Well, dear readers, we had a lively and sparkling chat last night, and were joined by our very own Tammy Minoff. We had dish and plenty of it, but, as the old song goes, you had to be there. I hope everyone had a lovely mother’s day and that a lovely week lies ahead or, at the very least, tells the truth ahead.
Last night I watched a good old-fashioned 20th Century Fox potboiler entitled From the Terrace, starring Mr. Paul Newman, Miss Joanne Woodward and Miss Ina Balin, with able support from Leon Ames, George Grizzard and Myrna Loy, who disappears from the film after ten minutes. It does go on for two hours and twenty-four minutes and the script is very overblown at times (Ernest Lehman via John O’Hara) but the whole thing is so glossily directed by Mark Robson that the time goes by without too much pain. Excellent transfer. And, whatever happened to Ina Balin?
Miss Balin also appears in The Commancheros, along with the Duke and Stuart Whitman, which I’ve just started watching. I also picked up the Duke’s The Undefeated (with Rock Hudson) and North to Alaska (with Fabian).
My work session with Mr. Grant Geissman got pushed to today so I must hurry along. My friend, the film composer John Scott, is giving a concert next Sunday and if you’re in the area it will be a terrific evening. I’ll have complete details in tomorrow’s notes. Mr. Scott has written some wonderful film scores don’t you know.
Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below because I must get going don’t you know. And, whatever happened to Ina Balin?
Oh, I forgot to mention, on Saturday night I saw X-Men and X2 at a friend’s screening room. X-Men, as I remembered correctly, was okay, and mercifully on the short side. X2 is twenty minutes longer and bloated and convoluted, but has its moments. By the way (BTW, in Internet lingo), whatever happened to Ina Balin?
We are going to have three count them three upcoming Unseemly Interviews very soon, to make up for the fact we haven’t had one is a ‘coon’s age. We’re going to have the likes of Mr. Seth Rudetsky (a fine pianist and musical director, who did the concert version of Dreamgirls, and who has a popular show called Seth’s Chatterbox; Danny Burstein, who has appeared on several of the albums I’ve done, and also who played many performances of A Class Act in its original run; and Kevin Chamberlin, a delightful actor who starred in Triumph of Love and Seussical on Broadway. Stay tuned.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must arrange, I must write, I must drive hither and thither and perhaps yon and then I must eat various and sundried foodstuffs and find out whatever happened to Ina Balin. Today’s topic of discussion: The Tony nominations have been announced – what do you think of them, who do you think should have been nominated that wasn’t, who do you think shouldn’t have been nominated that was – you know, all the dish and all the dirt.