tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post6615293009302101142..comments2024-03-24T11:56:43.208-07:00Comments on Showbiz David: Never Date a Movie Just OnceShowbiz Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08921904778000552196noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-60534628187037405992008-05-02T05:17:00.000-07:002008-05-02T05:17:00.000-07:00johnny -- thanks for reminding me that i needed to...johnny -- thanks for reminding me that i needed to buy a copy of show boat (i found one on e-bay for $.01) you are right, it's a great movie. kathryn grayson was never better, marge and gower were awesome and it's one of the best performances ava gardner ever turned in. her "can't Help loving that Man" and "Bill" are haunting. <BR/><BR/>i've never seen limelight, but it's now on my list of films to watch. and i've loved "jumbo" since it was first released. i love trying to figure out whether it's anna may or sidney or hattie on screen at different times (i don't do a good job with it; i was never around elephants that much, except setting up photo ops with anna may) i thought doris day was better than i expected -- but i often wonder what it would have been like with debbie reynolds, who was first choice. (just thinking about her mugging with jimmy durante and martha raye makes me laugh) and she would certainly be believeable as the "chip off the old block" daughter of durante.henry edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624858486350782393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-47593136420748383262008-04-30T12:24:00.000-07:002008-04-30T12:24:00.000-07:00Yes, Jumbo has those great songs of Rodgers and Ha...Yes, Jumbo has those great songs of Rodgers and Hart. A Holiday fovorite of mine, which I sometimes watch twice each December, is Holiday Inn. Wonderful Irving Berlin songs!Showbiz Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08921904778000552196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-50436714715856301132008-04-30T06:10:00.000-07:002008-04-30T06:10:00.000-07:00During the holidays each year our family and whoev...During the holidays each year our family and whoever sit down and watch "Showboat" and cry. Kathryn Grayson is wonderful. Ava Gardner is so enchantingly beautiful. Howard Keel is perfect and Joe E> Brown is just perfect, plus the Champions and supporting cast. A great showbiz. movie. We will be watching it again come Dec. ONLY MAKE BELIEVE. <BR/><BR/>I have "LIMELIGHT". Another great Showbiz. movie and like to watch it. Chaplin is great and ballarina fabulous dancer and actress. The theme from Limelight is my favorite song.<BR/><BR/>And of course the great Jimmy Durante, who is at his best in "JUMBO" What great music. I am not a Doris Day fan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-62432567068993964242008-04-28T14:13:00.000-07:002008-04-28T14:13:00.000-07:00ben - i have mixed feelings about ring of fear, bu...ben - i have mixed feelings about ring of fear, but try circus world at your own risk. there's very little to recommend in it. the circus seems to be more of a wild west show. rita hayworth does deliver a very touching, subtle performance even though she was already battling alzheimers and they had to keep cutting her dialogue during the shoot.henry edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624858486350782393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36845215.post-70594037339161036982008-04-27T16:34:00.000-07:002008-04-27T16:34:00.000-07:00Ring of Fear has been a frequent topic for discuss...Ring of Fear has been a frequent topic for discussion lately here on Culpepper & Merriweather. Trey Key the owner of the show thinks it's an awful movie, but with generally better circus scens than Greatest Show On Earth, BJ, the concessions boss like the scene of the loading and unloading of train, and notes that it was filmed in Phoenix, long time winterquarters for this show. (Beatty wintered his show in Deming, NM.) I watched the film several days ago thinking that at least I'd like Beatty's act -- which I only very vaguely remember from the early 1960's when I was five or six and saw it a couple times when he was still alive and touring. I didn't. What I did like was Mickey Spillane. Now I suppose I should watch John Wayne's other circus movie.<BR/><BR/>Ben<BR/><BR/>Visited Kelly Miller last night in Mt Vernon, IL. Business apparently is holding up for KM, much as it is for Culpepper. If only diesel prices would level off a bit we could all start to breath easier.B.E.Trumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453784575544052889noreply@blogger.com