I must confess that I spent this evening watching a film that I had never seen before. Quite frankly, I originally avoided the film based on what other people said about it, which I don’t usually do. The film is FOR THE BOYS with Bette Midler and James Caan. Okay, the story is melodramatic at times, and the old age makeup is really awful, but I truly enjoyed this film. In fact, I like it enough to go buy it, if for no other reason than to watch Christopher Rydell (director, Mark Rydell's son) as Bette’s adult son. Woof!
I must confess that I spent this evening watching a film that I had never seen before. Quite frankly, I originally avoided the film based on what other people said about it, which I don’t usually do. The film is FOR THE BOYS with Bette Midler and James Caan. Okay, the story is melodramatic at times, and the old age makeup is really awful, but I truly enjoyed this film. In fact, I like it enough to go buy it, if for no other reason than to watch Christopher Rydell (director, Mark Rydell's son) as Bette’s adult son. Woof!For the Boys was the film Martha Raye sued about, or tried to, claiming it was her life story being shown on the screen. Well, if it was her life that Bette was playing, that sorta kinda makes James Caan's character sorta kinda Bob Hope, who to my knowledge never made a peep.
DVD: Hildegarde Withers mysteries, starrng the great Edna May Oliver
and my Bollywood films of the week:
YAHUDI (1958)
(http://www.erosentertainment.com/erospromos/eros_us/Product/image_b/yahudi_b.jpg)
...and the second Bollywood movie is of a more recent vintage (2004) and continues myobsessioninterest in Hindu actor John Abraham. The film is PAAP and concerns a police detective protecting a 6 year old who is the only witness to the murder of another police officer.
Am in the middle of the film and it is also quite entertaining.
(http://216.247.121.93/dvdImages/b6388.jpg)
But I love them all (almost a Weird Romance reference).
Sunday I rest.
We've just had one of those "Dang, we need verbal punctuation" moments.
Der Brucer was worried that he'd left his reading glasses at the restaurant we were at last night (Nage, very upscale but they had a fantastic three-course prix fix that we couldn't ignore).
Fortunately, he found them here in the house, and commented "I had that 'I knew I'd left them somewhere funny feeling.'"
Now, there's two ways of punctuating that. He either could have meant "I had that 'I knew I'd left them 'somewhere funny' feeling,'" or "I had that 'I knew I'd left them somewhere funny-feeling.'" Same sentence, two totally different meanings.
:-\ ::) ;)
(And trust me, getting the punctuation on that sentence correct, with either meaning, was a bitch!)
...and the second Bollywood movie is of a more recent vintage (2004) and continues myobsessioninterest in Hindu actor John Abraham. The film is PAAP and concerns a police detective protecting a 6 year old who is the only witness to the murder of another police officer.
And let me be the first to say that any derogatory comments about this film (or its lovely leading man) will be committing a PAAP smear.
Woody, I knew Maggie Raye quite well, having toured with her for six months in dinner theatre in an opus called EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL. All I can say is if folks you knew were waiting for her to come out of the closet, I don't know what they were waiting for...
William Smith Page Two Dance! ;D
A quick hello from the great white north of Canada.
Amanda Plummer isn't that way at all, and she's quite candid and refreshing.
Amanda Plummer isn't that way at all, and she's quite candid and refreshing.
DRCP - Did Martha ever mention Frances Farmer? They were in RHYTHM ON THE RANGE with Bing Crosby.
I am still laughing at a line delivery Martha made in that movie to Bob Burns, she looked at him and did a slight double take and said: "No matter what anyone says, you keep wearing that suit!"
This book looks amusing for its cover alone, but the description at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1555536239/qid=1100272261/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-7351891-8020058?v=glance&s=books) makes it sound like it could be interesting to read.Caption for the picture:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/RiseFallBwayMusical.jpg)
...and the second Bollywood movie is of a more recent vintage (2004) and continues myIt's amazing how a little makeup can make a six year old girl look at least a decade more mature.obsessioninterest in Hindu actor John Abraham. The film is PAAP and concerns a police detective protecting a 6 year old who is the only witness to the murder of another police officer.
Am in the middle of the film and it is also quite entertaining.
