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Title: THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 12:01:08 AM
Well, you've read the notes, you've reset your clocks, your clocks have reset you, and now it's time to post until the cows come home because we've lost a fershluganah hour.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 12:10:20 AM
Welcome six GUESTS.  Happy Daylight Saving time.
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Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 12:17:32 AM
Grilled sea bass with some kind of ginger sauce was my fish dish. The garlic noodles -- to die for.
It's rather strange walking over fish (unless you're the son of God, I suppose). A lovely evening.
To anyone who has not read the notes, (bad!)this will be an incredibly strange post.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 12:18:22 AM
Has anyone noticed that today's date, written numerically, is 04-04-04?

Not that it means anything.

Some people might say otherwise about the date two years, two months, and two days from now.
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 04:06:27 AM
Well  I for one forgot to chnage my clocks. Thanks to all the wonderful DR who posted about it yesterday. I caught up on those notes first and then went onto today's notes and postings. My computer automatically adjusts itself for the change over but now I have to go and change the other clocks around the house.
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 04:14:42 AM
I listen to the Melbourne cast recording of A Little Night Music lst night. It is a limited edition pressed for the cast and crew of the show and was recorded live. A sort of strange duck live recording. Some songs have applause at the end of the tracks and some don't. It follows the Broadway version so there is no My Husband the Pig, Table Conversation, The Glamorous Life that includes both the stage and film versions or Silly People that find their way into other productions. I also believe (Without looking at the script) that it is song complete including the first cast recording of the complete sung overture. (see my next posting)

Which brings me to the queery from yesterday, which I think confused some people. I was not asking if the Quintet was an optional (They are important for the action) but rather when the show is performed is it necessary for the overture to be sung by the Quintet or can it be played solely by the orchestra. I always felt that is a device used by the director at the time and should have to be followed by future directors of the piece.
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2004, 04:24:10 AM
Good morning, all!  Well, my computer's clock automatically changed over but this body knows full well it's really 6:25 am no matter what the damned clocks say!
I'm up, but barely moving.

Sorry I was E&T yesterday, but everyone seems to have had a good day: Freddy was safe, Jay saw my multitalented friend Jason, Swishy became a true activist, Jenny saw ASSASSINS, Dear Friend BK and DR Panni had a lovely dinner, and I spent the day pricing new VCRs since mine ate its final tape Friday night:  it was Joan Sutherland's dreadful "Merry Widow" from Australian Opera so I won't miss it.

Looking forward to chat tonight, I hope to see a lot of you there!



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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 04:31:21 AM
Getting back to the wonderful and well sung cast recording. It even has the ever so brief reprises of songs (Weekend in the Country, Every Day a Little Death, Soon, You Must Meet My Wife)

But I just realized that they do not have the Night Waltz 2 (The Sun Sits Low) which are brief snippets like the above. Now were they in the show and dropped from the recording or dropped from this production. Too bad because it would have made this recording most complete out there.
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Post by: Robin on April 04, 2004, 04:33:19 AM
Clocks, schmocks!  All I know is that I get hosed out of an hour this weekend...!
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 04:38:44 AM
Sounds like you enjoyed the Cd Michael. I'll try and remember to dig out the programme and check if Night Waltz 2 was included.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 04:53:42 AM
The musical numbers list in the programme is not as detailed as that listed on the Cd Michael. Can't remember back 6 years!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 06:29:43 AM
That description of dinner made me so hungry. Now I must eat!

I also forgot to change the clocks.  When I woke up it was 7:45am, but my VCR said 8:45am.  I'm now gonna go clean for Passover and probably watch Trump on SNL.
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Post by: Donald on April 04, 2004, 06:59:09 AM
This week's new Broadway Radio Show will be up later this afternoon and this week is a literary detour as famed author Bruce Kimmel joins us to read passages from his new tome, "Kritzer Time."
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 09:02:36 AM
Twelve posts?  It MUST be Daylight Savings Time.  Let's get some topics going, shall we whilst we search for the lost hour and the lost chord.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 09:12:11 AM
I, too was totally E&T yesterday as I spent the entire day helping a friend get his home theater set up. Very complicated as he had some pieces of it already (HDTV, DVD player, some speakers), but totally lacking in others like center channel speaker, subwoofer, and the like. I've done this work for others of my friends, but his was the most complicated and presented the most problems. By 2 a.m. (which was 3 a.m. courtesy of DST), I was home diving into my bed from total physical and mental exhaustion. But we got it done and everything setup properly.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 09:13:36 AM
Since I didn't get to answer yesterday's TOD, let me say I'd loved to have been on the set of A STAR IS BORN (Garland version) and HUSH, HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE both before and after the Joan Crawford debacle. That had to have been one of the most fascinating sets ever.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 09:16:57 AM
Good morning. A small noodle world. I took the wonderdog to the park this morning. The usual group was there. There are several people who have become "dog buddies" in the park. We basically know each other's first names and our dogs' names (Max, Riley, Duggan, Lucy, Abie the Wonderdog, etc.). So, as the dogs frolicked I mentioned to Duggan's owners that I'd dined at Crustacean last night. They both looked at me, eyes glowing with early morning hunger, "Did you have the garlic noodles?!"
The noodle that built an empire.
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Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 09:25:57 AM
I just glanced over at my classic movie posters calendar and the poster for April is THE PAINTED VEIL with Garbo, Herbert Marshall and George Brent. (There's an exciting choice of lovers - Marshall or Brent. I never could figure out the allure of George Brent.) Anyway, my point, and yes I have one, is to ask the DRs if they've seen THE PAINTED VEIL. I never have and am curious. The description on the poster sound intriguing: "An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's story of a love triangle about an adulterous wife and her embittered husband in mysterious and alluring colonial Asia."
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Post by: PennyO on April 04, 2004, 09:26:04 AM
Jeez, now I'm going to have to have dinner some night soon at Crustacean, and eat the garlic noodles. Can't believe how my mouth is watering so early!!!

Another day of hacking through brush... but, oh, how lovely the garden is looking! Back after clippage and haulage. Can't wait to burn the brush pile some evening in May!!!

Jane - I'm thinking Wednesday...

LA Haninsies, see you next weekend!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 04, 2004, 09:50:41 AM
Yes, DRPANNI, I have seen The Painted Veil - and it is Garbo looking lovely, but a bit of a mess story-wise.  It was remade years later under a different title with Eleanor Parker!

I like it because it has Herbert Marshall - who of course played Maugham most famously in the 1946 version of The Razor's Edge.  It shows now and then on TCM, and you can check their website to see if it's scheduled, or request it!

Freddy the Cat!  One time my cousin and her daughter returned home from a weekend trip.  The cat seemed to be missing.  My cousin Lana asked:  "Gina, do you know where the cat is?"  Gina replied: "I didn't want him to run away so I put him in the record player."  It was a suitcase type phonography.  Lana tapped lightly on the top, no sound, she slowly released the latches and began to lift the lid!  Suddenly the cat jumped straight into the air several feet, bounced off all the walls of the room and tore through the front door screen, never to be seen again.  And don't you, somedays, feel just like a cat in a phonograph?  I know I do.

