I loved Liza Minnelii in Cabaret … loved the whole movie…
despite the fact that I’m a fan of the writer Christopher Isherwood, including, or maybe especially, “The Berlin Stories”, his book on which the screenplay is based, and he didn’t like the casting one bit
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Jean Ross, his real life friend who inspired the character, absolutely hated the movie, hated her portrayal in it, and broke with Isherwood over his political ambivalence.
She was, besides a so-so cabaret singer in pre-war Berlin, a political writer and passionate Communist.
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I feel a few tiny twinges of guilt about all that… but Cabaret is one of my all-time favorite movies and musicals.
I’ve seen it several times in theaters, even more on video…. and played the sound track album over and over.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I saw a collage stage performance. There were two of my daughter’s high school friends in it; I thought it was excellent.
“Cabaret” was my second-worst example of bad TV editing (“2001” was worse.) I watched it on TV three times before realizing there was any connection between what was happening on and off the stage!
I’ve read that they cut some really pivotal scenes.
Between that and the scenes from the book that were not used in the play, but were added to the film, some people got different ideas of the characters.
Tough job! Too many people don’t clean up after themselves. My wife and I are always bringing in grocery carts and other stuff so the handicapped parking spots aren’t blocked
I am inclined to agree with you. The only qualifier I can think of is that sometimes the cart may have been left by a handicapped person for whom returning it to the store is a hard job.
I guess so… or at least a majority of you must have been good.
That’s why Christmas has been extended, so you, like Cleo, can still be getting presents on the 28th. She shouldn’t be the only one.
Hey… I didn’t mean from me! You gotta talk to your chief present-givers and tell them you read on Cleoandcompany.net that you should still get presents today.
Um…. don’t mention my name, ok?
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Isn’t this the little box of Legos from which our talented doggie friend built the giant missile launcher?
I want some Legos like that. Not to build a missile… Just maybe, I dunno… A bigger kitchen? An extra room?
Construction of the Hexagon Hotel was started in 1895 and completed in 1897. It was constructed of long-leaf yellow pine; the exterior was cypress siding, and the roof was covered with hand-split cypress shingles. The interior was of “Heart of Pine” (The hardest that could be found) wood.
According to Winnie Beatrice McAnelly Fiedler (A thesis presented…to University of Texas.. for the Degree of M.A….)
Galbraith purchased the lot No. 19 in the Wiggins Addition for $1,500. It was opened in 1897 and its telephone number was “6.” Galbraith himself died in 1927.
All the stone work was done by two English stone-masons. The building was constructed with pegs and square nails. The four staircases inside spiralled through the five floors. The lobby floor was covered with hexagon-shaped tan, brown and blue tiles. The rooms were hexagon-shaped with a bath between every two rooms.
The hotel was torn down for the materials in the building in September 1959. (This information is found on page 106 “Time Was in Mineral Wells” by A.F. Weaver)
The hotel was sold, for a brief time, to the Caldwell family, and it was dubbed “The Caldwell-Hexagon Hotel.” It advertised under that name in the Jacksboro “Gazette” of June 4, 1914, stating that it had its own “Deep well, fresh water.” Rates were given at $12.50 per week.
The “Palo Pinto County Star (Mineral Wells, Tex.)” remarks (in 1966) that “Rates in season were $1.50 per day; out of season, $1.00 per day, which included bath privileges. Meals were available at nearby hotels.”
The “Star” goes on to relate that the Hexagon Hotel was converted into apartments at some time prior to its demolition, but it does not say exactly when this conversion was made.
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“Tranquility Base here, the eagles have landed…”
Must be Hotel California, the Eagles check in and they never leave.
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Yes ma’am!
♫♪”Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret”♫♪
I loved Liza Minnelii in Cabaret … loved the whole movie…
despite the fact that I’m a fan of the writer Christopher Isherwood, including, or maybe especially, “The Berlin Stories”, his book on which the screenplay is based, and he didn’t like the casting one bit
.
Jean Ross, his real life friend who inspired the character, absolutely hated the movie, hated her portrayal in it, and broke with Isherwood over his political ambivalence.
She was, besides a so-so cabaret singer in pre-war Berlin, a political writer and passionate Communist.
…
I feel a few tiny twinges of guilt about all that… but Cabaret is one of my all-time favorite movies and musicals.
I’ve seen it several times in theaters, even more on video…. and played the sound track album over and over.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I saw a collage stage performance. There were two of my daughter’s high school friends in it; I thought it was excellent.
The plot of the play was changed, scenes and characters were added or deleted, and several songs replaced, between the play and the movie.
It was a change in some essential aspects.
And no college kid who isn’t about to become a major star could give a performance equal to Liza Minnelli’s.
I highly recommend still watching the movie.
“Cabaret” was my second-worst example of bad TV editing (“2001” was worse.) I watched it on TV three times before realizing there was any connection between what was happening on and off the stage!
