Just a brief post to let you know that at Larry King's site you can vote for the top 5 moments in the history of the show...and Marlon, Liz Taylor, Frank Sinatra and hilarious Bette Davis are in the nominees (I know, it's kind of sad to see them that old).
Un breve post para hacerles saber que en el sitio de Larry King pueden votar por el top 5 de mejores momentos en la historia del programa....y Marlon, Liz Taylor, Frank Sinatra y la divertida Bette Davis están entre los nominados (aunque a mí me da pena verlos tan ancianos).
Last year I created a blog about old movies in English that I never launched. I made some things to decorate, but never used them. This is one of them.
Warning: smoking is really bad. Don't be tempted by the cool pose of classic actors and actresses.
El año pasado creé un blog en inglés sobre películas antiguas que nunca lancé. Había hecho algunas cosas para decorar, pero no las usé. Esta es una de ellas.
Precaución: fumar es realmente malo. No te tientes por cuán cool se ven los actores clásicos.
While I was totally disconnected from world, Ginger Rogers happened to be 15 years dancing in Heaven. And that reminded a very cool part of "Can't wait to get to Heaven" a book by Fannie Flag (the writer of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" and its movie script "Fried green Tomatoes").
Well, in this passage the main character, an old lady called Elner just died but she hasn't realized what's going on yet:
"Yoo hoo!' she called out. 'Anybody here?' She had walked for quite a while when she suddenly saw a pretty blue-eyed blond lady rushing down the hall toward her, carrying a pair of black tap shoes and a white feather boa.
'Hey,' said Elner. The lady smiled at her and said, 'Hello, how are you?' but she went by her so fast, Elner didn't have a chance to ask where she was. A few seconds after the lady passed, Elner thought to herself that she hadn't known better, she would have sworn the woman was Ginger Rogers! She knew exactly what Ginger Rogers looked like because she had always been Elner's favorite movie star, and Dixie Cahill, who had run the Dixi Cahill School of Tap and Twirl in Elmwood Springs, where Linda had taken dancing, had a big picture of the dancer up in her dance studio. But the more she thought about it, she realized that even though the woman was the spitting image of Ginger Rogers, it couldn't have been her. What in the world would Ginger Rogers be doing in Kansas City, Missouri? It didn't make any sense, but then she suddenly remembered, Ginger Rogers was originally from Missouri, so even if it wasn't her, it was for sure one of her relatives." (p.68-69)
( .. .)
"Now Elner was starting to get upset. 'How should I know, Ida? I just fell off a ladder, I'm so addle-brained at this point, I thought I just saw Ginger Rogers go by...and now you're telling me you're dead, when I can see you plain as day. I must have knocked my brain out of whack because none of this is making any sense to me"
"Think Elner,' Ida said. 'Me? Ginger Rogers?'
Elner thought for a second; then it dawned on her, Ginger Rogers had been dead for years, so had Ida; not only that, she suddenly realized that she could hear every word Ida was saying without her hearing aid!" (p.72)
In October I'll be able to call myself a journalist. So, I'm starting a new series of posts called "Journalist of the week", a kind of character study of the reporters from classic (and not so classic) movies.
As you can see on the image, the journalist chosen for this week is Hildy Johnson, played by Rosalind Russel in "His Girl Friday".
My gosh, Hildy loved her job. And she was great at it.
First, her writing skills were superb. She could get the info one minute and in the next create an emotive but informative article. Based in a part of an article that is read on the movie, we can see that she linked paragraphs with effective comparisons and she used mostly a narration technique called "narrativization", in which the writer totally trusts in what the source said and writes the story without attributing the information. Hildy describes a shooting this way:
"And so into this little tortured mind came the idea that that gun had been produced for use.
And use it he did.
But the state has a production- for-use plan too. It has a gallows. And at 7 a.m., unless a miracle occurs, that gallows will be used to separate the soul of Earl Williams from his body.
And out of Mollie Malloy's life will go the one kindly soul she ever knew."
This ability made her a respected professional in a job that was ruled by men. Her colleagues praised her work and expected the best from her. But of course, it wasn't only this what made her a great journalist. She was intrepid and fearless; she could go alone to the jail and talk to a man accused of murder. She could run like Usain Bolt chasing an important source (on heels people!) and she had useful contacts in different places (hospital, jail, etc).