Although it's not a movie, and since I was E/T yesterday, I would love to have been on the set for an I LOVE LUCY episode, probably "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" or "Lucy is Enciente."  And if I HAVE to choose a movie, "The Long Long Trailer".

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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 09:51:38 AM
Td we enjoyed the movie as always.  Have you done research into Lawrence’s life?  Did he really go a bit mad during that time?   From what we can tell he was fine once he returned home.

SWW are they replacing the table for you or are you now on a hunt for a new one?  We rarely buy things that need construction, especially furniture.  It seems the furniture store should have assembled the table to make sure there wasn’t a problem.

I think Jay & DearReaderLaura need to exchange cell phone numbers for these spontaneous trips. :D

Panni which park do you go to?  I can’t resist asking.  Did Bruce share the whip cream or eat it all himself? ;D
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 09:52:30 AM
Penny call on Wednesday & give us a time.
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Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 09:58:07 AM
I just got the following e-mail query   ???  from a teacher friend in New Mexico. Thought this would be the perfect place to throw it open for ideas:

"I have a group that gets together to watch and discuss great films.  For an upcoming such event, I am considering a change in the format:  instead of watching a whole film, we would watch some great passages --scenes, vignettes-- from a good handful of different films.  These passages --of a duration up to, say, 10 minutes-- would presumably be chosen for their being powerful/interesting/meaningful in a way that would make them worthy of exploration by a group that is interested in using film experience as a way of going deep into the truths of our existence.  Or some such formulation of "worth discussing."  
 
Do any really good scenes of this sort come to your mind?
 
One that came to my mind today I'll describe briefly just to provide an illustration.  In CABARET there is a scene where a young and beautiful German boy starts singing a bright and innocent song to this wholesome looking Germanic community, and over the course of that song the character of the music, and the faces of the people change until the original sweet-sounding hymn becomes a menacing and militaristic Nazi style rally.  I found it breathaking when I first saw it, and can imagine that some good conversation might be sparked by watching such a passage."

...Suggestions, DRs?
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Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 10:04:51 AM
Jrand53 - "Somedays, I feel just like a cat in a phonograph." -- I LOVE it. And how true!

Jane - The park is off Beeman. I go there twice a day, 7 days a week, so you'd think I could be more precise! I think it's just called Studio City Park.
As for the whipped cream - there wasn't much - and no one Bogarts the whipped cream when I'm around. Bruce shared very nicely.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Jrand73 on April 04, 2004, 10:49:03 AM
CAPRICE was the last movie shot in the original CinemaScope process, just so ya know.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 04, 2004, 11:17:31 AM
In a phonograph for 2 days and nights even!  

So many scenes worthy of mention for your friend's group DRPANNI.

But I think I would mention the party scene in the 1946 RAZOR'S EDGE where all the characters are introduced and Larry (Tyrone Power) tries to explain his new-found spirituality to an uninterested Isabel (Gene Tierney).  Neither of the stars were more lovely (except maybe in a Technicolor feature) and they both shine!

And just because of that....Gene Tierney's confession scene to Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven, wherein she admits to him that yes, she killed his younger brother AND their unborn child because she could not bear to share him with ANYONE ELSE...and that she will never let him go.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 04, 2004, 11:43:10 AM
I always hate changing the clocks ahead.  It takes me about a week to adjust my internal clock to the new time--I want to stay up an hour later and then I suffer in the morning.  And the first day always seems like the longest day in the year.  With today's awful weather here in Philly, it's going to feel longer than usual.

Yesterday I attended the first game held in the Philadelphia Phillies' new ballpark named (ugh!) Citizens Bank Park.  For watching the game, the place can't be beat--there's not a bad seat in the joint.  Even as you move through the other areas around the concession stands or the rest rooms, there is always a view of the field.  If there is one thing wrong with the place, it's that it seems to lack any kind of defining character--architecturally, it's on the bland side and doesn't reflect any kind of Philly flavor.  But aside from that, there's a real grass field, a great deal of the seating is at field level, and a feeling of wide-open space that was sorely lacking in the late and unlamented Verteran's Stadium.  It's a real pleasure watching a game there.
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Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 11:47:31 AM
Td we enjoyed the movie as always.  Have you done research into Lawrence’s life?  Did he really go a bit mad during that time?   From what we can tell he was fine once he returned home.

Actually, I've done more research into David Lean than I have into Mr. Lawrence, although I have read a monster of a tome on Lawrence. , by Jeremy Wilson which I can heartily recommend.
For the most part, I love all of Lean's films.  Since it happens to be "Free-for-All" Sunday, post-wise, I will say that my favorite Lean films are:

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
SUMMERTIME
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
OLIVER TWIST
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Ann on April 04, 2004, 12:04:42 PM
Good morning all
DR Jed and I had a wonderful time at Millie last night.  The show is a thoroughly enjoyable one...it sets off to make the audience smile, and it succeeds.  Overall the cast was very strong, and our own Juliana was wonderful, of course.  So sorry that we couldn't see her on a Millie night.  
I must soon be off to an afternoon rehearsal for a few hours, and I'm sure DR Jed will post a longer review for you all while I'm gone.  

TCB - I see you're still online, at least at the moment.  Please let us know how things are going for you before you lose interent access for awhile.  You have been on my mind a lot in the last few days, and I send many many good vibes your way.  
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 12:08:00 PM
Where in tarnation IS everyone?  
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Post by: Maya on April 04, 2004, 12:16:40 PM
I just finished Kritzer Time the other day!  BK, the first two books were splendid, but this was the best one yet.  It just had so much humor, sincerity, intelligence--really a wonderful emotional journey.  It was really fun to discover movies and theatre with Benjamin.  Some of his obsessions I personally already knew and loved, some were new to me.  And the ending...needless to say, it made me weep.  I really didn't see it coming, but it broke my heart.  

TCB--I hope things have gotten a little better!!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on April 04, 2004, 12:21:40 PM
DR Panni,

I don't know how deep this goes into the truths of our existence, but here's a scene that may provide a springboard. Some context may be helpful for the students, but even without it the discussion could take some interesting turns.

Strangers on a Train - the scene of the crowd watching a tennis game. Every spectator - with the exception of Robert Walker/Bruno - watches the game carefully. Eyes shift back and forth, but Bruno stares at the camera.

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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 12:22:27 PM
Maya, glad you liked it, and now you must write your review for amazon and barnesandnoble.  WEL's just showed up at amazon.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 12:43:04 PM

TCB - I see you're still online, at least at the moment.  Please let us know how things are going for you before you lose interent access for awhile.  You have been on my mind a lot in the last few days, and I send many many good vibes your way.  

Ann (and all of the DRs) -- Thank you for all of the wonderful messages and good vibes.  So far, they haven't resulted in my being contacted by John Beresford Tipton (if you don't know who that is, be grateful, because it means you are still young), but they have helped my peace of mind considerably.

So far, AOL is still running, which probably means they are going to stick me for another month, before they turn it off.  Just in case they let me off the hook, I am checking out My free i for almost-free (or cheap) service.  Hs anyone heard anything good or bad about this company??

Tomovoz -- Welcome back!
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Post by: MBarnum on April 04, 2004, 12:45:23 PM
Gosh this weekend is just speeding by!

