Topic: A LITHUANIAN GAZELLE (Read 27502 times)

Matt H. · « **Reply #60 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:28:24 AM »

Happy Memorial Day to everyone!

So, who has to work?

Matt H. · « **Reply #61 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:31:01 AM »

Page Three Minerva McGonagall Dance!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #62 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:33:12 AM »

Gretchen Wyler was a great favorite on the straw hat circuit here in the 1960s. She sold out a week of shows two years in a row: first doing CALL ME MADAM and then the next year in SWEET CHARITY.

She was a stupendous Charity Hope Valentine! She could sing and dance and clown and was the best one I think I've ever seen in the role.

Matt H. · « **Reply #63 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:36:18 AM »

Since there's no mail delivery today (and hence no chance of THE CLOSER- Season 2 being delivered), I'm going to watch films with a lengthy running time today.

This afternoon I plan to take THE SONG OF BERNADETTE off the to-watch shelf and finally watch it. It's been decades since I've seen it all the way through, so this should be a treat.

I'm still mulling over what tonight's choice will be. It may be THE GODFATHER; it may be MARIE ANTOINETTE (Norma Shearer version). I may do SEVEN SAMAURI if I'm in the mood for a foreign film.

Matt H. · « **Reply #64 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:37:19 AM »

I'm all alone in the place! Wow!

Matt H. · « **Reply #65 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:37:32 AM »

Folks really are on holiday!

FJL · « **Reply #66 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:42:47 AM »

No one is alone

FJL · « **Reply #67 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:43:13 AM »

You're never alone on HHW

Jrand73 · « **Reply #68 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:43:13 AM »

DR MATTH - it had been decades since I saw the Shearer ANTOINETTE until I watched it a few weeks ago....it is an amazing film. And Norma does a very fine job...as does Tyrone...and EVERYONE. Beautiful and of course too bad it wasn't filmed in Technicolor since it was designed for that process.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #69 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:43:34 AM »

Why do people - mostly teen agers - walk on the street instead of the sidewalk?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #70 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:53:46 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on May 28, 2007, 07:43:34 AM

Why do people - mostly teen agers - walk on the street instead of the sidewalk?

Speculations are endless:
Suicidal tendencies?
Too many old coots hobbling on the sidewalks?

Matt H. · « **Reply #71 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:56:15 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on May 28, 2007, 07:43:13 AM

DR MATTH - it had been decades since I saw the Shearer ANTOINETTE until I watched it a few weeks ago....it is an amazing film. And Norma does a very fine job...as does Tyrone...and EVERYONE. Beautiful and of course too bad it wasn't filmed in Technicolor since it was designed for that process.

Well, that's what I'll watch tonight, then! Really have wanted to put it on for weeks, but that 3 hour running time kept stopping me.

Nothing on tonight to make that a problem.

Matt H. · « **Reply #72 on:** May 28, 2007, 07:58:08 AM »

I'm probably not going to have lunch out today with best friend John. He's with family (all off for the holiday), but he said if they've tired of one another by today, they may go their separate ways and then we would have lunch.

I'm not counting on that happening, however, so I have lunch food in readiness.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #73 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:09:21 AM »

That makes sense DR ELMORE.....I have almost taken a couple of them out with my PT Cruiser.

It is one of those films that went by very quickly for me DR MATTH....so much to cover....

Matt H. · « **Reply #74 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:14:35 AM »

Yes, MARIE ANTOINETTE would have been a dazzling Technicolor film. So would PRINCE OF FOXES. Still can't believe they denied color for that wonderful Power epic.

Jennifer · « **Reply #75 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:22:16 AM »

DR MattH, I agree with you in many respects about this past week's STUDIO 60. Totally bizarre not to have matthew perry, bradley whitford, or amanda peet. Do you know why they were not on? They are the 3 leads of the show. Really odd not to have any of them on.

Jennifer · « **Reply #76 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:23:51 AM »

Tonight there is a 2 hour ON THE LOT. I'll be curious to see how it is done. Will they show each short movie in its entirety and then let people vote? Will it be reality tv style like they did the last episodes where we only get to see bits and pieces (and then everything would be available online)? Apparently those in canada can vote!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #77 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:27:05 AM »

DR JENNIFER - my TV paper says "Short films of the 18 finalists are shown." So who knows?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #78 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:27:59 AM »

I guess I am confused.....

I have been looking at some of the photos from the new COMPANY revival, and also I have the new SWEENEY TODD....and I know the actors play instruments....BUT my question is:

Do they provide the only musical accompaniment?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #79 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:30:39 AM »

Good Morning!

Happy Memorial Day!

And to those who have protected and served, Thank You!

