_Poster.jpg" width="216" /></a></div>I remember hearing about the movie Max Rose when it first came out. I finally had the opportunity to see it. It is actually free on the Roku Channel as well as You Tube. The weather out is dreary so the movie is as well. Max Rose is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Daniel Noah, and distributed by Paladin Films. The film stars Jerry Lewis, Kevin Pollak, Kerry Bishé, Claire Bloom and Dean Stockwell. Its story follows a jazz pianist who suspects that his wife of 65 years may have been unfaithful.<br /><br />The film was among the last released for Jerry Lewis, Dean Stockwell and Mort Sahl, before their passings in 2017 and 2021 respectively, although Lewis and Stockwell filmed scenes for other films later that were released before Max Rose, including The Trust, Persecuted, and Entertainment.<br /><br />Max Rose is an aging jazz pianist who learns that his wife of 65 years may have been unfaithful to him. Though his career was not everything he had hoped it would be, Max Rose always felt like a success because his beautiful, elegant wife, Eva, was by his side. While going through her things, however, Max discovers an object bearing an intimate inscription from another man, a shocking revelation that leads him to believe his entire marriage, indeed, his entire life, was built on a lie. Coping with anger, withdrawal and his own fragile health, Rose embarks on an exploration of his past, all the while searching for Eva's mystery suitor, hoping to find the answers he needs to be at peace.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqKmBPnCJ10mTj4Z5k9kE3ny23ME9T8xvURzr_7PdoSOCpnZh7o7J-KkGIt0krGkw8-7hh5I_INAKDNzQJN1AVXa8ZoSxXvwg_XTMXtPJ1RSW2UzsQv6stUV8IypDcH_FcKIsjfh47aivn-94pIuUwhRgQzPgqIbr-bCViP9219tZr8DbDLISI9UEqzU/s1920/MV5BMjI3NTA4MTIxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY3NTI2OTE@._V1_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRqKmBPnCJ10mTj4Z5k9kE3ny23ME9T8xvURzr_7PdoSOCpnZh7o7J-KkGIt0krGkw8-7hh5I_INAKDNzQJN1AVXa8ZoSxXvwg_XTMXtPJ1RSW2UzsQv6stUV8IypDcH_FcKIsjfh47aivn-94pIuUwhRgQzPgqIbr-bCViP9219tZr8DbDLISI9UEqzU/w393-h221/MV5BMjI3NTA4MTIxOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTY3NTI2OTE@._V1_.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Jerry Lewis had not starred in a movie in quite some time, so I was anxious to see him on screen, and in a drama as well. Jerry did a good job on the script, but I think he lacked the facial expressions that his character needed. Kevin Pollack had little to do in the movie, but he was great as Jerry's son. The person that stole the film was Kerry Bishe as the grand-daughter that helps Jerry cope with the loss of his wife. If you are a fan of Jerry Lewis, you will like this movie. The film is a little bit choppy, but it is worth watching. After watching the movie, I reached out to my wife and told her how much I loved her. She thought I was crazy and asked "So what movie did you watch now?". It was a good swan song for Jerry Lewis...</div><div><br /></div><div><b>MY RATING: 8 out of 10</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSdErIEU9c2mMLNO3jWfLnNUIdVBrRntmkawWmf8TE5sxI8mbgsxI3E-6kr5yMnzWX-PBpiNVMl-VA7aHiXnBuUvimJRArSUAGYJC34W3W25lcJsvn41NWAg2gHxj2Q-v-afEBL_EtWL4-Dx41ubNiCmbEh23T4oYeGdFvKFs4CfUlk2vTiBLpwB_zU0/s300/129414_bb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSdErIEU9c2mMLNO3jWfLnNUIdVBrRntmkawWmf8TE5sxI8mbgsxI3E-6kr5yMnzWX-PBpiNVMl-VA7aHiXnBuUvimJRArSUAGYJC34W3W25lcJsvn41NWAg2gHxj2Q-v-afEBL_EtWL4-Dx41ubNiCmbEh23T4oYeGdFvKFs4CfUlk2vTiBLpwB_zU0/s1600/129414_bb.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-3586676642754338902024-01-28T08:35:00.001-08:002024-01-28T08:35:00.246-08:00CELEBRITY ADS: MIRIAM HOPKINS<p>Here is a great advertisment that actress Miriam Hopkins did for Lux Soap. This was published in Silver Screen Magazine in October of 1934...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqBirRrFTpW9UyuwgTMh_Vo3r3rQ3CbK9_NAzzkzMoSnSv5mTv196KLZho9IAgXmiCFCGbyq6VnUdraiZQ-3z2f1Nm-io5vBE6LeSlG7jfAond-fKgT0looDgffUDq6fKNrmYtcpXIu6UDxcd4yBjAISFk55ms579UxFGeqzg29WaZVG06d9myNDw/s752/139e5ae96d7010bfb433e15033922d33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="563" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNqBirRrFTpW9UyuwgTMh_Vo3r3rQ3CbK9_NAzzkzMoSnSv5mTv196KLZho9IAgXmiCFCGbyq6VnUdraiZQ-3z2f1Nm-io5vBE6LeSlG7jfAond-fKgT0looDgffUDq6fKNrmYtcpXIu6UDxcd4yBjAISFk55ms579UxFGeqzg29WaZVG06d9myNDw/w441-h588/139e5ae96d7010bfb433e15033922d33.jpg" width="441" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-54675626734288346862024-01-24T08:38:00.001-08:002024-01-24T08:38:00.154-08:00MUISIC BREAK: TINY HILL - WHO'S SORRY NOW<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VK3I3CJr6KQ/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/VK3I3CJr6KQ" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-9205427529923251412024-01-21T07:19:00.001-08:002024-01-21T07:19:00.138-08:00FORGOTTEN ONES: TINY HILL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikV2Oumlr0aA2vdHaz9XZIW1hrhn9Zi_Rfjr3B6DuAmiQQG4pw1aM9iOMLpKcV7XlRB_SyDy0CmMtCwIw0yzdWqEPphe3uiot6cmur3eexmiupl_QhwvHE5mSGu0JKCMA429aVip7kZ4HCj3E625dZWwVJ-418xgxp_QWxfo1Ryv1o_eZbU7YXapqz/s965/Tiny_Hill_1967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikV2Oumlr0aA2vdHaz9XZIW1hrhn9Zi_Rfjr3B6DuAmiQQG4pw1aM9iOMLpKcV7XlRB_SyDy0CmMtCwIw0yzdWqEPphe3uiot6cmur3eexmiupl_QhwvHE5mSGu0JKCMA429aVip7kZ4HCj3E625dZWwVJ-418xgxp_QWxfo1Ryv1o_eZbU7YXapqz/s320/Tiny_Hill_1967.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>There are so many big band leaders. Some were famous for decades, and some faded away quickly. Tiny Hill had a unique sound, but faded from fame. Born in 1906, Hill was billed as "America's Biggest Bandleader" because of his weight of over 365 lb (166 kg). His signature song was "Angry", which he first recorded in 1939 on Columbia records' Vocalion label. He used sandpaper blocks and a güiro to generate a double shuffle "beat that makes the listener itch to dance" Hill was born in Sullivan Township, Moultrie County, Illinois. His parents were William Fred Hill (1880–1915) and Osa Crowdson Ault (1890–1982). His parents separated when he was seven years old and he went to live with an aunt. He was active in high school sports and was president of his senior class. He graduated from Sullivan High School in 1924. Hill then attended Illinois State Normal School for two years. Financial difficulties forced him to leave college to go to work. He went to Detroit, where he worked in a produce warehouse. After a series of short term jobs, he ended up driving a team of mules for the Midwest Canning Company in Rochelle, Illinois.<br /><br />In 1931 Hill formed his first big band, which was known as the "Fat Man's Band". Hill played the drums with the trio, which played for several years in and around Decatur, Illinois. In 1934 Hill joined the Byron Dunbar band in Decatur as a drummer and vocalist. After a year with Dunbar, Hill left to form his own band, taking many of Dunbar's band members with him. They had their first appearance at the Ingleterra Ballroom in Peoria, Illinois on October 31, 1935.