Hey, Bob. That last verse is a new one on me. Let me guess. Bet you made it up yourself.
Letty, you are right! In the 1925 version, Erik, The Phantom was Lon Chaney.
Hi Letty
Sorry to take so long. My machine must think it has Sunday off and booted me off 4 times. I'm gonna have to smack it around a little. Any way there are a number of lyrics to that song. Take a look at this.
I've wined and dined on mulligan stew
And never wished for turkey
As I hitched and hiked and grifted too
From Maine to Albuquerque
Alas, I missed the Beaux-Arts Ball
and, what is twice as sad,
I was never at a party
Where they honored Noel Caaahd
But social circles spin too fast for me
My Hobo-hemia is the place to be
I get too hungry for dinner at eight
I love the theater but never come late
I never bother with people I hate
That's why the lady is a tramp
I don't like crap games with barons and earls
Won't go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That's why the lady is a tramp
I like the free, fresh wind in my hair
Life without care
I'm broke--it's "oke"
Hate California, it's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp
Gorsh, Francis. It's nice to be right.
Fascinating life story was Lon's. I think he did his own make up as well.
Bob, I'm stunned. Had no idea there were alternate words and verses to the Lady is a Tramp. The ones I remember were from Pal Joey, I think.
Pal Joey is correct. Give the lovely lady a kewpie doll. Rita hayworth and Kim novak with Frank himself. Kim did a really sultry strip in it. Had to wipe the sweat off my brow.
Well, Bob. I had forgotten that Kim was even in Pal Joey. (but I would, of course)Have to admit that she was absolutely great in Vertigo. As I recall, listeners, I believe that Kim's last film was a cameo in Kevin Anderson's movie, Liebestraum. I do wonder if Listz would like his Dream of Love jazzed up?
She and William Holden had a nice dance sequence in Picnic
I started wondering what had happened to her...
Biography for
Kim Novak
Birth name
Marilyn Pauline Novak
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
Mini biography
Kim Novak was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 13, 1933 with the birth name of Marilyn Pauline Novak, she was the daughter of a former teacher turned transit clerk and his wife, also a former teacher. Throughout elementary and high school, Kim did not get along well with teachers. She even admitted that she didn't like being told what to do and when to do it. Her first job, after high school, was modeling teen fashions for a local department store. Kim, later, won a scholarship in a modeling school and continued to model part time. Kim later worked odd jobs as an elevator operator, sales clerk, and a dental assistant. The jobs never seemed to work out so she fell back on modeling, the one job she did well. After a stint on the road as a spokesperson for an appliance company, Kim decided to go to Los Angeles and try her luck at modeling there. Ultimately, her modeling landed her an uncredited role in the RKO production of The French Line (1954). The role encompassed nothing more than being seen on a set of stairs. Later a talent agent arranged for a screen test with Columbia Pictures and won a small six month contract. In truth, some of the studio hierarchy thought that Kim was Columbia's answer to Marilyn Monroe. Kim, who was still going by her own name of Marilyn, was originally going to be called Kit Marlowe. She wanted to at least keep her family name of Novak, so the young actress and studio personnel settled on Kim Novak. After taking some acting lessons, which the studio declined to pay for, Kim appeared in her first film opposite Fred MacMurray in Pushover (1954). Though her role as Lona McLane wasn't exactly a great one, it was her beautiful looks that seemed to capture the eyes of the critics. Later that year, Kim appeared in the film, Phffft! (1954) with Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday. Now more and more fans were eager to see this bright new star. These two films set the tone for her career with a lot of fan mail coming her way. Her next film was as Kay Greylek in 5 Against the House (1955). The film was well-received, but it was her next one for that year that was her best to date. The film was Picnic (1955). Although Kim did a superb job of acting in the film as did her costars, the film did win two Oscars for editing and set decoration. Kim's next film was with United Artists on a loan out in The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). Her performance was flawless, but it was was Kim's beauty that carried the day. The film was a big hit. In 1957, Kim played Linda English in the hit movie Pal Joey (1957) with Frank Sinatra and Rita Hayworth. The film did very well at the box-office, but was crucified by the critics. Kim really didn't seem that interested in the role. She even said she couldn't stand people such as her character. In 1958, Kim appeared in a dual role of Judy Barton and Madeleine Elster in Alfred Hitchcock's, now classic, Vertigo (1958) with Jimmy Stewart. This film's plot was one that thoroughly entertained the theater patrons wherever it played. The film was one in which Stewart's character, a detective, is hired to tail a friend's wife (Kim) and witnesses her suicide. In the end Stewart finds that he has been duped in an elaborate scheme. Her next film was Bell Book and Candle (1958) which didn't fare as well at the box-office. By the early, 1960s Kim's star was beginning to fall especially with the rise of new stars or stars that were remodeling their status within the film community. With a few more nondescript films between 1960 and 1964, she landed the role of Mildred Rogers in Of Human Bondage (1964). The film debuted to good reviews. After The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965), Kim stepped away from the cameras for a while, returning in 1968 to star in The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968). It flopped. After that, Kim, basically, was able to pick what projects she wanted. After The Great Bank Robbery (1969) in 1969, Kim was away for another four years until she was seen in a television movie called The Third Girl from the Left (1973) (TV). Subsequent films were not the type to get the critics to sit up and take notice. In 1981, Kim played, of all people, Kit Marlowe in the TV series "Falcon Crest" (1981). Her last film, on the silver screen, was Liebestraum (1991).
