[78-L] Olde-timers

[David Lennick]

I can't stomach her books and her pretentiousness. She was a dangerous woman 
for a few years in the 80s..there's nothing worse than an actor who gets 
enlightened (or runs for politics). She got to be a much better actress when 
she got older. "Irma La Douce" and "Can Can" are so lugubrious I want to 
scream. At least you get to see a few other talented people and some good 
choreography in "Sweet Charity" (too bad they dropped one of the best songs, 
"Baby Dream Your Dream").

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> I thought Shirley was very charming and lovable in "The Apartment."
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:20:24 -0500
>> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Olde-timers
>>
>> You can actually make it through Can Can? I couldn't! Or anything else with 
>> Shirley MacLaine, for that matter. Seriously, I was raised on early Chevalier 
>> records and it was pathetic to see him slog through Gigi and Can Can (playing 
>> the same part).
>>
>> Take him out and shoot him, I say.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> dl opined:
>>>
>>>
>>>> And he wasn't an embarrassment in his later years, unlike Sophie or 
>>>> Maurice
>>>> (suffering through those creaky old crocks on the Ed Sullivan Show is 
>>>> still
>>>> enough to cause me to avoid any of their later output). Nobody pointed a 
>>>> gun at
>>>> his head and forced him to record Hello Dolly.
>>> I can remember seeing Sophie Tucker on Ed Sullivan when I was about eight or 
>>> nine...I was totally amazed and enjoyed it very much...and that first 
>>> impression later got me interested in her old records when I started 
>>> collecting at age 12.
>>>
>>> The first I recall of Chevalier was seeing the movie Can-Can when I was 
>>> about seven or eight...same thing.  I thought he was great and I still 
>>> collect his stuff along with Sophie's!
>>>
>>> Taylor
>>>
>>>