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November 4, 1960 –The Daniel Mann’s adaptation of John O’Hara’s 1935 novel, Butterfield 8, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, and Eddie Fisher premiered on this date. Elizabeth Taylor stated many times over the years that she disliked this movie and felt she won the Oscar because of her recent illness, rather than for the qualityContinue reading “This really was a very silly movie”

November 4, 1978 –Bunkies, let the warm feelings wash over you, even though the skinny white boy is singing, – place one hand on your monitor and the other hand upon the afflicted area. He is channeling the healing powers of Rev. Al Green. Feel his power emanate and pulsate through your loins. The TalkingContinue reading “Don’t know why I love you like I do”

November 4, 1963 –At a Beatles command performance (present: Queen Elizabeth,the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret), John Lennon utters the remark: “Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.” If you look very closely behind the Queen Mother, I believe Princess MargaretContinue reading “The Beatles perform for royalty”

Happy National Sandwich Day. It’s celebrated on the birthday of John Montagu, Fourth Earl of Sandwich, creator of the sandwich. As the story goes, he was playing cards and did not want to leave the gaming table to eat. He asked for a serving of roast beef to be placed between two slices of breadContinue reading “As always bunkies, Enjoy every sandwich!”

November 3, 1939 –One of the crown jewels of the ‘Golden Age‘ of Hollywood, Ninotchka opened in New York on this date Curiously enough, this was the very movie Arnold Schwarzenegger studied when he was trying to find his character for Red Heat. The exercise – emulate Greta Garbo – was recommended to him byContinue reading “Your type will soon be extinct”

November 3, 1990 – The American public apparently went insane and Vanilla Ice’s single, Ice Ice Baby was the number one single on the U.S. music charts, on this date. The song clearly samples the 1980 song Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, but Vanilla Ice never got permission to use it. No lawsuitContinue reading “I apologize for the following”

Did you remember to set all of the clocks back? the DVD player (I no longer have a VCR,) the microwave, the automatic coffee pot in the kitchen? If you’ve already done so, you can watch this and amuse yourself to think about this – the opening shot of the film is an optical illusion.Continue reading “Time passes irrevocably”

For the rest of those the dearly departed who didn’t make the cut yesterday for All Saint’s Day, take heart; remember today is All Souls Day, aka the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (the second day of Día de los Muertos.) In the late tenth or early eleventh century, Saint Odilo of Cluny decidedContinue reading “An almost forgotten holiday”

November 2, 1934 –Ernst Lubitsch charming adaptation of the famous Viennese operetta The Merry Widow starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald premiered on this date. This was the only film teaming Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in which they never sang together. Aware that her classical style was poorly matched to his popular vocalizing, ErnstContinue reading “The remake of The Merry Widow opened”