She had a strong character to face men and won over the different and complicated situations she was involved in. That was especially useful since she worked in the "Morning Post" and she used to be married to its ethic-less editor, Walter Burns (Cary Grant). And, boy, this guy really had no respect for anyone: he could steal money, send a gangster-ish guy to do the dirty work, lie to his ex wife who's trusting on him, and he didn't mind risking other people lives in order to get some news.
Maybe this is a little too much but Hildy could really cope with all this and more with great (and hilarious) answers. She used her humor to avoid complications. When she noticed that Walter was trying to trick her again, she called him and said (calmly first, but then furious and menacing):
I got the interview, but I've got some more important news. Better get a pencil and take it down. All ready?
Get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee. There won't be an interview or a story. Your check leaves with me in minutes. I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you. If I ever lay my eyes on you again......I'll hammer your skull so it rings like a Chinese gong!
Hildy was smart and she was aware of the authorities interests. She took the side of the weak and could find the truth talking with a man accused by the major and the sheriff. She's different from the journalists that surround her. She has sensibility. When the guys are making fun of the prisoner's girlfriend, she comforts her and tells the guys to stop. When she writes a story she doesn't lie like the others, even when that could make her article more interesting. She's been working for the “Morning Post” for years, but she hasn't become a puppet of her company. When she is finally writing the story about the fugitive, Walter tells her to put on the first lines that it was the 'Morning' the only newspaper in contact with the runaway prisoner. She doesn't care this kind of lucrative details.
She also had something very important in journalism: the capacity of stay calm and think clearly even in the greatest crisis. She could maintain two different conversations using two phones; she could stay (kind of) relaxed when she saw the main source of the most important story of the week climbing to her window after escaping from jail.
But there are two things that Hildy had that I don't find very cool. First, she decided to leave her innocent boyfriend and stay with double-crossing Walter, because he promised her that the article would make her famous (she would have street and cigarettes with her name). Second, Hildy argues with Walter because his methods are unethical, but deep down, she likes him that way and finds all the tricks amusing.
Anyway, Hildy is a great professional. Her colleagues are convinced that she could never leave journalism and be a housewife in a quiet town. And they're right. She calls herself a newspaperman and she's proud of all her adventures (even the one that included the stealing of a human organ to prove her point).When she recognizes a bit of a potential scoop her eyes shine and she doesn't hesitate a minute. She just has to get her pad and pen and she's ready.
The script of "His girl Friday" (1940) was written by Charles Lederer based on the play "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
I just passed a weekend unable to connect my pc to Internet, that's why I couldn't post...
Estaba el jueves terminando un post, cuando de pronto, al abrir una nueva página todo se fue a blanco...para siempre. Probé las conexiones, los cables, desenchufé el modem, el otro coso con luces, reinicié y nada. Gasté la plata de mi celular buscando una respuesta en google que se ve en una pantallita mínima. Nada. El viernes temprano llamé al servicio técnico y quedaron de mandar a alguien dentro de 72 horas. Sólo que el domingo no valía. En resumen, recién hoy volví a tener conexión con el resto del mundo....
Así que perdón a Lola por no responderle a tiempo, y a Rena por no comentarle su post sobre Ginger Rogers :)
I just finished watching "Rear Window" for the umpteenth time and I had to comment something about it. I started writing about how cool Hitchcock's movies are, but I realized that what I really wanted to say is how grateful I am to Hitch and how nostalgic watching his films makes me.
I think the first time I heard about Hitchcock was at high school. Our philosophy teacher made a test in which you had to interpret some drawings and write what it was. I was a very good student but when this thing came up I just didn't know what to answer. I mean, really, what the heck is this?
No one at my class knew. I was very angry with my teacher. She said: "well, that's Hitchcock, you really haven't heard about him?? Ever??". Of course not!
He made his second apparition at university, second journalism year, when we had to watch a movie called "Rear Window" for our weekly media test. Like pretty much all our homework it was just that, another thing to do. So maybe that's why I don't remember the first time I watched a Hitchcock film. Or maybe I didn't watch it at all and I just asked a friend what was it about. Yeah, that's what happened.