Had a blast babysitting last night! 2 year old Taylor was a little angle the whole time. We watched FINDING NEMO and part of LION KING (I loved Nemo, of course, but LION KING was not that good IMHO). We played toss the rubber ball down the stairs, then played chasing Tahoe (the dog) up the stairs, then played push uncle Mike down the stairs! LOL! And while fixing the macaroni and cheese for our din din little Taylor broke into song singing TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR! Ha! That warmed my heart more then you can imagine!

[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Baby Taylor...next singing star???[/move]
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Post by: MBarnum on April 04, 2004, 12:50:54 PM
Freddy wishes to thank one and all DRs for the safe vibes and the welcome home from the ordeal vibes!

"Thanks" he says! He spent the night curled up with me and we were both very contented!
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on April 04, 2004, 12:53:09 PM
I too was E & T yesterday, but was glad to check in today and see that Freddy is home.

And DR Panni, I'm sorry Rachel didn't get her chance to say "Big Money." But thank you, and thank Rachel, for allowing us to get caught up in the excitement.
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Post by: Charles Pogue on April 04, 2004, 01:14:49 PM
BK, in the books section of the Sunday Times, your appearance is dutifully logged in the signings schedule for next Saturday.  Been playing Broadway Bound for the lovely wife...and we love it.  Sax and Violence for the Jacuzzi later this afternoon.

Panni, the appeal of George Brent.  Apparently, he was quite the ladies man off-screen and most of Warners' leading ladies sampled his devotions .  But I think the real reason he had a career was that he was just handsome enough and just bland enough that he never upstaged his leading ladies.  In other words, he was no competition for the likes of Bette Davis, so Bette Davis would request him.  If you'll notice most of his career was spent playing support to strong actresses.  From Warner Bros. Presents by  Ted Sennett:  "...his nondescript personality was often set against falmboyantly female actress...and he responded with quietly, competent, moderately dull performances."  Pretty much sums it up accurately , I think.

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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 01:18:19 PM
We haven't had one topic today.  We will most assuredly hit a new all-time low by the end of this evening if the dearth of posts is any indication.  As Dodo Day sang, what will be will be.  No biggie - life is slow all over other sites, too.  We've managed to stay above the others until now.  In the meantime, get off your butt cheeks and get some topics going.  I come up with them six days a week - and they often lead to others being introduced.  So, I'm sure someone can think of something that's interesting, no?
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 01:21:48 PM
That old bugaboo info about CAPRICE. The Fox Movie Channel always gives the info that CAPRICE was the last movie shot in Cinemascope. But John Belton's book WIDESCREEN CINEMA says that IN LIKE FLYNN was the last movie released in Cinemascope. Now, of course, both pieces of information could be right since the wording is somewhat different - shot as opposed to released. And both movies came out in 1967.

Of course, there have been some recent animated films released in Cinemascope (called that - no Panavision). So, I'm not sure the CAPRICE/IN LIKE FLYNN controversy is even relevent any more.


BTW, you can't find a bigger Doris Day fan than I am, but CAPRICE is pretty awful.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 01:25:36 PM
Yes, despite my love for Frank Tashlin, Caprice is a dog.  Had to shut it off.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 01:27:17 PM
Nick Redman has a new column up at http://dvds.allaccessworld.com - The DVD Place.  He waxes positive about the TV series on DVD, The Shield.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 01:27:45 PM
Knowing that THE TEN COMMANDMENTS was coming on ABC tonight, but not wishing to prolong the evening suffering through ten commendments and ten thousand commercials, I popped in my DVD of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS this afternoon. I hadn't watched it on the HDTV since I bought it last April, and what gorgeous, awe-inspiring Technicolor! Simply took my breath away. Looking forward to getting my hands on MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS this coming week, but it couldn't look any more stupendous than this.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 01:28:05 PM
TOTD -- What play, comedy or drama, would you most like to see turned into a Broadway-style musical?

NOTE:  No cheating.  No books or films allowed, unless there is also a play that has been made from it.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 01:29:26 PM
Okay I will post since I'm here for a minute.

I've spent much of the day helping cook and clean.  I hate cleaning.  Passover is so much work!  But I will be happy when I get to eat my mom's matzoh balls (why does that not look like it's spelled correctly?).
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 01:30:31 PM
Hi DR TCB!
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 01:31:42 PM
I'll read Nick's column sometime today, but already I agree. THE SHIELD is one of the most outstanding crime dramas of the last three years. It is so gritty and realistic, and the charactrers are so interesting and multi-faceted that you can't NOT watch it once you get hooked. We're a couple of episodes into the third season right now on FX, and it's powerful stuff indeed.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 01:32:29 PM
Do you guys think that dreams are usually accurate?

I had 2 dreams last night, both featuring the same person.  Both dreams made me feel bad when I woke up.  And they were both trying to tell me the same thing.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 01:33:09 PM
Easy one for me, DR TCB: YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU.
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 01:33:17 PM
DR MattH, no Alias tonight! :(
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 01:34:59 PM
Gee, I like these one line posts!
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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 01:35:54 PM
Alas, I must go.  There is so much more cleaning to be done.
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Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 01:46:37 PM
...AND


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WELCOME HOME, FREDDY!

Love,
Angel and Nicky
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Post by: Robin on April 04, 2004, 01:46:54 PM
TOTD -- What play, comedy or drama, would you most like to see turned into a Broadway-style musical?

They Might be Giants.  It's already been made into a film, but I've always thought it'd make a terrific musical entertainment.  

And even though I know it's cheating, I think Psycho would make a terrific musical comedy.  
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2004, 01:53:17 PM
TOTD -- What play, comedy or drama, would you most like to see turned into a Broadway-style musical?

NOTE:  No cheating.  No books or films allowed, unless there is also a play that has been made from it.

I've always thought Jean Anouilh's THIEVE'S CARNIVAL would make a charming musical.

Yesterday, some friends and I were talking about WONDERFALLS and how we fear Fox will screw up and drop the series.  This led to a discussion of another favorite series, NOW AND AGAIN with Eric Close and Margaret Colin, that CBS seemed to have no faith in.  The question is this:  how do we get CBS to release all the episodes on DVD?
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 02:04:26 PM
Thank you for the welcome back TCB. I was not in the garage with Feddy. You can drop in any time and use this computer. Plays? Are they those funny stagey things without songs?
The only names that come to mind staight away are "Bent" and "Getting Away With Murder". Maybe "The Ritz".
I don't get out much.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 02:05:59 PM
Psycho, of course, was turned into a musical by the marvelous team of Hinky Meltz and Ernest Ernest.  If you search the archives (not here - but on our haineshisway.com home page) you'll find a couple of their songs - the title song, Psycho!, and also Showering My Troubles Away and Nobody Here But Mother.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 02:06:43 PM
And I've always thought Waltz of the Toreadors would be fun as a musical - I actually began trying to do it in the early seventies, but didn't get very far.
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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 04, 2004, 02:07:22 PM
Just checking in here.

Clocks duly adjusted, although yesterday I couldn't help but feel I was living on borrowed time.  Yes, that's right, "borrowed"...and now, it's time for payback and I can't seem to catch up.  The day is getting away from me...oh! for just one more hour!

