Topic: SALLY FORTH (Read 29418 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #90 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:13:11 PM »

I have watched two DVDs already today. First off was HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. This was the HBO pressing of the film (I think someone else has done it more recently - MGM perhaps). Anyway, it looked very good to me, very sharp. Mono sound wasn't the most robust, so I admit I did let the receiver repurpose the sound to send it through the surround speakers so it would be a bit more full bodied.

Kaye sings almost the entire score, and he's more than up to its demands. He's simply wonderful in all the numbers and so appealing to the child in us all. It's a lavish Goldwyn production, and it's nice to see Jeanmere's husband Roland Petit dance the Prince in "The Little Mermaid." But it's clear from his turns that he must have been a better choreographer than a dancer at least at this stage of his life.

Matt H. · « **Reply #91 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:17:34 PM »

Page 4 dance!!!

MBarnum · « **Reply #92 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:17:39 PM »

Nap taken....movie partially watched.

Matt H. · « **Reply #93 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:21:35 PM »

I have read in other reference books about WHITE CHRISTMAS being a remake of HOLIDAY INN, but I've never gotten it, either. The stories are totally dissimilar and the scores couldn't be more different except for the title tune.

Perhaps the original intention was to remake it, and someone in charge thought better of it. I'm glad they did. I like both films, but I prefer WHITE CHRISTMAS.

Matt H. · « **Reply #94 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:24:57 PM »

I meant to mention in talking about HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN that I wonder if Lionel Bart got the idea for the street vendor section of "Who Will Buy? in OLIVER! from the street scene in Copanhagen in HANS? It's very like Bart's beginning to the number.

I also gloried in the beauty of Farley Granger. He may not have been the greatest actor in the world, but he was one of the world's male beauties at that time. Funny when he was so much better looking than the leading lady. I guess Goldwyn must have hoped Jeanmere would catch on like Leslie Caron did, but, alas, star lightning didn't strike her.

Matt H. · « **Reply #95 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:28:16 PM »

Next, I put in THE THIN MAN COMES HOME. The movie looks good, perhaps not quite as sharp and marvelously and deeply black and white as THE SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN, but it still looked very good. I noted just a bit of print damage.

I'm hoping the last one, SONG OF THE THIN MAN, looks the best of all. It's the newest, of course, and has always had a lustrous monochromatic look to it.

I will probably get to it tonight as there isn't anything on TV worth watching that I haven't already seen.

Matt H. · « **Reply #96 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:28:51 PM »

Oops. Sorry, BIG BROTHER 6 fans! I meant network TV reruns, not the reality shows.

Matt H. · « **Reply #97 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:30:09 PM »

I also found time to get the yard mowed despite the hot and very humid conditions. I was already hot and bothered since I hadn't gotten any packages in the mail.

Michael · « **Reply #98 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:38:14 PM »

Off to see Phillip Officer tonight at the Royal Room of the Colony Hotel in Palm Beach. This place is so hoity toity that they make men wear dinner jackets. Luckily we don't have to wear ties because all I have are ones from the Warner Bros. Bugs Bunny and Friends Collection. I feel like I should shower and douche before I step foot in there.

Jed · « **Reply #99 on:** August 13, 2005, 01:40:48 PM »

Happy birthday, DR Stuart!

This afternoon DG Ann and I will be headed across the state to celebrate my very own mother's 50th birthday. And yes, there will of course be cake... spice cake with penuche frosting, specifically. Yum!

Matt H. · « **Reply #100 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:20:19 PM »

Reading all of the early reviews all over the web of various Astaire-Rogers films, I can't wait to get my hands on them this week. I made my own DVDs of FOLLOW THE FLEET, SWING TIME, and SHALL WE DANCE some months ago (tried for ROBERTA, too, but messed that one up), but to have the real things will be great! Haven't seen TOP HAT in ages.

Matt H. · « **Reply #101 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:21:35 PM »

OK, back down now for more movies. Don't know quite what will be in store for tonight. I'll report later.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #102 on:** August 13, 2005, 02:53:22 PM »

For everyone sweltering on the east coast, think cool thoughts.

For instance, here in Oakland CA, at 2:55 p.m. today, the temperature is F 59 degrees!

Aaaahhhhhh..............

Cillaliz · « **Reply #103 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:13:31 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on August 13, 2005, 02:53:22 PM

For everyone sweltering on the east coast, think cool thoughts.

For instance, here in Oakland CA, at 2:55 p.m. today, the temperature is F 59 degrees!

Aaaahhhhhh..............

At 5:00 PM, it's 73 degrees in Sioux City! It's so nice to have the windows open

bk · « **Reply #104 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:13:58 PM »

Welcome to our newest registered user, Harry Schechter. Now we've got a character from each of my movies.

bk · « **Reply #105 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:18:06 PM »

Oh, I get it - it's the devious Michael Shayne having sport.

Jason · « **Reply #106 on:** August 13, 2005, 03:25:59 PM »

At 6:30 pm New York time the temperature is a balmy 89 degrees and it's drizzling, which means it's terribly humid. I think the high today was 99F.

