1. I can hear the cuckoo singing in the cuckooberry tree./If he says that that's a helmet I suggest that you agree.
2. Good form must never suffer from neglect. The rules and regulations we respect must be treated circumspect.
3. Poison dart, I mean, raisin tart?
4. I was lost til I heard the drums, then I found my way.
5. For the sake of civic virtue they've got fountains there that squirt you.
6. Be demure, sweet and pure. Hide the real you.
7. I'll be all dolled up and singin' that song that says-You dog, I told you so
8. You can feed her all day with the Vitamin A and the bromofizz
BONUS: Treguna Mekoides and Tracorum Satis Dee
(Thanks, Erika!)
8.15.2011
8.12.2011
guess who.
As a child, she attended school in New York, Florida, Georgia and Ohio.
She got her first stage job at 16, dancing and then singing at The Cotton Club in Harlem, where she worked with musicians such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington.
She was 21 when she made her first movie.
Her pictures at MGM were shot so that her scenes could be cut out when they were shown in the South - the studio didn't want to take a chance on losing that source of revenue.
In 1956, she left films to concentrate on music and the stage.
She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
She got her first stage job at 16, dancing and then singing at The Cotton Club in Harlem, where she worked with musicians such as Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington.
She was 21 when she made her first movie.
Her pictures at MGM were shot so that her scenes could be cut out when they were shown in the South - the studio didn't want to take a chance on losing that source of revenue.
In 1956, she left films to concentrate on music and the stage.
She was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1991.
8.11.2011
you thought I forgot, didn't you?
It's Elvis Week!
To celebrate, see if you can guess the movie that goes with each poster:
To celebrate, see if you can guess the movie that goes with each poster:
8.10.2011
director: preston sturges
Preston Sturges ranks as one of the American cinema's most gifted and talented screenwriters and directors. His writings featured astringent dialogue that was both cosmopolitan and jargonistic. Sturges also excelled in staging scenes with razor-sharp wit but was willing to include broad slapstick. As Terrence Rafferty put it, "he was one of the true wild men of movie comedy, a legitimate successor to the improvisatory gagmen of the silent era. ..." (more info)
The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend: Saloon-singer Freddie easily gets jealous when boyfriend Blackie plays around. She's a crack shot and always packs a six-shooter, which is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way (which more often than not ends up being the local judge's er...rear-end). This means that Freddie is soon forced to hide out as a school teacher in the middle of nowhere.
The Lady Eve: Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to tease and torment him.
The Palm Beach Story: An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea so his wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek: Trudy Kockenlocker, a small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers, wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember--and she's pregnant. Norval Jones, the 4-F local boy who's been in love with Trudy for years, tries to help her find a way out of her predicament.
Unfaithfully Yours: Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he imagines three different ways of dealing with the situation. When the concert ends, he tries acting out his fantasies, but things don't go as well in reality as they did in his imagination.
The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend: Saloon-singer Freddie easily gets jealous when boyfriend Blackie plays around. She's a crack shot and always packs a six-shooter, which is bad news for anything that happens to be in the way (which more often than not ends up being the local judge's er...rear-end). This means that Freddie is soon forced to hide out as a school teacher in the middle of nowhere.
The Lady Eve: Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding causes them to split on bad terms. To get back at him, Jean disguises herself as an English lady, and comes back to tease and torment him.
The Palm Beach Story: An inventor needs cash to develop his big idea so his wife, who loves him, decides to raise it for him by divorcing him and marrying a millionaire.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek: Trudy Kockenlocker, a small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers, wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember--and she's pregnant. Norval Jones, the 4-F local boy who's been in love with Trudy for years, tries to help her find a way out of her predicament.
Unfaithfully Yours: Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of infidelity. While conducting a symphony orchestra, he imagines three different ways of dealing with the situation. When the concert ends, he tries acting out his fantasies, but things don't go as well in reality as they did in his imagination.
8.09.2011
guest blogger: laney
I love movies. LOTS of people love movies. I'll admit that "seen any good movies lately?" is a "go to" question I often use in social situations. (It's worth a good 10 minutes of sharing by my hairstylist.) So, as the first in an ongoing series, meet Laney from Cache of Panache and learn about some of the movies she likes!