Then I took a course called "Audiovisual Review". Since I was a child, I watched with my family classics like "The Sound of Music" & "Gone with the wind". But I preferred modern movies and I thought I knew a lot about cinema. In that class I learned I didn't.
We had this teacher who was talking about many films, things and people I hadn't heard about. Like Billy Wilder and a French magazine called Cahiers du Cinema. We saw an old movie starring some guy called Cary Grant and a lady called Ginger Rogers. And Marilyn Monroe was there too. At least I knew who she was. Kind of. We saw "Ace in the hole" and we had to review it. I really liked it, but I remember I wrote an awful text, kind of "the movie is in black and white, so that reflects its mood" or something***.
We were in one of the last classes, we had seen movies like "The Royal Tenenbaums" (I liked it), "Raging Bull" (too violent for me...says the girl who loves "Kill Bill") and "Dead Ringers" (too gross for me).
Then, we saw "Vertigo".
Wow.
The class was quiet, it was a winter afternoon.
It was dark.
I was immersed in Hitch's oneiric world. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen.
I'd never seen Jim Stewart or Kim Novak before. But their performances trapped me.
And that was it.
I think I bought like 20 of his movies to a guy who also loved Hitchcock. I liked them all.
I also remember this fan said "I think the girls in classic movies are much prettier and classier than modern actresses". Now I now what he meant. And that goes, of course, for the boys.
Then came Audrey to finish what Hitchcok had started.
*** I've been looking for that class notepad, but I haven't found it. I wish I could read the things I wrote 4 years ago and how I probably misspelled all these names that now are so familiar to me.
Spanish is my first language and I live in Chile (which was hinted like one of the most remote places to go filming...which it is), but I'm so answering this survey created by Millie and Kate...because, yeah, I'm asthmatic :)
Which actors do you always (or did you always) mix-up? (For example: Millie's tendency to confuse William Powell and Clark Gable when she was a thirteen, er, four year-old? Yes, I am talking in the third person.)
Charles Laughton and Charles Coburn.
Gidget or Beach Party?
Mmmm....I haven't seen any of them. Should I?
Favorite Movie Outfit?
Anything Audrey wore before the 70's, anything Grace or Ingrid wore in Hitch's films. But if I actually had to put the outfit on, I would go with Audrey's classic trench coat + skinny black pants + ballet flats.
If you could be ANY character in ANY movie...who would you choose?
Nora Charles in the Thin Man Series, Marie 'Slim' Browning in "To have and have not" & Hildy Johnson in "His Girl Friday".
If you could marry ANY character in ANY movie...who would you choose? (Excluding any Dana Andrews' characters. Seriously. ;-D)
Any Dana Andrews's characters.
Just kiddin'.
Who's Dana Andrews?
Kiddin' again.
Well, I'd chose almost any character played by Gary Cooper, like Mr. Deeds, John Doe, or Robert Jordan...I even wouldn't mind following him through the desert like Dietrich did in "Morocco"...
But, if this survey has no problems with bigamy, I'd marry Errol Flyn's Robin Hood, or his Captain Blood (I'd be Lady Marian or a pirate's wife, how cool is that?).
If you could live in ANY movie...which would you choose?
Wow, live in a movie? I'd go for "Sunset Boulevard", "The Grapes of Wrath", "On the waterfront". Or maybe "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?". Ahhh, such happy people and joyful surroundings.
No, really...
I'd like to live in "High Society" (but ♪ do you want to be a millionaire? I don't ♪) because the settings were kind of relaxing (?)....
...and also in "Camille" (ah, that lovely countryside + Robert Taylor).
"Pollyana"'s town was kind of cool, and at the end all the neighbours were adorable.
I'd never have thought that would be my final answer.
Black & White movies you wish were in Technicolor, or vice-versa?
I wish Carole Lombard's movies were in Technicolor. And "Camille" too.
Favorite Movie Soundtrack?
I love Henry Mancini's soundtracks for Audrey's movies (B@t, Two for the road & Charade. Wait until dark music is too...dark for me).
I also like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" soundtrack by Burt Bacharach...
and the one from "Singin' in the rain" & "The sound of music" .....
and the lovely music from "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort"...so happy...
And I can't leave out John Barry's soundtrack for "Out of Africa", "Robin and Marian", "Dancing with wolves" and 007 movies.
