We watched an old time Christmas favorite tonight…….
an EASY
NAME THAT MOVIE….
1954
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosey Clooney, Vera Ellen
Singing team meets a Sister team. They mosey on up to Vermont for the Holidays, and treat an old army General to a memory to last a life time.
Music…….a Jewish boy from Beverly Hills writes a song about Christmas in Vermont……
ML, you are listing one of my all time favorite movies. I watch it every year, for the above team plus Raymond Massey as “the General” and Irving Berlin’s music. The title of the movie is taken from one of the songs in Bing’s movie with Fred Astaire called Holiday Inn. It’s the number one recorded song of all time, not just Christmas music, either. Ok, I’ll say it “White Christmas”.
Slim - Sock Puppets? Goodness, that seems like ages and ages ago.
Jan - you got the one I posted yesterday, “The Bat.” And the fact that it featured the grown-up Darla Hood is the reason I picked it. I’m an Our Gang/Little Rascals fan. In fact I wrote a Wikipedia page on the very first Our Gang episode ever released. It was a silent 20 minute short released in 1922, featuring Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon, Ernie Morrison, and the great Allen Hoskins. And that’s my new
NAME THAT MOVIE!
After everyone has failed to guess it’s name, I’ll post the link to my Wikipedia page so y’all can see it.
Got’a finish up the Christmas shoping, running out of time.
Haliday Inn is very good movie, also the name of the movie inspiered the name of a hotel chain.
And now, on with the show.
Staring: Cary Grant, Lislie Caron, Trevor Howard.
An American beach comber in the south pacific is pressed in to being an airplain spoter for the British navy.
The American rescues a French teacher and her all girl class from the Japanes.
1964
Well I’ll leave you to it, and go shoping, catch you later.
Good morning, Everyone, Wow, lots of activity last night! I guess you can tell a weekend is coming up.
Everyone loves White Christmas, huh! It’s been a yearly tradition for us, ever since it was on around 11 pm each year, and Jack & I would watch it while wrapping the gifts for the kids.
Oh, Jan, it was Dean Jagger as the General.
And, speaking of Darla and Alfalfa…….one scene in the movie, Bing and Danny are looking at the picture of the “Girls’” brother……..the shot is of Alfalfa!!!!
Dkram….Another great movie…..”Mother Goose”
Time for us to finish our shopping today, too…….see you all at the stores!
ML you’re right about Dean Jagger. I guess I was up too late last night and my brain stopped working. Also, I always thought that photo looked like Alfalfa. I don’t think I ever saw him anywhere else as an adult.
Dkram’s movie is “Father Goose”. I don’t think Cary Grant would be a very good mother……
David, I confess I was stumped by your movie. I cheated and looked it up, so I won’t post the title here, but after reading the plot line, I swear I have actually seen it. It was a looooong time ago.
Wow, I just looked up Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer on Wiki and other places, and talk about being disillusioned. He was not a nice person. As a child he almost cut off Darla’s fingers in a prank. As an adolescent his pranks elevated to actually shutting down production. As an adult he wasn’t any better, and couldn’t get movie work because of his reputation for malicious mischief. He was killed in a drunken dispute over $50 dollars (either murder or self-defense depending on who’s version of events you believe - it was ruled “justifiable homicide”).
Remind me not to do this kind of thing anymore. I like my illusions.
ML - Thanks for that info about Carl Switzer. I did not know that a picture of him appeared as a cameo in “White Christmas!” Wow, I like that kind of stuff!
Jan - You are absolutely correct about his tragic death. George McFarland, who played Spanky, did say later however that Alfalfa’s backstage pranks were usually a lot of fun and the two of them were actually best of friends. It is terribly tragic that he allowed a lousy $50 debt to lead him to getting shot to death. Terrible tragedy! But I can say something good about him. He was a Mason. And speaking as a Brother Mason myself, I know that he must have had a good heart or the brothers in the lodge would not have allowed him to join. I know sometimes we make a mistake in letting some miscreants into the brotherhood, but usually we make the right decision.
Speaking of which, I am off to the Lodge in just a little while. I am to be installed as Captain General in the local Commandery of Knights Templar!
leakysqueaky712 almost 14 years ago
Good Morning SWEETBILL and everyone else
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 14 years ago
Good morning everyone!
leakysqueaky712 almost 14 years ago
I recently ran across an old video of Montana Lady & her Mountan man singing the following
http://tinyurl.com/2armesw
shirttailslim almost 14 years ago
Good mornng.fomrer sock puppets, Now knwn as Vagabond,Vllagers.
SWEETBILL almost 14 years ago
GM everyone
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
Wow……Leaky……didn’t know anyone saved that clip! Had a good voice in the past, huh????
Glad you found it, and shared with the world…:)))
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
We watched an old time Christmas favorite tonight…….
an EASY
NAME THAT MOVIE….1954 Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosey Clooney, Vera Ellen Singing team meets a Sister team. They mosey on up to Vermont for the Holidays, and treat an old army General to a memory to last a life time. Music…….a Jewish boy from Beverly Hills writes a song about Christmas in Vermont……
shirttailslim almost 14 years ago
wonderig if anyone had seen the llast post aI made about twelve hours ago?
Got a fairly easy “MANE THIS MOVIE?. Paul Neuman, Karl Maldem, Brien keith.
REVENGE….GOOD GUY FIGHTS BAD GUYS…..Gets even.
JanLC almost 14 years ago
Slim, that was Nevada Smith.