I’ve read that they cut some really pivotal scenes.
Between that and the scenes from the book that were not used in the play, but were added to the film, some people got different ideas of the characters.
AI’s getting netter — they spelled “Radio City” right…
I think it’s real. The small text under “RADIO CITY” is clear and makes sense. Did you catch something?
needed a /s I guess….
That is what I thought, but I didn’t say so…
cos when I thought you were kidding about TZ, it turned out you weren’t🙊
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SMACK !!!
Wait! We said no claws!!!
Kung foo fighting 🎶🎵❗
LOL, purrfect.
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I wanna go there for a hot cup of cocoa.
I want that Dickens’ first edition…
Ooooh! Must be illuminated text! What’s the world coming to?
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There’s nothing like a walk in the park…
Just the right size! How did they know???
Tough job! Too many people don’t clean up after themselves. My wife and I are always bringing in grocery carts and other stuff so the handicapped parking spots aren’t blocked
I can’t understand why people leave the cart in a parking space when the cart return is only a few steps away. I also find myself putting them away.
I am inclined to agree with you. The only qualifier I can think of is that sometimes the cart may have been left by a handicapped person for whom returning it to the store is a hard job.
The cannon looks familiar.
TZ—‘Next stop Willoughby’
Exactly what I was thinking!
It’s hard to believe i’m saying tis, but i got eight tonight. 😮
Cool.
I found a performance. It’s not great, but you can jump around and get a sample of different passages.
Ok, was everybody good this year?
I guess so… or at least a majority of you must have been good.
That’s why Christmas has been extended, so you, like Cleo, can still be getting presents on the 28th. She shouldn’t be the only one.
Hey… I didn’t mean from me! You gotta talk to your chief present-givers and tell them you read on Cleoandcompany.net that you should still get presents today.
Um…. don’t mention my name, ok?
…
Isn’t this the little box of Legos from which our talented doggie friend built the giant missile launcher?
I want some Legos like that. Not to build a missile… Just maybe, I dunno… A bigger kitchen? An extra room?
…
Anyway, I do have one gift for you…
Aaagh!
Please ignore my accidental stray green line near the lower left corner…
I had to work faster than usual, and I didn’t see it till now.
With the software I have, I can’t do anything unless I redo and upload the whole solution.
It’s a little late!
Remind us to beat you later!
I can’t speak for everybody, but you amaze me that you can come up with the answers as quickly as you do.
Aw shucks…, t’ain’t nuthin’.
Just a knack.
Some people have a knack for one thing and some another.
I’d rather have drawn a knack for advanced mathematics, or curing cancer…
Instead I pulled the straw for finding differences between two cartoons of a naughty basset hound.
I actually managed to get all nine today, a fairly rare occurrence.
me too
And me!
Bingo!
The Hexagon Hotel, Mineral Wells Texas 1895.
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Construction of the Hexagon Hotel was started in 1895 and completed in 1897. It was constructed of long-leaf yellow pine; the exterior was cypress siding, and the roof was covered with hand-split cypress shingles. The interior was of “Heart of Pine” (The hardest that could be found) wood.
According to Winnie Beatrice McAnelly Fiedler (A thesis presented…to University of Texas.. for the Degree of M.A….)
Galbraith purchased the lot No. 19 in the Wiggins Addition for $1,500. It was opened in 1897 and its telephone number was “6.” Galbraith himself died in 1927.
All the stone work was done by two English stone-masons. The building was constructed with pegs and square nails. The four staircases inside spiralled through the five floors. The lobby floor was covered with hexagon-shaped tan, brown and blue tiles. The rooms were hexagon-shaped with a bath between every two rooms.
The hotel was torn down for the materials in the building in September 1959. (This information is found on page 106 “Time Was in Mineral Wells” by A.F. Weaver)
The hotel was sold, for a brief time, to the Caldwell family, and it was dubbed “The Caldwell-Hexagon Hotel.” It advertised under that name in the Jacksboro “Gazette” of June 4, 1914, stating that it had its own “Deep well, fresh water.” Rates were given at $12.50 per week.
The “Palo Pinto County Star (Mineral Wells, Tex.)” remarks (in 1966) that “Rates in season were $1.50 per day; out of season, $1.00 per day, which included bath privileges. Meals were available at nearby hotels.”
The “Star” goes on to relate that the Hexagon Hotel was converted into apartments at some time prior to its demolition, but it does not say exactly when this conversion was made.
Beautiful!
I think I’ve found all nine.
I thought that was your ‘Bingo!’ earlier
The “Bingo!” was later after I’d checked.
From yesterday.
I was trying to be helpful, not insulting.
Guess who? 😀 This should be easy. I don’t remember where i got it. Mighta been here.
I was never a fan of either show.
A long ago girlfriend liked Red Skelton’s character Clem Kadiddlehopper.
I remember liking