(SORRY reader)
I'm embeding what a think is the less known soundtrack of my list...
Favorite Movie Dance Sequence?
I have 3.
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off with Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire (from "Shall we dance"). Really cool. And I love the song.
This one with Fred and Rita Hayworth from "You'll never get rich". So natural.
And Basal Metabolism with Audrey (from "Funny Face)...
Coolest Movie Star? (Cough, cough, BOBBY DARIN, cough, cough)
Errol Flynn.
Sophia or Gina (Oh, how Kate enjoys replaying Gina's sad defeat OVER AND OVER!)
I've never seen Gina...on anything, so I have to say Sophia Loren.
"Isn't It Romantic" in most Billy Wilder films, or "Red River" in most John Ford films?
"Isn't it Romantic".
If you could re-cast ANY role in ANY movie, what would it be?
I would recast Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart and Fred Astaire in "Love in the afternoon", "Sabrina" and "Funny face"...and cast younger versions of themselves :)
Favorite movie character with your first name?
Clara Varner (Joan Woodward in "The Long, Hot Summer").
One movie that should NEVER be remade? (under THE THREAT OF A SLOW, PAINFUL DEATH!)
The ones that have a very personal vision/technique from their director. Movies by Manckiewicz, Wilder, Hitch, etc.
Actor or Actress who you would love to be best friends with?
Carole Lombard. Or Cary Grant. Or Audrey Hepburn. Or William Powell. Or Myrna Loy.
Are you an Oscar or a Felix?
I'm a Felix.
Actor/Actress you originally hated and now love?
As Eliza Doolittle would say, I'm a good girl, I am, so I don't hate people.
Actor/Actress you originally loved and now don't like?
Same as above.
(Edit: But I found Bing Crosby extremely boring the first time I saw him...and now... there's something more extreme than extremely?)
Favorite performance that was looked over by Oscar? (Not to be confused with the aforementioned Oscar of Felix fame.)
Paul Newman in "Cool Hand Luke", "Hud", "The Hustler" and "Cat on a hot tin roof". I mean, c'mon, he was great.
Bewitched or I Dream of Jeannie?
I just have seen "Bewitched", so Bewitched it is.
Hannibal Heyes or Kid Curry? (Hint for those who don't know who they are: pick Kid Curry.)
Kid Curry looks nicer in Google Images :)
Favorite Style Icon: Fred Astaire or Cary Grant?
Cary Grant.
Single most favorite movie scene EVER?
Impossible to answer. I mean ONE scene?
A have a lot of favorite scenes, from this one...
...to this one...(SPOILER...yeah, for aliens)
And all in between. And around. And before. And after. You get the idea.
Movie you really "should" see, but have subconsciously been avoiding for who knows what reason?
"The maltese falcon". Really.
Movie quote you find yourself most often repeating in real life?
This one is not a greaaaat quote, but each time I have keys on my hands I make them sound and I say "the British are coming!" (yeah, in English)...like Holly Golightly.
50's Westerns or 60's Spies? (I can't even answer this myself...but you have to! MWAHAHAHA!)
Sean Connery's 007 v/s John Wayne's "The Searchers"??
Cary Grant. But, if I had to borrow one voice for myself (like Ursula in the "Little Mermaid")....
....I'd pick Liz Hurley's, even when she doesn't belong to classic cinema :)
Favorite movie that takes place in your home-state?
Home-state? LOL (see favorite film setting answer). But "Gringuito" is a good Chilean movie filmed in Santiago, our capital, which is near to my city :)
Which actors would you want for relatives? (Mother, Father, Grandma, Crazy Aunt, annoying cousin, older brother, etc...)
What a weird question :)
Mom: Deborah Kerr.
Dad: William Powell.
Sister: Shirley Temple or Debbie Reynolds.
Crazy Aunt: Shirley Maclaine or Rosalind Russell.
Uncle: Groucho Marx
Older Brothers: Burt Lancaster (like at the begining of "The Unforgiven". If you see it, you'll understand).
Grandpa: Charles Coburn.
Grandma:Lilian Gish (remember her in "The night of the hunter?)
In this post I talk about my cooking adventures. I chose goulash and potatoes with cheese for the first lunch I prepared. That reminded me what Babs had to go through in "Christmas in Connecticut" :)
Yo sé cocinar papas fritas (desde hace una semana), hacer chocolate caliente y café helado. Punto final de mi conocimiento culinario. Hasta hoy.