I've replaced some VHS tapes with DVDs and have watched them: "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (yes, Tom of Oz, Spacey's accent there was totally genuine.  I've known folks with the vocal affectations his character had, like calling men "Sport").

"Sense and Sensibility" - I love this film.

"The Final Countdown" -- looks great.  It's fun.  BK, do you share a bit of my confusion about the music toward the end...when Martin Sheen is leaving the Nimitz with Charlie and the Tideman car is waiting for him, doesn't that background music sound like something out of a spaghetti western rather than as a logical development of any of Scott's previous music in the film?

I had a nice chat with my mother (back in South Carolina) last night.  

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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 02:07:35 PM
I have a tape of two of the songs I wrote somewhere - one of them was actually pretty decent, a song for the two ugly daughters (I think they were ugly - it's been years) called Oh, Daddy!
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 02:08:54 PM
I'd have to watch it again, RLP - I just thought that whole ending was so silly because of the makeup.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on April 04, 2004, 02:14:22 PM
DR Jennifer,

Do you have the feather out yet?

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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on April 04, 2004, 02:16:30 PM
Play turned into a musical? One choice would be Lost in Yonkers.
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Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 02:16:35 PM
Sorry to disappoint you, Elmore, but WONDERFALLS is dead and gone now. There was an interview with one of the producers at Zap2It, and he said Fox is done with them. 13 episodes have been filmed, but no more will be shown on Fox. They're shopping around now to see if another cable channel wants the already filmed episodes (like Bravo taking the marvelous KEEN EDDIE when Fox didn't want it any more), and there is also a possibility that the 13 episode series will be released on DVD.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 02:20:28 PM
DRs Jane and td - I found the film "Lawrence After Arabia" gave me considerable insight into not only Lawrence but the whole Middle East situation and many of the problems there today. A very dialogue heavy film but worth the effort.
RLP: I would of course have accepted any accent by Mr Spacey - he doesn't need to talk at all!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 04, 2004, 02:21:59 PM
TOTD -- What play, comedy or drama, would you most like to see turned into a Broadway-style musical?

Not totally adhering to the topic, but I once had the idea of making The Miracle Worker into a big, rousing, Jerry Herman-like musical called Workin' Miracles (ideally starring Sandy Duncan as Anne Sullivan.)  I got about as far as writing the cast recording album notes listing the numbers:

"Acute Child"--Kate Keller's sweet lullaby to Helen which turns dramatic
when she realizes that Helen is blind and deaf.

"Helen Around the House"--the Keller family, along with Vinnie the maid,
bemoans life with Helen--a comedy song

"We Don't Want to See You Go"--A song and dance number for the blind
girls as they say good-bye to Anne at the train station.

"You Bit Off More Cake Than You Can Chew"--James playfully teases (and
flirts) with Anne.

"The Dinner"--Stylized dance number for Anne and Helen as they struggle
over the fork and napkin.

"Workin' Miracles!"--The title song is performed by Anne when Kate
becomes discouraged by Helen's lack of progress. The song builds to a
rousing dance number as Anne and Kate are joined by Vinnie and Percy and
the other servants.

"Jimmy, Jimmy"--Anne's recollection of her dead brother--a ballad.

"You Can Have Your Cake (And Spell It, Too!)"--comedy number with Anne
and Percy as they try to teach Helen how to sign.

"How Can I Teach Her to Spell Love?"--Anne's first act closing ballad.

"They Don't Pay Me Enough" opens the second act--a comedy number sung by Vinnie.

"Why Can't She See?"--James sings of his unrequited affection for Anne.

"C-I-R-C-U-S"--the big production number. A travelling circus and its
performers provide the setting as Anne tries one last desperate attempt
to teach Helen the connection between signing words and their meanings.

"The State Home for Women Dream Ballet"--Anne is transported back in
time to relive the horrors she and her brother suffered as children.

"Very Good, Helen!"--the family sings praises of Helen's new dinner
table manners just as she slowly begins once again to test their
tolerance.

"Reach Those Fingers Up to Heaven"--Vinnie encourages the down-spirited
Anne with this soul stirring gospel number.

"Wah!"--Helen sings at last. This number segues into...

"She Knows!"--Anne sings triumphantly as Helen demands to know the words for everything in sight.

"The Key to My Heart"--the closing number in which Anne and Helen sing a
duet of their love for each other.


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Post by: Ron Pulliam on April 04, 2004, 02:32:31 PM

Panni:  Your friend's (NM teacher) idea seems interesting.  

Some movie sequences I'd recommend:

"Rosemary's Baby" -- the sequence starting with the "chocolate mouse" dessert and continuing through until the shot of the claw marks on Rosemary's back (should induce discussion on imagery, religious upbringing, etc).

"To Kill A Mockingbird" -- courtroom scene during which Atticus Finch is summing up for the jury (have we actually come very far since the time this story took place?).  

"Sunset Boulevard" -- sequence where Norma Desmond visits the Paramount lot and the set of DeMille's "Samson and Delilah" (thinking she's been contacted because DeMille wants to make a picture with her -- has a lot to do with all-consuming ego and loss of touch with reality and makes it sad).

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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2004, 02:50:55 PM
And I've always thought Waltz of the Toreadors would be fun as a musical - I actually began trying to do it in the early seventies, but didn't get very far.

A friend of mine in college wanted to do a musical from Dreiser's novel "American Tragedy," which became the film "A Place in the Sun."  The big song was "In a Rowboat with You."  

The problem with adapting a really good play is that it's pretty strong as it stands.  For example, ANGEL became a second-rate version of "Look Homeward, Angel," a play I really love.  I think HELLO, DOLLY! is an improvement on "The Matchmaker" because I never cared for the last act of the Wilder play.  I still can't imagine "The Skin of Our Teeth" as a musical because I think the music would need to reflect all the theatrical games and shifts of position going on in the original text. Maybe it should be a comic opera?
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 02:56:20 PM
Just got Call Me Madam DVD - missed by a few minutes, all the Judy Garland Warners DVDs.  
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 04, 2004, 03:01:34 PM
DR Panni, sorry to hear that daughter Racel wasn't picked as a contestant.  Can she try again at some later date?  Hopefully, the faboo dinner last night took a little of the sting out of the day.

DR Jenny.  I enjoyed your review of ASSASSINS.  While it doesn't sound like Sondheim & Co. haven't solved a few particular problems I have with the show (notably with the Proprietor and Balladeer characters and the inclusion of "Somthing Just Broke"), I'm intrigued enough from what you've written about this production to haul my butt up to the city and see it myself. (And what's the status of your Sondheim.com play?)

