A Movie Scene Quiz

That's the one, Bree.
He was really handsome back then - and oh that voice. Yep, time does fly. <sigh>

Thought I'd say Happy Birthday to:



I'm thinking of a novel made into a movie that he appeared in.

Gene Barry (Four words from his movie title) + Patricia Neal (One word from a movie title she was in)

The War of the Worlds (Barry) + The Subject Was Roses (Neal)

You got it, Bree.

Happy Birthday Andrea Marcovicci.

Special thanks to Bree and Loislane for bringing her music into my life.
Where are you Loislane?




The Beatnicks (1996) .... Helen Hart
Jack the Bear (1993) .... Elizabeth Leary
The Water Engine (1992) (TV) .... Singer in Dance Hall
Someone to Love (1987) .... Helen Eugene
The Canterville Ghost (1986) (TV) .... Lucy Canterville
"Berrenger's" (1985) TV Series .... Gloria Berrenger (1985)
"Trapper John, M.D." (1979) TV Series .... Fran Brennan Gates (1985-1986)
The Stuff (1985) .... Nicole
Velvet (1984) (TV) .... Erica Mueller
Spraggue (1984) (TV) .... Samara
... aka Spraggue: Murder for Two
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) .... Chalmers, Android Crewmember
... aka Adventures in the Creep Zone
... aka Road Gangs
Packin' It In (1983) (TV) .... Rita Baumgarten
Kings and Desperate Men: A Hostage Incident (1981) .... Terrorist
... aka Kings and Desperate Men
The Hand (1981) .... Anne Lansdale
The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979) .... Alicia Rogov
... aka Airport '79 (USA: short title)
... aka Airport '80: The Concorde
... aka S.O.S. Concorde
... aka The Concorde (USA: short title)
A Vacation in Hell (1979) (TV) .... Barbara
Some Kind of Miracle (1979) (TV) .... Maggie Nicoff
The Front (1976) .... Florence Barrett
Nurse Will Make It Better (1975) (TV) .... Ruth Harrow
... aka The Devil's Web (USA)
... aka Thriller: Nurse Will Make It Better (UK: series title)
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (1974) (TV) .... Jennifer English
... aka Don't Call the Police (USA: new title)
... aka Harry-O
Cry Rape (1973) (TV) .... Betty Jenner
"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (1967) TV Series .... Dr. Betsy Chernak Taylor (1970-1973)

I love her version of "These Foolish Things". I have never heard anyone do it as well, with the exception of Bing Crosby whose record is unattainable. TCM uses Billie Holliday's version as an introduction to it's Special Interviews, but no one has ever sung all the verses except Andrea.

These Foolish Things

A cigarette that bears the lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.

A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you
What my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you.

You came, you saw, you conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be.

The winds of March that make my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings
But who's to answer
Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you.

First daffodils and then long excited cables
And candlight on little corner tables
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.

The park at evening
When the bell has sounded
The Ile de France with all the gold? around it
The beauty that is Spring's
These foolish things remind me of you.

How strange, how sweet
To find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me.

The sigh of midnight trains
In empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside
Dance invitations.
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you

Gardenia perfume lingering on a pillow
Wild Strawberries, only 7 francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.

The smile of Garbo
And the scent of roses
The waiter's whistling as the last bar closes
The songs that Crosby sings
These foolish things remind me of you.

How strange, how sweet
To find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me.

The scent of smoldering leaves
The wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street
Who walk like dreamers

Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you.

Thanks for posting all those lyrics, Raggedy -- beautiful!

I'm glad you liked the lyrics, Bree. They are beautiful and so is the Millay poem she recites prior to it.

I'm not sure about the Ile de France line though. I wrote "gold", but on the CD, it sounds like "goals". What do you think?

I've always thought it was "gulls" (as in seagulls). I'll have to play it again and see if I can tell.

Yes - "Gulls". Why didn't I hear that the first time?

Thank you, Bree.

I'm Baaa-aack!

Hello a2k'ers--just returned from 3 glorious weeks in Italy! Yowie, it was awesome, although I learned very early on that you can't go home again!
More on this later.