1. In the last year, what's the best movie you've seen?
Inception
2. What do you think is one of the most underrated movies?
Finding Neverland
Gettysburg
3. Which movie(s) do you think has the best soundtrack or score?
Original Score – Gettysburg and Dances With Wolves
Popular Music – Remember the Titans and Back to the Future
4. Have you ever watched a movie that changed your opinion about something? If so, what was it?
I didn’t think I’d like a foreign film, especially not dubbed. I watched “Life Is Beautiful” in Italian with English subtitles after I watched the dubbed. It was so much more enjoyable in Italian. Plus, it probably helps that Italian is a cousin to Spanish so I could understand some of it. I loved that movie!
5. Which movie is one of your guilty pleasures?
Just about anything with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
6. What's a movie that no one would expect you to love?
Predator – I watched it in Elementary School with my Dad and will watch it whenever it’s on TV.
7. Name a movie that you didn't like at first, but that eventually grew on you.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8. What is your favorite movie(s) based on a book?
Jane Austen minus Mansfield Park, Harry Potter minus Order of the Phoenix, The Secret of Nimh, Lord of the Rings –because I’m NEVER reading those books, Jurassic Park
9. Is there an older movie that you think would be great as a remake?
Lost Horizon – NOT as a musical
10. What is the most hilarious movie(s) you've ever seen?
The first time I watched Tommy Boy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Trading Places. I laughed my head off. They all still crack me up.
11. Name a movie that you hate but everyone else loves.
Napoleon Dynamite & Citizen Kane.
12. Which movie(s) do you wish you had seen in the theater?
Inception & The Ten Commandments
1. In the last year, what's the best movie you've seen?
Inception
2. What do you think is one of the most underrated movies?
Finding Neverland
Gettysburg
3. Which movie(s) do you think has the best soundtrack or score?
Original Score – Gettysburg and Dances With Wolves
Popular Music – Remember the Titans and Back to the Future
4. Have you ever watched a movie that changed your opinion about something? If so, what was it?
I didn’t think I’d like a foreign film, especially not dubbed. I watched “Life Is Beautiful” in Italian with English subtitles after I watched the dubbed. It was so much more enjoyable in Italian. Plus, it probably helps that Italian is a cousin to Spanish so I could understand some of it. I loved that movie!
5. Which movie is one of your guilty pleasures?
Just about anything with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
6. What's a movie that no one would expect you to love?
Predator – I watched it in Elementary School with my Dad and will watch it whenever it’s on TV.
7. Name a movie that you didn't like at first, but that eventually grew on you.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
8. What is your favorite movie(s) based on a book?
Jane Austen minus Mansfield Park, Harry Potter minus Order of the Phoenix, The Secret of Nimh, Lord of the Rings –because I’m NEVER reading those books, Jurassic Park
9. Is there an older movie that you think would be great as a remake?
Lost Horizon – NOT as a musical
10. What is the most hilarious movie(s) you've ever seen?
The first time I watched Tommy Boy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Trading Places. I laughed my head off. They all still crack me up.
11. Name a movie that you hate but everyone else loves.
Napoleon Dynamite & Citizen Kane.
12. Which movie(s) do you wish you had seen in the theater?
Inception & The Ten Commandments
8.08.2011
quotes: animated disney movie
Name the movie:
1. Sugar Dates. Sugar Dates and Figs. Sugar Dates and Pistachios.
2. Oh, I forgot. I put it away.
3. I’m hungry, Mother. Really I am.
4. Doesn’t he fly beautifully? And you wanted to take the train, you fraidy cat.
5. Daddy, they took my boot!
6. This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good.
7. Hmm, that's great, except you forgot, "And since we're out of potpourri, perhaps you wouldn't mind bringing up some."
(And a special shout out to Laney for this week's quote quiz!)
1. Sugar Dates. Sugar Dates and Figs. Sugar Dates and Pistachios.
2. Oh, I forgot. I put it away.
3. I’m hungry, Mother. Really I am.
4. Doesn’t he fly beautifully? And you wanted to take the train, you fraidy cat.
5. Daddy, they took my boot!
6. This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good.
7. Hmm, that's great, except you forgot, "And since we're out of potpourri, perhaps you wouldn't mind bringing up some."
(And a special shout out to Laney for this week's quote quiz!)
8.05.2011
guess who.
Her contract with 20th Century Fox specified that there would be no cutting away from her to reaction shots and/or dialog from other players while her musical numbers were in progress.
She was 5' tall.
She was in two films with Cesar Romero.
In the 1940s she was the highest paid star/performer in the United States.
Although a huge star in Brazil, she was actually from Portugal. Although she became a naturalized Brazilian citizen, she also kept her Portuguese citizenship, never gave up her Portuguese passport and privately considered herself Portuguese rather than Brazilian.