Con mi hermano chico decidimos que este domingo íbamos a preparar el almuerzo para los 6 que somos en mi familia. De unas recetas antiguas de mi madre elegimos el menú. Y cuando vi "goulash húngaro" me acordé que en la peli "Christmas in Connecticut" (1945) —con Babs Stanwyck y mi querido-aunque-no-lo-puse-en-mi-top25-de-actores-favoritos S.Z. Sakall— hablaban de ese plato. Obvio que había que hacerlo. Decidimos acompañarlas con "papas con queso al horno" y de postre "refresco de chocolate".
Partimos súper, la carne de asiento para el goulash era blandita y la cortamos en dados grandes como decía la receta. Las papas las pusimos a cocer en sal, completas y sin pelar, según las indicaciones. Piqué cebolla por primera vez en mi vida, guiada por Youtube.
Los cubitos de carne los pusimos en aceite en una olla a fuego lento, condimentamos con un polvo que venía en una bolsa etiquetada "aliño completo" y mi finita cebolla, y dejamos que se doraran. Agregamos agua y salsa de tomate (menos de la indicada, para que no quedara como caldo) y nos olvidamos de la olla por 45 minutos.
Con las papas me puse impaciente y obligué a mi hermano a sacarlas antes de tiempo. Pelamos, cortamos en rodajas, las pusimos en una fuente enmantequillada con bolitas de manteca y queso. Me pareció que las papas estaban muy duras y medias pegoteadas, pero pensé que en el horno se arreglarían. Eran 15 minutos para esa fuente.
De pronto mi hermano me avisa que la olla de la carne estaba quemada en el fondo. ¡Se nos había olvidado dar vuelta la carne! Y la olla estaba un asco, con una capa negra y pegote. Mi pesimismo natural me llevó a manifestarme lastimeramente y a dar todo por arruinado, para molestia de mi hermano con espíritu de Pollyana :)
Bueno, decidimos sacar los trozos que milagrosamente sabían muy bien y estaba impecables, y los pusimos en una estilosa paila de greda, mientras lavábamos frenéticamente la olla para que nadie se diera cuenta de nuestro mini fracaso.
Hicimos ensalada de tomate y empezamos a reunir los ingredientes del postre: miel, chocolate en polvo, leche, limón, crema y café. El único problema es que había que usar la juguera, electrodoméstico que me odia. Pero, hoy, le comenté a mi hermano, hay que aprender a usar todo. Así que la lavamos, instalamos, enchufamos, pusimos todo el menjunje adentro y presioné el botón. Nada. El enchufe de la pared estaba malo. Llevamos todo a uno que está cerca de la lavadora. La juguera la pusimos encima. Presioné. Y empezó a chorrearse todo, caía la mezcla por la base, pasaba a la lavadora, y el hilo de líquido corría hasta al piso.
Mi pesimismo de nuevo me hizo decir cosas como: esto es un fracaso, el motor de la juguera se va a fundir, la ropa de la lavadora debe estar manchada para siempre, etc etc. Pero limpiamos y echamos el líquido en vasos, y todo volvió a la normalidad.
A todo esto, fuimos a revisar las papas. Las tratamos de partir con un tenedor. Estaban preocupantemente duras. Mi hermano mencionó el hecho de que yo lo había obligado a sacar las papas antes. Yo dije que quizás si las poníamos un poco más se cocerían mejor. But no, but no, el queso era un líquido y las papas seguían duras como un palo.
Ya era hora de almuerzo, todos se sentaron a la mesa. Estábamos completamente histéricos, así que llamamos a mi madre. Ella encontró que todo era una maravilla, por lo que servimos. Las papas estaban definitivamente duras, así que mi mamá las frió en sartén. Con eso se ablandaron.
La carne/goulash estaba exquisita y fue devorada. Cuando las papas con queso estuvieron remendadas, también. El postre quedó peculiar, con muchos sabor a miel, pero pasable (aunque no creo que lo volvamos a hacer).
