The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
#1The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 12:29am
...the glory that was Follies.
We've been discussing the original Follies on the main board, in a thread ironically titled "Follies 1987 London Production."
So I finally pulled out and posted the footage of Alexis Smith doing "The Story of Lucy and Jessie." It's a little blurry, but you can still see what was so dazzling about her--and about Michael Bennett's staging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TxLGIdv85I
#2re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 12:45am
My older sister was a major old movie buff and she had a huge library of books about old movies. I used to look at the books and watch old movies with her.
I always thought that Alexis Smith was the most glamourous of the forties actresses.
#3re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 12:50amWait, why is there silent footage of the original cast? Is it the full show?
#4re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 7:25am
She was so hot. I loved her in Gentlemen Jim and Virgina City with Errol Flynn. Her in Follies was even better. She aged very well and those legs. *sigh*
#5re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 8:15am
Cats and Romantico--first click the link above.
Second, go read the thread on the main board.
Third, you have PMs.
#6re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 9:06amWow. Watching that clip just makes me feel even more strongly that if a film is ever made of Follies, Vanessa Williams should play Phyllis.
#7re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 5:22pmWe've been watching through Season Two of Ugly Betty. Vanessa Williams is perfect.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#9re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 10:35pmShe looks like someone in that picture - and I want to say it's someone contemporary, but I'm drawing a blank.
#10re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 10:59pm
Let's play "How Many Different Ethnic Stereotypes Can You Find in This Picture?"
The hair is, I dunno, Mexican.
The fingers are, I dunno, Hindu.
The eye makeup is, I dunno...WHAT IS IT??
Q
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/05
#11re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/27/08 at 11:18pmTaken side-by-side, she pales in comparrison to Yvonne De Carlo.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#15re: The Beauty That Was Alexis Smith
Posted: 10/28/08 at 2:49amShe looks like that goth computer girl on TV. I think it's NCIS.
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