<br /><br />Members of Hill's new band were Dick Coffeen and Harold King on trumpets; John Noreuil on trombone, Jim Shielf on piano, and Reightno Corrington on bass. The reed section included Bobby Walters, Bob Kramar and Nook Schreier, who also did arranging. The group's style was Dixieland jazz and hillbilly music. Their theme song was "Dream Girl". By 1937 the band was playing its warm and easy-to-dance-to music three nights a week to packed audiences at the Ingleterra Ballroom.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwahWMK5r-n89to7HCsd7lxFPNtv6y2lOUBMVcfGfFo5H9ORy1093GrXHWPfVXm7595OZ-40SZLnn13P8tm3eH6lUkOeP_NX1_TMnELStTu8FTghUYPNQmif0otdhZSDYmaqYr3QC2KsvcR9-b2cXQC0umHVI6yMLXO7acKJEqaVIfctl3KmXoIKv/s287/hilltoppers_II.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="287" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwahWMK5r-n89to7HCsd7lxFPNtv6y2lOUBMVcfGfFo5H9ORy1093GrXHWPfVXm7595OZ-40SZLnn13P8tm3eH6lUkOeP_NX1_TMnELStTu8FTghUYPNQmif0otdhZSDYmaqYr3QC2KsvcR9-b2cXQC0umHVI6yMLXO7acKJEqaVIfctl3KmXoIKv/s1600/hilltoppers_II.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>In September 1939, the band was heard over Remote WGN Radio broadcasts from the Melody Mill Ballroom in the Chicago suburb of North Riverside, Illinois. The band played for several years at the Melody Mill and acquired a large following throughout the Midwest.<br /><br />Augmented by vocalists such as Allen De Witt, Bob Freeman, Irwin Bendell and Hill himself, the group's popularity soon extended to Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa, growing steadily throughout the 30s and 40s. Soon the band was playing in ballrooms coast to coast. Hill toured the country for a while and landed on the coast to play four months at the Casino Gardens, Ocean Park, California. He returned to Chicago in 1942. Further appearances included Aragon and Trianon in Chicago and The Rainbow Ballroom in Denver.<br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOhbUwYtcZhFaTcCN1eioB252BU4tzm3fm1qXp87UqqPueEAjBdS9ou_mSH5VJhnXIZdH9gLlr2hJ0FB_ZRVZA0MeFbin26E0ZGpJDPvOOsPNA8wlhg-bs5s6EP4iIK9BCh1ekfCe43jM5owrwHqk47KKhnQNKz_TDzrESK9I4MtKQ5qwFaRgkweX/s735/ad7b971827800f9b6fd51f8a69b93b8b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOhbUwYtcZhFaTcCN1eioB252BU4tzm3fm1qXp87UqqPueEAjBdS9ou_mSH5VJhnXIZdH9gLlr2hJ0FB_ZRVZA0MeFbin26E0ZGpJDPvOOsPNA8wlhg-bs5s6EP4iIK9BCh1ekfCe43jM5owrwHqk47KKhnQNKz_TDzrESK9I4MtKQ5qwFaRgkweX/s320/ad7b971827800f9b6fd51f8a69b93b8b.jpg" width="259" /></a><br /><br /><br />In 1943 Hill and his orchestra became the summer replacement band on the Lucky Strike Your Hit Parade radio show. In January 1950, Hill moved to Colorado where he would spend time when not on the road. He purchased a 140-acre (0.57 km2) dairy farm at Fort Lupton named Mountain View. In 1951 the band traveled 46,000 miles (74,000 km) in ten months. In 1952, the band racked up 61,000 miles (98,000 km) in 11 months, in his fleet of Packard automobiles. Fast cars were one of Hill's hobbies. In '51 and again in '52, the band was his guests at the Indianapolis Memorial Day Races. Another of his hobbies was cooking. In 1956, Hill opened Radio Station KHIL in Brighton, Colorado.<br /><br />He eventually spent less time on the road and more time with his business interests.<br /><br />Despite the ending of the Big Bands era, Hill continued to play in small combos in the Denver-Brighton area, often returning to the Midwest for guest appearances. Undeterred by the decline in the commercial appeal of the big band sound, Hill resolutely remained at the helm of the combo until his death in 1971. His final public performance was to a capacity audience in Emden, Illinois on July 17, 1971. The inscription on his tombstone reads: "Forgotten quickly by many, remembered forever by a few."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVndcua0TTHpDSNx0zpSvQANe_lf1_ZYzFLz5o10bz3nO8Ed_D0LxSeRcGP3dDRLYrRbsOsfNJQm3CaCBuE3f35YpuFDjUn-RYtEQsegj_oNI6q_RCjQPNezUA_2DchQdkqwSBnW_537qp4rQaL8sXn35yEwywP1uRild6LyybJGFaiOGI_puftGH-/s300/A-2350031-1623290816-6196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="300" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVndcua0TTHpDSNx0zpSvQANe_lf1_ZYzFLz5o10bz3nO8Ed_D0LxSeRcGP3dDRLYrRbsOsfNJQm3CaCBuE3f35YpuFDjUn-RYtEQsegj_oNI6q_RCjQPNezUA_2DchQdkqwSBnW_537qp4rQaL8sXn35yEwywP1uRild6LyybJGFaiOGI_puftGH-/s1600/A-2350031-1623290816-6196.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-58390980833763575472024-01-16T08:25:00.001-08:002024-01-16T08:25:00.145-08:00THE DEATH OF CAROLE LOMBARD: 82 YEARS LATER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkneRN0-lgjAzvp4kUBtUnAuww4FOqAgWhfWdurjZKmjzKU7cpVvtUjzNf5XdmsRej-8gvAF7lzmf4R5o-nrJoLST-9_UwGFiWR3y4WvL8Ix_DiVLxx59-uDhsiLwzAi7De-IYSqeZ8eEOp5hjSWUwEOuKkbv3kSscA3Ei2u2eptN_WLENOPl-08NnnA/s300/A-498197-1264156332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="238" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimkneRN0-lgjAzvp4kUBtUnAuww4FOqAgWhfWdurjZKmjzKU7cpVvtUjzNf5XdmsRej-8gvAF7lzmf4R5o-nrJoLST-9_UwGFiWR3y4WvL8Ix_DiVLxx59-uDhsiLwzAi7De-IYSqeZ8eEOp5hjSWUwEOuKkbv3kSscA3Ei2u2eptN_WLENOPl-08NnnA/s1600/A-498197-1264156332.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>On January 16, 1942, the actress Carole Lombard, famous for her roles in such screwball comedies as My Man Godfrey and To Be or Not to Be, and for her marriage to the actor Clark Gable, is killed when the TWA DC-3 plane she is traveling in crashes en route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. She was 33.<br /><br />Gable and Lombard met in 1932 during the filming of <i>No Man of Her Own</i>. He was just starting out on his trajectory as one of Hollywood’s top leading men and she was a talented comedic actress trying to prove herself in more serious roles. Both were married at the time–Gable to a wealthy Texas widow 10 years his senior and Lombard to the actor William Powell–and neither showed much interest in the other. When they met again, three years later, Lombard had divorced Powell and Gable was separated from his wife, and things proceeded quite differently. Much to the media’s delight, the new couple was open with their affection, calling each other Ma and Pa and exchanging quirky, expensive gifts. In early 1939, Gable’s wife finally granted him a divorce, and he married Lombard that April.<br /><br />In January 1942, shortly after America’s entrance into World War II, Howard Dietz, the publicity director of the MGM film studio, recruited Lombard for a tour to sell war bonds in her home state of Indiana. Gable, who had been asked to serve as the head of the actors’ branch of the wartime Hollywood Victory Committee, stayed in Los Angeles, where he was set to begin filming Somewhere I’ll Find You with Lana Turner. Dietz advised Lombard to avoid airplane travel, because he feared for its reliability and safety, and she did most of the trip by train, stopping at various locations on the way to Indianapolis and raising some $2 million for the war effort.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE4NKeHcG6slQbG_1I8NypDhu76REfRMI6Y8B49AEo_5MryLn50xukSVHDYt30E9QaMT4c8EQMCXaruOij77Lr1wjxGZVKPQt3-t-DzikBhA0-nxS89EtKT06t_peo3OA06CAxgnLInsTz_gjeNhMme25M1OcrXoyQSIiyxYULryFd9bebRuCRdfDMtU/s631/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="631" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE4NKeHcG6slQbG_1I8NypDhu76REfRMI6Y8B49AEo_5MryLn50xukSVHDYt30E9QaMT4c8EQMCXaruOij77Lr1wjxGZVKPQt3-t-DzikBhA0-nxS89EtKT06t_peo3OA06CAxgnLInsTz_gjeNhMme25M1OcrXoyQSIiyxYULryFd9bebRuCRdfDMtU/s320/Capture.