When I was your age, if we wanted to pee, we had to walk 20 miles in the snow, uphill - both ways
Quote from: Kerry on February 15, 2009, 06:26:12 AMI am up; it is freezing, and I had to take Sugar out to do her thing. Lovely having her here, but I'll admit, the days when I cold just open the door and let her out loose in her own big fenced yard were easier on cold mornings. She is cutely curled on the couch now. And yes, walking 20 miles in the snow so she can pee is worth it. Thank God we live in the desert!Freezing! Oh, Mary, get off my dress You're from Arizona. Freezing to you is 65 degrees
I am up; it is freezing, and I had to take Sugar out to do her thing. Lovely having her here, but I'll admit, the days when I cold just open the door and let her out loose in her own big fenced yard were easier on cold mornings. She is cutely curled on the couch now. And yes, walking 20 miles in the snow so she can pee is worth it. Thank God we live in the desert!
Yesterday, Michael S. wrote:Re: MY FUNNY VALENTINE QuoteReply #384 on: February 14, 2009, 11:19:08 PM _________________________________________________Quote from: Druxy on February 14, 2009, 08:19:10 PM_________________________________________________Quote from: JRand58 on February 14, 2009, 06:57:12 PM_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________I made the mistake of switching to TCM and finding LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING.....one of my favorite romantic/tragic movies.....And such beautiful music...and lovely CinemaScope photography...._________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________Did you know that the title song for that film, written by Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain, was almost thrown out of the picture?No major recording artist wanted to record it. Not Tony Martin. Not Doris Day. Not Nat "King" Cole. Nobody!Finally, Fox got The Four Aces to record it, but in order to do that, they had to cover the cost of an entire album.Of course, the tune went on to win the Oscar and become one of the greatest love songs of all time._________________________________________________ _________________________________________but didn't Frank Sinatra sing it in the film uncredited?No, its lyric was introduced in the film by the 20th Century-Fox chorus at the end of the film. Sinatra sang "Three Coins in the Fountain", uncredited, the year before, but it was The Four Aces who made a commercial hit with it first.I know that Fox introduced the song prior to the film's release by getting it out to radio stations and the fact that it was recorded by The Four Aces instead of a single artist may be where this allegation about no one wanting to record it came from. I would imagine the reverse is more likely true. Since The Four Aces had scored so big with "Three Coins...", it would have been strange for Fox to have had any reservations about the song or that the studio would have gone with anyone else. The Four Aces were huge in the early 1950s and made hits of songs like "Secret Love" and "Mr. Sandman." With the previous year's mega-hit "Three Coins in the Fountain" and the succeeding year's "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" and the title tune to Fox's "(It's A) Woman's World," Fox and The Four Aces were HUGE on the radio waves. Also, at the time the song began playing on radio, it had already been integrated into Alfred Newman's score because he felt it set the right tone throughout the film. It would have taken a serious misfire during previews for the song to have been taken out.
Reply #384 on: February 14, 2009, 11:19:08 PM _________________________________________________Quote from: Druxy on February 14, 2009, 08:19:10 PM_________________________________________________Quote from: JRand58 on February 14, 2009, 06:57:12 PM_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________I made the mistake of switching to TCM and finding LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING.....one of my favorite romantic/tragic movies.....And such beautiful music...and lovely CinemaScope photography...._________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________Did you know that the title song for that film, written by Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain, was almost thrown out of the picture?No major recording artist wanted to record it. Not Tony Martin. Not Doris Day. Not Nat "King" Cole. Nobody!Finally, Fox got The Four Aces to record it, but in order to do that, they had to cover the cost of an entire album.Of course, the tune went on to win the Oscar and become one of the greatest love songs of all time._________________________________________________ _________________________________________but didn't Frank Sinatra sing it in the film uncredited?
DR GeorgeYou said you saw Glorious! last night. I assume it is about Florence Foster Jenkins.Is this the same play Souvenir under another name or different play?I saw Souvenir with Judy Kaye on Broadway and there was no mention of the gay whorehouse.My favorite moment is actually at the end of the play is when Cosmo muses what Florences heard in head when she sang. Judy Kaye then sang a beautiful rendition of Ava Maria
- Does anyone still wear a paper hat?
I'm up and my throat is feeling very funky.
February half over so soon! It won't be long before we'll be ringing those Christmas bells once again!
Quote from: Ron Pulliam on February 15, 2009, 01:42:31 AMYesterday, Michael S. wrote:Re: MY FUNNY VALENTINE QuoteReply #384 on: February 14, 2009, 11:19:08 PM _________________________________________________Quote from: Druxy on February 14, 2009, 08:19:10 PM_________________________________________________Quote from: JRand58 on February 14, 2009, 06:57:12 PM_________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________I made the mistake of switching to TCM and finding LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING.....one of my favorite romantic/tragic movies.....And such beautiful music...and lovely CinemaScope photography...._________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________Did you know that the title song for that film, written by Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain, was almost thrown out of the picture?No major recording artist wanted to record it. Not Tony Martin. Not Doris Day. Not Nat "King" Cole. Nobody!Finally, Fox got The Four Aces to record it, but in order to do that, they had to cover the cost of an entire album.Of course, the tune went on to win the Oscar and become one of the greatest love songs of all time._________________________________________________ _________________________________________but didn't Frank Sinatra sing it in the film uncredited?No, its lyric was introduced in the film by the 20th Century-Fox chorus at the end of the film. Sinatra sang "Three Coins in the Fountain", uncredited, the year before, but it was The Four Aces who made a commercial hit with it first.I know that Fox introduced the song prior to the film's release by getting it out to radio stations and the fact that it was recorded by The Four Aces instead of a single artist may be where this allegation about no one wanting to record it came from. I would imagine the reverse is more likely true. Since The Four Aces had scored so big with "Three Coins...", it would have been strange for Fox to have had any reservations about the song or that the studio would have gone with anyone else. The Four Aces were huge in the early 1950s and made hits of songs like "Secret Love" and "Mr. Sandman." With the previous year's mega-hit "Three Coins in the Fountain" and the succeeding year's "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" and the title tune to Fox's "(It's A) Woman's World," Fox and The Four Aces were HUGE on the radio waves. Also, at the time the song began playing on radio, it had already been integrated into Alfred Newman's score because he felt it set the right tone throughout the film. It would have taken a serious misfire during previews for the song to have been taken out. I hate to dispute you on this, but I got this information directly from Paul Francis Webster. I was his publicist for many years and he told me this story many times.
Yes, I'm incredibly stupid, take two: How could Frank Sinatra sing something uncredited in a film that hadn't been released yet?