Topic: ERSATZ SCALLIONS (Read 23450 times)

Jrand73 · « **Reply #120 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:19:10 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on February 23, 2006, 01:11:45 PM

DR JRand, when I was working at the desk near where we're distributing tax forms, a guy asked, "Which one is for the state?"

Um, it's the one that says:

OHIO

Maybe he was from Indiana or Kentucky.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #121 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:20:15 PM »

Page Five Carroll Baker Dance.

Matt H. · « **Reply #122 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:20:50 PM »

Lunch ran long, and I didn't have nearly enough time to watch things this afternoon.

Besides that, I've been on the phone for a good part of the morning trying to convince the power company that I'm not deceased. Lots of fun convincing people you're alive when they insist you're not.

Matt H. · « **Reply #123 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:22:42 PM »

Once I arrived home and got (hopefully) the last customer service person alerted as to my breathing status, I put in WEEK-END IN HAVANA.

Yes, the Technicolor is quite spectacular, and it's more fun than the Betty Grable picture yesterday BY FAR.

No, the Technicolor in PIN UP GIRL transfer I watched yesterday can't hold a candle to WEEK-END IN HAVANA.

Matt H. · « **Reply #124 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:24:51 PM »

Looking at that Carroll Baker dance shot, I'm reminded on the back of the paperback copy of HARLOW that came out around the time of Baker's movie, they had her posed in a very similar gown, chair and postition as an old Harlow still, and it was a pretty remarkable comparison.

The movie, of course, didn't seem much in period at all, but that publicity picture certainly looked like the real McCoy.

Matt H. · « **Reply #125 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:25:47 PM »

Neither Baker nor Lynley's HARLOWs are available on DVD, are they?

Ginny · « **Reply #126 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:27:22 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on February 23, 2006, 01:19:10 PM

Maybe he was from Indiana or Kentucky.

Oh, DR JRand, you're too kind!

I also had a phone call from a woman who wanted to know if I would fill out her IRS Form 1023, which is the application for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. That's equivalent to the undergraduates who used to wonder if I'd write their term papers for them

Jrand73 · « **Reply #127 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:47:27 PM »

LOL DRGINNY....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #128 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:48:34 PM »

No, DRMATT - neither the Carroll nor the Carol HARLOW is available on DVD...although Carol's can be found in a VERY bad DVD copy on EBAY now and then - second or third generation of a TV broadcast.

Matt H. · « **Reply #129 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:57:17 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on February 23, 2006, 01:48:34 PM

No, DRMATT - neither the Carroll nor the Carol HARLOW is available on DVD...although Carol's can be found in a VERY bad DVD copy on EBAY now and then - second or third generation of a TV broadcast.

I wonder who owns the rights to Lynley's HARLOW?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #130 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:58:31 PM »

Ah, yes, DRMATTH - Carroll's transformation into 30's icon Jean Harlow happened on board the Queen Mary as she traveled to London for the European premiere of THE CARPETBAGGERS.

The film was supposed to be an expensive and accurate account of the life of Jean Harlow directed by Carol Reed - but once Joseph E. Levine got involved in the project and it became a race to beat producer Bill Sargent to the screen - and screenwriter John Michael Hayes sacrificed truth to "story" - Carroll became not Jean Harlow, but Carroll Baker with 60's hair and shoes and not much else that had ANYTHING to do with Jean Harlow.

But it started out well.....as some pre-publicity photos show.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #131 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:59:33 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on February 23, 2006, 01:57:17 PM

I wonder who owns the rights to Lynley's HARLOW?

Bill Sargent is still around, I think, as is his Electronovision Company, but who knows.....

