Riley ,'Potential'
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From WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY back,
In high school, the first soundtrack for Les Miz that I heard was the London cast, and I listened to it repeatedly. But a bunch of my friends had the American cast, and it SOUNDED WRONG to me. I didn't like listening to that version at all.
Tep, the one with Roger "My Speaking Voice Makes Both Tony Head and Benedict Cumberbatch Sound Sexless By Comparison" Allum?
I remember being sniffly when I first saw the movie as a youngster but the movie just gets funnier with successive viewing. By the time we get to the blind gardening (!), I'm usually on the floor, giggling helplessly.
Bogart did have great chemistry with Davis, but my brain just has trouble getting past the whole "lovesick Irish stable boy" thing. Totally agreed on whasshis name who plays the doctor, the condescending prick who needs to DIE IN A FIRE.
Tep, the one with Roger "My Speaking Voice Makes Both Tony Head and Benedict Cumberbatch Sound Sexless By Comparison" Allum?
That's the one!
Stanwyck -- Don't overlook The Mad Miss Manton, where she plays a debutante who (1) with her friends, solves a couple of murders, and (2) shares some snappy dialogue with Henry Fonda as a nosy journalist. Not one of the greatest screwball comedies, but certainly worth seeing.
Clark Gable as an evil chauffeur -- hee!
He introduces himself thusly:
"I'm Nick." (dramatic pause) "The chauffeur!"
That's the one!
MRPH.
I remember being sniffly when I first saw the movie as a youngster but the movie just gets funnier with successive viewing. By the time we get to the blind gardening (!), I'm usually on the floor, giggling helplessly.
I do have to say I have not seen this in about 10 or 15 years, so I may find it funnier now!
All you Roger Allam fans need to see him in Parade's End, in which he stars with... Benedict Cumberbatch. It's a non-singing part, though.
(He's also in The Thick of It).
Huh.