She was 5' tall.
She was in two films with Cesar Romero.
In the 1940s she was the highest paid star/performer in the United States.
Although a huge star in Brazil, she was actually from Portugal. Although she became a naturalized Brazilian citizen, she also kept her Portuguese citizenship, never gave up her Portuguese passport and privately considered herself Portuguese rather than Brazilian.
8.03.2011
abc's: h
How to Marry a Millionaire
High Society
Hit the Deck
How to Steal a Million
Happy Go Lovely
The Happiest MillionaireWhat are your favorite "H" movies?
8.01.2011
quotes: road trips
Name the movie:
1. What is it that we're supposed to be doing again?
Hitchhiking.
Well you've shown me an excellent example of the hiking part. When does the hitching come in?
2. No way that just happened. My car is completely destroyed.
I swear I've seen a lot of stuff in my life, but that... was... *awesome*!! ... but, sorry about your car, man. That... That sucks.
3. Where did you learn to drive?
I took a correspondence course.
4. To have never taken a solitary road trip across country? I mean everybody's got to take a road trip, at least once in their lives. Just you and some music. Some music *needs* air. Roll down your window.
5. Fellas. I'm glad you're here. Look, I need your help. Here's what happened. I had this blowout. I think there's a spare in the back. It may be a little flat. Take a look at it will you kid? Is there an airport anyplace around here? Look, if the spare is flat don't bother fixing it. Gimme a new tire, alright? You ain't got a new tire? Then you'll have to fix the spare. But don't look at me. Move it, will you kid? You, you could be gassing up while he's working. What is it a staring contest? Come on!
6. Go ahead and scream your head off! We're miles from where anyone can hear you!
7. Leslie escaped with a chicken?
1. What is it that we're supposed to be doing again?
Hitchhiking.
Well you've shown me an excellent example of the hiking part. When does the hitching come in?
2. No way that just happened. My car is completely destroyed.
I swear I've seen a lot of stuff in my life, but that... was... *awesome*!! ... but, sorry about your car, man. That... That sucks.
3. Where did you learn to drive?
I took a correspondence course.
4. To have never taken a solitary road trip across country? I mean everybody's got to take a road trip, at least once in their lives. Just you and some music. Some music *needs* air. Roll down your window.
5. Fellas. I'm glad you're here. Look, I need your help. Here's what happened. I had this blowout. I think there's a spare in the back. It may be a little flat. Take a look at it will you kid? Is there an airport anyplace around here? Look, if the spare is flat don't bother fixing it. Gimme a new tire, alright? You ain't got a new tire? Then you'll have to fix the spare. But don't look at me. Move it, will you kid? You, you could be gassing up while he's working. What is it a staring contest? Come on!
6. Go ahead and scream your head off! We're miles from where anyone can hear you!
7. Leslie escaped with a chicken?
7.29.2011
guess who.
As a teen, he worked in an ice cream shop.
He attended USC as an undergrad and majored in pre-law.
His first job at the film studio was a job in the prop department, which he got in exchange for USC football tickets. At the time, he was on the football team, but later had to quite after a bodysurfing injury.
His favorite drink was Sauza Commemorativo Tequila, and he often served it with ice that he had chipped from an iceberg during one of his voyages on his yacht, "The Wild Goose.".
He once made a cameo appearance on "The Beverly Hillbillies". When asked how he wanted to be paid, his answer was "Give me a fifth of bourbon - that'll square it."
Among his favorite leisure activities were playing bridge, poker, and chess.
His birth name was Marion Robert Morrison.
He attended USC as an undergrad and majored in pre-law.
His first job at the film studio was a job in the prop department, which he got in exchange for USC football tickets. At the time, he was on the football team, but later had to quite after a bodysurfing injury.
His favorite drink was Sauza Commemorativo Tequila, and he often served it with ice that he had chipped from an iceberg during one of his voyages on his yacht, "The Wild Goose.".
He once made a cameo appearance on "The Beverly Hillbillies". When asked how he wanted to be paid, his answer was "Give me a fifth of bourbon - that'll square it."
Among his favorite leisure activities were playing bridge, poker, and chess.
His birth name was Marion Robert Morrison.
7.27.2011
on location: pennsylvania
Unstoppable
Rocky
That Thing You Do!
Groundhog Day
Angels in the OutfieldSee you back here on Friday, 07/29!
7.26.2011
abc's: g
Girl Happy
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Guys and Dolls
The Great Race
The Great Muppet Caper
The Glass Bottom Boat
What are your favorite "G" movies?
