It is twenty three years since Diana, Princess of Wales' death rocked the world.
The last Bank Holiday is upon us, and for a change on a Monday I am not spitting feathers about work. The weather isn't too bad - not warm, by any stretch of the imagination, but more sunshine than we've had for a while - and I have been out in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers doing a bit of dead-heading. If it stays dry, we'll be watering and feeding the pots later in anticipation of an "Indian Summer". We deserve one...
Despite the sad recollections that inevitably accompany the anniversary of the death of our beloved Princess Diana, there is still a need, methinks, to "jolly things up" at the start of any week.
As it happens to be the birthday today of the late, great Alan Jay Lerner [creator of My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot and many more incredible musicals], let's have a number from one of the great man's perhaps lesser-known productions, the almost-appropriately-titled Royal Wedding.
On this Tacky Music Bank Holiday Monday, what better than a breathtakingly choreographed number by the marvellous Fred Astaire to provide us with a wake-up call?!
Everywhere that beauty glows you are
Everywhere an orchid grows you are
Everything that's young and gay, brighter than a holiday
Everywhere the angels play you are
Indeed.
You got me Googling - cos I just had to know how it was done!
ReplyDeleteThe scene featuring the song "You're All the World to Me" was filmed by building a set inside a revolving barrel and mounting the camera and its operator to an ironing board which could be rotated along with the room.[1] Astaire danced in the barrel set as if he really danced on the wall and ceiling. It inspired the Lionel Richie song Dancing on the Ceiling with the music video featuring Richie doing the same room dance as a tribute to Astaire.
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An amazingly inventive scene in an otherwise forgotten movie. Jx
DeleteIt's very impressive. I am fascinated as to how the chair that he picks up at the beginning remains stuck to the carpet - velcro? magnets? chewing gum?
DeleteMagic. Jx
Delete22 years?! Where has the time gone?
ReplyDeleteThe sun has just come out here, and I can see blue sky out of my window. Just in time for the next few days "at work", typically.
That was a typo - it is actually 23 years. But yes, I know - time has flown by!
DeleteThe weather lately has been cruel, and it will be even crueller if it does turn nice and sunny while we're stuck indoors at our laptops. I may resort to throwing things. Jx
I was in Paris about a year after her death and as we passed a tunnel, our driver said that's where the Princess died. He said it so quietly and reverently, that I started crying. xoxo
ReplyDeleteHer death left an indelible impression on people's hearts across the entire globe. It was a very sad time. Jx
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