chele_belle wrote:I'm still here! I pop on every week, but haven't had much to say lately. lol I was also quite ill before christmas and then cracked two ribs and broke my ankle within the same week of each other. Just call me Calamity Chele!
Hello Folks !
Big Doris fan here. Also a fan of Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Perry Como, etc. Practically all the people I knew that were also fans of these people are no longer around. I do not care much for contemporary culture -neither the films nor the music. We won't even discuss singers - today there is mostly screaming or singing way out of the register - more akin to someone sounding as if they have a 'stomach ache' or worse ! Songs that are overworked - oftentimes can't even hear the words. The best music has also been phased out over the radio.........its a mess !
Luckily we have this forum--------we can come here and 'talk'.........too bad I have to rant and rave. So I will be positive and say that it is a pleasure to meet everyone here. I hope to have a good dialogue with the other fans here. Hope we keep in touch !
Betty Grable was my first film fave ... but then I cast my eyes upon DD and it was all over! I still like Grable, of course, and I watch her films from time to time ... she, like Doris, had a nice down-to-earth quality about her. I enjoyed her singing, dancing, acting ... just about everything about her. I also enjoyed Carmen Miranda, the lady with the tutti-frutti hat (don't mean to stereotype her!), and just about all your other favorites. You've got good taste, man! It's nice to have you on the forum!
I totally agree with you about the contemporary music and movies, TCMMovieFan!
I like Perry Como, too. Everytime I watch the Doris Day Special with Perry I think, that's how heaven must be.
I love it when he sings in the pavilion on this beautiful Show set.
Apart from Doris I enjoy watching Hitchcock's movies or films with hollywood classics, like Ingrid Bergman, Katharine Hepburn, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr.... to name just a few ones. I'm so happy to found like-minded people here!
Thanks for the compliment on my taste in movies !
Betty Grable is yet another star who was not truly given her due. Despite the fact she was very popular in her day - she like DD was never provided with a special OSCAR even though I think she was a presenter at the ceremonies.
Carmen Miranda died all too soon and way too young. Her special brand of vitality was truly unique onto itself. Years later, CHARO attempted to somewhat bring across a Carmen Miranda type personality but for me the original is best. Only one Carmen, one Doris, and one Betty !
Reading a bio on Lana Turner at the moment that tells a funny story of Betty Grable who in the early 1970s (like Lana) had taken to provincial theatre to earn a living and keep the applause. Anyhow, the story goes that two old dears in the front row of a small theatre were discussing how Miss Grable did not look like she did in the 1940s, at which point Miss Grable (in the middle of the scene) turned to them and asked 'who the f... does Madam?'
I pop on every week, but haven't had much to say lately. lol I was also quite ill before christmas and then cracked two ribs and broke my ankle within the same week of each other. Just call me Calamity Chele!