Here's a question for all:  what is your favorite euphemism?  When I was very young and our family went on vacations, we would usually stay in two ajoining rooms, my parents in one, us kids in the other.  I remember that I would hear strange sounds and bumping noises coming from my parents room.  When I asked the next morning what was going on, my mom would answer, "We were moving the big suitcase."  Genius that I was, it took me until I was about twenty before it dawned on me what that meant.  
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Post by: Jed on April 04, 2004, 03:03:03 PM
Ok, FINALLY all caught up on the posts from the past couple days.  I am still posting on location from DR Ann's apartment, while my hostess is off at some choir rehearsal.  Millie was rather fun last night.  I notice that Ann already stole my comment from last night about the show setting out to do nothing more than make the audience smile (which it does), so there's no need for me to repeat that stolen comment! :D

PennyO - Had I not been in a semi-timecrunch getting to Lynnwood on Friday, I would have loved to meet up with you!  Any chance you'll be around tomorrow afternoon? :)  Planning on taking Stevens Pass again on my return trek to Wenatchee just for the scenery of it all.  Sure, Snoqualmie and Blewett are lovely, but I've driven both of them so many times I hardly notice the view.
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Post by: Jed on April 04, 2004, 03:05:38 PM
Quote
I'm Dan (the Man) and I approved of this post.

Thanks for the great laugh, Dan!
Love the "big suitcase" bit, too!
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 03:12:08 PM
SWW are they replacing the table for you or are you now on a hunt for a new one?  We rarely buy things that need construction, especially furniture.  It seems the furniture store should have assembled the table to make sure there wasn’t a problem.
The store that sold us the table is having the center column replaced.  Everything else is exactly as it should be, and the table top was ordered specially to match our countertops, a shade of faded denim.  Dave, the store owner, told us that he used to have problems with this particular manufacturer before, but that they'd gotten their act together up until this shipment.  The table was sent along with a large order of barstools, which were supposed to swivel and didn't.  (Gee, a few drinks would solve that problem!)  That our table order was botched at the same time gives Dave that much more ammo to volley at the manufacturers.

Still, there's this large empty space in the middle of the kitchen, looking sad and lonely.  Hopefully, we'll get the table back soon.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 04, 2004, 03:13:26 PM
I would LOVE to see that Helen Keller musical, DRDAN!

Well TCB - MATTH has chosen You Can't Take It With You and I agree, but I will also add Moss Hart's Light Up the Sky and just for a challenge Hedda Gabler.....that big piano finale alone would be a Busby Berkeley delight!
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 04, 2004, 03:17:35 PM
Wait a minute....didn't we get a new HHW God yesterday?
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 03:17:45 PM
CAPRICE was the last movie shot in the original CinemaScope process, just so ya know.
So, every time this site goes into CinemaScope, we can blame it on Caprice?
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 03:45:41 PM
Wait a minute....didn't we get a new HHW God yesterday?
No, not exactly.

DR Michael Shayne crossed the 1000-post mark, so he's a deus au deux, but that's not the same thing.
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 03:49:16 PM
I always hate changing the clocks ahead.  It takes me about a week to adjust my internal clock to the new time--I want to stay up an hour later and then I suffer in the morning.  And the first day always seems like the longest day in the year.  With today's awful weather here in Philly, it's going to feel longer than usual.

Yesterday I attended the first game held in the Philadelphia Phillies' new ballpark named (ugh!) Citizens Bank Park.  For watching the game, the place can't be beat--there's not a bad seat in the joint.  Even as you move through the other areas around the concession stands or the rest rooms, there is always a view of the field.  If there is one thing wrong with the place, it's that it seems to lack any kind of defining character--architecturally, it's on the bland side and doesn't reflect any kind of Philly flavor.  But aside from that, there's a real grass field, a great deal of the seating is at field level, and a feeling of wide-open space that was sorely lacking in the late and unlamented Verteran's Stadium.  It's a real pleasure watching a game there.

I love day light savings.  I wish we could just stay on it all year long.

We took our boys to their first baseball game at Veteran’s Stadium.  It was only the second time I ever saw the Dodger’s loose.  Mike Schmidt hit two or three home runs and became our younger son’s hero (they share the same birthday too).  And he absolutely loved the Phillies Phanatic.  Such sweet memories and so sad the stadium is gone. :(
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 03:52:46 PM
In response to DR Panni's request for interesting scenes from films that are worthy of discussion:

Network: Beatrice Straight reads William Holden the riot act (and wins an Oscar in the process).  I don't think the feelings of betrayal have even been given better voice.

The Birds: Jessica Tandy explores her neighbor's farmhouse.  Shock, terror, loss, all without dialogue.

In & Out: Kevin Kline can't help dancing to his "masculinity" tape.  Flat out funny, and a good example of the triumph of joy over self-repression.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 03:59:54 PM
From play to musical:

It would be a challenge, but the best candidate in Tom Stoppard's list of works would be Arcadia.  A widely diverse list of characters, an interesting mystery at the heart of the play, tragedy and love and comedy all intermixed.

It would probably have to be done as a "chamber musical," as simply staged as the original play as possible.  I can't see it as being one of the most popular shows ever written.  And whoever wrote the music would have to immerse himself/herself in the contrasting musical eras, and find some way to bring them together.  Still, Stoppard has already written into the play the finale: two couples, learning to waltz in their separate eras.
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 04:17:39 PM
Thanks td.

Panni we had a similar park experience in the valley.  Every day we would take our husky, Romanov, to play and made a nice group of friends.  I think it was Van Nuys Park.  The problem with Romanov, he tended to roam off.  Eventually he didn’t return.  His half sister Anastasia tended to stay (say her name the English way).  I think there in something in the naming of pets.  Echo sure does bark & create an echo far too often. ;D

TCB I’m glad you are still here.  I hope you are finding ways to work your problems out.  

Taylor is darling.  Freddy is beautiful-so happy & relieved you have him back.

Tomovoz, I hadn’t seen LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in years and I did find myself relating the story to the Middle East today and wondering what could have been.

SWW & DerBrucer good vibes to getting your table soon.
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on April 04, 2004, 04:21:26 PM
Why wait two years..it works for a long time as follows

05-05-05
06-06-06
07-07-07
08-08-08
09-09-09
10-10-10
11-11-11
12-12-12
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 04:26:28 PM
Just got back from some errands.  I thought it was still pretty early in the afternoon, but then realized I hadn't changed the clock in the car.  Oh, well.  Chat in a mere ninety minutes.
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Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 04:32:25 PM
DR Jane: "Lawrence AFTER Arabia" (Ralph Fines) really lays it on the line about how the British, French and Americans sold out on the Arab tribes.  The west is indeed reaping what was sown. (Fines was good but should have worn blue lenses!). "Lawrence Of Arabia" would certainly be in my top 3 films of all time.
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 05:02:16 PM
Tomovoz, thanks.  I wasn’t familiar with this movie-will have to rent it.  Did Lawrence have blue eyes? :D
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Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 05:34:20 PM
Thanks for the great movie moment ideas.

And also thanks for commiserating with Rachel's loss on Wheel. We've just returned from the Hollywood Collectors' Showcase which we attended on bk's recommendation. We had a blast and Rachel won a great raffle. So now she's over the "I'm a loser" song she was singing because of Wheel.
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Post by: Noel on April 04, 2004, 05:39:06 PM
These posts IS cherce!
Love TCB's TOTD and the responses.
And that amazingly articulate review of Assassins by Jenny.
Cats in phonographs, parents moving furniture.  It's all too much.
We're getting a late start on dinner, so I don't know if I'll make chat.  Top priority is recording two songs for the ASCAP submission.  Then I'll see if anyone's around.
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Post by: PennyO on April 04, 2004, 05:43:25 PM

PennyO - Had I not been in a semi-timecrunch getting to Lynnwood on Friday, I would have loved to meet up with you!  Any chance you'll be around tomorrow afternoon? :)  Planning on taking Stevens Pass again on my return trek to Wenatchee

Oh, shucks - When you passed by last time, I was just hangin' and gardening. Tomorrow I'll be running around Seattle and Monroe on sundried errands accompanying my trying to get outa here to drive down to LA. But I'll be back from Mid-May through the summer, with a week in LA for my mom's 80th in the new house, and about 2 weeks in Ashland end of June-July, to dog and kitty sit for Jane and Keith while they are in Eastern Europe with their boys.