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>On the way home, however, Lombard didn’t want to wait for the train, and instead boarded the TWA DC-3 in Las Vegas with her mother, Elizabeth Peters, and a group that included the MGM publicity agent Otto Winkler and 15 young Army pilots. Shortly after takeoff, the plane veered off course. Warning beacons that might have helped guide the pilot had been blacked out because of fears about Japanese bombers, and the plane smashed into a cliff near the top of Potosi Mountain. Search parties were able to retrieve Lombard’s body, and she was buried next to her mother at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California, under a marker that read “Carole Lombard Gable.”</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGynTFJvD9CElxAvSaDrqPTS4sHYcXk8Zo0znTH36pdQKgZshfvTSh953D2MUP7SFEVYk8t08J7DF1eGEv1v2R6Rix1x-EuhXQvoe5FlRrnOobREqWzlmjYYSMM-s4_FtLBMpputn-Ypx0AByLbQx49zEIDNdCW2eKCZVqIVDqBnp62Bfx4C9p9Jo65DA/s1500/Clark-Gable-and-Carole-Lombard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGynTFJvD9CElxAvSaDrqPTS4sHYcXk8Zo0znTH36pdQKgZshfvTSh953D2MUP7SFEVYk8t08J7DF1eGEv1v2R6Rix1x-EuhXQvoe5FlRrnOobREqWzlmjYYSMM-s4_FtLBMpputn-Ypx0AByLbQx49zEIDNdCW2eKCZVqIVDqBnp62Bfx4C9p9Jo65DA/s320/Clark-Gable-and-Carole-Lombard.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />Hysterical with grief and adrift in the empty house he had shared with Lombard, Gable drank heavily and struggled to complete his work on Somewhere I’ll Find You. He was comforted by worried friends, including the actress Joan Crawford. That August, Gable decided to enlist in the U.S. Army Air Forces. He spent most of the war in the United Kingdom, and flew several combat missions (including one to Germany), earning several decorations for his efforts. He would remarry twice more, but when he died in 1960 Gable was interred at Forest Lawn, next to Lombard..<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPh51amscC5m4dvUA1vGnsjtSZCSnIVtJbv9en9J0vdSKVWa80wXG3WDbMkUbfUeR5-C5EnQ738WbIuKj_LNRudY-0DhpSidQM_FNgtj1hdBm1lKS9ihyEkFoSHBw98YYVAMBjcVuwRfiK-kXU9_eYrMREk53N4yzGpmG9Xt2V7xIUtFxAba9u2WKFU6w/s519/Capture2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="519" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPh51amscC5m4dvUA1vGnsjtSZCSnIVtJbv9en9J0vdSKVWa80wXG3WDbMkUbfUeR5-C5EnQ738WbIuKj_LNRudY-0DhpSidQM_FNgtj1hdBm1lKS9ihyEkFoSHBw98YYVAMBjcVuwRfiK-kXU9_eYrMREk53N4yzGpmG9Xt2V7xIUtFxAba9u2WKFU6w/s320/Capture2.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-88738046978646374242024-01-15T07:27:00.000-08:002024-01-15T07:27:34.117-08:00RECENTLY VIEWED: MEAN GIRLS (2024)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yR4TkGtRcMguYqcBui3Z9DqEOTJNrzv86myh4JS4hT5HPOI85FWeS0EnmVeTa0bs4ipIG0Nj-VY3M6NXOQaJ-r0gPS2TUrgXXC8VrXFc-A8Aak6Ec-G06gvkAB7cW8EYV4CaIEUJdEnuDwydjleBaZrN9DBldgUnWyb9v1_mtK6SbhMHcwmkPwkpDRA/s370/Mean_girls_2024_poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="370" data-original-width="269" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8yR4TkGtRcMguYqcBui3Z9DqEOTJNrzv86myh4JS4hT5HPOI85FWeS0EnmVeTa0bs4ipIG0Nj-VY3M6NXOQaJ-r0gPS2TUrgXXC8VrXFc-A8Aak6Ec-G06gvkAB7cW8EYV4CaIEUJdEnuDwydjleBaZrN9DBldgUnWyb9v1_mtK6SbhMHcwmkPwkpDRA/s320/Mean_girls_2024_poster.jpg" width="233" /></a></div>Yes, I was excited to go see the remake of the 2004 classic <i>Mean Girls</i>. Now the movie has music! Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. (in their feature directorial debuts), it is base on a screenplay by Tina Fey. It is based on the Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on Mark Waters's 2004 comedy film, both written by Fey and based on Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 book Queen Bees and Wannabes. It stars Angourie Rice, Auliʻi Cravalho and Christopher Briney with Reneé Rapp reprising her role from the stage musical, while Fey and Tim Meadows reprise their roles from the original film. I took my daughter to the opening weekend showing, and I thought the movies was pretty fetch.<br /><br />Paramount Pictures announced the film's development in January 2020, with Fey returning to write the screenplay and serve as a producer alongside Lorne Michaels, who produced the 2004 film. Composer Jeff Richmond and lyricist Nell Benjamin returned to rework their songs from the stage musical, while Richmond also composed the film's score. Casting began in December 2022. Principal photography took place in New Jersey between March and April 2023. <i>Mean Girls </i>premiered in New York City on January 8, 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on January 12.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsHTRTQTbkaTkm4KAeRUYh79udaA-J7bVHm-Ef_vGWaV5FWFGyA63Fjm6JZkuwPBxlNQE7i6EwWc3J9Z70B4xLYLf2VOMjQAsk6GhIV3l3y5EuNNyGq2G5psWiRFdPMp3G7C20qgivRy149wcAEwk-JnbwxMIulhX2yR3-BE-4rZ5g4aBIqvv4mFPuC0/s613/where-to-watch-stream-mean-girls-2024-movie-659d9ffc0f0c3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="613" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsHTRTQTbkaTkm4KAeRUYh79udaA-J7bVHm-Ef_vGWaV5FWFGyA63Fjm6JZkuwPBxlNQE7i6EwWc3J9Z70B4xLYLf2VOMjQAsk6GhIV3l3y5EuNNyGq2G5psWiRFdPMp3G7C20qgivRy149wcAEwk-JnbwxMIulhX2yR3-BE-4rZ5g4aBIqvv4mFPuC0/s320/where-to-watch-stream-mean-girls-2024-movie-659d9ffc0f0c3.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The plot of this version is pretty much the same as the 2004 version. There are some easter eggs calling back the old film. I won't ruin any surprises for you! A surprise for me was how catchy the songs were. They were really good. My daughter was familiar with the score being a musical lover, but they were all new to me. It was not a perfect movie, but it was a fun movie. I would have liked to have seen more of the old cast in this version, but the movie had some surprises. Tina Fey did an awesome job updating the script for 2024 audiences. I can not believe the original movie is 20 years old now, but this new version is pretty fetch as well...</div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>MY RATING: 9 out of 10</b></div></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHjapLO863_amkSKp76whhAJxsRJtNc_9spZUMWL7Aru2tNbGNU49-fnceq4TTzEKHZ7yUjhn4HJD8Fpn1MAnAdr3XKbIHwe1_z-LXdkUNAh8CUpOb5Y0VtzfHNuKX4GcOttO98M3Op0g7RoOzqZcB3rogyHSIGKvsu7SP9mPnnEWK8XzH4tVxFE-NVM/s632/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="632" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHjapLO863_amkSKp76whhAJxsRJtNc_9spZUMWL7Aru2tNbGNU49-fnceq4TTzEKHZ7yUjhn4HJD8Fpn1MAnAdr3XKbIHwe1_z-LXdkUNAh8CUpOb5Y0VtzfHNuKX4GcOttO98M3Op0g7RoOzqZcB3rogyHSIGKvsu7SP9mPnnEWK8XzH4tVxFE-NVM/s320/Capture.