When I was a kid, I was kind of sickly, or at least I convinced my mother that I was, and so I stayed home quite a bit. Thank god I’m too old for truancy officers!
Anyway, what’s a kid to do at home all day but watch TV? This was back in the [19]60’s, and at midday the TV channels always broadcast a midday movie – usually American, and at least 20-30 years old.
The upshot of all those sickies was that I became quite theย connoisseur of Hollywood musicals. Top of my list of favourites were the movies starring Jeanette McDonald, a lovely coloratura soprano, and Nelson Edy, a warm tenor. Something about the two of them together was just magical and I still remember those movies with fondness …when I remember them at all.
Lucky for me, my good friend David Prosser is an expert memory-jogger-a, and its him to blame for this post. If he hadn’t mentioned The Indian Love Call in his blog post, I would never have remembered on my own!
So here is a video clip of the Indian Love Call, plus a -cough- few -cough- other childhood favourites. Apologies to the youngies out there. ๐
And then I remembered Mario Lanza… wait till you hear the boy soprano!
Oh how could I forget Deanna Durbin?
But for sheer fun, no one beat Doris Day. Here’s a clipย from the her movie Calamity Jane!
And on that note I bid thee all farewell .:D
Meeks
September 5th, 2014 at 8:11 am
My favourite was Doris. Beautifully comic, but such a superb dancer too. My memories though are of Shirley Temple. ๐
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September 5th, 2014 at 1:38 pm
-grin- I watched Shirley Temple movies too but I was more of an ugly duckling as a kid so I wanted to grow into someone ‘beautiful’ like Doris at the end of the movie. ๐
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September 5th, 2014 at 2:10 am
This has me thinking of Judy Garland in Meet Me In St Louis and Jane Powell and Howard Keel in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I love the old musicals. Thank you for getting me to thinking about them.
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September 5th, 2014 at 1:32 pm
Oh…oh! Yes, I remember those as well. And there was another one…grrr can’t remember. The actress was June something. Not the best singer but she was a good actress. Meh, this is going to drive me crazy now…
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September 5th, 2014 at 1:34 pm
Found her! June Allyson
This is her in Little Women.
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September 4th, 2014 at 2:54 pm
The glorious Mario Lanza and the sublime Doris Day.Wonderful. Did I get any praise for reminding you of those? NO, I just get the blame for reminding you of something you secretly liked anyway.Here I am slaving my guts out every day to please you all……… well, when I put Mario Lanza on now, you get the blame so there!
xxx Massive Hugs xxx
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September 4th, 2014 at 7:29 pm
-giggles- I gave credit where it was due!!!!! How was I to know you like Doris Day? To be honest I thought I was alone in even remembering who she was. So glad to be wrong. ๐
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September 4th, 2014 at 2:33 pm
You’ve quite taken me back in time… the soundtrack to weekend afternoons ๐
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September 4th, 2014 at 7:27 pm
I have to admit I’m still smiling. Made me feel quite young and flighty. lol
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September 4th, 2014 at 12:30 pm
One of the men Doris Day is singing to by the bar looks like the actor who played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. I wonder if that’s him.
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September 4th, 2014 at 7:25 pm
It’s possible. I think the vintage would be about right. Now I’ll have to watch it again to be sure. ๐
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September 4th, 2014 at 12:16 pm
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!!!!! ๐
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September 4th, 2014 at 7:23 pm
-grin- Welcome! I’m so chuffed someone else got a kick out of these as well. ๐
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