En definitiva, yo nos pondría un 5 de 7. Aprendimos a picar cebolla, que las papas hay que cocerlas completamente antes de que vayan al horno, que la juguera hay que apretarla muy bien antes de hacerla andar, que la carne de asiento es muy fácil de manejar y que el refresco de chocalate no es muy rico. Quizás el próximo domingo cocinemos de nuevo. Y quizás den una comisión monetaria por lo de hoy :)
Les dejo el trailer de "Christmas en Connecticut", si no la han visto es ultra recomendable. Babs es una periodista que escribe en una revista exitosa y da consejos como si fuera una perfecta ama de casa...sólo que no sabe ni cocinar un huevo. El día de Navidad pondrá todo su ingenio a prueba cuando tenga que preparar una cena para su jefe y un soldado y pasar por dueña de casa...
Aprovecho para saludar a Lola, nueva seguidora del blog, y a Rena, que ojalá pueda olvidarse lo más pronto posible del susto por el terremoto en Mexicali :)
Ecran Magazine was an excellent cinema magazine edited in Chile. It reproduced articles by people like Sheila Graham and it also had journalists that traveled and got interviews with famous actors and actresses. It's in Spanish, but the pictures are great. At the end of the post you can see the link to all the magazines in pdf format. Enjoy!
En Chile se editó una excelente revista sobre cine entre 1930 y 1960. Se llamaba Ecran y contenía reportajes sobre películas y actores, críticas de estrenos, moda (los trajes in modelados por actrices famosas), además de columnas escritas por gente como la famosísima Sheila Graham. Periodistas chilenos viajaban al extranjero y entrevistaban a las grandes estrellas; éstas muchas veces enviaban fotos autografiadas y dedicadas a nuestro país. Awww.
Clark escribe "Saludos al público chileno por intermedio de la simpática Revista "Ecran" en el vigésimo quinto aniversario de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer"
Lana Turner dedica: "Saludos al público chileno por intermedio de la gran revista "Ecran" en el 25º aniversario de Metro-Goldwyn"
Y Gary: "With best wishes to Ecran"
Son 2005 números los que se publicaron y yo tengo...15 en papel, así que aún me falta un par para juntar la colección :)
La Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos creó la página Memoria Chilena donde se conserva y difunde el patrimonio cultural y artístico del país. Bueno, en una parte hay una gran cantidad de números en pdf para descargar (cada archivo pesa alrededor de 150mb porque contiene varios números).
Recomendada para todos los cinéfilos, ávidos de chismes de Hollywood Clásico (me acabo de enterar de que Olivia de Havilland tuvo un marido que la "quiso matar") y quienes quieran llorar viendo las guías de programación de tv antiguas .
En los post con la etiqueta "Revista de cine Ecran" pienso hacer selecciones de clippings de lo que me parezca más interesante. Uno por post para que sea más digerible.
I like this song. And it's great that Amy mentions classic actors and actresses
Me gusta esta canción. Habla de la diferencia entre tener fama debido a tu talento y tener fama sólo por pertenecer a la farándula. Amy diferencia a actores clásicos como James Dean, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers & Marilyn Monroe con la típica esposa de futbolista vacía que llena portadas o los participantes de realities.
Mi parte favorita es cuando se dirige a la pareja de bailarines diciéndoles: "Oh Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, ¿bailarían para mí?, porque simplemente no me importa lo que pasa hoy, creo que hay algo más, algo más".
Bueno, les dejo la canción (no es el video oficial).
Oh Mr James Dean, he don't belong to anything
Oh he left before they could get him
With their ways, their wicked ways
Oh Marilyn Monroe, where did you go?
I didn't hear all your stories
I didn't see all your glory
But the footballer's wife tells her troubles and strife
I just don't care in the end
Who is she to pretend
That she's one of them?
I don't think so
And the girl from that show
Yes the one we all know
She thinks she's some kinda star
Yes you know who you are
I don't think so, I don't think so
Oh Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire
Won't you dance for me cos I just don't care
What's going on today
I think there's something more, something more
And I'm gone with the wind like they were before
But I'm believing myself I think there's something more
There must be something more
I think there's something more, something more
But still the footballer's wife tells her troubles and strife
I just don't care in the end
Who is she to pretend
That she's one of them?
