A Movie Scene Quiz

And I knew that would be too easy for you. (lol)

It isn't mizzling (good word) here yet, but it's supposed to start later today -- it's just overcast at the moment.

Back with a new question in a bit.

Did you hear the one about the

1. Emotionally immature

2. Streaker

who liked to dance a

3. French dance

as he ran?

When it started to mizzle, he had to

4. Move along briskly.

I have to think about that one. Oooh, wait a sec. I think I've got it.

Love it. That's the best one yet.

Frank Sinatra:

The Young at Heart

Naked Runner

liked to dance the

Can Can

and when it mizzled, he had to

Step Lively.

Thanks! Your turn.

I'll try to have a new q. after we've had our lunch. You're too quick on the draw today. (lol)

Once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden who was adored by

1. an itinerant sovereign

who said

2. she was delightful to know and heaven to kiss

Her charm and effervescent personality were acclaimed as far away as the Bayou. It was there that the folks dubbed her

3. the Brew of the Bayou

but alas, the sovereign couldn't keep her. The captain of a

4. riverboat steamer

whisked her right out of his arms.

(I'm getting desperate, LOL)

At first glance, your question seems to have a certain -- how shall I say -- Mardi Gras theme, which is appropriate for today. Apart from that initial reaction, however, I have no idea who it is -- I'll have to think about it.

Once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden (Kathryn Grayson) who was adored by

1. A Vagabond King

who said

2. she was Lovely to Look At

Her charm and effervescent personality were acclaimed as far away as the Bayou. It was there that the folks dubbed her

3. The Toast of New Orleans

but alas, the sovereign couldn't keep her. The captain of a

4. Showboat

whisked her right out of his arms.

(I almost used It Happened in Brooklyn - which both Kathryn Grayson and Frank Sinatra appeared in - as one of the clues for my Sinatra question.)

I almost used it, too. For Kathryn. (lol) Was it "Lovely to Look At" that gave it to you?

Your turn.

Strangely, it was "itinerant sovereign" (which for some reason initially made me think of Gilbert and Sullivan's "A wand'ring minstrel I"). And I was pretty sure the "riverboat steamer" was "Showboat", but without the "Vagabond King" clue I would have spent some time trying to figure out which version of Showboat.

Aside: I have "Blossoms in the Dust" (1941) with Greer Garson on TCM now. Greer is wearing a gown in a breathtaking shade of blue that I have never seen before. I can't describe it. The Technicolor is astounding. Good story, too. The movie is based on Edna Gladney's life.

Sounds interesting. I don't think I've ever seen that one.

I fear I must do some work now. I'll try to post a new question when I get a chance.

Blasted work!

So true! Or as Philip Larkin said in his poem, "Toads":

Why should I let the toad work
Squat on my life?
Can't I use my wit as a pitchfork
And drive the brute off?

Six days of the week it soils
With its sickening poison -
Just for paying a few bills!
That's out of proportion.

Lots of folk live on their wits:
Lecturers, lispers,
Losels, loblolly-men, louts-
They don't end as paupers;

Lots of folk live up lanes
With fires in a bucket,
Eat windfalls and tinned sardines-
they seem to like it.

Their nippers have got bare feet,
Their unspeakable wives
Are skinny as whippets - and yet
No one actually starves.

Ah, were I courageous enough
To shout Stuff your pension!
But I know, all too well, that's the stuff
That dreams are made on:

For something sufficiently toad-like
Squats in me, too;
Its hunkers are heavy as hard luck,
And cold as snow,

And will never allow me to blarney
My way of getting
The fame and the girl and the money
All at one sitting.

I don't say, one bodies the other
One's spiritual truth;
But I do say it's hard to lose either,
When you have both.

Truer words were never spoken. And just a wee word of advice from one who's been there:

If you don't feel like whistling, plug in the ear phones and listen to the music of the day.

Blossoms in the Dust!! Isn't that the one with the great quote, "There are no illegitimate children, only illegitimate parents!" I love Greer Garson.

Oh, and Hi there all!

Been mizzling here too-in fact we're famous for our mizzle! Although, mostly in fact, here it is fizzle (fog+drizzle?)!

Catching up with youse guys--big fun! I love this variation!

Oh and speaking of work-you're gonna love this one--we were told there could be NO/zip/nada/niente Off clock work, eg you come in early, heaven forfend you begin to do work. This is followed immediately by them saying that they want to see real time reflected on the time sheets instead of just filling out 9:00am across the board for start time. ehhh. ok, you can't start early or work late. But you must reflect real time on your time sheet. Does anyone see that this doesn't work? DOY! OK, maybe you can be artful with lunch and add or subtract time. But all this consternation and confusion because they're afraid their auditor will say it's statistically impossible for someone to start on time and leave on time. wow.

Haven't I seen that in a Dilbert? If not, it will probably appear there soon -- it's amazing how quickly Scott Adams picks up on idiotic corporate trends.

Hi Lois: I hear you loud and clear (about work)

And yes, Edna Gladney spoke those words. She devoted her life to placing abandoned children with adoptive families, vocusing strongly on the care of unmarried mothers and adoption services for their babies. She successfully lobbied the Texas legislature to have the word illegitimate kept off birth certificates and urged the passage of legislation to give adopted children the same inheritance rights as other children. As a result of her efforts the state of Texas instituted the policy of issuing second birth certificates in the names of adoptive parents.

"Edna Gladney acquired a national reputation for her work after the release of the 1941 film Blossoms in the Dust, a fictionalized account of her life, starring Greer Garson. In 1950, after acquiring the West Texas Maternity Hospital, which it had operated since 1948, the society changed its name to Edna Gladney Home (see GLADNEY CENTER). Mrs. Gladney was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by Texas Christian University in 1957. She placed over 10,000 babies with adoptive parents during her career, and she continued to direct the home until ill health forced her into semiretirement in 1960. "

She was one gutsy lady.

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