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-42492317097168788382024-01-14T06:53:00.002-08:002024-01-14T06:53:00.145-08:00BING CROSBY - THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS: PART 1<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iiexLFdmTfs/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/iiexLFdmTfs" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-20955468979731595422024-01-10T10:44:00.003-08:002024-01-10T10:44:00.137-08:00WHAT A CHARACTER: BRIAN COX<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PH0raPi_QhCgnbUbSW0E3rDOJC7HJQHhQDpoSIrYqEs3XEHbZsjXujt1FNiyhmNXge4Z833n-1oplgaAiNiOIqq0ZD9H5EekIr0koyuzifjWY6ppCm4EV2RW0Cb1S9wozRSUCQ7OaDZ5WgVyuaCCwnhzA2xkVJu9O1mgjxpVRgPh018rKQ4Epasw/s618/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="489" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PH0raPi_QhCgnbUbSW0E3rDOJC7HJQHhQDpoSIrYqEs3XEHbZsjXujt1FNiyhmNXge4Z833n-1oplgaAiNiOIqq0ZD9H5EekIr0koyuzifjWY6ppCm4EV2RW0Cb1S9wozRSUCQ7OaDZ5WgVyuaCCwnhzA2xkVJu9O1mgjxpVRgPh018rKQ4Epasw/s320/Capture.PNG" width="253" /></a></div>Brian Cox is one of those actors that has been in countless movies, but you may not know know his name. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Brian was born in 1946 in Scotland..An accomplished and classically trained Shakespearean actor, he is known for both his leading performances on stage and television as well as his supporting roles in film. He has received many awards and nominations including two Laurence Olivier Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a British Academy Television Award. In 2003, he was appointed to the Order of the British Empire at the rank of Commander.</span></div><br />Cox trained at the Dundee Repertory Theatre before becoming a founding member of Royal Lyceum Theatre. He went on to train as a Shakespearean actor starring in numerous productions with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox received two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Actor for his performances in Rat in the Skull (1984) for the Royal Court and Titus Andronicus (1988) for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He received two more Olivier Award nominations for Misalliance and Fashion. His New York theatre credits include St. Nicholas, which earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClk3W-pVHngcCt7VSTFwSlcIT1Y9BGnOsv-Memv45dAiDLXrCdweFZoGre9f5jiP8XFTy8x0KESy9c8gTgJO1m-07pL4lyoXQBEg2k29gp26Bmg_hIOZ4B5HWgHu6YRGgdIakFu5Rvg-Q7QdtkgfYPpf0kiz1AfaWIMl1VHKuyKr7mBv8awqSnKes/s1500/Brian-Cox-2-0108d863838043cda020f09bbcd5797a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1500" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClk3W-pVHngcCt7VSTFwSlcIT1Y9BGnOsv-Memv45dAiDLXrCdweFZoGre9f5jiP8XFTy8x0KESy9c8gTgJO1m-07pL4lyoXQBEg2k29gp26Bmg_hIOZ4B5HWgHu6YRGgdIakFu5Rvg-Q7QdtkgfYPpf0kiz1AfaWIMl1VHKuyKr7mBv8awqSnKes/s320/Brian-Cox-2-0108d863838043cda020f09bbcd5797a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Known as a character actor in film he portrayed Hollywood's screenwriting guru Robert McKee in Spike Jonze's<i> Adaptation </i>(2002). He also played General William Stryker in <i>X-Men 2</i> the same year. For his performance in <i>L.I.E.</i> (2001) he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Cox's notable film credits include<i> Manhunter </i>(1986), <i>Rob Roy</i> (1995), <i>Braveheart </i>(1995), <i>The Boxer</i> (1997), <i>Rushmore</i> (1998), Super Troopers (2001), <i>The Bourne Identity</i> (2002), <i>The Ring</i> (2002), <i>25th Hour</i> (2002), <i>Troy</i> (2004),<i> The Bourne Supremacy</i> (2004), <i>Red Eye</i> (2005),<i> Zodiac</i> (2007), <i>The Escapist</i> (2008), <i>Fantastic Mr. Fox </i>(2009), <i>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</i> (2011), <i>Coriolanus </i>(2011), and <i>Churchill</i> (2017).<br /><br />He just finished starring as Logan Roy on HBO series Succession (2018–2023), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. I really started noticing him when I watched Succession, but I first noticed him as an actor in lesser roles in<i> The Ring</i> (2002) as a suicidal father and in the comedy <i>The Ringer </i>(2005) as Johnny Knoxville's crooked uncle. Whether Brian is playing one of these lesser roles or as the lead on a television series, he is one of this generation's greatest character actors...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrMjuKIk1PMnxwFNNCBTG98X61tXaHZqsGckxh9p3U_qgLB_Vs0xCN21bKMq5Cf5O0mGzPt_A1oO0wY1Nr2gRtr_TzodOPD_pTD6JqHAxOKUIh_RXqUfxI4Q00OT7hvHdGon1UeTaT9p_Us-OYE96lgOOToLAzdw9q3KnHqu9WFhg8aOlG6b_l01W/s269/images%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="269" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrMjuKIk1PMnxwFNNCBTG98X61tXaHZqsGckxh9p3U_qgLB_Vs0xCN21bKMq5Cf5O0mGzPt_A1oO0wY1Nr2gRtr_TzodOPD_pTD6JqHAxOKUIh_RXqUfxI4Q00OT7hvHdGon1UeTaT9p_Us-OYE96lgOOToLAzdw9q3KnHqu9WFhg8aOlG6b_l01W/w350-h244/images%20(1).jpg" width="350" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-37036721593159723042024-01-05T09:10:00.000-08:002024-01-05T09:10:07.642-08:00RIP: GLYNIS JOHNS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1PD9s1jAcvf0kINa3hSS6Tr1JInuFBBZ7vmq16CRmNY2nA2W6TD0jdRXb0klr5jLjtqEmKMJp41NNdVmRiFFHH9fYEoVcIfZmGvUQwItH2_GwCjvMmatpuuHefjGBPm2-WL9A88FirK3KGZ2FYVqVYY7P5NMctjdjUCMxThgR44uB59nM9DWUfz4SwE/s640/2.13654856.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="529" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1PD9s1jAcvf0kINa3hSS6Tr1JInuFBBZ7vmq16CRmNY2nA2W6TD0jdRXb0klr5jLjtqEmKMJp41NNdVmRiFFHH9fYEoVcIfZmGvUQwItH2_GwCjvMmatpuuHefjGBPm2-WL9A88FirK3KGZ2FYVqVYY7P5NMctjdjUCMxThgR44uB59nM9DWUfz4SwE/s320/2.13654856.jpg" width="265" /></a></div>Glynis Johns, remembered by movie audiences as Mrs. Banks from Mary Poppins and by Broadway devotees as the first person to sing Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” on a national stage, died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She was 100. Her death was announced by her manager and publicist Mitch Clem. “Today’s a sad day for Hollywood,” Clem said in a statement. “She is the last of the last of old Hollywood.”<br /><br />A Tony winner (Best Actress/Musical) for her performance as Desiree Armfeldt in the original 1973 Broadway cast of the Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler A Little Night Music, Johns both debuted and, due to her widespread acclaim, helped popularize what would become perhaps Sondheim’s most beloved and well-known songs with “Send in the Clowns.”<br /><br />Born in Pretoria, South Africa, the Welsh Johns made her West End debut in 1931 at age 8 in Elmer Rice’s Judgment Day, but wouldn’t hit the Broadway stage until 1952, when she played the title role in Enid Bagnold’s play Gertie. Over the next decade she’d appear on Broadway twice again — in 1956’s Major Barbara and 1963’s Too Good To Be True — but it wasn’t until 1973, with Night Music, that she became one of the major Broadway stars of the era.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickncmtia9wp8OF6kf8B5ph0hWvCkjEk44SQ3HnGwIMhXa-VOnHNyVkBheB6IAZ9WEDi26lbatfrnS19vBlTKAR5wOO2IKux9w5lqh8jzFQ0JaOy0NZW7OQYle6JAfJ7OmCsPz9piK8qZOsZBYVF6UDrEsQ0lI4zHHv2a_mJRUzIuRYM_INVNScweHLjY/s981/e58cf17087b7d2ee0ca63dea450f372b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickncmtia9wp8OF6kf8B5ph0hWvCkjEk44SQ3HnGwIMhXa-VOnHNyVkBheB6IAZ9WEDi26lbatfrnS19vBlTKAR5wOO2IKux9w5lqh8jzFQ0JaOy0NZW7OQYle6JAfJ7OmCsPz9piK8qZOsZBYVF6UDrEsQ0lI4zHHv2a_mJRUzIuRYM_INVNScweHLjY/s320/e58cf17087b7d2ee0ca63dea450f372b.