Jennifer · « **Reply #107 on:** August 13, 2005, 04:19:28 PM »

BIG BROTHER LIVE FEED SPOILERS.

Okay let me say this. I hate jen with a passion.

Not only is she a liar. But now she may be going after Kaysar. I HATE HER! Hmmm, okay now i feel better.

She nominated rachel and janelle, but rachel got veto. So instead of nominating james like she said, she is considering NOMINATING KAYSAR. This sucks! I know that there has to be some lying involved. But this girl is driving me nuts. I mean she intentionally made a deal with kaysar knowing she was lying. Now to me that IS WRONG.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #108 on:** August 13, 2005, 04:24:28 PM »

Quote from: Jennifer on August 13, 2005, 04:19:28 PM

BIG BROTHER LIVE FEED SPOILERS.

Okay let me say this. I hate jen with a passion.

Jen has said she's only in this to get to sequester, she isn't interested in winning the game. I also heard that she has a small movie role in something after this is over (or something like that - think that was on Canoe). I think she's stirring it up because that's the only way she'll get air time.

I almost wish I wasn't watching the live feed and reading Canoe. It's a different game, but it's much easier to see how BB is changing the game as it goes and how the people aren't all playing the game but have some silly notion that being on Big Brother will make them famous.

Jen even said to Kaysar at one point. " If I had been out of the house I know I would have been America's Favorite" Puh-leez.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #109 on:** August 13, 2005, 04:26:28 PM »

Just finished watching Truly Madly Deeply again - I've seen it a ton of times. I really love that movie.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #110 on:** August 13, 2005, 04:47:18 PM »

Well, I'm back and more than slightly tipsy from the margaritas! I met my friends Val, Tara, Tyleen and Tiffany from Barnes & Noble for some nachos and margaritas, and a festive time was had by all. Tara is leaving the store since she has financial aid and an assistantship in her school of nursing, and I will miss her enormously.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #111 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:05:50 PM »

Good Afternoon! Good Evening!

And what a lovely day I ended up having. I wasn't able to get in touch with any of the "team", so I headed out on my over to The Clark. What an amazing museum. Not too big, not too small; and some of their holdings had me in awe - and sometimes in tears too from the sheer beauty of them.

The Clark is in the middle of celebrating their 50th Anniversary. (The Institute was founded by one of the heirs to the Singer sewing machine fortune in 1955.) As part of the "celebration", they have come up with special placards that identify some of the works of art in the galleries. Besides giving the requisite information - artist name, country of original, dates, title, etc. - there is also a brief comment or two from various people - museum docents, members of The Clark, teachers, journalists, even children. Reading those remarks was such a joy. People were sharing the first time they saw the particular painting, why they loved it, what makes it "neat" to them, etc. A very ingenious way to personalize the collection.

After walking through the galleries, I decided to head outside and walk one of their hiking/walking trails that are on the grounds of The Clark. I started where a sign said "Trail Starts Here", but after a couple of feet I wasn't sure I was actually on the trail. There was no one else out walking when I was. And parts of trail just looked a little too "rustic" if you get my drift. But soon I noticed that they had marked the trees with small squares of white reflective material - they indicated that you were still on the trail - or where to go should you come to a fork. It was quite a nice hike, and I got a nice workout in the process. When the brochure said "hill", it meant "hill".

It took me about an hour to walk the loop - about a mile and half. And, yes, I did take pictures. So...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #112 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:07:17 PM »

The Clark is about a half mile walk from the Williams College campus. Once I had started making my way down South Street, I eventually came upon this:

bk · « **Reply #113 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:14:46 PM »

Is this a slow news day here at haineshisway.com?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #114 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:18:50 PM »

And since the museum is currently hosting a special exhibition of the works of Jean-Louis David entitled "Empire to Exile", the "following" was perched at the entrance driveway.

And what an exhibition! The focus is on the paintings from the later years of David's life which happens to include his portraits of Napoleon, Napoleon's family, friends, and court; paintings of classical and mythological subjects; and his paintings reflecting his political stance during the "Reign of Terror".

The Napoleonic portraits are stunners. However, some of the portraits commissioned by some of his other patrons are just as impressive.

And there's even a room devoted to some of his larger canvases - canvases too large to travel. Instead, they have some of the studies on display, and then a real-size enlargement of a section of the painting, a detail. I kept trying to find information on just how large some of those paintings are, but I did not spy that information provided in the descriptions. However, judging from one of the details, I'm guessing one of them had to be somewhere in the neighborhood of 20x12 feet. Or possibly even larger.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #115 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:20:16 PM »

After making my way through the galleries, I headed outside... And up the hill...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #116 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:21:11 PM »

About halfway through this trail, I came upon this:

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #117 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:22:40 PM »

Which had the following inscribed on it...

-The bench is dedicated to the memory of a former Williams College professor who would come up there everyday and watch the sunset from that spot.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #118 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:23:31 PM »

Consequently, the trail I was walking was called...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #119 on:** August 13, 2005, 05:24:24 PM »

After a little bit more walking, I looked up and saw this:

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