I NEVER DID SEE IT WHEN IT CAME OUT....HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT NEVER WENT TO SEE IT.....
THE MUSIC MOVIE..... SOUTH PACIFIC -- 1958
GREAT MUSIC FROM RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN AND GREAT COLOR.
I BOUGHT THE COLLECTORS EDITION.
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REMEMBER SEEING GLYNIS JOHNS WHEN ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD. MY MOM ASKED ME WHAT I THOUGHT OF HER. I SAID, "VERY NICE, SHE'S GOT A BABY FACE." MOM LAUGHED, AND TO ME SHE WAS AFTER THAT ALWAYS KNOWS AS "BABY FACE."
YES VERY PRETTY INDEED.
SO I COLLECT HER MOVIES. SHE STARED WITH THE GREAT DANNY KAY IN COURT JESTER - A VERY FINE MOVIE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. COLOR.
TWO RECENT ONES I BOUGHT WITH GLYNIS JOHNS:
THE SEEKERS WITH JACK HAWKINS. IT IS A FICTITIOUS STORY [BUT COULD WELL HAVE HAPPENED] OF FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ZEALAND, IN 1820, AND SO GREAT SCENERY AND INTERESTING SIGHTS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVE MAORI PEOPLE. COLOR.
THE CABINET OF CALIGARI REALLY SHOWS NOT ONLY THE BEAUTY OF GLYNIS JOHNS BUT HER TALENT AS AN ACTRESS.
IT'S A MOVIE THAT IS AN EMOTIONAL TYPE THRILLER WITH A BIG TWIST - KINDA UNEXPECTED TWIST, AT THE END. INTERESTING FOR ADULTS, SOME TEENAGERS MAY LIKE IT ALSO. BLACK AND WHITE.
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GOT TO MENTION SOME OF THE GREAT MARILYN MONROE MOVIES:
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES WITH THE TALENTED AND PIN-UP STAR OF THE SAME TIME AS MARILYN.....JANE RUSSELL.
VERY FINE MUSIC AND COMEDY. JANE THEY SAY WAS GETTING WAY MORE PAY THAN MARILYN FOR THIS MOVIE.....BOTH LADIES SHINE REAL WELL, AND SHOW THEIR TALENT TO SING AND PLAY THEIR PARTS SUPER. COLOR.
BUS STOP WITH MARILYN AND DON MURRY. AS IT SAYS ON THE BACK: "MARILYN MONROE DELIVERS WHAT MANY ACCLAIM TO BE HER FIRST SERIOUS ACTING PERFORMANCE, IN THIS DYNAMIC DRAMA FULL OF HUMOR, HOPE AND PASSION." COLOR.
LET'S MAKE LOVE WITH MARILYN, YVES MONTAND FROM FRANCE, TONY RANDALL AND THE HEART-THROB FROM ENGLAND, FRANKIE VAUGHAN.
SPEAKING OF FRANKIE, I WAS A KID BACK IN ENGLAND WHEN MY MOM AND I SAW HIS FIRST APPEARANCE ON BRITISH TV, FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE HAD THIS BIG WHITE-TOOTH SMILE AND DYNAMIC PERSONALITY TO GO WITH HIS FINE POP SINGING. HE WAS AN OVERNIGHT HIT. HE ONLY MADE THIS ONE MOVIE IN HOLLYWOOD WITH MARILYN. HE COULD HAVE BECOME A HUGE HOLLYWOOD SENSATION. BUT HIS WIFE SAID ASKED HIM NOT TO STAY IN HOLLYWOOD FOR.....WELL THE HOLLYWOOD BREAK-UP OF MARRIAGES.
HE SAID OKAY, CAME BACK TO ENGLAND AND BRITAIN WAS REAL GOOD TO HIM FOR MANY DECADES, AND HE NEVER RETURNED TO THE USA. COLOR.
SOME LIKE IT HOT WITH MARILYN AND TONY CURTIS AND JACK LEMMON. A GREAT COMEDY, SOME SAY ONE OF THE BEST. WE HAVE A MOVIE THEATER HERE IN CALGARY THAT IS NOW SHOWING EVERY MONTH, TWO OR THREE OF THE OLD GREATS, AND ONE COMING UP IN THE SUMMER IS SOME LIKE IT HOT.
TONY AND JACK ARE DRESSED UP AS WOMEN TO EXCAPE THE GANGSTERS AFTER THEM, AND JOIN A WOMAN'S BAND, MARILYN THE SINGER AND UKE PLAYER IN THE BAND. YES A FUN MOVIE.
BLACK AND WHITE.
RIVER OF NO RETURN WITH MARILYN AND ROBERT MITCHUM. MADE IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, SO WONDERFUL SCENERY. THEY USED NO STUNT DOUBLES WHEN MADE IN 1954, THEY SAY MARILYN FELL IN THE RIVER A FEW TIMES AND HAD TO BE RESCUED; PRETTY TOUGH GAL WHEN YOU SEE THE RIVER RUSHING ALONG WITH RAPIDS AND WILD POWER. NICE SONGS FROM MARILYN, YOUNG LAD IN THE MOVIE. SO A GOOD FAMILY MOVIE. COLOR.
WELL THERE IS SOME NICE MOVIES YOU MAY LIKE TO PUT ON YOUR LIST TO RENT OR BUY.
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