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On Mar 19, 2009, at 11:45 PM, Michael B wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWMfeature=related
I am sure that everyone has seen this.but the 2 men
were on The O'Reilly Factor tonite, and reminded
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in the past 2 weeks, i've watched LUCY in THE DARK CORNER (awesome poster
in all styles--i have a mint one sheet framed for years, and bought the half
this past year) and LURED.
I LOVE LUCY and recognize that her great career started long before Lucy
Ricardo. But, i just cant accept those
i am in the minority that can watch her in MAME over and over, again
Sorry, Michael!! You are indeed in a VERY tiny minority
And to think we COULD have had Angela Lansbury!!! Still tearing 'em up on
Broadway at 83 as the zany medium Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's Blithe
Spirit.
Now
I first saw this many months ago, but it is always worth sharing. I don't
even care if some or all of it is faked! It is *SO* inspirational.
Bruce
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjWtRYaxmWMfeature=related
I am sure that
I think Lucille Ball was great in I LOVE LUCY but I don't think any of
her films were any good including The Dark Corner, which is probably her
best. It's a great poster though. The writing is fairly slack. Even the
two films she made during I LOVE LUCY, The Long, Long Trailer and
Forever, Darling
Joe, Michael and everyone. That is a great idea for one of my polls!
The greatest INJUSTICE when the Broadway star wasn't cast in the Hollywood
version.
Some that come to mind are Julie Andrews for My Fair Lady, Richard Kiley for
Man of La Mancha, Gertrude Lawrence for West Side Story, etc.
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Joe Bonelli just gave a great idea for one of my polls!
The greatest INJUSTICE when the Broadway star wasn't cast in the Hollywood
version.
Some that come to mind are Julie Andrews for My Fair Lady, Richard Kiley for
Man of La Mancha, Gertrude Lawrence for West Side Story, etc.
*PLEASE POST A
Chloris Leachman for Young Frankenstein...
oops.. I guess that was the other way around
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I love Lucy, but MAME is the perfect example of Hollywood power
brokering yielding
the worst casting. She was all wrong for MAME. The Lucy madcap is
NOT Mame Dennis.
It's really not even close. It would be interesting to know if Gene
Saks, the director of
both the film and the Broadway
We're back to the Jennifer Holliday/Hudson issue.
Though, too old by then to be fair.
Rich
On 20 Mar 2009, at 15:12, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
Joe Bonelli just gave a great idea for one of my polls!
The greatest INJUSTICE when the Broadway star wasn't cast in the
Hollywood version.
Some
does this mean that the one sheet of Lucille Ball's MAME that bruce listed
last night wont fetch a lot?
i just did a search on bruce's site, and it seems that the one sheet goes
for 25+.although he did get 56 two years ago.
and a free book, too
**Feeling the pinch
Was anyone actually hurt (other than pride) that Julie Andrews was not offered
the role in the film version of My Fair Lady? Had she been offered that part,
Disney would never have scene her in Camelot and offered her the lead in Mary
Poppins. Nor would she have been offered the role of Maria
does this mean that the one sheet of Lucille Ball's MAME that bruce listed
last night wont fetch a lot?
i just did a search on bruce's site, and it seems that the one sheet goes
for 25+.although he did get 56 two years ago.
and a free book, too
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Hi members,
I am selling an original one sheet on DEAD MAN'S EYES with Lon Chaney. It
was mounted to a cardboard backing many years ago and the owner attempted to
restore it himself (I think) before restoration became an art form. Most of
the restoration, luckily, is in the white
this is such a touching clip... it has been on youtube fo a couple
years.. i remember seeing it (and those other clip are probably still
there) with a different song playing behind it. Houston's version of
I Will Always Love You jump kicked it back to the spot light. in
looking around on
and her appearance in some early films, like STAGE DOOR (1939), with
katherine hepburn, showed a more serious side to lucy that many have
not seen or know about.
On Mar 20, 2009, at 7:38 AM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
i am in the minority that can watch her in MAME over and over,
again
Can we see one of those not-really-an-attachment jpgs on MoPo?
Thanks,
Andrea
On Mar 20, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Larry Springer wrote:
Hi members,
I am selling an original one sheet on DEAD MAN'S EYES with Lon
Chaney. It was mounted to a cardboard backing many years ago and
the owner
hey bruce-- here are a couple that came to mind.
jeff
1. Carol Channing in HELLO DOLLY
2. Michael Crawford in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
On Mar 20, 2009, at 8:12 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
Joe Bonelli just gave a great idea for one of my polls!
