I just caught my one on this new mini series about World War II women at work in a munitions factory.
"Set in the 1940s, Bomb Girls tells the remarkable stories of the women
who risked their lives in a munitions factory building bombs for the
Allied forces fighting on the European front. The series delves into the
lives of these exceptional women from all walks of life - peers,
friends and rivals - who find themselves thrust into new worlds and
changed profoundly as they are liberated from their home and social
restrictions. "(Imdb)
Bomb Girls premieres on Global Television in Canada January 4th.
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When it comes to Christmas memories of me as a child, my strongest one is when during the schooll break i was staying up late to watch all this wonderful old films on tv.
I watched all the classics from a very young age but "It's a wonderful life" was and always will be my favourite.
I had it on dvd and it's my personal tradition to watch it every year.But this year i lost the dvd and to my big surpise i accidentaly (without knowing that there is one) i downloaded the colourized version which made it a whole new experience for me!
Dont get me wrong i adore b/w moovies and I'm aware that a few people dislike the colourisation of classic b/w
movies, certain films should never be colourised as they work better in
b/w (e.g. psycho). However I've always felt that this particular one,
being a festive film and all,would benefit from a colour print as long
as it was done properly and not have people with yellow skin, etc.
This
is by far the best example of colourisation I have ever seen!!!
You can have Christmas without snow...
....and you can have Christmas without turkey...
...but you certainly can't have Christmas without some of Mr. Ol' "Blue Eyes" swinging melodies!!!
Today is his birthday,so i'm posting some songs i like to hear during holidays just to get me in the mood!
Here's to you Frannkie!
I was introduced to Ann Miller when i saw "Kiss me Kate" some years ago.I was mesmerized by her exotic and unsuall beauty and her taping skills!She was very different than the typical Hollywood actresses of her time and that made me notice her.She was not the typical skinny blonde dancer like Ginger Rodgers,neither she was the the cute perky girl like Debbie Reynolds.She had that something ...she was "Too Darn Hot " if you ask me!!!!
Miller was born in Chireno, Texas and her real name wasJohnnie Lucille Collier.Her maternal grandmother was Cherokee.
She began taking tap lessons to strengthen her legs after suffering from
rickets. One of the side effects of rickets is bow legs.
At the age of 13 Miller had been hired as a dancer in the "Black Cat
Club" in San Francisco (she reportedly told them she was 18). It was
there she was discovered by Lucille Ball and talent scout/comic Benny Rubin.
She was so remarkable that by age fourteen, she played Ginger Roger's
dancing partner in "Stage Door", which started a Motion Picture Career
that spanned 20 years.
She was known, especially later in her career, for her distinctive
appearance, which reflected a studio-era ideal of glamor: massive black
bouffant hair, heavy makeup with a slash of crimson lipstick, and
fashions that emphasized her lithe figure and long dancer's legs.
She appeared in several films between 1934 and 1956,some of my favourite are "Kiss me Kate",""On the town","Easter Parade",Stage Door" & Jam Session" along famous band leaders as Glen Gray,Louis Armstrong,Alvino Ray and many more!
She's literally too darn hot in this scene from "Kiss Me Kate" & her costume is spectucular!!!I read somewhere that Bianca was her favorite role !
Miller was famed for her speed in tap dancing.
Studio publicists concocted press releases claiming she could tap 500
times per minute, but in truth, the sound of ultra-fast "500" taps was
looped in later. Because the stage floors were slick and slippery, she
actually danced in shoes with rubber soles. Later she would loop the
sound of the taps while watching the film and actually dancing on a "tap board" to match her steps in the film!!!Woooowww...
“At MGM, I always played the second feminine lead; I
was never the star in films, I was the brassy, good-hearted showgirl. I
never really had my big moment on the screen.Broadway gave me the stardom that my soul kind of yearned for.”
Another
interesting thing about Ann Miller is the fact that she is credited
for... you won't believe this... the invention of pantyhose. This came
about in a very practical manner. For her routines her stocking would
have to be sewn to her costume. This could be troublesome because the
process would need to be repeated whenever there was a run or a hole. So
she approached the man who supplied the stockings and suggested that a
top be added. And so... pantyhose.
She donated this pair of gold colored tap shoes to the National Museum of American History in the Smithsonian Institute.
Refusing to do movies for years because disliked nudity and sex, she
finally relented and returned to films after nearly four decades playing Coco at David Lynch's Mulholland Dr. (2001), which contained nudity and explicit sex.This was her last role!
