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Drat! Now I need a new disguise!
Thanks a lot, Howard.
That's my favorite seat in the house, because of the aisle behind it. You'd have to really be trying HARD to kick my chair. --A pet peeve, as I've already mentioned.
This afternoon it also offered the added advantage of hearing Mrs. Marvin's quiet chuckles (from back over my left shoulder) at her late husband's antics onscreen.
What were your thoughts, H? . . . And which one were you?
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And if I dislike something, that's all that matters to me.
Kind of like the mirror universe where Mr Spock has a goatee and eveyone aboard the Enterprise advances his career by assassinating his or her superior officers.
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I know it's short notice, and this might not be the right thread, (I don't know if it warrants its own thread on this board) but . . .
If anyone here lives in the New York area, and you're at all interested in Lerner & Loewe, you owe it to yourself to catch the "Musicals in Mufti" production of L&L's first non-failure (the show they wrote just before "Brigadoon"), "The Day Before Spring."
Here's an article about it:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109634.html
Unfortunately, only the Saturday night show is not yet sold out. You can get tickets online here:
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/133328
Adventurous souls who showed up an hour before today's performance and got their names on the list were seated in no-shows' seats but also in extra chairs which were added on the sides of the theater, just for them.
Anyway, it's a terrific little production, if you live nearby and you've got tomorrow (Saturday, July 28th) evening off. Or if you live even closer, you can "chance it" at one of the already sold-out performances . . .
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In the film, Clint Eastwood is singing “I Talk To The Trees”
Is that why he was so wooden?
I knew Nelson Riddle and we talked about Eastwood. He said CE took his singing lessons and rehearsals very seriously.
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This one was on TCM the other night. Now I know it has been mentioned in passing over the years, often with the characterization, "guilty pleasure." You know, Marvin & Clint 'singing', etc.
Maybe it's because I was watching it widescreen for the first time, what do I know, all's I can say is guilt be damned, I LOVED it. The photography was gorgeous. Marvin was outstanding from beginning to end. Clint was not the bad singer he's been made out to be. Jean Seberg was positively lovely. The supporting cast acted its collective heart out; exuberance all 'round. The chorus was astounding, their numbers pure corkers. The intermission music was beyond soaring. Hats off to Loewe, Previn and Riddle. GREAT arrangements. This was one rollicking piece of entertainment.
I had the pleasure of knowing Nelson Riddle and his family. I asked him about working with Clint on his song.
Clint said he was nervous because he was not known for his singing. Nelson said he took it very seriously.
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