"we might see a movie on the life of eden ahbez" Sounds like a perfect movie for Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:37 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia < [email protected]> wrote: > Nature Boy is indeed one of the great songs with a mystical quality. > Natalie Cole's version of the song is extraodinary and Frank Sinatra often > sang it at his concerts. Maybe we might see a movie on the life of eden > ahbez who sounds like he was a very interesting man. > > John > > > > Website: www.moviemem.com > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > PO Box 92 > Palm Beach > Qld 4221 > Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Joseph Bonelli <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2010 5:14 AM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] OT RE: "NATURE BOY"-- from the film..... > > Nat King Cole was indeed one of the greats!! And this haunting song > has a place in movie history: > > "Nature Boy" is from the soundtrack of the 1948 film "The Boy with Green > Hair" which was directed by Joseph Losey and starred the young Dean > Stockwell, Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan and Barbara Rush. It was the first film > I saw at age 5. I never forgot it. > > The film's haunting imagery affected me and when I saw it again on TV 40 > years later, scenes that had stuck in my memory were played out once again > exactly as I remembered. So much for the power of film on young minds. > The picture had sort of "disappeared" for all that time due to the > controversy surrounding it Losey was blacklisted of course. > Stockwell is a young boy whose parents are killed in World War II. He goes > to live with his uncle and, after seeing at school a presentation on "war > orphans," his hair turns green overnight. He soon learns that he has become > "different" so he can deliver the important message: "War is bad for > children." Hopefully the message will be taken to heart and war will > disappear. We all know the outcome. > > Of course, this "insidious" message had to be supressed in cold-war-scare > America and the picture soon disappeared into the vaults, not to be seen > until almost half a century later. Joe Losey went to England where his > career continued with such wonderful British-made films as "The Servant" and > "Far From the Madding Crowd." > > Dean Stockwell has stated on more than one occasion that he was proud of > his participation in "The Boy with Green Hair" when he made it and continued > his pride in the film and its message down the years. > > A DVD has been available for a long time but the film can now be ordered > through the Warner Bros movie-on-demand service. I highly recommend it. > It's an interesting fantasy and its message speaks loudly some 62 years > after its release! And "Nature Boy," the song, will haunt you.....as it is > obviously doing now. > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040185/ > > Joe B > > PS-- I noted when checking the IMDB listing that a commentator said she saw > the film in the 1960s on tv. She remarked on the black and white > photography. However, "The Boy with Green Hair" is in Technicolor, though > it certainly would have been seen in B&W on tv then as one saw "color" only > on network specials and a few shows like "Bonanza." > I stand corrected by her that it was unseen altogether until the 1980s. > > --- On *Sun, 2/21/10, Tom Martin > <[email protected]>*wrote: > > > From: Tom Martin <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT RE: THE WRITER OF "NATURE BOY" > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 10:55 AM > > excellent article and review... also the linked site for him is cool.... > Thanks Rick ! > > There are like 20 verisons of Nature boy on Lala > > [email protected]<http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>wrote: > > > Thanks, Tom, for bringing "Nature Boy" to our attention. What a trip it is > to check out the bio of the song's writer. He was a "hippie" twenty years > before being a hippie was cool. Anyone who has an extra minute should check > this out....the bio...and the Google images of this guy. Amazing. > Rick > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_ahbez > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected]<http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > In > the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message > is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