(http://216.247.121.93/dvdImages/b6388.jpg)
He could have done what my Shakespeare teacher of a few semesters ago did. He spoke his punctuation. He would have said, "I had that quotation mark I knew I'd left them somewhere funny quotation mark feeling." On second thought, he might not want to get in the habit of doing that.Der Brucer is already in the habit of saying "...semi-colin however comma..." That habit is part of how I learned to use a semi-colin correctly.
Woody, I knew Maggie Raye quite well, having toured with her for six months in dinner theatre in an opus called EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL. All I can say is if folks you knew were waiting for her to come out of the closet, I don't know what they were waiting for...I never got any indication from her that she was anything other than interested in men from a sexual point-of-view. ...She, of course, had a huge gay following and like most performers in show business had gay friends....One thing that I dislike about a portion of the gay community is that there are those in it...who are always looking for company and try to insist certain individuals are gay or try to out people when they have absolutely no shred of evidence to support their claims or accusations. Of course, if you are in show business, it is an occupational hazard. At some time in your career you'll have the charge levelled at you. I have heard it about almost every Hollywood star out here at one time or another.As TCB noted, she was fond of the Little Shrimp in Laguna, and the sponsor of her fave softball team was the Carriage Trade, another gay bar/restaurant. I'm not surprised people have jumped to the wrong conclusions because of the company she kept. But if she was happy with that company, more power to her.
I'm back from a lovely early lunch with our Japanese lurker and her friend, also from Japan, who is traveling with her. She was delightful, quite pretty, and did her best to understand what the HELL I was talking about. I did get her to teach me how to say "What is it, fish?" in Japanese: Kono sakana wa nandesuka? I made her promise to at least attempt to post when she gets back to Japan, late next week.
If our Japanese lurker hasn't posted yet,
then who is Lachic that was here yesterday?
At the time, she was quite a regular at a Laguna gay bar called The Little Shrimp.
The Golden Phone
An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. For his first chapter he decided to write about American churches. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando thinking that he would work his way across the country from south to north. On his first day, he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read $10,000 per call.
The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God. The American thanked the priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Atlanta. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in Orlando and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was. She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he could talk to God. "O.K., thank you," said the American.
He then traveled to Indianapolis, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same $10,000 per call sign under it. The American, upon leaving Vermont saw a sign for Canada and decided to see if Canadians had the same phone.
He arrived in Edmonton, and again, there was the same golden telephone but this time the sign under it read "10 cents per call." The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. "Father, I've traveled all over America and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven but in every state the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"
The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Canada now son, it's a local call."
I wanted to comment on FOR THE BOYS, also. I like the film. I found it very moving despite, as earlier posters noted, terrible age make-up and a script that seemed tattered and patched together. But I think it's Bette's finest cinema performance. I liked it even more than her work in THE ROSE.
Methinks your achievement of HHW God status has gone to your head, Dear Brother.
;)
There's a sign on the door to the library that says that it opens at 12:01 a.m. and closes at midnight every night. Now what is the point of that?
Congratulations to Joy on a successful show. Noel, sorry you can’t visit her.
Tomovoz your visit to the Pacific Northwest just might tempt a few others to come out this way. :D The photo is beautiful, thank you.
MBarnum I ordered YAHUDI from NetFlix. It will be awhile before it arrives as it is now 11th in our queue.
Jane just has an interest in linguistics and accents.
Not much hope of me singing "Never Will I Merry" though. Or was it "Never Will I Mary".
Jane just has an interest in linguistics and accents.
Not much hope of me singing "Never Will I Merry" though. Or was it "Never Will I Mary".
Or "Never will I, Mary"I think Mary knows that already Elmore. That's why she is not Merry.
Okay, help is needed. I just called the Doubletree reservation line and I'm being told that the best price room I can get is 459.00 a night which, of course, is balderdash. Anyone have any ideas? I like to be in Times Square, preferably in a little suite like the Doubletree has. I know when I was in town a year and a half ago, there was that new hotel on 42nd St. near 8th, and they couldn't even give rooms away. Anyone know about that one?
What I do mean is Tomovoz’s visit just might entice a couple of east coasters to come our way. :D
It may be very nice inside the Doubletree, but just walking past the hotel and spending more than a few minutes in the area I was so glad they were booked when I made my reservations.
I didn't love the movie clips, although I understood their use here a bit better than the other documentary. And actually, one of my favorite things in the whole show was the screen test of Laurette Taylor.