Aggie--THANKS! Glad to see the pix of Andrea (I'll send her the link-I talked to her on the birthday and she's going to be in NYC until the 21st singing at the Gonq-Algonquin); and on Mr. Burton...sigh. He was my heart-throb in my youth!

Can't Go Home subject--
so this trip to Italy was to take Ruth to places she hadn't been and I had; also I'd planned to re-take some of my favorite photographs in Spoleto and compare & contrast them as they used to say in school.
It was our second day in Italy and the weather was beautiful. It was late October & cool not cold and the trees were still changing. So I went out to take photos--in one day I found out:

-the art museum/civic bldg. was being restored so no snaps of the lovely clock and sundial on its face;

-the great old concrete fence that lined the walkway above the cathedral, where I shot an atmospheric picture of the dome, had been totally replaced by a new metal and stone one;

-the giant terracotta medallion on a house on Pza. Mercato was "in restauro" and painted white with scaffolding in front;

-the stone dual staircase w/ lions in front of the lovely pinky building was..."in restauro" and you couldn't even see the lions;

-the ancient gigantic convent wooden door had been replaced with a shiny new wood one;

-my favorite little bar Tivoli, where the owner/barrista used to draw arrows in your capuccino foam with the espresso had been bought & turned into yet another Caffe degli Artisti (we came across no less than 6 of these named after the French classic Cafe des Artistes);

-my friend Mauro, who owned Osteria Enoteca where I met so many locals and fans of the blues...was on vacation!

Talk about your shock & awe. By the end of the day I was laughing so hard! I had had such a perfect --and obvious--lesson about seeing new things in old places, I couldn't believe it!

So I had to find new clocks, new doors, new views, and I did! Plus, when we drove back through the region nearly 2 weeks later, we stopped in for lunch at Osteria Enoteca and Mauro walked in. We had a great reunion & it was fun to see him again! And I realized this was the only thing I really missed and now I hadn't!

OK, my story--how is everyone else doing--it's been ages!
Bree--glad your Paris trip was safe and festive!
Aggie--glad you've found the ending to Madame X!
mac--glad you're about the place;
eoe--Glad you knew the ending of Madame X--it's been forever-and I had also missed the ending!

Welcome back, loislane. Thanks for sharing your Italian experiences. It sounds like you had a wonderful time.

Thank you, mac! It was an exquisite time! At the end of 3 weeks my stamina is going and I long for my own bed, but at the same time, I'm just hitting my language stride and not wanting to leave.

I'm already starting next year's trip fund--the Euro has definitely curbed my ability to just run over there when I wish. Also, not having the proximity of bree in NYC, it's longer and bigger cash from San Francisco!

Hey, is there a game going, or are we just chatting? Not mind you that I am at all averse to chat!

WELCOME back, Loislane. You arrived just in time to catch my birthday greetings to Andrea and, of course, you know you were in my thoughts when I posted.

I also thought about you while listening to Emilio Pericoli sing Al Di La (love that song). It was featured in a movie with Rossano Brazzi,Troy Donahoe and Suzanne Pleshette called, Rome Adventure (1962). Story not worth remembering. Scenery breathtaking. Catch it if you can sometime.

Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us. It sounds wonderful. Will you also share some of your pictures here?

Thanks, Aggie!

I did see Rome Adventure a mighty long time ago. I recall it was one of those early 60's films best forgotten or seen with a large group of people laughing! I've seen some group of bad flix just trying to get my Italy fix!

I will post a few here--both bree and osso have been trying to train me in this exercise, and I think the holiday weekend will be perfect for trying it out! I might try to post a thread on the trip--so be on the lookout!

That's hilarious!!!

That is very funny. And a happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

I just dropped by to report an amusing story about cell phone abuse in theatres, and one actor's response to it. Here's the story, as it appears on the Society of London Theater's website (asterisks are in the original):

Heroic Griffiths stops phone call

That's great! I'm sure it was a disruption to have the actor "break the fourth wall" as they say, but it couldn't have been any more disturbing than having a cell phone ring.

Amusing story, Bree. It's about time somebody took a stand. Bravo Mr. Griffiths.

I have heard other stories about actors stopping during a speech to scold inconsiderate audience members (Kevin Spacey on a New York stage and Brian Dennehy on a Chicago stage).