#The Unsinkable Molly Brown - 1964

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The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1964.

[lecameleontv]

Le 11 juin 1964, l'acteur Harve Presnell est venu assister à la première de la comédie musicale La Reine du Colorado, qui a eu lieu au Denham Theater.

A ses côtés : sa partenaire Debbie Reynolds, ainsi que les époux Robert Weitman, ce dernier étant alors à la tête des Studios de la MGM, qui ont produit le film.

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Alias M. Parker dans la série Le Caméléon (V.O. : The Pretender).

[broadwaydivastournament]

Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 1

Those who played at ghost singing, and those who lived it

Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016): Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain* (1952) | Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) | Judy in I Love Melvin (1953) *Dubbed in two songs by Betty Noyes, high notes and taps dubbed throughout.

"Part of one the most iconic movie musicals of all time (this movie is legit studied as the quintessential movie of the genre), held her own with G*ne K*lly and Donald O’Connor at just 19! Nominated for an Oscar in Molly Brown for portraying an equally badass woman. AND mother to The Carrie Fisher!" - @kingscatt

Marni Nixon (1930-2016): Deborah Kerr’s character in The King and I (1956) | Maria in West Side Story (1961) (she also was the voice of Anita during the Tonight Quintet) | Eliza in My Fair Lady (1964) | Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music (1965) | Marilyn Monroe's high notes in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

"Time Magazine called her “The Ghostess with the Mostest” for her contributions to musical movies. If you like movie musicals from the sixties, chances are you’ve been listening to Marni Nixon the whole time and didn’t even know. Her career at Disney, while not relevant to the poll, is quite impressive as well. She had singing roles in Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, and Mulan. Without Marni, some of the most popular movies of the sixties would have sounded very different." @anton-wyzek

This is Round 1 of the Movie Musical Divas tournament. Additional polls in this round may be found by searching #mmround1, or by clicking the link below. Add your propaganda and support by reblogging this post.

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Debbie Reynolds:

Photos and video submitted by: anonymous

"She was a classic beauty and a bright spot of sunshine. Stole the scene every time! Everyone knows her song Good Morning from Singin in the Rain. Also she is the grandma in halloweentown and carrie fisher's mom! She is a stand out!" - @scifikimmi

Photos and video submitted by: @scifikimmi

Marni Nixon:

"I don't care that she is almost never in front of the camera. Without her, My Fair Lady, The King and I and West Side Story would be completely different. She deserves kudos and love for helping bring the characters to life. Plus we got to see her as sister sophia in sound of music, so there's that." - anonymous

Photos and video submitted by: @anton-wyzek

[sexymonstersupercreep]

Top 16 Favorite Film Gowns

Red

~~ Titanic (1997) ~~ The Age of Innocence (1993) ~~ Jezebel (1938) ~~ La Reine Margot (1994) ~~ Shanghai Triad (1995) ~~ Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) ~~ Dangerous Liaisons (1988) ~~ The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) ~~ 102 Dalmatians (2000) ~~ Pink Flamingos (1972) ~~ Crimson Peak (2015) ~~ The Banquet (2006) ~~ The Light Across the Street (1955) ~~ The Band Wagon (1953) ~~ Tale of Tales (2015) ~~ Cinderella (2015) ~~

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Scroll Your Eyes Through Two Inspiring Titanic Survivor's Stories

Today, people get thrilled when they think of the Titanic sinking tragedy. On her inaugural trip set off on April 10, 1912, the British passenger ship sunk. It had around 2200 persons aboard. The tragic Sunday, April 14, 1912 night continues to haunt us. Many of the crew members and more than 1,500 passengers died in the North Atlantic Ocean. The ship got into danger by rupturing its watertight compartments on colliding with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. Including the ship's architect, Thomas Andrews; businessman Benjamin Guggenheim; Macy department store owners Isidor Straus and Ida Straus; and the wealthiest passenger onboard, John Jacob Astor IV and his pregnant wife Madeleine, the heir to the entire Astor fortune, many prominent people of the time died. 

