[78-L] Olde-timers

[David Lennick]

As I said, she became a much better actress in the 80s. I liked "Madame 
Souzatzka". A little bit of the "kook" goes a long long way. She just irritates 
me..

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I like her in "Some Came Running,"  "The Turning Point,"   and a few others. 
> I wish I could have seen her when she understudied Carol Haney in "The 
> Pajama Game"  on Broadway.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Olde-timers
> 
> 
>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>