7.24.2011
quotes: washington, dc
1. This country and its institutions belong to the people who inhibit it.
InHABit.
InHABit it.
2. It never fails to amaze me what a man will do to get into the Oval Office.
3. It's surrounded by guards and video monitors and little families from Iowa and little kids on their eighth grade field trips.
4. No, sir, I'm afraid not, no sir. I yielded the floor once before, if you can remember, and I was practically never heard of again. No sir. And we might as well all get together on this yielding business right off the bat, now.
5. You want to know about politics in Washington? Four words. Watch your back, Jack.
6. Last time I checked, I thought we lived in a free country, so...
No, we don't.
No?
It's the United States of "Don't Touch That Thing Right in Front of You."
InHABit.
InHABit it.
2. It never fails to amaze me what a man will do to get into the Oval Office.
3. It's surrounded by guards and video monitors and little families from Iowa and little kids on their eighth grade field trips.
4. No, sir, I'm afraid not, no sir. I yielded the floor once before, if you can remember, and I was practically never heard of again. No sir. And we might as well all get together on this yielding business right off the bat, now.
5. You want to know about politics in Washington? Four words. Watch your back, Jack.
6. Last time I checked, I thought we lived in a free country, so...
No, we don't.
No?
It's the United States of "Don't Touch That Thing Right in Front of You."
7.22.2011
guess who.
He was so fanatical about wine that he often sent bottles back if they were not to his liking, sometimes even to his own wine cellar.
He was almost completely blind in the left eye as the result of a childhood bout of measles.
He once punched Frank Sinatra in the jaw, thinking the singer was hitting on his wife, Lilli Palmer. Afterwards the two men became good friends.
He said, after viewing The Sound of Music, “That was the only time I've ever rooted for the Nazis.”
His son recalled sitting watching a storm with his father. When a bolt of lightning obliterated a tree in their yard, his father exclaimed, “Well hit, God!”
He was almost completely blind in the left eye as the result of a childhood bout of measles.
He once punched Frank Sinatra in the jaw, thinking the singer was hitting on his wife, Lilli Palmer. Afterwards the two men became good friends.
He said, after viewing The Sound of Music, “That was the only time I've ever rooted for the Nazis.”
His son recalled sitting watching a storm with his father. When a bolt of lightning obliterated a tree in their yard, his father exclaimed, “Well hit, God!”
7.21.2011
the 3 lives of thomasina
the year: 1964
the genre: drama
the cast: Patrick McGoohan (Andrew McDhui); Susan Hampshire (Lori MacGregor); Karen Dotrice (Mary McDhui); Matthew Garber (Geordie McNab)
the plot: Set in the town of Inveranoch, Scotland in 1912, the story centers around Andrew MacDhui a widower veterinarian, his seven year old daughter Mary, her cat Thomasina, and "Mad Lori" MacGregor.
don't miss: Mary's friends Geordie, Jamie and Hughie.
listen for: "They started out by calling me Thomas, but when they, um, got to know me better, they changed it to Thomasina."
did you know: Paul Gallico wrote this story. He was a prolific writer of fiction best known for Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, The Poseidon Adventure, and The Snow Goose.
extra bonus points: if you can name the two other Disney movies (besides this one) that Matthew Garber and Karen Dotrice starred in together.
7.20.2011
twister
the year: 1996
the genre: disater, I guess.
the cast: Helen Hunt (Dr. Jo Harding); Bill Paxton (Bill Harding); Cary Elwes (Dr. Jonas Miller); Jami Gertz (Dr. Melissa Reeves); Philip Seymour Hoffman (Dustin Davis)
the plot: TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.
don't miss: Cary Elwes as the bad guy. GOOD bad guy. I hated his guts.
listen for: "He really is in love with himself. I thought it was just a summer thing."
did you know: I found the tornado in The Wizard of Oz scarier than any in this movie. Good thing there were flying cows.
extra bonus points: if you know what they used for the sound of the tornado.
7.19.2011
abc's: f
Follow the Fleet
Follow Me, Boys
Flawless
Finian's Rainbow
Father GooseWhat are your favorite "F" movies?
7.18.2011
quotes: san francisco
Match the movie with the quote:
Vertigo
The Wedding Planner
After The Thin Man
The Princess Diaries
Sneakers
What's Up, Doc?
The Maltese Falcon
1. Whaddaya mean "illiterate"? My father and mother were married right here in the city hall!
2. "Be a beacon"?!
