TCM Love Thread- Page 14

[Mamie]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 9:34pm

I know EXACTLY what you mean! After seeing this for the first time MANY years ago, I started adding gingerbread cookies to the list of Christmas cookies I'd bake. I've been doing them every year since then. There's one for each one in the family - each personalized with their names. This year I got to watch the new babies 'teething' on theirs!

(God - listen to that voice!)

Updated On: 1/27/08 at 09:34 PM

[nmartin]

Posted: 1/27/08 at 9:34pm

Mamie, Sinatra and Garland were the greatest singers of the 20th century. I can't remember who said, "The 20th century ended when Frank Sinatra died," but I agree.

[Glebb]

Posted: 1/28/08 at 10:37pm

Already in progress:

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 12:34pm

Today at 4:30 P.M. Eastern:

[cturtle]

Posted: 1/30/08 at 8:25pm

this afternoon we watched EVERYBODY SING with JUDY, FANNY, and BILLIE. i had never seen it. it's been a long time since i've laughed so hard! what a keeper! it's amazing how talented judy was at that age.

[nitsua]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 1:18pm

The 31 Days of Oscar has officially started! And they're opening with a bang, too.

8:00 PM Jaws
10:15 PM Hospital, The
12:15 AM Network

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 7:34pm

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 is HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL DAY!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!


6:00 AM Anchors Aweigh (1945)

8:30 AM Brigadoon (1954)

10:22 AM Short Film: The Cat Concerto (1947)

10:30 AM Harvey Girls, The (1946)

12:15 PM Band Wagon, The (1953)

2:15 PM Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)

4:00 PM Gigi (1958 )

6:00 PM An American in Paris (1951)

Updated On: 2/1/08 at 07:34 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 7:36pm

I just posted a thread about a film on TCM, the same minute you posted this, Henny Penny.

Play Twilight Zone music.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 7:40pm

J'adore Gigi!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 7:42pm

I simply love it!

Updated On: 2/1/08 at 07:42 PM

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 7:44pm

J'adore Leslie Caron!

Hmmm. Je ne sais pas, Addy. La Cuvette Super ou L'Americaine a Paris????

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 7:57pm

LOL...

Les deux !

(Tivo!)

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:02pm

...biere ou champagne?!

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:04pm

Ah, je prefere de beaucoup L'Americaine a Paris!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:08pm

(me, too!) *sigh*

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:11pm

L'Americaine a Paris avec le champagne, mais oui!

Jane, tu choisis bien!

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:13pm

Merci beaucoup, mon cherie!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:14pm

Il n'ya pas de quoi, Jane!

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:20pm

n'importe quel moment, Penny!

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:22pm

I love 'em both! Thankfully, we have them both to love.

I know so many people that don't "get" Gigi. It makes me sad. I think it's a masterpiece. But so many people approach it with a modern sensibility and don't understand the "romantic politics" of the time.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:26pm

Besty, you love La Cuvette Super????

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:27pm

(pssst: Besty - Miss P was asking if I would watch The Superbowl or American in Paris...)

I adore both of those movies, also.

Gigi has some of the most wonderful songs. I remember being a little girl and singing every word to 'The Night They Invented Champagne". I especially loved making the cork-popping 'sound' with my finger inside my mouth! (not sure how to describe that...)

Every song from that movie is a classic!

And, I agree with you about the lack of understanding of the 'romantic politics' of the time. It's a fascinating topic.

Updated On: 2/1/08 at 08:27 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:34pm

No-no-no, I wasn't even commenting about Le Super Bowl.

I was, as Addy suspected, referring to the two Parisian Best Picture musicals on TCM.

I've talked to many people who creep out over "Gigi" saying thinks like:

But she's training to be a 'ho!

And she's under age, and that man who loves her was a man when she was a little girl.

And that "little girl" song is a valentine to pedophilia.

And on and on...

They don't understand the era. They think women actually had freedom, a "voice" and options back then. They don't understand the class system and how it took hold of society.

Oh, listen to me, telling Addy and Penny things they already know.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:41pm

I also knew that you were talking about An American in Paris and Gigi, Besty! I was just being a smart ass!

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/1/08 at 8:46pm

They don't understand the era. They think women actually had freedom, a "voice" and options back then. They don't understand the class system and how it took hold of society.

Exactly!

And, do those people also realize that Gigi is based on a book by Colette and that her main themes were the joys and pains of love, and female sexuality in the male-dominated world?

Updated On: 2/1/08 at 08:46 PM