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br />Sondheim wrote “Send in the Clowns” specifically for her (and her husky voice). The song would go on to become a popular standard, with versions by Frank Sinatra, Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand and countless others.<br /><br />In the meantime, she made an indelible impression as the eccentric Winifred Banks, a liberated, if harried, mother in desperate need of a nanny in Walt Disney’s massive hit 1964 film Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews. As Mrs. Banks, Johns performed one of the more memorable tunes not sung by Andrews or co-star Dick Van Dyke: “Sister Suffragette.”<br /><br />While Johns would go on to star in one more Broadway production — The Circle in 1989 — she would be a more frequent presence on TV and in film, where she had started her career in 1938 with the movie South Riding.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG13X3vN2q3Jjh8mWue_MHNWOeVJj33Uf9GNESECS0JDOhTEhllFgCbAwU8tWV9VDBAu__MDVJfeZcYheZE7bCVeiI8lO2MBOa7K2mOsTgGhyphenhyphenyeV8cAmlE50vfccNPQoAfaHdTC_FOISQh5FGqyGSZGMR_Q1gAVqdhQzCEqb5wzuCQHhTDa8q803dyuE/s511/Glynis_Johns_-_still.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="419" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguG13X3vN2q3Jjh8mWue_MHNWOeVJj33Uf9GNESECS0JDOhTEhllFgCbAwU8tWV9VDBAu__MDVJfeZcYheZE7bCVeiI8lO2MBOa7K2mOsTgGhyphenhyphenyeV8cAmlE50vfccNPQoAfaHdTC_FOISQh5FGqyGSZGMR_Q1gAVqdhQzCEqb5wzuCQHhTDa8q803dyuE/s320/Glynis_Johns_-_still.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div><br />In the decades prior to Poppins, her credits included the films <i>49th Parallel</i> (1941), <i>An Ideal Husband</i> (1947), <i>Dear Mr. Prohack </i>(1949), <i>The Magic Bus</i> (1951), <i>The Promoter </i>(1952), <i>Around The World In 80 Days </i>(1956) and, in perhaps her highest-profile film prior to the Disney classic, 1960’s <i>The Sundowners</i>, for which she earned a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination<br /><br />On TV, she appeared in the early ’50s drama series Studio One and Lux Video Theatre, and then such 1960s episodic programs including Naked City, Dr. Kildare, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Burke’s Law and The Defenders. She starred in her own short-lived Desilu sitcom Glynis in 1963, in which she played a rather daffy mystery writer.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BC3q1qrQEh2xImFELFByWadwjp3edOolykNRwU62NiHXBa-mzoHhBRxqFZkYyI8_WPjWzUn8OQ76HJYDvuFZwv8yG6VTOHcHNqhEPTRMJv-0I1TJ6jjD8GR36X3m37cZ5V8sVb97_-KSUACn6QDOkCckfsjMkp4uGCxmk-iFeGWwsgkArupzDWBsqfk/s1200/stories_artist__0019_Johns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1200" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BC3q1qrQEh2xImFELFByWadwjp3edOolykNRwU62NiHXBa-mzoHhBRxqFZkYyI8_WPjWzUn8OQ76HJYDvuFZwv8yG6VTOHcHNqhEPTRMJv-0I1TJ6jjD8GR36X3m37cZ5V8sVb97_-KSUACn6QDOkCckfsjMkp4uGCxmk-iFeGWwsgkArupzDWBsqfk/s320/stories_artist__0019_Johns.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Scores of TV credits would follow over the next several decades, with one standout being her 1967 turns on several episodes of Batman, in which she played Lady Penelope Peasoup, a seemingly upper crust society type secretly running a finishing school for villainesses with her brother Lord Marmaduke Ffogg (Rudy Vallée).<br /><br />But her most notable latter-day TV role came in a 1983 episode of Cheers, when she played the snooty (but desperately broke) Helen Chambers, dowager mother of Shelley Long’s Diane Chambers. Demanding that her daughter immediately marry in order to meet the requirements of daddy’s will, “Mummy” deadpans, “I’ll never be broke. I’ll either be rich or dead, the choice is yours.”<br /><br />In her own life, Johns was married and divorced four times — the first to actor Anthony Forwood, who rather famously left her for the man who would become his long-term partner, actor Dirk Bogarde. A son from the marriage, Gareth Forwood, was her only child. He died in 2007.<br /><br />She is survived by a grandson and three great-grandchildren....</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF32alNPGiZTClxU-OiDbwSmfxwCxew9aRugyUM-F2gVFrHVPW4cXg3aD3WvUyc3GxYS1uOY_fPuBD-HxwOWkD59nHVJjQ3vuaDgWdnHkjwRMrffZxCczvHo77v7dACVBg7m6yWF1tl78yasEKgZD1lxv9pABBwA-I1ONcqOK6c2AP0q9LHS-GK6O1nA/s970/Glynis-Johns-Obit-2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="970" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxF32alNPGiZTClxU-OiDbwSmfxwCxew9aRugyUM-F2gVFrHVPW4cXg3aD3WvUyc3GxYS1uOY_fPuBD-HxwOWkD59nHVJjQ3vuaDgWdnHkjwRMrffZxCczvHo77v7dACVBg7m6yWF1tl78yasEKgZD1lxv9pABBwA-I1ONcqOK6c2AP0q9LHS-GK6O1nA/s320/Glynis-Johns-Obit-2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-87032510833471013952024-01-03T06:03:00.003-08:002024-01-03T06:03:00.129-08:00BORN ON THIS DAY: RAY MILLAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1G4rNy0UAcUyAEZro9fpjC9hmu-xBaE9vSyr-vuYRJKhkFIc3AL0b3ktKN1HpoY1evXgRhM9eEa01VlEfP6R1PhgwcrbZXAKunppP49gbcnJ4ny_gyzUetuECdy_Mm4jJjdtJOQercQxsXtPC-M3ZdPXq2ChU-KQ0PH5-gbvfDWVTq8I-uM-uiSP/s900/ray-milland-young-portrait-circa-1931-everett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="703" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq1G4rNy0UAcUyAEZro9fpjC9hmu-xBaE9vSyr-vuYRJKhkFIc3AL0b3ktKN1HpoY1evXgRhM9eEa01VlEfP6R1PhgwcrbZXAKunppP49gbcnJ4ny_gyzUetuECdy_Mm4jJjdtJOQercQxsXtPC-M3ZdPXq2ChU-KQ0PH5-gbvfDWVTq8I-uM-uiSP/s320/ray-milland-young-portrait-circa-1931-everett.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>You know, all these years, and I never knew that Ray Milland was a Welsh actor?!?!?! Anyways, Ray was born on this day in 1907. He is best known for his his Academy Award- and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's <i>The Lost Weekend</i> (1945). Milland was born Alfred Reginald Jones in Neath, Wales, the son of Elizabeth Annie (née Truscott) and steel mill superintendent Alfred Jones. He was schooled independently before attending the private King's College School in Cardiff. He also worked at his uncle's horse-breeding farm before leaving home at age 21. Of his parents, he wrote in his 1974 autobiography:<blockquote class="templatequote" style="background-color: white; border-left: none; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 1em 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 40px;"><p style="margin: 0px;">My father was not a cruel or harsh man. Just a very quiet one. I think he was an incurable romantic and consequently a little afraid of his emotions and perhaps ashamed of them ... he had been a young hussar in the Boer War and had been present at the relief of Mafeking. He never held long conversations with anyone, except perhaps with me, possibly because I was the only other male in our family. The household consisted of my mother, a rather flighty and coquettish woman much concerned with propriety and what the neighbours thought.</p></blockquote>Prior to becoming an actor, Milland served in the Household Cavalry. An expert shot, he became a member of his company's rifle team, winning many prestigious competitions, including the Bisley Match in England. He won the British Army Championship in both pistol and rifle marksmanship. However, acting was his true calling. His first appearance on film was as an uncredited extra on the E.A. Dupont film<i> Piccadilly</i> (1929). After some unproductive extra work, which never reached the screen, he signed with a talent agent named Frank Zeitlin on the recommendation of fellow actor Jack Raine. