Trivial Pursuit #104

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:23am

By 1933, Composer Jerome Kern was fed up with the turn musicals had taken on Broadway.

He called his latest project--ROBERTA--a "damned fashion show set to music!"--and he wasn't far from the truth.

Kern said, "That's IT, I'm giving up Broadway for GOOD! From now on, I write MOVIE Musicals!!!"

To his utter dismay, what was Kern's first assignment when he arrived in Hollywood?


GOOD LUCK, Everybody!!!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:32am

Hint #1: No Julie Andrews--but Audrey Hepburn.

[Ellie3]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:34am

Pygmalion?

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:38am

GOOD Guess, Ellie--but a little off-track...

Care to try again?


Hint #2: Not Carol Channing--but Barbra Streisand.

[Allie]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:39am

Oh. OH! Was it the film version of Roberta?

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:42am

Allie, YOU GOT IT!!!

YES, when Kern arrived in Hollywood--RKO Studios handed him his first assignment--the film version of ROBERTA!

Talk about irony!!!


Now for your bonus points:


What was the big hit song from ROBERTA, which became a hit all over again in the 1950s when sung by The Platters?

[midnghtdolphin]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:42am

umm...funny girl? that was babs though.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:43am

And not from the '50s.

[Allie]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:43am

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes?

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:48am

ALLIE YES!!!

You're a sharp kid for almost 3 in the morning (or whatever time zone YOU'RE in).

YEP, The Platters took an old song from the '30s, dusted it off, and made it into a big hit ALL OVER AGAIN in the '50s!!!


And your prize?:


Well, you've just found out you've inherited a dress shop! Its run by your Aunt Minnie--who calls herself "Roberta". You're going to meet and fall in love with Roberta's assistant--who at the end of the show--oooooh--will reveal herself to be a Russian Princess!!!

Don't stay up too late, folks!

[Ellie3]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:50am

What about poor paradox?? He'll be crushed!

[Allie]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:50am

*eyes glaze over* Yes... it's almost 4. Going to bed NOW!

And yay, a dress shop!

[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:50am

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

They asked me how I knew
My true love was true

Oh, I of course replied
Something here inside cannot be denied

They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind

Oh, when your heart's on fire
You must realize
Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love

Yet today my love has flown away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I can not hide

Oh, so I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies

Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes


Music: Jerome Kern
Lyrics: Otto Harbach


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[Mary_Ethel]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 2:54am

Ellie, maybe paradox and I can SHARE T.P. duties...

[paradox_error]

Posted: 4/13/05 at 12:05pm

Someone's raining on my parade...


I've been very busy these past two days.


But there will be another T.P. today...
Updated On: 4/13/05 at 12:05 PM