Take my word for it - it's plumb gawjus here right now. Hate to leave.
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Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 05:49:24 PM
TOTD -- What play, comedy or drama, would you most like to see turned into a Broadway-style musical?

NOTE:  No cheating.  No books or films allowed, unless there is also a play that has been made from it.

DEATHTRAP, of course.
(There's a role for you and a role for me).
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 05:51:13 PM
They Might be Giants.  It's already been made into a film, but I've always thought it'd make a terrific musical entertainment.  

And even though I know it's cheating, I think Psycho would make a terrific musical comedy.  

HainesHisWay favorites Hinky Meltz and Ernest Ernest wrote several songs for an aborted production of the musical Pyscho. Several of the song lyrics were posted here.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 05:53:38 PM
Chat in a mere seven minutes.
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Post by: Jrand73 on April 04, 2004, 05:53:45 PM
That's right MS hit 1000!
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 05:55:33 PM
I saw the last 15 minutes or so of Field of Dreams and I said to myself that someone should try to do a musical version of this. There hasn't been a successful baseball musical since Damn Yankees/
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Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 05:56:31 PM
DRs Jane and td - I found the film "Lawrence After Arabia" gave me considerable insight into not only Lawrence but the whole Middle East situation and many of the problems there today. A very dialogue heavy film but worth the effort.
RLP: I would of course have accepted any accent by Mr Spacey - he doesn't need to talk at all!

Dialogue heavy? ? ?  Robert Bolt's screenplay is quite short on words, leaving director Lean to fill in the gaps with eye-opening cinematography; one of the few non-silent films wherein the actions truly do speak louder than words.  
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Post by: elmore3003 on April 04, 2004, 05:57:36 PM
DR Panni, I'd suggest the song sequence of "We Don't Want to Lose You" by the girls followed by Maggie Smith's "I'll Make AMan of Any One of You" in OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR!  It's a music hall sequence recruiting soldiers for WWI in Brighton, and any boy enlisting is promised a kiss by Miss smith.  She's glamorous, keeping an eye on any chorine upstaging he, and we see the sequence from the audience with the Smith family, our guide through the history of World War I.  One of the boys in the family runs up to enlist and get a kiss.  When he gets close to her, she's a painted old tart, the perfect metaphor for a film about jingoism and the stupidity of young men and women sacrificed by old politicians.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 05:57:45 PM
Chat in a mere three minutes.  And let's keep the posts coming - it does this old heart good.
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Post by: William E. Lurie on April 04, 2004, 05:57:58 PM
Just got back from WEIRD ROMANCE.  Someone asked me to report on how they did the special effects.  There were none and none were needed.  One thing that came up in the discussion group afterwards was that the original production concentrated too much on the sci fi and not enough on the human elements.

This was one show that definitely comes off better on stage than on CD.  The score really needs the book to be appreciated.  And the announced two new songs were both cut in rehearsal since they really didn't work.  

This is really two one act musicals.  The first one --- about celebrity prodsuct placements --- is more timely today than when it was first done.  The second is a beautiful love story with sci fi influences.

I have attended 36 of the 45 Muftis to date, and I have never seen a solo number given the ovation that Karen Ziemba was given for her first song.  Karen was as wonderful as always and I look forward to seeing her twice more over the next few weeks in BROADWAY BY THE YEAR 1949 and BYE BYE BIRDIE.  In addition she has just taped a "Law and Order" episode.  The rest of the cast was one of the most uniformly good ones Mufti has had in a while.  I didn't recognize Batboy Deven May at first with long hair (and normal ears) but he was excellent as was the whole cast.

With good material and a great cast, who needs special effects?  It's been a great season for Mufti.  
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 05:58:12 PM
Chat in a mere two minutes.
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Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 05:58:32 PM
Chat in a mere seven minutes.

Chat?  Chat, you say. . .but, but, but, Mbarnum's chat returned already!  Freddie, it seems, was in the garage.  (accent on the second syllable).
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 05:59:24 PM
Chat in a mere minute
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 05:59:59 PM
Chat now - get your butt cheeks in there.  
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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 06:06:18 PM
PSYCHO! Music by Hinky Meltz Lyrics by Ernest Ernest

EVERYBODY GOES A LITTLE CRAZY SOMETIMES
EVERYBODY GOES A LITTLE BATS.
EVERYBODY'S DRIVEN ROUND THE BEND, MY FRIEND,
FOR EXAMPLE - HAVE YOU EVER SAT THROUGH CATS?

EVERYBODY'S GOT A TOUCH OF MADNESS IN THEM,
LET IT OUT AND PEOPLE START TO DIE
THEY CALL YOU A PSYCHO!
THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE PSYCHO!
THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE SICK - THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE NUTS
THEY CALL YOU A LOON - NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS
THEY WILL LOCK YOU UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY
IF YOU'RE A PSYCHO - LIKE ME!

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ALL YOUR MARBLES
IF YOUR DECK'S A LITTLE SHORT
IF YOUR FAVORITE GAME IS CRAZY EIGHTS
I'M SORRY TO REPORT
YOU'LL BE SHUNNED AND YOU'LL BE FEARED
THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE WEIRD
THEY WILL TELL YOU YOU'RE NOT FIT FOR COMPANY
WHEN YOU'RE A PSYCHO - LIKE ME...

EVERYBODY GOES A LITTLE BONKERS SOMETIMES
IF YOU DO THEN PEOPLE STAY AWAY
THEY CALL YOU A PSYCHO!
THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE PSYCHO!
THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE STRANGE - THEY CALL YOU INSANE
THEY PUT YOU AWAY - AND WORK ON YOUR BRAIN
THEY WILL SEND YOU INTO ENDLESS THERAPY
IF YOU'RE A PSYCHO - LIKE ME!

IF YOU'RE A PSYCHO!
LIKE
ME!

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Post by: Michael on April 04, 2004, 06:09:44 PM
SHOWERING MY TROUBLES AWAY Music by Hinky Meltz Lyrics by Ernest Ernest

IT WAS WRONG TO STEAL THE MONEY,
IT'S NOT HARD TO CATCH A THIEF
BUT TOMORROW WILL BE SUNNY
AND MY SOUL WILL FEEL RELIEF
CAUSE I'M GONNA GIVE THAT MONEY BACK
LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY
YOU CAN'T BUY OFF UNHAPPINESS
SO I'M GONNA FACE THE DAY
AND I'M

SHOWERING MY TROUBLES AWAY
CLEANSING THE DIRT AND GRIME
THE SOAP IS MAKING LITTLE BUBBLES
THAT ARE WASHING AWAY MY CRIME
AND I'M FEELING TRUER, FEELING CLEANER
AND THE SKY WILL BE BLUER AND THE GRASS WILL BE GREENER
CAUSE I'M SHOWERING AWAY MY TROUBLES
WATCH THE TROUBLES GO DOWN THE DRAIN.