I don't think so
And the girl from that show
Yes the one we all know
She thinks she's some kinda star
Yes you know who you are
I don't think so, I don't think so
Oh I don't believe in the telling of your stories
Throughout your life, there's just something unappealing
It don't catch my eye
It don't catch my eye
Oh I don't believe in the selling of your glories
Before you leave this life, there's so much more to see
I don't believe this is how the world should be
But still the footballer's wife tells her troubles and strife
I just don't care in the end
Who is she to pretend
That she's one of them?
I don't think so
And the girl from that show
Yes the one we all know
She thinks she's some kinda star
Yes you know who you are
I don't think so, I don't think so
The footballer's wife tells her troubles and strife
Superscene is a new series of post, I'll be sharing with you scenes that I like. The first one is from "Wedding Present", starring Cary Grant and Joan Bennet. Watch until she sings :)
¡Una nueva sección! En Superscene postearé escenas que me han gustado y que recuerdo especialmente. La primera, sólo porque no estaba en Youtube, es de una película con Cary & Joan Bennet, "Wedding Present". Aunque no la recuerdo completa -creo que en general no era taaan buena- siempre me acuerdo de esta parte. El personaje de Cary, un periodista de diario, dejó de ser independiente y divertido al convertirse en editor, lo que molesta a su colega y compañera de aventuras (Joan). Por eso, ella trama todo un cuento para molestarlo...
No logré encontrar ninguna foto de Allan Scott en la web. Y eso que hizo guiones en colaboración o contribuciones para películas como "Roberta", "Top Hat", "Follow de fleet", "So proudly we hail", "Shall we dance", "In name only", "Since you went away" e "Imitation of life", entre otras. Murió en 1995, pero dos años antes aparecía una entrevista con él en el libro Backstory, conversaciones con guionistas de la edad de oro (si lo encuentran, no duden en comprarlo). A continuación reproduzco sus observaciones sobre cuatro actrices con las que le tocó trabajar de cerca.
(Irene Dunne)
"Era la más fácil de agradar de todas. Una mujer profundamente religiosa, muy comprometida en asuntos eclesiásticos. Irene había sido una estrella musical en Broadway, así que se convirtió realmente en actriz (quiero decir en auténtica actriz) cuando vino a Hollywood. Como provenía del teatro, llegaba siempre al plató totalmente preparada. Si tenía un problema en alguna escena, siempre se dirigía al autor, se sentaba con él y le hablaba de ello sin hacer nunca sugerencias sino sólo para explicarle la dificultad que tenía y preguntarle qué estaba haciendo mal".
(Claudette Colbert)
"También ella provenía del teatro por lo que era muy concienzuda en lo que se refería a la caracterización. A veces me telefoneaba a altas horas de la noche para decirme que tenía alguna dificultad. Entonces, como era una profesional tan minuciosa, comprendía que algo estaba mal y lo corregía. Generalmente tenía razón."
(Katharine Hepburn)
"Katharine nunca decía una palabra antes de que saliera el guión. Entonces nos fijábamos una fecha y lo examinábamos escena por escena. Escribía unas notas, muy agudas, que por intuición eran correctas para su interpretación. Es una gran persona y resulta muy divertido discutir con ella."
(Ginger Rogers)
"Ginger nunca intervenía en la escritura. Los guiones que escribí para sus vehículos no estaban hechos exactamente a su medida, pero se hicieron en connivencia con ella en varias ocasiones. A veces le enseñaba una historia que me parecía adecuada para ella, y en un par de ocasiones hicimos que el estudio comprara el material original, un relato o una novela. Era una persona muy alegre (en el buen sentido de la palabra) y llevaba una vida social complicada. Recuerdo cierta broma sobre Ginger, que se agrandó con los años. Si Ginger tenía dificultades con una escena, siempre decía: "Hay algo radicalmente erróneo en esta escena." Pasaron un par de películas antes de que nos diéramos cuenta de que, cuando Ginger decía esto, significaba que no estaba preparada y sin duda había estado en la ciudad la noche anterior. Así que nos echábamos a reír al decirlo ella (porque contábamos con que lo dijera), se quedaba muy confundida. No obstante, trabajaba muy, muy duro".
Papeles favoritos: el del aprovechador en "The Heiress", el del aproblemado George Eastman en "A place in the sun", el del soldado en "From here to eternity" & el del doctor que ayuda a Liz Taylor en "Suddenly last summer".
