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ginny_tI love old movies, especially old musicals. But sometimes they hurt me. Hollywood had the most ridiculous idea of love. I just finished watching The Apartment. Starring Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLean. It's nice to see them young again. But the "romance" in it - argh!
Another one I have but can't bear to watch is the Errol Flynn & Olivia DeHavilland inThe Adventures of Robin Hood. The whole Maid Marion spin won over to Robin Hood's side against her will just ticks me off! I won't get started on Captain Blood!
Then there's Gigi - the lovely story of a girl. Being trained by her grandmother & great aunt to become a courtesan. With Maurice Chevalier as an unrepentant lech. sigh (I still love it though. The night they invented champagne/ it's plain for all to see/ they thought of you & me/ I want to fly to the sky on champagne... too lazy to look up the rest of the lyrics)
All my old classics are being shot down. Sigh. There's only one thing to do. The Princess Bride
Another one I have but can't bear to watch is the Errol Flynn & Olivia DeHavilland inThe Adventures of Robin Hood. The whole Maid Marion spin won over to Robin Hood's side against her will just ticks me off! I won't get started on Captain Blood!
Then there's Gigi - the lovely story of a girl. Being trained by her grandmother & great aunt to become a courtesan. With Maurice Chevalier as an unrepentant lech. sigh (I still love it though. The night they invented champagne/ it's plain for all to see/ they thought of you & me/ I want to fly to the sky on champagne... too lazy to look up the rest of the lyrics)
All my old classics are being shot down. Sigh. There's only one thing to do. The Princess Bride
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Date: 2004-06-27 04:53 pm (UTC)I found it again last year and sat my trusting husband down to watch it - and then found myself explaining that yes, yes, she's being trained to be a courtesan, but really, it's a sweet little musical, never mind the pedophelia - thank heaven for little girls...
Sigh. It took work to get him to see Chicago with me.
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Date: 2004-06-28 04:49 am (UTC)More musical theatre obsession...
Date: 2004-06-28 09:45 am (UTC)My favorite musical for sheer number of songs I love to sing that don't sound weird out of context (as, say, 1776 does) is Guys and Dolls. My Time of Day is not only gorgeous but a bitch to sing, and I do a lovely job on it, if I do say so myself.
I also bought the double-CD 50th Anniversary edition of Singin' in the Rain today. There's another utter classic. "Moses supposes his toeses are roses…"
Re: More musical theatre obsession...
Date: 2004-06-28 09:54 am (UTC)Guys & Dolls has a soft spot in my heart. If Marlon Brando still had a career after singing in that, then my own singing can't be all that injurious... ;-D
Re: More musical theatre obsession...
Date: 2004-06-28 10:14 am (UTC)The movie is OK, but Sinatra and Brando PALE next to Levene and Alda.
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004U0QI/qid=1088442831/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1_1/702-3390569-9307238
Re: More musical theatre obsession...
Date: 2004-06-28 10:20 am (UTC)I have "Moses supposes..." stuck in my head. Sigh.
Re: More musical theatre obsession...
Date: 2004-06-28 10:29 am (UTC)The Broadway CD also has Marry the Man Today, which was CUT from the movie because the producers were INSANE, as it's easily the funniest song in the show. And since the show also has Adelaide's Lament and Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat, that's saying a lot...
Fit as a Fiddle is in my head atm...
Let me know if I get dull, I tend to obsess about musicals.
Re: More musical theatre obsession...
Date: 2004-06-29 04:07 am (UTC)