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she see a man with pursed lips staring at her she has no clue how to act so she runs away with a little italian boy right on her heels the boy becomes a good friend especially when she falls into the canal the man pays her a visit and woos her to go out with him even though he is married and has many bambinos it must be his pursed lips this is a romantic film directed by david lean and pursed lips guy is rossano brazzi who was a heartthrob during the 1950s i am not one for pure romance but this is done with intelligence plus it has some great acting in hepburn you also see venice and the surrounding area which can t be beat poor hepburn developed a weepy eye after her trip into the canal that stayed with her for the rest of her life 2 how to stuff a wild bikini 1965 i have to put in a avalon and funicello flick since they were all about summer beach movies they were wholesome fun with singing surfing and dancing where you get to see many t a jiggle on screen this was actually the last film until the 1980s with frankie and annette frankie avalon asked for more money so he got 6 minutes of screen time annette was pregnant so she is seen in big blouses or behind bowls of fruit you do have mickey rooney and buster keaton picking up the slack so that works these flicks would never be made today because no man is allowed ever to run after a girl like buster does the jiggles would still be there but maybe women will be with women and men with men anyhoo frankie is in tahiti doing naval rescue duty and probably doing some girls but when he hears that his gal back home has a suitor after her well how dare she he gets a bwana witch doctor buster to work his magic the witch doctor sends a sea nymph to dee dee s neck of the woods so her potential suitor will drop dee dee like a hot tomale after seeing the new tomale the issue is that this gal from the sea grabs every man including erik von zipper harvey lembeck who wants her for himself he and his numbskull gang do all they can to get this gal elizabeth montgomery makes a cameo at the end of this movie as the witch doctor s daughter she was currently starring in the tv show bewitched so this played up to it plus the director of the film was william asher who was her husband and was a producer and sometime director on bewitched 3 the spirit is willing 1967 i have not seen this in years but would love to see it again this film stars sid caesar and vera miles as parents to a nerdy son played by barry gordon who all travel during summer break to a home they rented out little do they know that 3 ghosts are not happy sharing their place with this family the only one who can see them is the son who gets into trouble with his parents when the ghosts misbehave antics ensue especially when they scuttle the uncle s boat and the one ghost falls for the uncle i love the character actors in this film that you have seen in films and tv alike like jesse white mary wickes and john astin i find this one full of fun and hope to get this film on dvd one day yes i said dvd i could have picked so many others but these are my 3 for now which 3 would you choose posted by birgit at 7 22 2021 40 comments wednesday july 21 2021 weekly song challenge i am so late writing this up i meant to do this on the weekend but bad pain crippled me up and yesterday feeling much better i was out and about am on vacation for 2 weeks today i wanted to play in my craft room with this evening spent watching the green mile i believe jingle jangle jungle chose these 3 themes before but there are plenty of songs that fit the mix so here are the themes a song with a month in the title a song with a day of the week in the title a song with a unit of measure in the title 1 june is bustin out all over sung by claramae turner barbara ruick 1956 this is a song by the legendary rogers hammerstein from their musical carousel it first was shown on broadway in 1945 but became a musical for the screen in 1956 along with many of their other musicals i had the ding a ling song going through my head much of the day thanks to john but thankfully that went out of my head when i was thinking up this song i wanted something from june since that is my birthday month and this came into my head sorry shady it is another musical but i wanted the song to come from something i used to watch all the time when i was a kid 2 another saturday night sung by sam cooke 1963 saturday is my favourite day of the week which is what most people say work has something to do with it but i just feel like it is a day to get things done or to have fun i no longer feel the need to go out saturday night as i would rather be home watching a movie i think i first heard this song by cat stevens but i went with sam cooke who sadly died a year after this song was done he was murdered or it could be justifiable homicide if anyone wants to give their 2 cents i would love to read about this he did love women and apparently this song was written when no women were allowed into the hotel rooms at night strange 3 around the universe in 80 days by klaatu 1977 didn t expect this one coming did ya i love klaatu and i think my brother is the one who introduced me to this i liked calling occupants of interplanetary craft which is mostly known from the carpenters but klaatu were the original song writers and singers of that song this song was written by dee long after hearing about his band mate s john woloschuk conceptual idea for the album it seems john was the one who often wrote the songs but not this one yes he got the idea from jules verne s around the world in 80 days this canadian band rocks with inventiveness and a unique way of bringing rock and classical together using the london philharmonic for the songs i m off to bed and forgive any grammar errors which songs would you choose posted by birgit at 7 21 2021 11 comments thursday july 15 2021 thursday movie picks non english language movies it is foreign language week over at wandering through the shelves and i chose 3 that i think are pretty good so let s get to it here are my 3 1 the bicycle thieves 1948 this film is called an italian neorealist film directed by vittorio de sica using mostly non actors in the film roles and they do a superb job a young couple and their son are trying to make ends meet after the war with jobs very scarce the father sees a job but needs a bicycle and he has one on his first day out his bicycle is stolen and frantic with worry about losing this job he sets out with his little boy to find the thieves i wasn t sure about this film until i saw it and was enraptured by the people especially the little boy and his dad the tense situation that he and so many others are faced with in trying to survive in post world war 2 make this a very at times tense but moving film this kid just about steals the picture even if you are not into foreign movies this one is so visually stunning that before you know it you want to see him find his bicycle 2 das boot 1981 if you are looking for a good time to lighten your day this movie is not for you it is well quite depressing to be honest which is why i have not seen it in so long but that does not mean it is not excellent you feel for the german sailors on this submarine who must deal with the nazi machine low morale and possible death as they maneuver through one delicate mission after another they are finally able to take leave when they are told to keep moving which does not