I'LL CLOSE MY EYES
AND LET THE WATER WASH OVER ME
CASCADING DOWN AND MAKING ME
FEEL FANCY FREE
THE WATER'S NICE AND HOT
AND I LIKE THIS SHOWER QUITE A LOT...

WAIT A MINUTE!
WHO'S THAT OLD LADY WHO JUST RIPPED ASIDE
THE SHOWER CURTAIN???
SHE'S HOLDING A REALLY BIG KNIFE,
THAT'S THE ONE THING I KNOW
FOR CERTAIN!
OH, MY LORD! SHE'S GOING TO STAB ME
JAB ME
AND POKE ME FULL OF HOLES.
FROM THE TOP OF MY TORSO
ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MY SOLES!

SLASH! SLASH!
LADY, I'M BLEEDING!
SLASH! SLASH!
LADY, I'M PLEADING
DON'T END MY LIFE
WHAT'S WITH THE KNIFE?
STOP WITH THE SLASHING
OR I'LL BE CASHING OUT!

I CAN FEEL MY LIFE EBBING
AND I'M GOING UNDER
SHE JUST KEEPS SLASHING
AND I AM WONDER-
ING WHY???
I SHOWERED AWAY MY TROUBLES
BUT THE TROUBLE IS - I'M GOING TO DIE!
NO LIE!
IT'S CRAZY, IT'S INSANE
BUT I'M LYING IN THE TUB
AND MY TROUBLES AND MY LIFE
ARE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN!
I REALLY MEAN IT!
MY TROUBLES AND MY LIFE
ARE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN!

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Post by: Jennifer on April 04, 2004, 06:21:57 PM
DR Jennifer,

Do you have the feather out yet?


What does that mean?
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 06:28:07 PM
Robin I hope you stayed until the credits for HELLBOY had finished. :D
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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 06:31:47 PM
Jennifer, don't feel bad I had to look this up.  I have never cleaned my house for Passover either.

"On the evening before Pesach, upon nightfall of the fourteenth day of Nisan, (Sunday evening, April 4th, 2004), a thorough search of the house is made to ensure that no chametz remains. There is a tradition of distributing ten pieces of bread throughout the house, so that the searchers will have something to look for. The family gathers together with a candle for lighting the way, a feather for brushing-up the chametz, and a wooden spoon onto which the chametz is brushed. "

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Post by: Jane on April 04, 2004, 06:32:57 PM
For more check this out:
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/pesach1.htm

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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 06:53:54 PM
Why wait two years..it works for a long time as follows

05-05-05
06-06-06
07-07-07
08-08-08
09-09-09
10-10-10
11-11-11
12-12-12
Try dropping the zeros, if you can't get it the first time.
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Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 06:56:30 PM
Chat is amazing.  Still going strong.  Many dishes of dirt and revelations.
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Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 07:32:14 PM
Dishes of dirt?  Bleh!  We had dishes of Chinese food.  General Tsao Chicken and Shrimp, Beef with Snow Peas, and Hot and Sour Soup, which my sinuses appreciated.

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Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 07:37:08 PM
Dialogue heavy? ? ?  Robert Bolt's screenplay is quite short on words, leaving director Lean to fill in the gaps with eye-opening cinematography; one of the few non-silent films wherein the actions truly do speak louder than words.  
Those speed reading courses don't work Anthony Dale. "Lawrence AFTER Arabia".
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on April 04, 2004, 07:38:14 PM
I want to apologize to all the Chatsters tonight for my erratic popping in and out as I did.  But whenever I would join the room, I would see a few lines of chat and then nothing more.  Frozen, I was.  Like Maureen O'Hara's crossbred bull in tonight's TCM showing of The Rare Breed.  

But the chat looked like fun, so I'll do a little R&D this week and hopefully be there and non-lagging next week.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 07:39:34 PM
DR Panni, I'd suggest the song sequence of "We Don't Want to Lose You" by the girls followed by Maggie Smith's "I'll Make AMan of Any One of You" in OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR!  It's a music hall sequence recruiting soldiers for WWI in Brighton, and any boy enlisting is promised a kiss by Miss smith.  She's glamorous, keeping an eye on any chorine upstaging he, and we see the sequence from the audience with the Smith family, our guide through the history of World War I.  One of the boys in the family runs up to enlist and get a kiss.  When he gets close to her, she's a painted old tart, the perfect metaphor for a film about jingoism and the stupidity of young men and women sacrificed by old politicians.
What a wonderful scene with the amazing Dame Maggie. The final shots of the movie with that sea of crosses is so emotive too.  
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Laura II on April 04, 2004, 07:47:28 PM
Uncle Woody, can you believe that my dad has eagerly anticipated today for the past two or three years? See, his little brother (my Uncle Dan) turned 40 today on 04-04-04. My dad had brought that fact to our family's attention in the past, and it has finally come to pass. The funny thing is, when today arrived, he didn't make a huge deal out of it.

Haha, that probably isn't all that funny in any dear reader's opinion, but it's amusing to me! I guess you have to know my dad! :)

DR MBarnum, so glad to hear Freddy is back!

DR Panni, sorry to hear about Rachel's disappointment. :(
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 08:06:49 PM
After OF ARABIA, there's nothing. . . . . .now, about those speed-reading courses, can i get a refund?
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 08:13:27 PM
Certainly enjoyed THE SOPRANOS tonight. With ALIAS not on, I was able to watch THE SOPRANOS in high definition. Not as vital to enjoying it as I feel it is to ALIAS, but still in high def every black, blue, and blood red mark stood out quite clearly. (Those who saw the show know what I'm talking about.)

There was a moment there tonight where I truly thought we were going to lose one of the Emmy nominated-co-stars of the show.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 08:18:22 PM
I saw the last 15 minutes or so of Field of Dreams and I said to myself that someone should try to do a musical version of this. There hasn't been a successful baseball musical since Damn Yankees/

Did anyone else hear that they are going to remake Damn Yankees as a hip-hop movie musical?
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Maya on April 04, 2004, 08:27:03 PM
Laura--LOL, I do find that amusing!

Fun chat tonight!  It was great to go to one again.  Towards the end, we started talking about various cast recordings, and I talked about how enchanted by "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" I was.  (A friend recently sent me the CD).  I had no idea that the reissue (which I apparently have) was supervised by BK!  

Well, off to do homework!
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Matt H. on April 04, 2004, 08:27:06 PM
Yes, I did read that last year after CHICAGO won the Best Picture Oscar, but there has been nothing else about it. I suspect if THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is a big hit, MAYBE we'll get some of the other plethora of musicals that were announced last year after the Oscars. It's still not a genre than just anyone can pull off successfully.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Maya on April 04, 2004, 08:30:18 PM
Did anyone else hear that they are going to remake Damn Yankees as a hip-hop movie musical?

That's absolutely terrifying.   :o
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 09:16:50 PM
There's something about a hip hop DY that smells.