Titanic Survivor Stories 

The story of Charles Joughin, a member of the crew

One of the most well-known Titanic survival stories is that of Charles Joughin, a member of the Titanic crew. In the most peculiar way conceivable Joughin survived the horrible incident. To battle the harsh cold once the ship began sinking in the middle of the North Atlantic, the passengers began consuming alcohol to create and supply internal body heat. Joughin perfected this concept by binge drinking while the ship sank, as seen in films such as A Night to Remember and Titanic. Even while he drank, Joughin remembered his duties as a shipman, assisting several other passengers into the deployed lifeboats. For more than three hours, he was stranded in the chilly waters of the Atlantic after the ship sank. Then, he was rescued. He lived another 44 years. Later, individuals who documented Joughin's account proved that his survival in the freezing water was directly related to his blood alcohol level. At the age of 97, Charles Joughin, the brave survivor, died in Patterson, New Jersey.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Margaret Brown was an American charitable socialite whose one of the most popular Titanic survivor stories instilled more hope than despair. Margaret Brown, nicknamed Maggie by her friends and portrayed as 'Molly' in numerous films, is famous for her efforts to encourage the crew of her lifeboat to seek other survivors. Brown was eventually dubbed "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" posthumously. Margaret Brown is known for raising cash to aid financially needy survivors, in addition to her survival stories. She is also famous for her aid efforts during World War I. Margaret also formed the Survivor's Committee, which raised about $10,000 for needy survivors when the rescue vessel Carpathia arrived in New York harbor carrying Titanic survivors. In The Titanic's Molly Brown, Margaret Brown's life story was recounted. Based on her life, it is a 1960 Broadway musical and its 1964 film version of the same name. On October 26, 1932, Margaret Brown died of a brain tumor at the Barbizon Hotel in New York City, NY.

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Part 12 of watching 1001 films between the years 1920 through 1979.

111. Murder in the Private Car (1934)

112. Airport 1975 (1974)

113. Airport ‘77 (1977)

114. All the King’s Men (1949)

115. Barefoot in the Park (1967)

116. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

117. The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

118. Lured (1947)

119. Ball of Fire (1941)

120. Lawyer Man (1932)

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[crushondonald]

Remembering Debbie Reynolds on her birthday

Born on April 1, 1932 as Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas

Died on December 28, 2016 in Los Angeles, California

“We were very old-fashioned. My preacher at church told me I could not go in to the movies because it would make me a ‘wanton woman’.”

“‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown’ was my favorite for me to be in because it was all dancing. There were other musicals that I made with Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly that were wonderful pictures, and we had a lot of fun making them.”

“I just think my life's been really blessed, because being in show business, I've met wonderful people, and I've traveled all over the world. I love having my ghosts, and I love having my memories.”

“I never thought I would live this long.”  ... thank heavens, you made it! 

Happy Birthday Debbie ... wherever you are, sweetheart ❤! 

[annoyinglyperfectartisan]

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1964

[aliveandfullofjoy]

Hey! I figure you're the exact right person to ask this question: do you happen to have a list of every movie based on a play/musical to have ever been nominated for an Oscar (in any category)?

hi! i’m very flattered you thought to ask me. i don’t have a list like this handy unfortunately, but there are SO many!

this is not exhaustive but it’s an attempt!

plays:

abe lincoln in illinois (1940)

agnes of god (1985)

amadeus (1984) - best picture winner, best actor winner!

anna christie (1930)

anne of the thousand days (1969) - best picture nominee!

august: osage county (2013)

auntie mame (1958) - best picture nominee!

the bad seed (1956)

barefoot in the park (1967)

becket (1964) - best picture nominee!

the best man (1964)

blithe spirit (1946)

born yesterday (1950) - best picture nominee, best actress winner!

brief encounter (1946)

bus stop (1956)

butterflies are free (1972) - best supporting actress winner!

cactus flower (1969) - best supporting actress winner! 

cat on a hot tin roof (1958) - best picture nominee!

children of a lesser god (1986) - best picture nominee, best actress winner!

come back little sheba (1952) - best actress winner!

the country girl (1954) - best picture nominee, best actress winner! 

crimes of the heart (1986)

the crucible (1996) 

cyrano de bergerac (1950) - best actor winner! 

dangerous liaisons (1988) - best picture nominee! 

the dark at the top of the stairs (1961)

death of a salesman (1951)

the diary of anne frank (1959) - best picture nominee, best supporting actress winner!

doubt (2008)

driving miss daisy (1989) - best picture winner, best actress winner!

the entertainer (1960) 

equus (1977) 

the father (2020) - best picture nominee!

fences (2016) - best picture nominee, best supporting actress winner!

a few good men (1992) - best picture nominee!

the front page (1931) - best picture nominee! 

frost/nixon (2008) - best picture nominee!

glengarry glen ross (1992)

the great white hope (1970)

hamlet (1948) - best picture winner, best actor winner! 

harvey (1950) - best supporting actress winner! 

a hatful of rain (1957)

hedda (1975) - based on hedda gabler

the heiress (1949) - best picture nominee, best actress winner! 

holiday (1930)

i never sang for my father (1970)

inherit the wind (1959)

judy (2019) - best actress winner! based on end of the rainbow

la cage aux folles (1979) - best director nominee! 

lenny (1974) - best picture nominee!

the lion in winter (1968) - best picture nominee, best actress winner! 

the little foxes (1941) - best picture nominee! 

long day’s journey into night (1962)

ma rainey’s black bottom (2020) - best actor nominee, best actress nominee! 

a majority of one (1961) 

a man for all seasons (1966) - best picture winner, best actor winner!

the man in the glass booth (1975)

a midsummer night’s dream (1935) - best picture nominee! 

