u must b a senior citizen. If they made films like this today, it would not do business. The film audience has changed. Today the singers of today have tatoos, body piercings, and b undressed that leaves nothing to the imagination. Oh yeah, they yell and scream .
While it's understandable that musical tastes have changed, the only thing I lament is the lack of full orchestral scores in modern films. The emotions an orchestra gives u is just unparalleled, whether classical or the swooning magic of these Hollywood classics.
@@oldmancommonscentsah, but the question becomes did they stop making them because the audience changed, or did the audience change because they stopped making them?
Rest in Peace, Celeste. You are everything the supporting actress should be, gracious, beautiful, talented and most importantly essential to the story being conveyed.
I grew up in a family who has a tendency to sing show tunes, so it was inevitable I should become a theatre kid. High Society, Singin' in the Rain, The Music Man, Oklahoma, Carousel, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom of the Opera, Disney films. Nowadays I've branched out kinda more towards straight plays, Harvey and The Glass Menagerie being two of my favorites, but I still love listening to these songs.
Every time I see this movie, I still feel like that 10 year old boy who first saw Grace Kelly up on the big screen and INSTANTLY fell in love, an infatuation I still have. RIP Princess Grace.
Celeste Holm passed away in July 2012. She was another legendary actress of Hollywood. And it was a real tragedy as she was one of the precious witnesses of the golden days in Hollywood back in the 40s and the 50s. Only yesterday did I learn abouth her death. She had a beautiful voice in singing along with Frank Sinatra. May God rest her in peace. She will remain amazing even after her death.
Right, a "real tragedy." She was 95! You call that a tragedy??? It was her time to go. We will all die one day. Stop fearing death as though it's something so bad. There is nothing tragic about the passing of a 95 year old who lived a long prosperous life.
For a minute there, I thought I was in an alternate universe and was thinking "I don't remember _The Philiadelphia Story_ being a musical." Then it hit me: _High Society,_ duh! Both were classics.
Celeste Holm was perfectly cast in "All About Eve." Here, I think she is miscast. There is zero chemistry between her and Sinatra. And the wardrobe people insisted on dressing her as matronly as possible, looking older than her 38 years. The interplay was much more believable between James Stewart and Ruth Hussey in "The Philadelphia Story."
Who wants to be a millionaire? I don't Have flashy flunkies everywhere? I don't Who wants the bother of a country estate? A country estate is something I'd hate Who wants to wallow in champagne? I don't Who wants a supersonic plane? I don't Who wants a private landing field through? I don't And I don't 'cause all I want is you Who wants to be a millionaire? I don't Who wants uranium to spare? I don't Who wants to journey on a gigantic yacht? Do I want a yacht? Oh, how I do not Who wants a fancy foreign car? I don't Who wants to tire of caviar? Who wants a marble swimming pool too? I don't And I don't 'cause all I want is you Who wants to be a millionaire? I don't And go to every swell affair? Who wants to ride behind a liveried chauffeur? A liveried chauffeur, do I want? No sir Who wants an opera box I'll bet? I don't And sleep through Wagner at the Met? I don't Who wants to corner Cartiers too? I don't And I don't 'cause all I want is you
i'm only here because in an episode of rosemary and thyme, Laura said "who wants to be a millionaire?" and Rosemary said, "Do you want me to sing now?" lol
Still haven't seen a plausible explanation for the unknown gadget. It's not a crumb catcher, which would be a box with a hinged cover. The head with both ends rounded and a bird ornament also makes it unlikely that it's an ice hammer/corckscrew/jigger combo, although it does come apart like one. It may be something cooked up by the props department just to fit the action.
I wish newer films were able to show the same amount of chemistry with their characters as they did in older films like this, I feel like newer films lean more on showing physical attraction but they fail at giving the same lovable depth to it. The relationships don't pull me in as much, I hope that makes sense.
Yes, it does make sense, it's not only about actors, but the quality of the writing: modern movies have more superficial writing, more standardized; so despite more things happening in the story, it often seems like they are nothing, they all seem less sincere, and therefore they feel less immersive. In classic movies the writing was usually so good that you could totally believe characters falling desperately in love after like just 10 lines of dialogue, while today, well, so many times a love story feel forced or "empty" even after an hour and half.
Celeste Holm won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1947, and gathered two more nominations soon after. But like Nanette Fabray she preferred the stage and made few films. It is sad that her private life was a mess and that she wound up in soap operas. She lived to be 95, her final years clouded by a crazily expensive lawsuit against her fifth husband, a gold-digging toyboy.
Grace Kelly played Tracy Lord in high school. Frank and Celeste have such chemistry PS: in the (1965) version of Cinderella Celeste is the Fairy godmother and there are many more old Hollywood stars that made small appearances like Ginger Rogers as the queen and Walter Pidgeon as the king.