bode well for the men on this sub you are immersed couldn t help myself in their lives and what they are going through plus you feel the claustrophobia which got to me and i am sitting in a chair in the theatre it is worth a watch 3 il postino 1994 i just love this film which made me laugh wish and cry for the main protagonist played brilliantly by massimo troisi who believed so much in this film that he decided to make and finish this film rather than get much needed medical help for his heart he died 12 hours after the last bit of this film was done he was only 41 and knew his heart was very weak but still decided to ride the bicycle in certain parts of the film against doctor s and the director orders everyone on set was very concerned for him but this actor was determined to finish this film he got an oscar nomination posthumously for this role but didn t win this shy postman brings letters to neruda a famous poet exiled from chile for his political views and they slowly develop a friendship neruda helps the postman write poetry as well as find the courage to ask the young voluptuous woman at her mom s cafe to be his this is a love story on many different levels not just the obvious telling us that we must pursue our true passion no matter the cause which 3 can you think of posted by birgit at 7 15 2021 33 comments wednesday july 14 2021 weekly song challenge when all is said and done we always need music and we are such diverse individuals that we all have such different tastes this is what i love jingle jangle jungle has 3 themes that we must follow which always makes me think and here are the 3 themes a song about a place a song with a girl s name in the title a song that mentions a type of weather in the title 1 i left my hat in haiti sung by fred astaire 1951 i was looking at royal wedding a film starring fred astaire and jane powell as a brother and sister team who are in england during the royal wedding between queen elizabeth and prince philip this is famous for the astaire dance where he dances on the ceiling i thought this film had a song about heat but i was wrong and came across this fun dance and song which was written by fred astaire this is a slight autobiography of fred astaire and his sister adele a great dance team who did travel to london where adele met and married the man of her dreams and promptly retired fred astaire is very well known for his excellent dancing as well as his singing but he was also prolific in writing songs some are better than others this is one song i like and there are lots of drums fred astaire loved drums 2 waltzing matilda sung by the mso chorus melbourne symphony 2020 this song has been going through my head for over a week now so it is only natural i choose this song for this theme this is the unofficial national anthem for australia and i think it is one of the nicest to be honest i love that waltzing is about walking and matilda is the rucksack they have slung over their shoulder this song s lyrics are by banjo peterson love that name and the music come from the craigielee march and was first performed in 1895 there are many versions of this song but i liked this one 3 we re having a heat wave sung by ethel merman 1938 this song was written by irving berlin for the musical thousand s cheer sung by ethel waters back in 1933 i really like this song and think of it during the summer when we are experiencing a heat wave where we can hardly breathe and start to sweat as soon as we go outside actually many people die when there is a nasty heat wave to be honest i prefer the cold and snow to a nasty heat wave we forget how young and pretty ethel merman was so i had to choose this version which i think she did a great job does anyone remember her brief appearance in airplane oh and here is johnny cash singing waltzing matilda but informing us what the words mean posted by birgit at 7 14 2021 7 comments thursday july 8 2021 thursday movie picks female athletes there are some great female athletes out there of which i am not one of them i am like frazier and or niles unless sports has something to do with books film or art count me out there are some good movies out there but i don t think there are many about female athletes check out wandering through the shelves to see what everyone else has chosen here are my 3 1 pat and mike 1952 pat is an excellent athlete especially in golf and tennis but whenever her fiancée is around she loses it and almost becomes a chicken with her head cut off of course her fiancée is a moron who wants her to just be a good little housefrau blecchhh but she refuses and hires a shady sports guy spencer tracy to help her achieve her goal tracy and hepburn are already a well established team on and off screen and this little gem often goes unnoticed i love this because she is a strong person in her own right despite the moron hepburn was actually quite an accomplished golfer and tennis player so that is her playing i like to think this is somewhat based very very somewhat on the legendary babe didrickson who could do just about any sport if she put her mind to it 2 kansas city bombers 1972 i have not seen this in eons but i plan to see this again one day because it s a hoot not hooters raquel welch was big news back in the late 60s and 70s and made some fairly decent films this film is about the roller games that were popular back then and were often quite brutal call it the slap shot on roller skates she is a young mom jodie foster plays her kid who tries to make a living in the game and learning that her boyfriend owner of the team she plays on is not really mr nice guy i actually get a kick out of this flick 3 see how she runs 1978 i remember being riveted by this tv movie yes tv but it is really good and joanne woodward won an emmy for her role back then many great movies and miniseries were on regular tv which now forget it she plays a divorced middle aged mom who starts running and soon decides to get into the boston marathon much to the smirks and negative comments from most people close to her she never gives up which i think is what really resonated with me the ending is excellent and i have seen it spoofed in other shows like the simpsons well worth the watch which films would you choose posted by birgit at 7 08 2021 34 comments wednesday july 7 2021 weekly song challenge july is already here crazy i m going to get right into this challenge created by jingle jangle jungle just so everyone knows i always mean to reply to your comments but i lose time no i have not been taken by aliens i do listen to all your musical choices and love many except for heavy metal sorry alex but i do listen to the end i will try to be better in the future i always strive to be better here are the three themes for this week a song with a country in the title a song with a colour in the title a song about a profession 1 don t cry for me argentina sung by patti lupone 1978 this song written by andrew lloyd webber and tim rice came out on an lp sing by julie covington back in 1976 but became famous when it became a musical evita in 1978 in england it became famous with elaine page as evita but when it came to the states patti lupone made this role her own one day i would like to see this in the theatre this show was made into a movie with madonna as the star and she did this role quite well madonna never looked so good during this period 2 blue skies sung by doris day original song from 1926 ok i almost went with bing crosby who ...