The greatest INJUSTICE when the Broadway star
I need a couple of posters -- for this film ASAP. I would like them
approximately 1-sheet size, and with dramatic artwork -- not the boring US
version. Rolled or folded. Good condition or better. I no longer have a
contact for for modern posters (sigh).
Evan.
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Richard
Great suggestions all! But I had to get it started, and I had not yet
received this, so I did the best I could. You could list these in the
comments field when you vote.
Thanks for great suggestions!
Bruce
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Richard Del Belso rdel...@msn.com wrote:
Two clear injustices! They are both in the poll, which is now online.
Bruce
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Jeff Potokar jpotok...@ca.rr.com wrote:
hey bruce-- here are a couple that came to mind.
jeff
1. Carol Channing in HELLO DOLLY
2. Michael Crawford in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Does anyone realize many of the original stars did not want the part in the
movie? Didn't pay enough or maybe they grew too old for the part or would be
type-cast forever?
Read Hollywood's First Choices for the scoop.
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bruce should give a set of his books to anyone who gives him a great poll
question
or, maybe he can be as nice as ebay. they gave me a 10percent coupon a few
months agoand so did paypal.
..michael says with a smile
:)
michael
**Feeling the pinch at the
new debate:
who was a better team in THE ODD COUPLE?
MATTHAU AND LEMMON
or
tony randall and klugman
truth is the tv version was great, yet i never laughed so much in the
movie theatre.
michael
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From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@listserv.american.edu]on Behalf Of Michael
B
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 2:14 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Hollywood's First Choices
new debate:
who was a better team in THE ODD COUPLE?
From Joe B-- Thanks, Bruce, for the credit.
But I hate to point out that you are incorrect, blatantly so, in touting one of
the starsGertrude Lawrence. Not only was Gertie dead when West Side
Story, which she could not have been in anyway, was first onstage, let alone
film.
A musical
joe is the authority on MOPO of broadway.
i loved CATS.
michael
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Well, Michael, we can agree on this one!!!
Since Bruce says that I gave him the idea.wellh...
Joe B
PS-- (HI, Bruce!)
--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote:
From: Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Please help: The greatest INJUSTICE when the
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Okay Joe Michael,
The mistake was obvious. Just a careless slip. The Broadway Maria in West
Side Story was played by Carol Lawrence, not Gertrude Lawrence.
Gertrude Lawrence was outstanding as Amanda in The Glass Menagerie.
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Well, Steve, it certainly was Carol Lawrence in West Side Story. Easy
mistake.
And, though I admired Gertrude Lawrence greatly, as a southerner and actor I
must protest that Gertie was mordantly miscast in Glass Menagerie. As was
(with the exception of the slightly-too-old Jane Wyman)
i was the inspiration, bruce.
you have my address!
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You are right Steve. It was Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert. I've always
wondered which soundtrack West Side Story fans like more, the Carol Lawrence
version or the Marni Nixon verison? I so love Marni Nixon in her many
incarnations, but Carol Lawrence had a beautiful voice.
Sue
The really great thing about the Broadway cast album of WEST SIDE
STORY is Larry Kert's performance. His singing is amazing and he must
have been the perfect Tony! I watched the film version on the big
screen recently and was reminded that the musical scenes were
absolutely terrific but
I so agree with you Channing. There's an example of the original actor that
should have played in the film version that didn't. Richard Beymer was o.k.,
but not the voice that Larry Kert had. Neither of them were lookers if that's
what the studio was looking for. That film has so many
One or the other, younger she's bigger, older she's slimmer.
On 20 Mar 2009, at 18:57, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
Far too old and far too large!!! Joe
--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Richard Evans evan...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
From: Richard Evans evan...@blueyonder.co.uk
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Please help:
Watched West Side Story again recently and, as in previous viewings, was blown
away by the production design and cinematography.
And I recently had a mystery connected to it solved: I always thought the sock
hop scene confusing and uninspired in its staging. Well, according to a
documentary I
I worked with Jerry Robbins two different times. He was totally impossible to
work with and ultimately PBS didn't finish one of the shows they were working
with him on because he became too much of a challenge. But I distinctly
remember that when Bernstein died, PBS wanted to use clips from the
Privately e-mail me the mailing address, and I'll send them first thing
Monday.
Thanks, Joe.
