Topic: GET THEE TO A NUNNERY (Read 19581 times)

bk · « **on:** February 22, 2010, 12:07:04 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes got thee to a nunnery, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they're currently visiting a nunnery.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:07:45 AM »

And the word of the day is: THAUMATURGY!

Edisaurus · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:13:37 AM »

I haven't read the notes because I was reading about bk's big package.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:14:28 AM »

And the new notes aren't up yet.

Edisaurus · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:15:23 AM »

I'm watching a PBS series on transplants. Really entertaining. But hope I don't have bad dreams...

Edisaurus · « **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2010, 12:22:48 AM »

Now, a new episode about the history of cosmetic surgery. They used to inject paraffin, probably like collagen now, and would mold the hot wax into the new shape for your nose, or other part. It was a bad idea!

George · « **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2010, 01:47:54 AM »

I have actually been to a nunnery...my aunt is an actual nun.

Ben · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:33:52 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

Ben · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:34:36 AM »

If you make HHW a Facebook only page you may gain posters but you'll lose me.

I'm not joining Facebook just to post. Sorry.

Michael · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2010, 03:56:29 AM »

Quote from: George on February 22, 2010, 01:47:54 AM

I have actually been to a nunnery...my aunt is an actual nun.

"My mother was a nun"
Norma Cassidy

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:01:07 AM »

I've been in the foyer of a nunnery but that's as far as I ever got.

Kerry · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:01:49 AM »

Good Morning on this Doris Day Day!

Ginny · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:14:03 AM »

Monday morning greetings! It's a rainy day here in SW Ohio - at least we don't have to shovel the rain.

Druxy · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:17:34 AM »

TOD:

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
LOVER COME BACK
IT'S A GREAT FEELING

Druxy · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:23:26 AM »

There is a chapter in my upcoming book of Hollywood memoirs the deals with lyricist Paul Francis Webster.

Among other tales Webster told me is that:

1. Doris Day tried to have "Secret Love" cut from CALAMITY JANE.
2. She succeeded in having another Webster song cut from her movie, JULIE. That song was "The Twelfth of Never".

Jrand74 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:31:25 AM »

And man JULIE could have used that song.......

We saw it at the drive-in, and my mother made me stop singing the song:

JU_LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE .... it's the voice of my own true love
And it promises........EGG-STACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Jrand74 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:32:25 AM »

I post on Facebook - but I would NOT like an HWW Facebook page. I like posting here in the living room of our own house, not at Grand Central Station.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:37:04 AM »

I find Miss Doris Day infinitely watchable....except in her first few Warner Bros. movies where she has horrible hairstyles and makeup in the style of - in her words, the embalmers in the Warner's Makeup Department.

Hard to choose a favorite but I will start:

PILLOW TALK
THAT TOUCH OF MINK - for her pairing with Cary Grant and Gig Young as second banana
TEACHER'S PET - with Clark Gable and Gig again as second banana

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
MOVE OVER, DARLING

Well....JUST about everything until she started her let the wig do the acting-yapping thing as in GLASS BOTTOM BOAT and DO NOT DISTURB.

Favorite songs....again what's NOT to like....but

Do Not Disturb - the song was the best part of the movie
Twinkle Lullaby
Everybody Loves a Lover
Pillow Talk
Secret Love

Yikes - I better leave some for other posters!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:39:36 AM »

The only "secret" story about Doris Day I know was told to me by a friend who works for an airline.

I guess sometime in the 1970's Miss Doris had begun a rather torrid affair with a Texas oilman/millionaire and was convinced the she and the man were going to marry. Doris traveled to Texas with a rather large amount of luggage and was met at the front door of the man's palatial home by his wife brandishing a gun who had some choice words for America's sweetheart. Doris returned to California on the next plane.

Which reminds of the story of Patty Andrews and the baseball bat on Doris' front porch!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:42:39 AM »

Sexy Doris straight from the embalming room at Warners.

MGM Doris

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #20 on:** February 22, 2010, 05:55:53 AM »

It always bothered me about THE DORIS DAY SHOW that she moved herself to San Francisco and abandoned her three children and elderly father to fend for themselves on the farm. Pretty much the same way that Lucy Carmichael dropped her kid off at military school and went to live in sunny California without ever bothering to check in on him again.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:09:32 AM »

Good morning, all! I have a day at Lincoln Center with a dress rehearsal for this Broadway Cares benefit. Before I go, I need to call for refills on several prescriptions, and I may do another 2009 receipt tally. When I get back, I'll continue the tax tallies.

I have little else to report, but I wil certainly be ecstatic when I'm through my taxes on Thursday. As to Miss Day, my favorite film is THE PAJAMA GAME, and I always liked these recordings:
Secret Love
Everybody Loves A Lover
Que Sera Sera
Sentimental Journey
Perhaps perhaps perhaps

Druxy · « **Reply #22 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:11:33 AM »

Quote from: JRand59 on February 22, 2010, 05:31:25 AM

And man JULIE could have used that song.......

We saw it at the drive-in, and my mother made me stop singing the song:

JU_LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE .... it's the voice of my own true love
And it promises........EGG-STACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

As it turned out, another of my publicity clients (Leith Stevens) wrote the music for that one.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #23 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:36:52 AM »

I'm up and the only one on HHW at the moment. BK, I love the Go-Between. Great script by Pinter and terrific ensemble acting by Margaret Leighton, Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Edward Fox, et al. It was my choice the year it came out for Best Picture. I can't remember what else was up or what actually one that year, but this was the one I was rooting for.

I like Doris Day, but can't remember any specific songs that stand out for me. I'm kinda partial to her early movies with Gordon McRae.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:41:53 AM »

I just learned that tonight's benefit is sold out. Very good news!

Here's the link:
http://broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway_Backwards_5_Announces_Full_Participant_List_20100221

Matt H. · « **Reply #25 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:44:55 AM »

Good morning!

It began raining THE SECOND I stepped outside to get the newspaper prior to my walk. [sigh] If only it had held off for 20 minutes (or if I had gotten up 20 minutes sooner). So, I'm treadmilling it today.

Matt H. · « **Reply #26 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:47:36 AM »

TOD:

Doris Day is one of my all-time favorites.

My favorite films of hers are LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME and PILLOW TALK. I also think she was perfect casting for THE PAJAMA GAME, and her versions of Babe's songs are the definitive ones (Hard to listen to Janis Paige's offkey warbling on the cast recording.

Other film favorites:

CALAMITY JANE
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
MIDNIGHT LACE
THAT TOUCH OF MINK
BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON
THE THRILL OF IT ALL

Matt H. · « **Reply #27 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:50:33 AM »

Favorite Doris Day songs:

"It's Magic"

"Secret Love"

"Pillow Talk"

"Possess Me"

"Hey, There"

"I'll Never Stop Loving You"

"I'm Gonna Ring the Bell Tonight"

"Shakin' the Blues Away"

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #28 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:52:02 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 22, 2010, 12:07:45 AM

And the word of the day is: THAUMATURGY!

And The Song Of The DAY Is: IT'S MAGIC

Matt H. · « **Reply #29 on:** February 22, 2010, 06:52:20 AM »

Once again I am at the mercy of the studios and mailmen. If PONYO comes today before 1 p.m., I'll work on it.

If it doesn't I'll have the day off.

Since I spent so much time watching DVR movies this weekend, I'd like to make a dent in that Blu-ray stack.

News:

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