tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post6513006315416174000..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Deep in My Heart - 1954Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-79050992769373388692015-03-12T08:26:53.216-04:002015-03-12T08:26:53.216-04:00I hope you can see it sometime soon, Yvette. It&#...I hope you can see it sometime soon, Yvette. It's really quite lovely, and the "specialty acts" are such fun. Ferrer is fabulous.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-4889197992095140512015-03-11T20:25:20.427-04:002015-03-11T20:25:20.427-04:00I don't think I've ever seen this movie, J...I don't think I've ever seen this movie, Jacqueline. None of it rings any bells in my memory vault. Though it seems to me I would very naturally have watched this on televison at some time in the past. But I'm drawing a blank. So I have something definitely to look forward to if I can find it online somewhere. I love Jose Ferrer. The only major Puerto Rican star beside Rita Moreno that ever springs to mind. <br /><br />Gene Kelly dancing with his brother? How did I miss this?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-80225035617902542022015-02-26T22:25:57.923-05:002015-02-26T22:25:57.923-05:00Thank you, Christian. I'm so pleased there are...Thank you, Christian. I'm so pleased there are so many fans of this movie. How nice that Helen Rose counted the Charisse costume in this as one of her favorites; I didn't know that. Cyd is smashing in anything, but this is really a lovely costume for her. Thank you so much for helping publicize the Ann Blyth book. I'll look forward to that.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-38173511263362078282015-02-26T19:32:17.808-05:002015-02-26T19:32:17.808-05:00Very nice review of this musical, an overlooked cl...<br />Very nice review of this musical, an overlooked classic as you point out.<br />I've enjoyed it very much too. The costume designer Helen Rose considered Cyd Charisse' outfit in her dance number one of her best designs. I'd like to help publicize your book on Ann Blyth - probably with a Q&A. We'll keep in touch.Christian Esquevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04442827724576856379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-78957093660036181722015-02-26T16:15:13.526-05:002015-02-26T16:15:13.526-05:00I agree, Vienna, these kinds of movies are fun for...I agree, Vienna, these kinds of movies are fun for the roundup of songs. "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" is one of my very favorites.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-10429470026501864992015-02-26T15:17:43.372-05:002015-02-26T15:17:43.372-05:00I love these musical biographies, simply for all t...I love these musical biographies, simply for all the great musical numbers. I do so agree "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" is heavenly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-27755802584385424842015-02-26T11:24:10.194-05:002015-02-26T11:24:10.194-05:00CW, you have exquisite taste. Would have liked to ...CW, you have exquisite taste. Would have liked to have seen the CBC special, but if TV offerings are few, there's at least YouTube. <br /><br />Kevin, I often think of your remarks on the posts of ROSE MARIE, THE STUDENT PRINCE, etc, about the brief interest in operetta in the 1950s films. I think the 1980s also experienced a similar brief revival, though only in regional civic opera companies for the most part - though the PIRATES OF PENZANCE did make it to Broadway. I like to think it's the durability of the music that makes popular culture turn to it from time to time.<br /><br />I've never seen THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT either. It might be fun to try to hunt that down.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-17984327250573785552015-02-26T11:07:17.872-05:002015-02-26T11:07:17.872-05:00Excellent article, Jacqueline, on a most delightfu...Excellent article, Jacqueline, on a most delightful film. It's one of my favorite M-G-M musicals, though it's not one people immediately think of. <br /><br />Romberg wasn't always well served by the movies, but he was here.And MAYTIME and NEW MOON are great. But then there's Warner's 1943 version of THE DESERT SONG, a tough one to sit through and I love Dennis Morgan.<br /><br />One of the worst adaptations was Universal's UP IN CENTRAL PARK, with Deanna Durbin. The film jettisons most of the score, with film's biggest hits, "Close as Pages in a Book" to mere background music. Just horrible. <br /><br />I may have mentioned this before, but I'm surprised by this operetta revival at 1950s movie theaters, with this, and new versions of THE DESERT SONG, ROSE MARIE, THE VAGABOND KING. Was it a pushback to rock and roll, or just one of those nostalgia trends that occasionally pops up? TV had versions of operettas too. Nelson Eddy performed a live version of THE DESERT SONG, broadcast on television. It's a curious phenomenen.<br /><br />Speaking of operetta biographies, I've always wanted to see Paramount's THE GREAT VICTOR HERBERT (1938) with Walter Connelley, Allan Jones and Mary Martin. It never shows up anywhere, but got good reviews. Mrs. Herbert was very pleased with the film, especially the musical direction of the film's numbers. Kevin Deanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697597405552599370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-85410515451259601242015-02-26T10:37:20.996-05:002015-02-26T10:37:20.996-05:00"So Deep in My Heart" is one of those mo..."So Deep in My Heart" is one of those movies I have seen so many times I have lost count. I can never turn away when it pops up on television. Sometimes with the cheering thought that "Bombo" is coming up and sometimes with the gloomy realilzation that "I've missed "Bombo"!<br /><br />I recall a CBC special of several years ago that celebrated Romberg. It is a sad world indeed where he is not celebrated.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com