Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for May 1st, 2008

The Wizard Of Oz-1939

Posted in entertainment, tagged , , , on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The third and definitive film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy is a musical adventure and it made Judy Garland a star. Between this and A Star is Born we get to see her meteoric rise and decline which is how fantasies in Hollywood are likely to end up.
Dorothy Gale is an orphaned [...]

Read Full Post »

Lord Melbourne

Posted in anecdotes, tagged , , on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Lord Melbourne when he was the Chief Secretary to Ireland ran his office in an unorthodox manner allowing Protestants and Catholics and seditious elements to approach him directly with their problems. One day a little boy, the son of a subordinate was brought in to be shown his room at the office.
“Is there anything you’d [...]

Read Full Post »

Some Like It Hot-1959

Posted in entertainment, tagged , , , , , on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The title is not to be confused with the one featuring Bob Hope that was made in 1939. Any similarity between the two ends here. If you can get through Some Like It Hot without laughing, you probably need help. Roger Ebert, among others, has compared this movie to a Shakespearean comedy and it [...]

Read Full Post »

The Wit of Women-2

Posted in anecdotes, tagged , on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sarah Bernhardt(1844-1923)
On one occasion the actress Madge Kendall, congratulating the ‘divine Sarah’ on her performance, added that it was a pity her plays dealt with passion that she could not take her daughters to them. Sarah retorted thus,”Ah madame, you should remember that were it not for passion you would have no daughters to bring.”
Beatrice [...]

Read Full Post »