And for those who are currently protecting and serving, Thank You!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #80 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:32:30 AM »

Quote from: JRand56 on May 28, 2007, 08:27:59 AM

I guess I am confused.....

I have been looking at some of the photos from the new COMPANY revival, and also I have the new SWEENEY TODD....and I know the actors play instruments....BUT my question is:

Do they provide the only musical accompaniment?

Yes. That's the conceit/point/trick/gimmick/breakthrough/money-saving-measure/call-it-what-you-may.

Matt H. · « **Reply #81 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:33:13 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on May 28, 2007, 08:22:16 AM

DR MattH, I agree with you in many respects about this past week's STUDIO 60. Totally bizarre not to have matthew perry, bradley whitford, or amanda peet. Do you know why they were not on? They are the 3 leads of the show. Really odd not to have any of them on.

I have no idea what executive decision was made to keep the three of them off that episode.

There are supposed to be five remaining episodes of the show that haven't aired, but last week's episode finished last in the time slot (opposite reruns on the other networks), so who knows whether NBC will allow it to finish its run.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #82 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:34:22 AM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on May 28, 2007, 08:32:30 AM

Yes. That's the conceit/point/trick/gimmick/breakthrough/money-saving-measure/call-it-what-you-may.

And, imho, it works better aurally with Company rather than Sweeney Todd. However, I did like Anthony and Johanna playing cellos side by side.

Matt H. · « **Reply #83 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:36:11 AM »

As an adult, I don't think I've written anything like what would be regarded as a fan letter. As a kid, I wrote many.

I have written e-mails to authors like William Mann and Richard Barrios expressing appreciation for their most welcome scholarship in some of their nonfiction works. But I don't think of those as fan letters.

Matt H. · « **Reply #84 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:37:41 AM »

Speaking of nonfiction, I'm heading down now to continue reading my Henry VIII book. Then, on the lunch preparation.

WBBL.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #85 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:37:51 AM »

Quote from: Jennifer on May 28, 2007, 08:23:51 AM

Tonight there is a 2 hour ON THE LOT. I'll be curious to see how it is done. Will they show each short movie in its entirety and then let people vote? Will it be reality tv style like they did the last episodes where we only get to see bits and pieces (and then everything would be available online)? Apparently those in canada can vote!

The movies on tonight's episode are only one minute long. Each complete one-minute movie will be shown.

And, if I recall correctly, there will be another "chunk" of eliminations. -Which will make it easier for the producers to fit more films, longer films in the upcoming episodes.

ADDENDUM: Well... Now that I think of it, I remember that the scripts are only a page long. But now I'm not sure if the finished movie is supposed to be a minute. However, they only get one hour to film it, so... In any case... The movies tonight will be short.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #86 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:44:40 AM »

As for the Topic of the Day...

Like others here on HHW, I've written to Stephen Sondheim. The first time was a true fan letter. The subsequent ones were more like "I have a question about..." letters. I always got a response. -I just don't know where those responses are right now. $:-\$

I also wrote combination fan/I woul like your advice letters to Paul Gemignani, Jeanine Levenson (now Tesori), John McDaniel and a few other conductors and pit pianists back in the early to mid-90s. I believe I got responses from all of them eventually. -And I've actually worked with most of them by now too.

DERBRUCER · « **Reply #87 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:52:02 AM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on May 28, 2007, 04:10:25 AM

It isn't just der Brucer that can find things on the net!

Over at Michael Ruhlman's blog, there's a story about an eleven-year-old Alabama boy killing a 9 foot 4, 1051 pound wild hog with a pistol.Don't take the anti-French bit too seriously, DR Francois. Daddy doesn't know you like we do.

But I find and post the evidence!

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Quote

May 25 04:21 PM US/Eastern
By KATE BRUMBACK
Associated Press Writer

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.

If the claims are accurate, Jamison Stone's trophy boar would be bigger than Hogzilla, the famed wild hog that grew to seemingly mythical proportions after being killed in south Georgia in 2004.
…

Jamison, meanwhile, has been offered a small part in "The Legend of Hogzilla," a small-time horror flick based on the tale of the Georgia boar. The movie is holding casting calls with plans to begin filming in Georgia.

Maybe Edisaurus can get a job "cutting the hog".

der Brucer

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #88 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:53:07 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 28, 2007, 06:38:21 AM

HENRY VIII AND HIS COURT, whatever it's called. I've already finished her 4 books on the Children and Wives of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and the Princes in the Tower.

According to this photo, Gretchen was on Broadway as a replacement for Chita Rivera.

And according to the IBDB, she indeed was.

bk · « **Reply #89 on:** May 28, 2007, 08:57:36 AM »

Off to a little morning get-together, after which I shall return.

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