ML, you are listing one of my all time favorite movies. I watch it every year, for the above team plus Raymond Massey as “the General” and Irving Berlin’s music. The title of the movie is taken from one of the songs in Bing’s movie with Fred Astaire called Holiday Inn. It’s the number one recorded song of all time, not just Christmas music, either. Ok, I’ll say it “White Christmas”.
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
Sorry, Slim, don’t know that movie……I’ll bet Jan does!
JanLC almost 14 years ago
Also, I’m kinda bummed that no one ever guessed the movie I put out there a week or so ago. (ML knew it but didn’t name it)
Doris Day and Howard Keel, 1953 Musical Western set in the badlands of South Dakota.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 14 years ago
JanCinVV said, “Doris Day and Howard Keel, 1953 Musical Western set in the badlands of South Dakota.”
Calamity Jane, I believe.
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
G’morning Village -
Slim - Sock Puppets? Goodness, that seems like ages and ages ago.
Jan - you got the one I posted yesterday, “The Bat.” And the fact that it featured the grown-up Darla Hood is the reason I picked it. I’m an Our Gang/Little Rascals fan. In fact I wrote a Wikipedia page on the very first Our Gang episode ever released. It was a silent 20 minute short released in 1922, featuring Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon, Ernie Morrison, and the great Allen Hoskins. And that’s my new
NAME THAT MOVIE!
After everyone has failed to guess it’s name, I’ll post the link to my Wikipedia page so y’all can see it.
Dkram almost 14 years ago
Hi,hi everyone.
Got’a finish up the Christmas shoping, running out of time.
Haliday Inn is very good movie, also the name of the movie inspiered the name of a hotel chain.
And now, on with the show.
Staring: Cary Grant, Lislie Caron, Trevor Howard.
An American beach comber in the south pacific is pressed in to being an airplain spoter for the British navy. The American rescues a French teacher and her all girl class from the Japanes. 1964
Well I’ll leave you to it, and go shoping, catch you later.
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MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
Good morning, Everyone, Wow, lots of activity last night! I guess you can tell a weekend is coming up.
Everyone loves White Christmas, huh! It’s been a yearly tradition for us, ever since it was on around 11 pm each year, and Jack & I would watch it while wrapping the gifts for the kids.
Oh, Jan, it was Dean Jagger as the General. And, speaking of Darla and Alfalfa…….one scene in the movie, Bing and Danny are looking at the picture of the “Girls’” brother……..the shot is of Alfalfa!!!!
Dkram….Another great movie…..”Mother Goose”
Time for us to finish our shopping today, too…….see you all at the stores!
JanLC almost 14 years ago
ML you’re right about Dean Jagger. I guess I was up too late last night and my brain stopped working. Also, I always thought that photo looked like Alfalfa. I don’t think I ever saw him anywhere else as an adult.
Dkram’s movie is “Father Goose”. I don’t think Cary Grant would be a very good mother……
David, I confess I was stumped by your movie. I cheated and looked it up, so I won’t post the title here, but after reading the plot line, I swear I have actually seen it. It was a looooong time ago.
JanLC almost 14 years ago
Wow, I just looked up Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer on Wiki and other places, and talk about being disillusioned. He was not a nice person. As a child he almost cut off Darla’s fingers in a prank. As an adolescent his pranks elevated to actually shutting down production. As an adult he wasn’t any better, and couldn’t get movie work because of his reputation for malicious mischief. He was killed in a drunken dispute over $50 dollars (either murder or self-defense depending on who’s version of events you believe - it was ruled “justifiable homicide”). Remind me not to do this kind of thing anymore. I like my illusions.
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
ML - Thanks for that info about Carl Switzer. I did not know that a picture of him appeared as a cameo in “White Christmas!” Wow, I like that kind of stuff!
Jan - You are absolutely correct about his tragic death. George McFarland, who played Spanky, did say later however that Alfalfa’s backstage pranks were usually a lot of fun and the two of them were actually best of friends. It is terribly tragic that he allowed a lousy $50 debt to lead him to getting shot to death. Terrible tragedy! But I can say something good about him. He was a Mason. And speaking as a Brother Mason myself, I know that he must have had a good heart or the brothers in the lodge would not have allowed him to join. I know sometimes we make a mistake in letting some miscreants into the brotherhood, but usually we make the right decision.
Speaking of which, I am off to the Lodge in just a little while. I am to be installed as Captain General in the local Commandery of Knights Templar!
Dkram almost 14 years ago
Congrats davidf.
I am not a Mason, but I know about secret orders as I am a member of the IOOF, and the P of H.
Do you know of them?
Yes ML it is Farther Goose, JanCinVV you da bomb.
How about a song. “There’s a berthday party at the home of farmer Grey, it’ll the perfect ending to a perfect day.
Might be back later today.
Happy holidays.
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davidf42 almost 14 years ago
Dkram - I know of the Odd Fellows, yes, but not the P of H. Who are they?
MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
Wow, Jan…..I sure pulled a funny……of course it was “Father Goose”!!!! I’m working on only 3 hours sleep. Insomnia is alive and well again. UGH!
And, all that trivia about Alfalfa!!!!!! what a tragedy!! Thanks Jan and Davidf.
Love all this fun!
Dkram almost 14 years ago
Hi davidf.
The units of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry are called Grange. Formed in 1867. It’s bassed in Agreculture.
I’ve been a member since 1973, been an Odd Fellow (sounds funny don’t it) since 1975.
Been a trekker since 1966.
Just had to throw that in.
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MontanaLady almost 14 years ago
Go Trekkers!!!!
davidf42 almost 14 years ago
Dkram - Yea! I’m a Trekker too!