Bruce
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Joseph Bonelli joebom...@yahoo.com wrote:
Well, Michael, we can agree on this one!!!
Since Bruce says that I gave him the idea.wellh...
Joe B
There's another mystery about the sock hop scene. At the dance, there are
all the Sharks and Jets with their girlfriends, and there is a black couple
in the background throughout the scene. Given that there are no other blacks
in the movie, and that this couple appears nowhere else, why were they
I love Michael Crawford, but not sure I agree with him in the film version of
Phantom. Someone in my mind, every time I see him, I expect him to break out in
Put on Your Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly. He just seems too sweet.
Sue
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:51:00 -0500
From:
hi sue,
did you see the stage version with crawford, when he was here in LA,
by any chance? i liked the set design in the film-- that was about it.
to cast a young, good looking guy, who looked like he had a slight
burn and with all that well managed hair..LOL in the role, who
Bruce, you're incredible. Your second chance at life has bestowed you with
greater powers of unnecessary benevolence. (Though Joe does deserve a
plaudit.) But seeing how vulnerable you are -- with increasing age-- to the
powers of suggestion, why don't you give away one of your I know it's
There's another mystery about the sock hop scene. At the dance, there are all
the Sharks and Jets with their girlfriends, and there is a black couple in the
background throughout the scene. Given that there are no other blacks in the
movie, and that this couple appears nowhere else, why were
Also who could forget Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno and George Chakiris in that
film. I adored it!
Toochis
From: Susan Heim filmfantast...@msn.com
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:46:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Gertrude Lawrence was
Sue says:
I love Michael Crawford, but not sure I agree with him in the film version
of Phantom.
While some bemoan why so and so wasn't cast in the film version after
starring in a given Broadway musical, I would offer that there have been as
many
examples if not more when substitutions
The bigger problem for me with WSS (the film) is Richard Beymer as Tony is
miscast as the lead who's arguably the most important character. Beymer
himself later admitted he still can't look at himself in that picture; in fact,
in interviews, he said, I looked like a big fairy up there --
The major problem with the movie of PHANTOM is its director, not the
cast. Joel Schumacher has made about 1 1/2 good films among the
seemingly hundreds he's directed in the last 25 years. That man is
a menace to cinema as we know it! IMHO, Channing
On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:35 PM,
your comment makes you sound as tho you know nothing about stage
acting -- and, maybe, you dont. are you aware that acting is meant to
be broad and exaggerated for the stage, so that movement, action and
emotion can be seen at the back of the house?
had these individuals done the film,
Yea Freeman...I agree totally. As for Streisand in Hello Dolly, for years I
have heard people say one thing or another about her being cast. We all know
the reason. Having never seen the stage version of Dolly, I have nothing to
compare it to, however, it was such a huge success in the 60's
the director IS, ultimately, responsible for the cast-- so in that
sense, you are right.
jeff
On Mar 20, 2009, at 3:44 PM, channinglylethomson wrote:
The major problem with the movie of PHANTOM is its director, not
the cast. Joel Schumacher has made about 1 1/2 good films among
the
I recently saw Carol Lawrence at a GMHC fund raiser for Aids Treatment
and Education. She sang Somehere from WSS. She didn't have any voice
left but she was still lovely. FRANC
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Sent: Friday,
Jeff -
I would beg to differ that the director is ultimately responsible for the cast.
This is not always the case and very often the producer's will say they need a
box office name. They might have several for the director to choose from but
it's most definitely not soley the director's
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Unfortunately a lot of these great stage actors like Carol Channing and
Gwen Verson really didn't know how to tone it down for films. I'm not
sure if Michael Crawford would have worked had he been cast in the film,
but he DID have a career in films before Phantom and his performance
might have
my thoughts exactly, franc.. im not making a sweeping generalization
about all actors--i was simply meaning that MANY actors who work on
the stage are also HIGHLY successful in films, as well.
jeff
On Mar 20, 2009, at 4:28 PM, Franc wrote:
Unfortunately a lot of these great stage actors
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What Broadway musical play would you have rather seen filmed with the
opening night stars than with the people Hollywood chose to play the parts?
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I have known a lot of tough street kids, and I never saw ANY of them burst
into song and do ballet moves.
Kind of like Michael Jackson when he was bad.
Bruce
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:36 PM, David Kusumoto
davidmkusum...@hotmail.comwrote:
The bigger problem for me with WSS (the film) is
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