A Movie Scene Quiz

I'm signing off now, and do hope that the band narrows - or is it the other way around - so that communication is back to normal tomorrow.

Wow -- Sammy Cahn wrote "Thoroughly Modern Millie"? I don't think I ever realized that before.

Would the Bette Davis movie/song title be Pocketful of Miracles?

Yes to "Pocketful of Miracles".

I never saw "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and when I googled, I found out that "Millie" is the only Cahn/Van Heusen song in the movie -- and it is sung by Julie Andrews only during the credits montage.

Have you seen the Tony Award nominations, which were announced this morning? You can find the whole list at

Tony nominations

I haven't had a chance to peruse them closely yet, but one notable omission that struck me is that Natasha Richardson wasn't nominated for Streetcar.

I'll be back after my 10:30 meeting.

Thanks for the link, Bree.

I see "Light in the Piazza" has received quite a few nominations and Sutton Foster is there for "Little Women". Spamalot does not interest me and I know nothing about "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, but I am curious about "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"? Did you see it?

The musical revivals are not among my favorites although I must admit I've only heard the music from "Pacific Overtures" once.

Who/what are your choices and do you know when the Tonys will be shown on TV? I don't see a date.

Thanks for the link on the nominations, bree. I'm going to start a new thread. (The Performing Arts Forum is a little threadbare.)

Thanks, mac! I was thinking of doing that, but was too lazy.

I haven't seen Dirty Rotten Scoundrels or Spamalot (I have a ticket for the latter, but not until August). I liked the other two best musical nominees (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Light in the Piazza), but only moderately - in both cases, I thought the music was the weakest thing about them, which isn't a great thing to say about a musical. So I don't have any strong rooting interests in any of the musical categories, except that I'd love to see Victoria Clark win for Light in the Piazza.

Among the nominated plays, I've seen (and loved) Doubt and Gem of the Ocean. (I saw Democracy in London, where the cast was entirely different, so I don't think that counts.) I'm rooting for Doubt to win best play (the conventional wisdom seems to be that the race is between Doubt and Pillowman, which I haven't seen), and would be very happy if either Cherry Jones (for Doubt) or Phylicia Rashad (for Gem of the Ocean) won for best leading actress in a play. The best leading actor in a play category is widely considered the most competitive category this year (Denzel Washington, who's appearing in Julius Caesar, didn't even make the cut as a nominee), but I can't really handicap it because the only one of the nominees I've seen is Brian F. O'Byrne, who was very good in Doubt.

I believe the awards are on June 5, and I'm fairly certain they'll be televised.

Thanks Bree. I've made a note of the date. I always record the Tonys.

Lucky New Yorker.

Chicago has some interesting things going on (it's not only New York!). Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves are currently filming a romantic drama. My daughter, Katrina, is working as an extra in the film. Here is Katrina's report from the movie set:

I'll have to see that movie when it comes out, and see if I can guess which extra in the restaurant scene is your daughter!

This is a photo of my daughter, Katrina. She is a real cutie!

Wandeljw, I'll watch for that movie, too. Thanks for the delightful post. Your daughter is a real "cutie" and Oh, those big brown eyes.

While awaiting Bree's question, unless she's become bored with the game, and hoping she's not, I'll keep you apprised of what I'm watching. Why? Just because I feel like chatting.

It's a day when there's not much on cable that I don't already have so
I'm copying from a tape. Sophia Loren as Aida and Lois Maxwell(OO7's Miss Moneypenny) as Amneris; Luciano Della Marra as Radames. And the voices - Renata Tebaldi as Aida (my favorite); Giuseppe Campora as Radames (it's difficult to concentrate on his voice, his portrayer is so beautiful) and Ebe Stignani as Amneris. It was filmed in Italy in 1953 and it's a terrible print, and some of the soundtrack is scratched, but it's a gem. (lol)

I've caught a few newer movies on TV, and not that my opinion means anything to anyone, but:

The House of Sand and Fog (not sure how I feel about this one. I don't want to see it a second time, but it is hard to forget.)

Mystic River (liked it a lot - don't want it in my collection, though.)

Bend It Like Beckham (pleasant)

A Mighty Wind ( I loved "Waiting for Guffman", so was disappointed.)

Hidalgo (Beautiful scenery, and - Viggo Mortensen)

Dorian (that was Dorian Gray????)

Hi Raggedy! <waving>

Your opinion means something to me!

I agree about House of Sand & Fog - I was surprised with where it went and enjoyed the performances. I don't think I could watch it again.

I think beautiful scenery and Viggo Mortensen are synonymous.

I don't know Dorian - going to look it up now.

Wow, Dorian sounds like it wasn't worth your time...

Hi Mac. <waving back> You are so gracious.

Dorian was so atrocious, it was actually funny. I still haven't figured out who Malcolm McDowell was supposed to be in the movie. I was too dumbstruck. (lol)

Oh, Collateral is going to be on cable next month. I've made a note of it.

Of course I haven't become bored with this game! It's just that, in the past few days, I haven't had the time it takes to think up a new question. And I probably won't have much time in the next couple of days, because I just found out that I have to completely re-do the performance review I thought I had finished last week. Why, you ask? It turns out that, last year, my boss drafted a document containing "goals" that everyone in this group was supposed to meet during the past 12 months - and then he forgot to forward the document to us, so none of us knew that we had new goals. He discovered his mistake when he started looking over the performance reviews we sent him last week, all of which still reflected our goals from the previous year. (Of course, he assumed at first that we had just forgotten about the new goals, and only came around to admitting that it was his error when he saw that everyone had done the same thing.) The upshot is, we now have until tomorrow to re-write our performance reviews, describing how we met a set of goals that we never knew we had. It should be one of the most creative things I've done in years.

Anyway, I agree with you about Mystic River and Bend It Like Beckham, and sort of agree with you about A Mighty Wind (in my case, I was disappointed because I loved Best in Show so much). I haven't seen the others you mentioned.

Aaaah, Bree, That is so funny. I can't stop laughing, however, I feel no need to request your forgiveness - your choice of words/phrases is absolutely priceless. I have the utmost confidence that your creativity will prevail - and, if you think about it, how often does one get a second chance to be creative. GO FOR IT!

Thank you! And there's no need to even think of apologizing for laughing, because I actually think it's pretty funny too. Wasn't it Will Rogers who said, "Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else"?

Yes, and Will was a smart man. And remember that James Thurber said "Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity." Now, to reach that sea of tranquility.