tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post6864320787594776129..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: A Song Is Born: Fabulous Music But a Waste of Danny KayeRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-6728158928982490192020-06-24T17:58:43.166-04:002020-06-24T17:58:43.166-04:00Minor correction: The egghead professors in the 1...Minor correction: The egghead professors in the 1941 picture "Ball of Fire" weren't musicologists writing a music encyclopedia; they were linguists compiling an encyclopedia of American slang. Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13436888881579244411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-20271345988342584992019-02-12T03:00:36.896-05:002019-02-12T03:00:36.896-05:00As Caftan Woman stated it is Steve Cochran but the...As Caftan Woman stated it is Steve Cochran but the article says Tony Cochran. The Best Years Of Our Lives aired on TCM Feb.11 at One in the morning. (I had already seen it.) Steve had a small part and Virginia played Marie, the wife of a returning military man Fred Derry(Dana Andrews). Virginia and Dana were very good in the movie as was the rest of the cast. I meant Feb. 11, 2019.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-91950816116459278512018-08-21T11:12:46.850-04:002018-08-21T11:12:46.850-04:00It truly is worth it to hear the music and watch D...It truly is worth it to hear the music and watch Danny and Virginia. But the second half does move too slowly.toto2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09652682900471649463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-50922717131971952782018-08-18T19:40:02.270-04:002018-08-18T19:40:02.270-04:00Ah, too bad about Danny Kaye and the split with hi...Ah, too bad about Danny Kaye and the split with his wife, and I don't just mean the songwriting resource.<br /><br />I didn't realize there was a remake of "Ball of Fire". Would be worth it to see Virginia Mayo.Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-91931435708571564012018-08-13T08:47:22.389-04:002018-08-13T08:47:22.389-04:00True. I only watch this for the music. Although I ...True. I only watch this for the music. Although I do think Virginia Mayo was every bit as good as Barbara Stanwyck in the lead, and I always get a kick out of watching her and Steve Cochran.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com