Wasn't Preston mainly a theatre guy?
He did a ton of theatre, but his filmography has him making movies ever year from 1939 to 1963. He did a lot of Westerns in the 40s.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
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DavidS - Jul 07, 2020 12:38:45 pm PDT #2733 of 3455
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Beverly - Jul 07, 2020 1:36:54 pm PDT #2734 of 3455
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Robert Preston
"There's nothing worse than an old queen with a headcold."
And also, "Greetings, Starfighter!"
EpicTangent - Jul 07, 2020 2:28:42 pm PDT #2735 of 3455
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
- Tries to "Love" Beverly's post*
Toddson - Jul 08, 2020 4:36:18 am PDT #2736 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I remember, from YEARS ago, an interview with Robert Preston in which he talked about getting the Harold Hill role. He kept telling his agent he wasn't a singer and his agent pressured him to audition. Preston went to the audition and was asked to perform the "oh we got trouble" patter song ... and the rest is history.
Does anyone else remember him in "Semi Tough"? it had send-ups of various therapies and there was a scene in which he's had all his office furniture removed because he'd been advised that "creeping" (crawling) was the solution to everything. There was also an exquisitely satirical take on rolfing (with Burt Reynolds as the subject).
Beverly - Jul 08, 2020 10:30:15 am PDT #2737 of 3455
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'd love to have seen that interview. His enthusiasm and humor were for me the most compelling things about him.
And I misquoted, above. The correct line is, "Oh god. There's nothing more inconvenient than an old queen with a head cold. A-CHOO!"
Toddson - Jul 13, 2020 6:29:59 am PDT #2738 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Not sure if this is the right place for it, but the Smart Bitches have a review of the Will Ferrell Eurovision movie. It has embedded clips and such. The reviewer had some things she liked, some she didn't and is specific.
Consuela - Jul 13, 2020 6:39:02 am PDT #2739 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really enjoyed The Old Guard, even though I found a lot of the tropes pretty predictable. I knew Booker was going to betray them; that Quyen (sp?) was going to come back as a villain; that Copley was going to second-guess his loyalties.
I would like to know when Nile had time to redo her hair between getting picked up by Andy and when they went to London...
Jesse - Jul 13, 2020 7:33:23 am PDT #2740 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I assumed that was indicative of time passing (so Andy could heal up and etc), and was glad to see it because I was wondering about her hair! Like, how long would it have stayed in those braids -- the regular amount of time or no?
I wished I had seen it in the theater.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2020 7:37:00 am PDT #2741 of 3455
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I really enjoyed The Old Guard, even though I found a lot of the tropes pretty predictable
Same. I am enough of a "Charlize Theron saves the world even though she is so. fucking. tired." genre fan to be pretty forgiving of tropeyness.
Jesse - Jul 13, 2020 7:43:23 am PDT #2742 of 3455
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She even drives through the desert!! Sorry, thought that might be a spoiler...