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YVABTQKwNXuxSVurauhL5hWYbPI9-3X0hJ7-NRnHC9438ScLkMjznqct-c8DeR0t9lsJYh8tPjK9aOR_90XaITtjaeXZdrqmC1DvBFiruwHdJs145pmMX_ITRPcvz1ex3mpce8-yho1nuB7Yyx-yqWjfPH_8R3n9vuXtcDWz4vmmYPvIN3x2kc_7/s789/ray-milland-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YVABTQKwNXuxSVurauhL5hWYbPI9-3X0hJ7-NRnHC9438ScLkMjznqct-c8DeR0t9lsJYh8tPjK9aOR_90XaITtjaeXZdrqmC1DvBFiruwHdJs145pmMX_ITRPcvz1ex3mpce8-yho1nuB7Yyx-yqWjfPH_8R3n9vuXtcDWz4vmmYPvIN3x2kc_7/s320/ray-milland-2.jpeg" width="260" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div>Milland's first experience in making a Hollywood film resulted in a humiliating scene on the set of <i>Son of India </i>(1931), when the film's director Jacques Feyder berated Milland's acting in front of the entire crew. Despite this setback, the studio executives talked Milland into staying in Hollywood, and in 1930, he appeared in his first US film <i>Passion Flower</i>. Over the next two years, Milland appeared in minor parts for MGM and a few films for which he was lent to Warner Bros.; he was often uncredited. His largest role during this period was as Charles Laughton's nephew in <i>Payment Deferred</i> (1932).<div><br /></div><div>After a bunch of little roles with little work, Ray returned to England. However, he was contacted by Joe Pasternak, who was looking for an 'English' actor for the lead in his new picture, <i>Three Smart Girls</i> (1936). Although Pasternak worked for Universal Studios, Paramount had agreed to lend Milland out for the film.<br /><br />On returning to Paramount after Three Smart Girls was wrapped, Milland was used as a test actor to find a new starlet for <i>The Jungle Princess</i> (1936). When the studio chose Dorothy Lamour for the lead, Milland wrote in his autobiography that Lamour was confused to find that he was not to be her male lead and she requested Milland to be her co-star. Paramount was not keen, but when Three Smart Girls was released to rave reviews, they gave Milland the role. The rest is movie history...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDBpO-hbcxx99Ye3CFiEOIov-sy-HK7mg7tOZu9pR-rruKLZO4H_noFb8j-HEiC4W43peL5uQHhvNXpmUnXmRGSzFclQvL7Ht0hN8x1gcxBDth-wP8CmV232nnL_zfFm5Wwyb2gY5saQ8wnMtO7RdTxHYfKQCTH9LkrpCNKe1YCawgIIjLD6U2Alu/s915/MV5BZmVmOTJkNTMtMjgyNi00MmY3LTgwZTMtNGM2ZDM5ZGQyYTMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjU4NzU2OTA@._V1_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="915" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDBpO-hbcxx99Ye3CFiEOIov-sy-HK7mg7tOZu9pR-rruKLZO4H_noFb8j-HEiC4W43peL5uQHhvNXpmUnXmRGSzFclQvL7Ht0hN8x1gcxBDth-wP8CmV232nnL_zfFm5Wwyb2gY5saQ8wnMtO7RdTxHYfKQCTH9LkrpCNKe1YCawgIIjLD6U2Alu/s320/MV5BZmVmOTJkNTMtMjgyNi00MmY3LTgwZTMtNGM2ZDM5ZGQyYTMzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjU4NzU2OTA@._V1_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-47737001546413210282023-12-30T08:18:00.339-08:002023-12-31T08:01:29.546-08:00THE PASSING SCENE OF 2023<p>Another year has passed. Another year of losing wonderful entertainers that made our world a brighter place. Here is a look at some of the wonderful people we have lost in 2023. It is not a complete list, but it is a highlight of some of the amazing people that are no longer with us...</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYwgiLuoG9SBp9wCBo9MlzwpiAAWswTJOSvOTZ_tyaoWbfK9Z2R9mKWyoXVXWbrr2EMdwbwkDRPepOhFnFLsq3OKaDyQQw2nalrU5pD1zyxd99rj-1j2TVEjA7znfWgtMXu54M9srSjuFgttuDZKnC66qitkzxo4_HGkfvasholPSR3E6gmKC4wIsnK0/s1920/Norman-Lear.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1281" data-original-width="1920" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYwgiLuoG9SBp9wCBo9MlzwpiAAWswTJOSvOTZ_tyaoWbfK9Z2R9mKWyoXVXWbrr2EMdwbwkDRPepOhFnFLsq3OKaDyQQw2nalrU5pD1zyxd99rj-1j2TVEjA7znfWgtMXu54M9srSjuFgttuDZKnC66qitkzxo4_HGkfvasholPSR3E6gmKC4wIsnK0/w363-h243/Norman-Lear.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Norman Lear</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Television icon <b>NORMAN LEAR</b>, died at the age of 101 on December 5th. He was a screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created or developed over 100 shows.Lear was known for creating and producing numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including All in the Family (1971–1979), Maude (1972–1978), Sanford and Son (1972–1977), One Day at a Time (1975–1984), The Jeffersons (1975–1985), and Good Times (1974–1979). During his later years, he had continued to actively produce television, including the 2017 remake of One Day at a Time and the Netflix revival of Good Times in 2022. Lear received many awards, including six Primetime Emmys, two Peabody Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 1999, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017, and the Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award in 2021. Lear is spotlighted in the 2016 documentary Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You. On July 29, 2019, it was announced that Lear had teamed with Lin-Manuel Miranda to make an American Masters documentary about Rita Moreno's life, tentatively titled Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It. In 2020, it was announced that Lear and Act III Productions would executive produce a revival of Who's The Boss? Norman Lear worked until the end.</p><p>Singer <b>LISA MARIE PRESLEY</b>, died of a cardiac arrest on January 12th at the age of 54. She was the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, as well as the sole heir to her father's estate. Presley developed a career in the music business and issued three albums: To Whom It May Concern in 2003, Now What in 2005, and Storm & Grace in 2012. Her first album reached Gold certification with the Recording Industry Association of America. Presley also released non-album singles, including duets with her father using tracks he had released before he died.</p><div><p>Singer, <b>DON WILLIAMS</b>, died at the age of 100 on January 6th. He was the last surviving member of The Williams Singing Group, which also included famous brother Andy Williams. The brothers scored a huge hit in 1944 singing with Bing Crosby on the Decca recording of "Swinging On A Star" The brothers subsequently split their band, but reunited annually – from 1962 until 1990 – for The Andy Williams Christmas Special.</p>Actress <b>GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA</b>, died on January 16th at the age of 95. She not only was a popular international actress, first catching the eye of Howard Hughes, but she was a photojournalist, and a politician. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. At the time of her death, she was among the last high-profile international actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.<p>Actor and bandleader <b>LES BROWN JR.</b> passed away on January 9th at the age of 82. He acted on various TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s, but he is more widely known as the son of bandleader Les Brown. When Les Brown died in 2001, Les Jr took over the band and ran it for the next 20 years until covid curtailed most big band activities.