Another Fred Astaire Partner Yolunda
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, October 27, 2008
White Tie and Gowns
The was a time in which " White Tie " events dominate the high end nightlife scene of major urban US cities.
It was a time in which Nat King Cole was just starting, and Hollywood Musicals were starting their second very popular decade in which a new movie in the genre open every other week.
Do you wish something like that would come back?
The flowing gowns and wandering scents of perfumes.
Smoking lounges were the center of most stag discussions while the ladies enjoyed gossip in the powder rooms all manned by servants.
Just a little rememberance for those who still can not fully appreciate what this age was about.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Betty Davis and Tyrone Power: Movie - Jezebel
Why she got this part and leading man Tyrone Power to work with.
Although Jezebel is often described as a sop to appease Davis after she didn't get Scarlett O'Hara, the Siren's research indicates this isn't the case. The play (produced in 1933, three years before Margaret Mitchell's novel was published) was purchased for Bette Davis by Warner Brothers in 1937, while David O. Selznick was still actively searching for a Scarlett and no decision had been made as to casting. Selznick saw Jezebel , no doubt accurately, as the Warners' way of cashing in on the anticipation surrounding Gone with the Wind and was furious. So in fact, according to GWTW historian William Pratt, Jezebel (which was released in March 1938, eight months before Selznick ever met Vivien Leigh) was the factor that put a period to any chance Davis had at the part. Davis herself always denied the "consolation prize" idea, but in her sunset years she loved to intimate she had come close to Scarlett. Alas, that isn't true either--she was never very high in the running. As early as 1937, when Selznick was working out distribution deals, he rejected an offer from Warner Brothers that was contingent on casting Errol Flynn and Bette Davis and told friends that he would cast Katharine Hepburn as Scarlett before he would consider Davis.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, December 7, 2007
Wanted Ballroom Dance Partner
Wanted Ballroom Dance Partner.
Dance competitions are developed to match the personal skills and measure the dance development of each couple competing with other simiarly ranked couples. It is here where each of us learn more about ourselves, as well as our fellow teachers.In truth it is a real test in personal character. And thats the heart of it.
What everyone has immediately became aware during their first experience at a dance competition is the excellence of the people who are involved. The social and cultural atmosphere is very much like dance heaven, and those of us who have experienced this a number of times are hooked. For some very good reasons too.
It is here, in the test of competing with others, and cognition what you are competing in, Ballroom Dance , that the true issue of " how you are measured " to prevailing dance standards you are being judged by. And it is here where the preparation, sociocultural perceptions, and time invested clearly comes to full view of your, our, fellow dancers.
Thus the quality of the people themselves and the sociocultural atmosphere they, we, produce is what most of us have been looking for since the age of 8. A dream world of goodness and futuristic happiness.This is what is being offered.Email:
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