Bleurrrgh. Rainy, dark, dank and miserable or not, it's time to drag ourselves back to work...
There is always a light on the horizon however, dear reader, when any film features the name "Ziegfeld" - even a 1978 made-for-American-telly movie biopic starring Samantha Eggar, Barbara Parkins and Valerie Perrine.
And, from that very movie - on this Tacky Music Monday, have some bubbles..!
Now, that's how to make an entrance!
WOW, thanks Jon, never knew that existed! "Lillian Lorraine, the girl who talks on pitch, walks in rhythm, and looks over her own shoulder!" Perrine was truly "uncontaminated by talent." Even Crawford was called upon to dance more in "Two Faced Woman." What a great start to the day! Cheere! xoNeely
ReplyDeleteYou might underestimate Miss Perrine, for she was called upon to portray a real-life character in Lilian Lorraine - a woman who, by all accounts, was actually extremely limited in her talents, and only made it to the top of the tree in the Follies because Mr Ziegfeld was madly in love with her (and apparently remained so for the rest of his life). Thus it may be that Miss Perrine is the greater talent for being capable of playing the wooden Miss Lorraine so accurately... Jx
DeleteI take it all back -- if she was playing a real-life, talent-free performer, she nailed it!
ReplyDeleteApologies to Ms. Perrine! xoN
She'll forgive you, no doubt. Poor thing - she has Parkinson's, and there is a crowd-funding effort going on to raise money to get her film biography published... Jx
DeleteOh I did enjoy that lovely bit of camp nonsense.
ReplyDeleteStory of our lives. Jx
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