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMrgKlg0WIl9in8MK06y1DlhwKJxX0W2Iol85cNw3R-Iikp1I8DiKqGsFGv60nqGa0gkgIKRuIXw1D_eEdoVPozggB-3geRwoSMEKCQZyStxfvOpNflcjuEn59QK48pHxW2-KWmziIdPgrsCOMx4y728lTH2d3AiUGW4KkraCKOzMzwNyodtLW7TEDxk/s562/Capture.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="562" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMrgKlg0WIl9in8MK06y1DlhwKJxX0W2Iol85cNw3R-Iikp1I8DiKqGsFGv60nqGa0gkgIKRuIXw1D_eEdoVPozggB-3geRwoSMEKCQZyStxfvOpNflcjuEn59QK48pHxW2-KWmziIdPgrsCOMx4y728lTH2d3AiUGW4KkraCKOzMzwNyodtLW7TEDxk/w383-h249/Capture.PNG" width="383" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tony Bennett</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Singer <b>TONY BENNETT</b> died at the age of 96 on July 21st. He had many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Bennett was named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree and founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York. He sold more than 50 million records worldwide. His first hit was "Because Of You" in 1952 for Columbia, and his other mega hits included "Rags To Riches" in 1953 and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" in 1962. He struggled with drugs and a faltering career in the 1970s, but he made a comeback in the 1990s. In 2016, Tony was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, and he made his last record, a duet album with Lady Gaga called "Love For Sale" in 2021. He retired from performing on August 5, 2021. In announcing Bennett's retirement in August 2021, son Danny Bennett stated that the Alzheimer's was mainly affecting his father's short-term memory and that he would often forget he had just performed after a concert; his long-term memory remained intact and he could still fully remember all the lyrics to his repertoire when performing.</p><p>Actress <b>MELINDA DILLON</b>, died at the age of 83 on January 9th. She received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Jillian Guiler in <i>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</i> (1977) and Teresa Perrone in <i>Absence of Malice </i>(1981). She is well known for her role as Mother Parker in the holiday classic <i>A Christmas Story</i> (1983). Her other film roles include: <i>Harry and the Hendersons</i> (1987), <i>The Prince of Tides</i> (1991), and <i>Magnolia</i> (1999). She retired from acting in 2007.</p><p>Actress <b>STELLA STEVENS</b>, died of Alzheimer's Disease on February 17th at the age of 84. She was a popular actress of the 1960s and 1970s who began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as <i>Girls! Girls! Girls!</i> (1962), <i>The Nutty Professor</i> (1963), <i>The Courtship of Eddie's Father</i> (1963), <i>The Silencers</i> (1966), <i>Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows</i> (1968), <i>The Ballad of Cable Hogue</i> (1970), and <i>The Poseidon Adventure</i> (1972). Her last movie was made in 2010.</p>Singer <b>TINA TURNER</b>, died on May 24th at the age of 83. Tina was<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner#cite_note-7">]</a> Known as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer. Despite suffering from health problems for years like stroke and heart ailments, she continued to record through this year.<p>Composer <b>BURT BACHARACH</b>, died at the age of 94 on February 8th. He was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach's songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists. Songs that he co-wrote which have topped the Billboard Hot 100 include "This Guy's in Love with You" (1968), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (1969), "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970), "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (1981), and "That's What Friends Are For" (1986).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcvQvzUF1STxZPnNoIoY6Mp3CqCTy_ybA7fWzbdgVMyQRC4Gy-jeHrlaPROF12k8K7bW-32URAd0KCO5_JLRaEMMEDwbG3N4sVbCo_QgHNQcnL-M5ZA1-jVF0XmqnKdcBKfViwI3VmqqTQFhpBzxVtl9MMx_Z6pKBZDfhUB7w9X8HkXcM6CzJ075JCxY/s737/Capture.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="737" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcvQvzUF1STxZPnNoIoY6Mp3CqCTy_ybA7fWzbdgVMyQRC4Gy-jeHrlaPROF12k8K7bW-32URAd0KCO5_JLRaEMMEDwbG3N4sVbCo_QgHNQcnL-M5ZA1-jVF0XmqnKdcBKfViwI3VmqqTQFhpBzxVtl9MMx_Z6pKBZDfhUB7w9X8HkXcM6CzJ075JCxY/w446-h230/Capture.PNG" width="446" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harry Belafonte<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Activsit and entertainer <b>HARRY BELAFONTE</b>, died on April 25th at the age of 96. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature "Day-O" lyric, "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in several films, including <i>Carmen Jones</i> (1954), <i>Island in the Sun</i> (1957), and<i> Odds Against Tomorrow</i> (1959). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout his career, Belafonte was an advocate for political and humanitarian causes, such as the Anti-Apartheid Movement and USA for Africa. From 1987 until his death, he was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. He made his last recordings in 2017, and his last movie in 2018.</p><p>Actress <b>RAQUEL WELCH</b>, died of heart failure and Alzheimer's Disease on February 15th at the age of 82. Welch first won attention for her role in <i>Fantastic Voyage</i> (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made <i>One Million Years B.C.</i> (1966). Although Welch had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became bestselling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in <i>Bedazzled</i> (1967), <i>Bandolero!</i> (1968), <i>100 Rifles</i> (1969), <i>Myra Breckinridge </i>(1970), <i>Hannie Caulder</i> (1971), <i>Kansas City Bomber</i> (1972), <i>The Last of Sheila</i> (1973), <i>The Wild Party</i> (1975), and <i>Mother, Jugs & Speed</i> (1976)<span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">. </span>Her final film was <i>How to Be a Latin Lover</i> (2017).</p>Singer and actor <b>ED AMES</b>, died at the age of 95 on May 21st. He is known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and for his pop number #1 hits of the mid-to-late 1960s including "My Cup Runneth Over", "Time,Time", and "When the Snow Is on the Roses". He was also part of the popular 1950s singing group with his siblings, the Ames Brothers. </div><div><br /></div>Actor <b>ALAN ARKIN</b>, died on June 29th at the age of 89. Arkin began his career with the sketch comedy group The Second City before acting on the Broadway stage, starring as David Kolowitz in the Joseph Stein play Enter Laughing in 1963, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. For his performance as a foul-mouthed grandfather in <i>Little Miss Sunshine</i> (2006), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.Arkin gave his final two film-acting roles in 2020 and 2022. His starred alongside Mark Wahlberg and Winston Duke in the 2020 Netflix film Spenser Confidential. His final performance was voicing the character Wild Knuckles in the animated film <i>Minions: The Rise of Gru</i>, which was released to critical and commercial success.