12. Charles Coburn (Charles Douville Coburn)
Papeles favoritos: el de arrendatario que hace de Cupido en "The More the Merrier", el del millonario que quiere dejarle su herencia a la familia de un antiguo amor en "Has anybody seen my gal?", el del suegro comprensivo con Ginger Rogers en "Bachelor Mother", el de suegro poco comprensivo con Ginger Rogers en "Vivacious lady" & el de padre estafador en "The lady Eve".
11. Paul Newman (Paul Leonard Newman)
Papeles favoritos: el del reo que tiene "fallas de comunicación" con el carcelero en "Cool Hand Luke", el de Butch en "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", el del trabajador incendiario en de "Long Hot Summer", el del científico supuestamente traidor de "Torn Curtain", el del descendiente de indios en "Hombre" & el del jugador de billar en "The hustler".
10. Robert Mitchum (Robert Charles Durman Mitchum)
Papeles favorito: El del maníaco-religioso-manos-tatuadas de "The night of the hunter", el del soldado que protege a una monja en "Heaven knows Mr. Allison" & el del trasquilador australiano profiado en "The sundowners".
Papeles favoritos: el de Ricky Blaine en "Casablanca", el del director-amigo-de-Ava Gardner en "The barefoot contessa", el del capitán de barco de "To have and have not", el del ex soldado que no se decide a pelear contra los malos en "Key Largo", el del capitán de barco borracho en "The African Queen".
8. Charles Boyer
Papel favorito: El del maitre francés enamorado de "History is made at night", el malvado que quiere volver loca a la pobre Ingrid Bergman de "Gaslight" & el aprovechador reformado de "Hold back the dawn".
7. Robert Taylor (Spangler Arlington Brough)
Papeles favoritos: el tipo noble de "Camille", el del soldado con una trágica historia amorosa en "Waterloo Bridge" & el romano que se enamora de una cristiana en "Quo Vadis".
6. Gregory Peck (Eldred Gregory Peck)
Papeles favoritos: El del periodista enamorado de una princesa en "Roman Holiday", el de hombre pacífico en "The big country", el del abogado en "To Kill a Mockinbird", el de Francis Scott Fitzgerald en "Beloved Infidel" & el amnésico de "Spellbound".
5. Clark Gable (William Clark Gable)
Papeles favoritos: Rett Butler en "Gone with the wind", el del apostador reformado en "No man of her own" (protagoniza con quien se convertiría en su esposa, Carole Lombard), el demarido en "Wife versus secretary", el de periodista en "It happened one night" y "Teacher's pet".
4. William Powell (William Horatio Powell)
Papeles favoritos: el de Nick Charles en "The Thin Man" y sus secuelas, el del vagabundo en "My Man Godfrey", el del cazador cazado en "LibeledLady".
3. Errol Flynn
(Errol Leslie Flynn)
Papeles favoritos: el del médico devenido en pirata de "Captain Blood", el del coolísimo Robin en "The adventures of Robin Hood", el del arriero devenido en sheriff de "Dodge City", el del arrojado general en "They Died with their Boots On" & el de general enamorado de la reina y su reino en "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex".
2. Gary Cooper (Frank James Cooper)
Papeles favoritos: el sufrido y enamorado personaje basado en Francis Scott Fitzgerald de "The wedding night", el inocente Long John Willoughby de "Meet John Doe", el soldado que se enamora de Marlene Dietrich en "Morocco", el del inocente heredero engañado por una periodista en "Mr. Deeds goes to town", el del profesor nerd enamorado de una bailarina en "Ball of fire" & el del brigadista sacrificado de "For whom the bell tolls".
1. Cary Grant
(Archibald Alexander Leach)
Papeles favoritos: El del doctor-músico comprensivo de "People will talk", el del padre abnegado de "Penny Serenade", el de periodista enamorado de su ex en "His girl Friday", el del esposo a punto de terminar con la señora en "The awful truth", el del agente enamorado de Ingrid Bergman en "Notorius", el del playboy reformado-artista enamorado de una cantante con mala pata en "An affair to remember", el del joven que se da cuenta que ama a la hermana de su vacía novia en "Holiday" & el del hombre que quiere separarse de una malévola Kay Francis para casarse con Carole Lombard en "In name only".
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