Specifically, it smells of someone latching onto an idea with no concept of what he's talking about.  Hip hop isn't all that cinematic; it's too confrontational, directed right in the face of the audience, constantly breaking through the fourth wall. It works in videos or in concert, but is a terrible form for telling stories, which is what musicals do.

Years Decades ago, long before I met der Brucer, I was dating a fellow who had this idea of making a disco musical.  The problem was, he'd never been to a disco, and had only heard the music on the radio.  He hadn't any notion of how disco was a participatory thing, where the music fed the crowd, which supplied it's own energy, magnifying the music well beyond what it actually was.  (If there's a definition for synergy, disco was it.)  When some of my friends and I took him to Studio One one night, he was overwhelmed.  What he witnessed and what he had dreamed up had nothing to do with each other.  His idea for a disco musical collapsed, as most souffles do at some point.  (So did our affair, shortly after that.  There are some relationships that can only stand so much honesty.)
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 09:18:36 PM
Dang, it took us this long to get to page five?

This isn't so much a Page Five Dance as a slouch!

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Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Kerry on April 04, 2004, 09:23:54 PM
Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" was on the radio earlier today (not one of my favorite songs), and I want to know just what IS a "Store-bought woman"?
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 09:28:35 PM
A substitute - a bottle of whisky(whiskey) or bourbon "cracklin' rosie". My local radio station played it this morning too Kerry. Spooky!
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 09:42:40 PM
True, but "Spooky" isn't a Neil Diamond song. . .

Now if other DRs were watching THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW on dvd tonight (as I was), THAT would be spooky.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 09:58:53 PM
Of course td. A Dusty Springfield reference.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: td on April 04, 2004, 10:00:40 PM
But, of course, DR Tomovoz!     ;)
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 04, 2004, 10:25:48 PM
Well, maybe we'll make it!  Company just left - I showed them North by Northwest, which Rachel had never seen.  She liked but didn't love it - too long, too many twists.  But I've seen this with a lot of younger folks with movies like this - they're so used to quick cutting and no character development and movies that just leap about that these things seem slow.  Not as slow as most of the crap I see today, however, and the fact is most movies today are as long as NBNW.   They're just filled with shorter scenes and quicker cutting.  I, on the other hand, loved it as much as always - it never ceases to amaze me how perfect a film it is (for my real reactions to it as a child read Kritzerland).
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 10:39:22 PM
Well, where in tarnation is everybody???
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 10:41:12 PM
We need posts.  Do you hear me?  POSTS!
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 10:42:19 PM
What is this?  Am I doing stand up??
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Tomovoz on April 04, 2004, 10:44:14 PM
Good to see you standing up for yourself TCB. A good positive way to face the world and your troubles. If you get totally tired of talking to yourself you can email!
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: TCB on April 04, 2004, 10:46:55 PM
Good to see you standing up for yourself TCB. A good positive way to face the world and your troubles. If you get totally tired of talking to yourself you can email!

Too late.  I already did.

GOOD NIGHT, ALL!
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 11:18:04 PM
Came across an interesting story (or I found it so): the proprietress of a bakery in Washington, D. C., got a very good write-up by the Post's restaurant/food critic.  The problem is, the write-up included a picture of her doughnuts, which became what all the new customers wanted...and the only item they wanted.  Making matters worse, they would only want to buy one or two doughnuts, and nothing else...and would be paying with nothing but twenty dollar bills!

Since the local bank itself had trouble keeping up with the demand for one dollar bills, particularly on weekends, the baker was hard put to constantly make change.  She finally had to make a policy change, not to break twenties for just one or two doughnuts.  If people wanted that few doughnuts, they could pay in smaller bills.

Typically, some of the people coming in for just one or two of the doughnuts were outraged at being treated this way.  One woman waved her money in the helpstaff's face, saying "This is American money!"  (The helpstaff was Latino.)  Would the woman buy anything else?  No, flat refusal there.  Even some of the cookies the bakery makes were rejected. The doughnuts were all she had heard about, and those were all she wanted.  Next thing, the "customer" was threatening to go on the Internet with her story and make the baker and her bakery look like...well, we don't use language like that here.

Just goes to prove, the customer is not always right.  Whoever started that notion had no idea how sadistic some customers can be.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Jay on April 04, 2004, 11:21:41 PM
Sorry about being errant and truant today, Dear Readers.  I was in San Diego to catch a peformance of Joseph Green's Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo.  Though I am familiar with its music, I've never seen the work staged before.  It's grand opera at its grandest, filled with high emotion, historical context, politics, religion, unseemly goings-on amongst royalty, betrayal and, just for good measure, an auto-da-fe.  (Oh, a Candide reference.)  This opera requires six strong singers--plus a sizable chorus and the more spear carriers the better.  Other than an only OK tenor, this ensemble was quite good.

On the way home, I picked up my mother (who lives in Orange County), as she will be spending a few days with me to celebrate Passover.

Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: Panni on April 04, 2004, 11:29:52 PM
I hadn't seen NORTH BY NORTHWEST in many years. So, except for a few sequences which I remembered totally, it was like watching it anew. Great fun. And incredibly sexy - although all done with words, looks, wonderful double entendres.
I think one of the reasons Rachel did not "love" it is that there was a misunderstanding at the outset. We had been discussing watching either CHARADE with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant or NBNW, also with Grant. Rachel is a huge Audrey Hepburn fan and for some reason misunderstood and thought Hepburn was in NBNW, as well. As the opening credits rolled, I heard her saying, "Wait! Audrey Hepburn isn't in this!"-- but it was too late. So she went into it feeling slightly let down. I have to say that I've sat through some pretty long, twist-filled films with her and she has really liked them. So I don't think she's emblematic of some kind of generational fault in not liking length or complexity of plot. She actually has fairly sophisticated tastes in films (as well as liking some of the usual fare of her generation).
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: S. Woody White on April 04, 2004, 11:50:34 PM
To give Rachel her due, NbBW has a fairly dry first act.  By dry, I mean stagnant, compared with the rest of the film.  It isn't until Cary gets on the train that it really takes off; his chemistry with Eva is nearly perfect throughout.  But by that time, a third of the film has already passed, filled with fifties banalities.

I suppose the film could be remade today, with our hero a nastier sort of ad-man, confronted by even nastier baddies.  But...but could anyone believe people with money would travel by train?  Even people without money travel by air these days.  The new Cary would have his own drug habit, so that the scene with him driving drunk would be almost nothing to him.  And the thrill of seeing Mt. Rushmore, from any angle, would be sardonically cut with kids saying "Puh-leeze, I've seen the photos already!"  Fifties banalities replaced by those a half-century newer.

But I don't think Rachel would be happy with that.  She strikes me as too intelligent.  Her reaction sounds more like a gap between her expectations and what she found.  Fortunately, NbNY holds up on repeated viewings.  The best films are like that.  She'll return to it, someday, when the time is right for her.
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: bk on April 05, 2004, 12:01:08 AM
Talk about squeaking by.  
Title: Re:THE LOST HOUR
Post by: S. Woody White on April 05, 2004, 12:01:54 AM
I just caught an interview with Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway, on Fox News of all places.  I'm envious of those in the LA area: they'll be at Feinstein's this week.