3. Oh no, darnit... I just remembered that I promised my friend's brother's godmother that I would help her change her fax cartridge because she's going out of town tomorrow... on an African safari.
4. Joseph, can we eighty-six the flags please?
No. The flags allow me to park anywhere. We keep the flags.
5. People lose teeth talking like that. If you want to hang around, you'll be polite.
6. The one who isn't my fiancée doesn't call me Howard and the one who isn't my wife doesn't call me Howard because the one who isn't my fiancée is also the one who isn't my wife. The other one who ISN'T my wife, the one who IS my fiancée... she doesn't call me "Steve." She calls me Howard. Do you see?
7. That's the kind of greeting a girl likes! Not this "Hello-you-look-wonderful" stuff, just a good straight "Who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco his - -"
Vertigo
The Wedding Planner
After The Thin Man
The Princess Diaries
Sneakers
What's Up, Doc?
The Maltese Falcon
1. Whaddaya mean "illiterate"? My father and mother were married right here in the city hall!
2. "Be a beacon"?!
3. Oh no, darnit... I just remembered that I promised my friend's brother's godmother that I would help her change her fax cartridge because she's going out of town tomorrow... on an African safari.
4. Joseph, can we eighty-six the flags please?
No. The flags allow me to park anywhere. We keep the flags.
5. People lose teeth talking like that. If you want to hang around, you'll be polite.
6. The one who isn't my fiancée doesn't call me Howard and the one who isn't my wife doesn't call me Howard because the one who isn't my fiancée is also the one who isn't my wife. The other one who ISN'T my wife, the one who IS my fiancée... she doesn't call me "Steve." She calls me Howard. Do you see?
7. That's the kind of greeting a girl likes! Not this "Hello-you-look-wonderful" stuff, just a good straight "Who do you know that's an authority on San Francisco his - -"
7.15.2011
guess who.
When he was born he was mistakenly listed as a female on his birth certificate.
He disliked Greta Garbo, a feeling that was mutual. She thought his acting was wooden while he considered her a snob.
He watched very little television except boxing matches.
He had a fear of flying, and made all long journeys across America by train.
Adolf Hitler esteemed the film star above all other actors, and during the war offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and return this star (who had enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was flying combat missions over Germany) unscathed to him.
He enlisted in the army in honor of his late wife, Carole Lombard. She had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds.
He gave his 1934 Oscar to a child who admired it, telling him it was the winning of the statue that had mattered, not owning it. The child returned the Oscar to the star’s family after his death.
He disliked his most famous film, which he regarded as "a woman's picture".
He disliked Greta Garbo, a feeling that was mutual. She thought his acting was wooden while he considered her a snob.
He watched very little television except boxing matches.
He had a fear of flying, and made all long journeys across America by train.
Adolf Hitler esteemed the film star above all other actors, and during the war offered a sizable reward to anyone who could capture and return this star (who had enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was flying combat missions over Germany) unscathed to him.
He enlisted in the army in honor of his late wife, Carole Lombard. She had been killed in a plane crash while on tour selling war bonds.
He gave his 1934 Oscar to a child who admired it, telling him it was the winning of the statue that had mattered, not owning it. The child returned the Oscar to the star’s family after his death.
He disliked his most famous film, which he regarded as "a woman's picture".
7.14.2011
butch cassidy and the sundance kid
the year: 1969
the genre: western
the cast: Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy); Robert Redford (Sundance Kid); Katherine Ross (Etta Place)
the plot: Butch and Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, and Sundance is all action and skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch and Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them no matter where they run. Over rock, through towns, across rivers, the group is always just behind them. When they finally escape through sheer luck, Butch has another idea, "Let's go to Bolivia".
don't miss: the friendly banter between Butch and Sundance.
listen for: "Is that what you call giving cover?" "Is that what you call running? If I knew you were going to stroll..."
did you know: this movie was filmed on the sound stage next to Hello, Dolly! Director George Roy Hill believed that the studio would allow him to film the New York scenes on "Dolly's" sets, since the two films' daily shooting schedules were totally different. After production started, though, the studio informed him that it wanted to keep the sets for "Dolly" a secret and refused him permission. To work around this, Hill had Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Katharine Ross simply pose on the sets as photos were taken of them. He then inserted images of the three stars into a series of 300 actual period photos and spliced the two different sets (real and posed) together to form the New York montage.
extra bonus points: if you know why Sundance doesn't want to jump off the cliff.
disclaimer for Erika: the ending is bittersweet.
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