What a wonderful film. I've been searching for the music. The cast didn't really sing... well except for Pearl Bailey.
Your recap was delightful. You have such a great eye for visuals. All the hanging throughout the film... the desolation of the Chicago apartment, Cindy Lou's lonliness in the corridor... well spotted.
The screencaps are gorgeous!
Gotta try some of her Peach Cobbler.
*giggle*
And those Zebra pants are hot. Ze Bra---Ze Pants, Hahaha!
I want some Zebra panties now. Maybe not that high cut... but they would be my power undies. My Carmen undies. Too much information?
Carmen decides to keep on doing what she does best. Living it Up before she lies down Dead.
This is one of my very favorite moments in the film. She's eye to eye with death and just keeps on fighting. The other very favorite moment is at the end with Jo. Wow!
And Harry Belafonte might be as pretty as Clark Kent but when he comes out of the phone booth, he will not be a better man
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According to this, Marilyn Horne and LeVern Hutcherson sang, respectively, for Miss Dandridge and Mr. Belafonte. That was sort of odd, because both of them were singers. Mr. Belafonte had a light smooth tenor and Miss Dandridge does a nice job with I've Got Rhythm.
The screencaps are gorgeous!
Mr. Preminger thanks you. As I said, he composed his shots so beautifully and I took advantage of it. I took them off You Tube and I was afraid that they would be too blurry.
but they would be my power undies.Hahaha! I know what you wear to auditions now
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The music (oh, I love Bizet), the lyrics (Mr. Hammerstein was so clever and yet caught the idiom well), the book (I was thinking that Carmen's demise in the Janitor's closet was a jab at segregation too---Brown vs. the Board of Education was decided in 1954), the movie (I now must see some more of Mr. Preminger's work), and the cast; it was all good and fun. And enjoyable.
I did feel for Mr. Belafonte, he had the weakest and worst character to play. He was fine, but I did wonder what a James Earl Jones could have done with the role. But Mr. Belafonte was so very pretty.
I think for Carmen's actions to be more understandable, Joe has to come across as weak. So I don't know if Belafonte's performance was bad or if he was just following Preminger's direction. Otto did have a vested interest in Dandridge after all.
Yes, I heard that Mr. Preminger and Miss Dandridge were having an affair.
Miss Dandridge did come across very well. She was spunky and cheeky and gleeful. ANd sexy.
I've only seen opera productions of Carmen and other than the voice, some of the opera Carmens don't really deliver on the sex appeal in a physical sense. But I did get the feeling that Miss Dandridge was a flitting bird with lovely plummage, as that Bizet song about the rebellious bird, envisions her.
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Your recap was delightful. You have such a great eye for visuals. All the hanging throughout the film... the desolation of the Chicago apartment, Cindy Lou's lonliness in the corridor... well spotted.
The screencaps are gorgeous!
Gotta try some of her Peach Cobbler.
*giggle*
And those Zebra pants are hot. Ze Bra---Ze Pants, Hahaha!
I want some Zebra panties now. Maybe not that high cut... but they would be my power undies. My Carmen undies. Too much information?
Carmen decides to keep on doing what she does best. Living it Up before she lies down Dead.
This is one of my very favorite moments in the film. She's eye to eye with death and just keeps on fighting. The other very favorite moment is at the end with Jo. Wow!
And Harry Belafonte might be as pretty as Clark Kent but when he comes out of the phone booth, he will not be a better man ( ... )
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The screencaps are gorgeous!
Mr. Preminger thanks you. As I said, he composed his shots so beautifully and I took advantage of it. I took them off You Tube and I was afraid that they would be too blurry.
but they would be my power undies.Hahaha! I know what you wear to auditions now ( ... )
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And yes, somehow it does seem perfect for the CW!
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The music (oh, I love Bizet), the lyrics (Mr. Hammerstein was so clever and yet caught the idiom well), the book (I was thinking that Carmen's demise in the Janitor's closet was a jab at segregation too---Brown vs. the Board of Education was decided in 1954), the movie (I now must see some more of Mr. Preminger's work), and the cast; it was all good and fun. And enjoyable.
I did feel for Mr. Belafonte, he had the weakest and worst character to play. He was fine, but I did wonder what a James Earl Jones could have done with the role. But Mr. Belafonte was so very pretty.
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Miss Dandridge did come across very well. She was spunky and cheeky and gleeful. ANd sexy.
I've only seen opera productions of Carmen and other than the voice, some of the opera Carmens don't really deliver on the sex appeal in a physical sense. But I did get the feeling that Miss Dandridge was a flitting bird with lovely plummage, as that Bizet song about the rebellious bird, envisions her.
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