<div><br /></div><div>Actress<b> JOSEPHINE CHAPLIN,</b> died at the age of 74 on July 13th. Born the daughter of screen legend Charlie Chaplin, her first screen appearance came in 1952 when she appeared in her father's movie <i>Limelight<b>.</b></i> In 1972, Chaplin began forging her own path with a prominent role in the Italian film adaptation of <i>The Canterbury Tales</i>. That same year, she starred in the politically charged Escape to the Sun, about a group of people attempting to flee oppression in the Soviet Union. </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu_KZSdKw3rALqggoPOdu9GzLDJ9NfxHuXZYEKtuNa3hkItZMRpT_adY_DUz79iawZCvLd8Rye80rooDPYzQDXFJzDx1jEHMxozxUcYOjnIgqVq5lsKyHVK6oUzCTZ2EbkOhj9rlhIV_iAMuddigIdIwv25K5DLNVYotTXbhqzzZd5vEXlfTHFo5jOzY/s1500/paul-reubens-dad-at-70-073123-tout-bf30cf79b2e041ed87c6d8f2ec27a50a.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdu_KZSdKw3rALqggoPOdu9GzLDJ9NfxHuXZYEKtuNa3hkItZMRpT_adY_DUz79iawZCvLd8Rye80rooDPYzQDXFJzDx1jEHMxozxUcYOjnIgqVq5lsKyHVK6oUzCTZ2EbkOhj9rlhIV_iAMuddigIdIwv25K5DLNVYotTXbhqzzZd5vEXlfTHFo5jOzY/s320/paul-reubens-dad-at-70-073123-tout-bf30cf79b2e041ed87c6d8f2ec27a50a.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paul Reubens</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>Actor <b>PAUL REUBENS</b> died of cancer at the age of 70 on July 30th. Best known for playing Pee Wee Herman in the 1980s and 1990s on film and television. Rubens made numerous appearances in film in movies such as Tim Burton's <i>Batman Returns</i> (Reubens portrayed the Penguin's father) and 1996's<i> Matilda.</i> One of his greatest roles was as a flamboyant hairdresser turned drug dealer in Ted Demme's 2001 drama <i>Blow</i>. His last performance was voice work on the animated series Bob's Burgers earlier this year.</div><div><br /></div>TV host <b>BOB BARKER</b>, died on August 26th at the age of 99. Barker was an American television game show host. He hosted CBS's The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to 2007. He also hosted Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.<div><br /></div><div>Actor <b>MATTHEW PERRY</b>, died at the age of 54 on October 28th of an apparent drowing. He starred as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004. He also received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The West Wing (2003) and The Ron Clark Story (2006). He gained a leading role in the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip which aired from 2006 to 2007. Perry also became known for his leading film roles in <i>Fools Rush In</i> (1997), <i>Almost Heroes</i> (1998), <i>Three to Tango</i> (1999), <i>The Whole Nine Yards </i>(2000), <i>Serving Sara</i> (2002),<i> The Whole Ten Yards</i> (2005), and <i>17 Again</i> (2009).</div><div><br /></div><div>Actor <b>RICHARD MOLL</b>, died on October 26th at the age of 80.He was best known for playing Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, a bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992 and voicing Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the DC Animated Universe series Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures. For a time he was also married to Milton Berle's daughter. Richard had some productions he was working on at the time of his death.</div><div><br /></div><div>Actress <b>CINDY WILLIAMS</b>, died at the age of 75 on January 25th.She was known for her role as Shirley Feeney on the television sitcoms Happy Days (1975–1979), and Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982). She also appeared in <i>American Graffiti</i> (1973) and <i>The Conversation</i> (1974).She continued to make television appearances and movies through 2020.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulcf6p6e4JIZdb9dfohtsj4YmCdioCTM2aj-6FR7J6dc9qfsmbv264RxCsYikq-HiQUhvhU8qhhQPXjuLxKt8dDRiRk53GlC98FB9zMbVt5jJlDOqiSVFpanjGZwIMhPddvZS8KieH_jCKrYt7Yrh3sTIZNIz2gqnt6Gu0pG4W_atIcFgi9mRxC0ucpE/s294/Glenda_Jackson.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="220" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulcf6p6e4JIZdb9dfohtsj4YmCdioCTM2aj-6FR7J6dc9qfsmbv264RxCsYikq-HiQUhvhU8qhhQPXjuLxKt8dDRiRk53GlC98FB9zMbVt5jJlDOqiSVFpanjGZwIMhPddvZS8KieH_jCKrYt7Yrh3sTIZNIz2gqnt6Gu0pG4W_atIcFgi9mRxC0ucpE/s1600/Glenda_Jackson.JPG" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Glenda Jackson</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Actress <b>GLENDA JACKSON</b>, died on June 15, 2023 at the age of 87. Jackson won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for the romance films <i>Women in Love</i> (1970) and <i>A Touch of Class</i> (1973), but she did not appear in person to collect either due to work commitments.In February 2021, it was reported that Jackson would star with Michael Caine in The Great Escaper, a film telling the true story of Bernard Jordan's escape from his care home to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France. Caine would play Jordan, with Jackson as his wife Rene. Caine and Jackson previously starred together in <i>The Romantic Englishwoman</i> (1975). Jackson had completed filming on The Great Escaper in September 2022; it was to be her last film. It was released on October 6, 2023.<div><br /></div><div>Stylist and radio personality <b>RALPH CIRELLA</b>, died of cancer on December 5th at the age of 58. Ralph was Howard Stern's stylist, and he became an on air personality associated with the Stern show for years. He had been associated with Stern since the mid 1980s and developed quite a following on social media. </div><div><br /></div><div>Actress <b>SUZANNE SOMERS</b>, died on October 15th - a day before her 77th birthday. She played the television roles of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1977–1981) and Carol Foster Lambert on Step by Step (1991–1998). Somers wrote more than 25 books, including two autobiographies, four diet books, and a book of poetry. She was also well known for advertising the ThighMaster, an exercise device. Her last acting role was in 2017.</div><div><br /></div><div>Comedian<b> TOM SMOTHERS</b>, died at the age 86 on December 26th. He best known as half of the musical comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick. Smothers and John Lennon played acoustic guitar during the live recording of Lennon's 1969 song "Give Peace a Chance". Tom largely retired in 2010, but he still continued to make appearances with his brother.<br /><div><br /></div><div>We lost a lot of wonderful stars in 2023, and I lost a dear friend with the passing of <b>NICK NARDELLA</b> of Chicago on November 19th at the age of 80. I had known him since 1999. His love of music was amazing, and he was a wonderful man. Like Nick Nardella, all of these stars that shared their talents with the world are gone, but they will never be forgotten...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3224037410105354251.post-39621642351464010072023-12-24T05:39:00.001-08:002023-12-24T05:39:00.139-08:00MUSIC BREAK: BING CROSBY - WHITE CHRISTMAS (1977)<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8CRZ0J3jtTc/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/8CRZ0J3jtTc" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0