Matt H. · « **Reply #132 on:** February 23, 2006, 01:59:43 PM »

And speaking of Electronovision, I know of three productions: HAMLET (Burton), HARLOW (Lynley), and STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF. Were there any others?

bk · « **Reply #133 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:05:59 PM »

We met the star of the Electronivision Stop The World last week at the El Portal - Mr. Tony Tanner.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #134 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:06:33 PM »

I don't think so.... It was wrapped up someway with Magna Corporation which had something to do with SOUTH PACIFIC....but it's lost in the file cabinets of Hollywood now.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #135 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:07:10 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 23, 2006, 02:05:59 PM

We met the star of the Electronivision Stop The World last week at the El Portal - Mr. Tony Tanner.

Did he have a copy of HARLOW with him?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #136 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:07:38 PM »

MATTH!!!!!

What are you doing here....the power company said you were dead.

Matt H. · « **Reply #137 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:10:15 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on February 23, 2006, 02:07:38 PM

MATTH!!!!!

What are you doing here....the power company said you were dead.

And they ought to know!!!!

Matt H. · « **Reply #138 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:12:34 PM »

The Electronovision STOP THE WORLD was released by Warner Bros.. At least, the soundtrack LP was Warner Bros. (I have the movie on videotape.)

Don't know if Warners owns the Lynley HARLOW or not.

bk · « **Reply #139 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:26:58 PM »

Warners owns Stop the World and released it on laserdisc and tape.

Cillaliz · « **Reply #140 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:27:29 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on February 23, 2006, 09:25:49 AM

DRPENNYO - Menopause the Musical has been running for months and months in Indianapolis.....it would be steady work, and not all of the Indy cast members are....uh....zaftig.

Calling size 10 zaftig is almost fighting words!!!

I was born bigger than a size 10

bk · « **Reply #141 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:28:22 PM »

I wish they hadn't mucked about with the Stop the World film. It has awful orchestrations with strings added, which completely ruin it for me. Plus they added a song not by Newley and Bricusse (a pretty song, but one that had/has nothing to do with the show - it was an existing song called I Belived It All).

Jrand73 · « **Reply #142 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:31:55 PM »

Lynley's HARLOW score by Nelson Riddle and Al Ham is on the Warner Bros label, too. Maybe they own the film, too.

LOL DRMATTH - they are omnipotent.....

Jrand73 · « **Reply #143 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:33:03 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on February 23, 2006, 02:27:29 PM

Calling size 10 zaftig is almost fighting words!!! I was born bigger than a size 10

I have NO ROOM to talk!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #144 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:33:33 PM »

Have never seen STOP THE WORLD in any form. But I did get the cast album on LP last week.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #145 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:34:00 PM »

Off to dinner....and then to watch THE Olympics as opposed to the olympics!

Cillaliz · « **Reply #146 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:37:44 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on February 23, 2006, 02:34:00 PM

Off to dinner....and then to watch THE Olympics as opposed to the olympics!

I'm off to go home and eat some left over Tuna Glop and watch the Olympics....women's free skate (or long program) my fav!! I've managed to go all day without seeing results. So far so good.

Matt H. · « **Reply #147 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:40:13 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on February 23, 2006, 02:37:44 PM

I'm off to go home and eat some left over Tuna Glop and watch the Olympics....women's free skate (or long program) my fav!! I've managed to go all day without seeing results. So far so good.

I know the results, but my lips are sealed!

Matt H. · « **Reply #148 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:41:33 PM »

Quote from: JRand55 on February 23, 2006, 02:31:55 PM

Lynley's HARLOW score by Nelson Riddle and Al Ham is on the Warner Bros label, too. Maybe they own the film, too.

LOL DRMATTH - they are omnipotent.....

If we had been talking about it earlier, I might have gone to the Warner Bros. chat and asked about STOP THE WORLD in addition to THE PIRATE and several other musicals that seemed to have been dropped.

Ginny · « **Reply #149 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:41:45 PM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on February 23, 2006, 02:37:44 PM

I'm off to go home and eat some left over Tuna Glop and watch the Olympics....women's free skate (or long program) my fav!! I've managed to go all day without seeing results. So far so good.

Me too, DR Cillaliz! Just have to stay away from the New York Times and USA Today online. Skating should be exciting tonight!

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