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IMDb mini-biography by
Denny Jackson
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Spouse
Dr. Robert Malloy (12 March 1976 - present)
Richard Johnson (15 March 1965 - 23 April 1966) (divorced)
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Trivia
Raises horses and llamas in Oregon and California
Went on a personal strike in 1957 protesting her current salary of $1,250 per week.
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#92). [1995]
On July 24 2000, she watched her memento-filled house in Eagle Point, Oregon, go up in flames. A deputy fire marshall said that the blaze was probably the result of a tree that fell across an electrical power line. Included in the loss were scripts to some of her movies ("Vertigo" and "Picnic") as well as her computer, which contained her long-gestating autobiography. Spared, however, were her menagerie of animals, including horses and llamas, as well as the star's husband of 24 years, veterinarian Bob Malloy.
For a scene in Picnic (1955) in which she had to cry, she asked director Joshua Logan to pinch her black and blue off screen, telling him, "I can only cry when I'm hurt."
Measurements: 37-23-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Turned down the female lead in both Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Hustler (1961).
As a starlet with Columbia Pictures, she resisted pressure to change her name to Kit Marlowe. Years later, the name was used for the character she played on the television series Falcon Crest. (She did agree to change her first name from Marilyn to Kim, as the public associated her given name with Marilyn Monroe.)
Wow! eoe. Great biographical sketch.Thanks for that.
ROD STEWART LYRICS
"Moonglow"
(feat. Arturo Sandoval)
It must have been Moonglow,
Way up in the blue,
It must have been Moonglow,
That led me straight to you
I still hear you sayin'
Dear one hold me fast,
And I start to prayin'
Oh Lord, please let this last,
We seem to float right through the air,
Heavenly songs seem to come from everywhere,
And now when there's Moonglow,
Way up in the blue,
I always remember,
That Moonglow gave me you
That Moonglow gave me you
We seem to float right through the air,
Heavenly songs seemed to come from everywhere,
And now when there's Moonglow
Way up in the blue,
I always remember,
That Moonglow gave me you,
That Moonglow gave me you,
That Moonglow gave me you
Perfect song--perfect timing--and if you'll listen, you can hear "Picnic Morning" in the background.
Letty wrote:...Hey, George. Here's your desert chant...
Letty~
Consider yourself a benefactress of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert.
I just bought some of their CDs.
Amazing, George. Lovely. Didn't do much of that in the Baptist Church.
Well, as my grandmother used to say when she justified her nightly toddy:
"....a little wine for the stomach's sake, as the Bible says...."
In other words, Happy Hour at the Letty household.
Just poured a little Orangina & vodka.
Prosit!
Well live right now behind me plays The wizard of Oz. And in moments the witch gets ........
Well ring around the rosie a pocket full of spears....
THIS MOVIE IS SO GOOD IT HOLDS UP YEAR AFTER YEAR.
Isn't it romantic, listeners? George and his vodka and orange juice; Letty and her bourbon and orange juice; Algis and his witch's brew.
Is Raggedy having her martini?
UVA toast:
Here's to the bull that roams the wood,
And does the cows and heifers good.
If it weren't for the bull and his might rod,
What would we do for beef, by god.
No for for you, gal.
Nah! No martini for Raggedy tonight. But it's a lovely thought.
Enjoy your libation interlude, folks. I'm there with you in spirit.
And now, time to settle in for the Pre-Oscar show. No matter that I haven't seen one of the nominated movies, except for Phantom which I think is nominated for some kind of award way down the line - I love those Oscar shows.
er, listeners. That should have been no MORE for you.
Have to hand it to Halle Berry, folks. She showed up and accepted her worst acting award. One lovely woman, and a good sport.
I would be absolutely delighted to hand it to Halle Berry!
Hmmm, although George has more finesse,
I think his allusions say the rest.
Now for a bit of sobering news:
It seems that the Federal government is attempting to require the states to prove that driver's licenses are held by those who are legal citizens of the United States. Many see this as a national ID card for tracing everyone, everywhere. Scary--and I mean scary!
With SS cards and already existing driver's license info available to the feds, I don't see why people recoil in horror at the mention of national ID cards. We pretty much have them already.