I think that around the time a lot of people were getting rich by selling/mining Uranium so it would be the equivalent of saying oil fields or somehing
Thanks for posting! This sequence is imprinted on my memory: They don't normally place reel changes in the middle of a musical number but here they did. In the (not so) old days we screened 35mm prints properly ie: with changeovers between reels. The 'cue dots' (absent in this clip) may be legendary now, but were essential to the poor projectionist slaving away over his hot carbon arcs (screens were bigger then)!! Motor is around 1:38 and changeover at 1:46 (give or take a frame or two)!
Fascinating stuff! I notice at 1:46 there's a break in singing when the reel changeover takes place, I guess that would allow for a margin of error for the projectionists.
@@mitsymagicful Thanks Mitsy. You are correct! The acceptable margin of error is very small though. It needs to be rehearsed very carefully if you've not done it before.
The last they say the "Who wants to be a millionaire" "I don't" "And I don't" "Cuz all I want is you" Frank Sinatra mouths Celeste Holm's part. I had to watch it a few times, but now that I saw it, I can't NOT see it. You know? Watch it and you'll see.
This was recreated by Matthew Macfadyen and Sian Connolly playing Charles and Diana in Quiz. I know the real Charles and Diana watched Quiz (Charles tweeted about it) so I wonder how weird this was for them, a song about how fucked up their relationship is imagined to be when "Charles" is imagining it.
SHARED WITH JAMES TAYLOR THIS DAY (his dog's named "Ting") Ways to stay sane? (What rhymes with champagne?) What rhymes with 'hunkered down' and 'mitigating'? (two terms we've heard a thousand times each day) I ask, 'cause I am writing out a poem - a parody, to keep 'Covid' at bay.” It's just one way of 'keeping all your marbles' while keeping 'proper distance' from your friends - or strangers, when you must return to town; So what's another term for 'mitigation'? And what's another term for 'hunkered down?' You see where this is going. The trick is to make your parody timely. It's funnier than trying to find a rhyme for uranium - a buzz word from a 50's song (below). Plus . . . you're only as good as your latest work, right? A pug named Ting? (Jim & Kim Taylor's dog) What rhymes with that? I wondered this time yesterday. “A tug named Ping!” Which led, almost as easily as falling off a log - to recapitulating the first stanza of the funniest song on AMERICAN STANDARD. And as Mr. Taylor attested, to a world-wide audience on the BBC: “That is a “hard thing to do - write a funny song.” This as he introduced, to millions who'd never heard it, Stubby Kaye's original screen version of Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat. (So and thus) I dreamed last night, I was on a boat to heaven Surrounded by, some tugboats that could sing! I heard their voice, yet could not see their faces I knew not one . . . except a tug named Ping. Just to keep in shape, I turned on the computer intending to work with whatever is playing 'right this minute' on Siriusly Sinatra satellite radio: “Frank Sinatra - Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” I type fast and see possibilities here. You too? Who wants to be a millionaire? (I don't) Who wants uranium to spare? (I don't) HE: Who wants to journey on a gi-gantic yacht? SHE: Who wants a yacht? Oh how I do NOT!! SHE: Who wants a fancy foreign car? HE: I don't! SHE: Who wants to tire of caviar? (I don't) HE: Who wants a marble swimming pool too (I don't) TOGETHER: And I don't, 'cause all I want is you. “Come make breakfast,” says my better half. “Be there in a minute,” I lied. Celeste Holm. Isn't she lovely. Comment below video from a kindred spirit who was just waiting for AMERICAN STANDARD "two years ago" MYSTIC QUEEN2 I grew up in a family who has a tendency to sing show tunes, so it was inevitable I should become a theatre kid. High Society, Singin' in the Rain, The Music Man, Oklahoma, Carousel, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Phantom of the Opera, Disney films. [ ] I still love listening to these songs. Thanks for sharing this one, Phil. Celebrated this day at Sinatra Family - Forum - "Siriusly Sinatra" - MY FAVORITE VERSION, YOURS TOO? sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php/50225-My-Favorite-Version-%28yours-too-%29?p=1286846#post1286846
I love Celeste n Frank together they are so cute I wish they actually went out together also the part with Grace n Frank made me mad cuz I loved Celeste n Frank together so now when I watch it I’ll skip that part with those two but overall I love this movie
In the song “Who wants to be a millionaire” (from the movie/musical “High Society”), I cannot possibly figure out the meaning of: Who wants a supersonic plane? I don't Who wants a private landing feel through? What is a "landing feel" and why are they using “through”?!?! It would make more sense if they said “a private landing field too”….. All the websites with the lyrics say the very same thing…so I guess it’s not somebody's typo. Anybody's got any idea? Many thanks!!!!!
It's surely your latter guess. The lyrics are printed wrong. Simple. OF COURSE, the correct line is, "Who wants a private landing field too?" Why would you even question yourself? And it shows that each lyric website just copies each other, including the awful mistakes.
You obviously didn't check all the lyric sites. It took me one second to pull this up. www.metrolyrics.com/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-lyrics-cole-porter.html. Don't tell us you checked all the sites, when you didn't really. Just saying!
I tried caviar once, didn't like it, but yet to experience quails eggs, venison & pheasant. so I guess I'll continue to play the lottery like other people ;)