the miracle worker (1962) - best actress winner, best supporting actress winner! 

mister roberts (1955) - best picture nominee, best supporting actor winner! 

mourning becomes electra (1947)

moonlight (2016) - best picture winner, best supporting actor winner! 

the night of the iguana (1964) 

on golden pond (1981) - best picture nominee, best actor winner, best actress winner! 

one night in miami (2020) - best supporting actor nominee!

othello (1965) 

our town (1940) - best picture nominee!

a passage to india (1984) - best picture nominee, best supporting actress winner! 

period of adjustment (1962)

picnic (1955) - best picture nominee!

the prime of miss jean brodie (1969) - best actress winner!

pygmalion (1938) - best picture nominee!

rabbit hole (2010)

the rainmaker (1956)

richard iii (1956)

richard iii (1995)

romeo and juliet (1936) - best picture nominee!

romeo and juliet (1968) - best picture nominee! 

the rose tattoo (1955) - best picture nominee, best actress winner! 

separate tables (1958) - best picture nominee, best actor winner, best supporting actress winner! 

shadowlands (1993)

six degrees of separation (1993)

a soldier’s story (1984) - best picture nominee! based on a soldier’s play

a streetcar named desire (1951) - best picture nominee, best actress winner, best supporting actor winner, best supporting actress winner! 

the subject was roses (1968) 

summer and smoke (1961)

sunrise at campobello (1960)

the sunshine boys (1975) - best supporting actor winner! 

sweet bird of youth (1962) - best supporting actor winner! 

a thousand clowns (1965) - best picture nominee, best supporting actor winner! 

the trip to bountiful (1985) - best actress winner! 

12 angry men (1957) - best picture nominee! 

war horse (2011) - best picture nominee! 

watch on the rhine (1943) - best picture nominee, best actor winner! 

who’s afraid of virginia woolf? (1966) - best picture nominee, best actress winner, best supporting actress winner! 

witness for the prosecution (1957) - best picture nominee!

you can’t take it with you (1938) - best picture winner! 

musicals:

annie (1982)

annie get your gun (1950)

bells are ringing (1960)

the best little whorehouse in texas (1982)

the boy friend (1971)

brigadoon (1954)

bye bye birdie (1963)

cabaret (1972) - best picture nominee, best actress winner, best supporting actor winner, best director winner! 

call me madam (1953)

camelot (1967)

carmen jones (1954) - best actress nominee!

chicago (2002) - best picture winner, best actress nominee, best supporting actor nominee, best supporting actress winner!

a chorus line (1985) 

damn yankees (1958)

dreamgirls (2006) - best supporting actress winner! 

evita (1996)

fiddler on the roof (1971) - best picture nominee! 

finian’s rainbow (1968) 

flower drum song (1961)

funny girl (1968) - best picture nominee, best actress winner!

a funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1966)

grease (1978)

guys and dolls (1955)

gypsy (1962)

hello, dolly! (1969) - best picture nominee 

into the woods (2014)

irma la douce (1963)

jesus christ superstar (1973)

the king and i (1956) - best picture nominee, best actor winner!

kiss me, kate (1953)

les misérables (2012) - best picture nominee! 

li’l abner (1959) 

a little night music (1977)

man of la mancha (1972) 

the music man (1962) - best picture nominee!

my fair lady (1964) - best picture winner, best actor winner!

oklahoma! (1955)

oliver! (1968) - best picture winner!

on the town (1949) 

pal joey (1957)

the phantom of the opera (2004)

porgy and bess (1959) 

1776 (1972)

show boat (1951)

the sound of music (1965) - best picture winner! 

south pacific (1958)

sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street (2007)

sweet charity (1969)

tommy (1975)

the unsinkable molly brown (1964)

west side story (1961) - best picture winner, best supporting actor winner, best supporting actress winner! 

the wiz (1978) 

[lecameleontv]

L’acteur Harve Presnell a joué dans les multiples adaptations musicales, théâtrales et cinématographique (1960-1964) de La Reine du Colorado. Il y interprète le personnage masculin principal  Johnny J. Brown.

Date Première du film : 11 juin 1964 

Distribution : Debbie Reynolds, qu’il retrouvera dans la pièce de théâtre Annie Get Your Gun (1977)

Cette comédie musicale a connu un très fort succès aux USA et a permis à l’acteur de faire le tour des plus grandes villes américaines. La film a été nommé dans 6 catégories aux Oscars.

Plus tard, l’album de repises New Echoes Of The Old West a utilisé une capture de ce film pour réaliser sa promotion.

Alias M. Parker dans la série Le Caméléon.

Plus de 6 décennies plus tard... c’est son pair James Denton qui apprend à danser dans la version française de l’émission ludique Danse Avec les Stars ! ...

source : imdb photos :  don56,  olga-4711,  oldhollywoodholla,  vernybvitday,  guyfarris,  operaqueen vidéo :  wompratmua

[broadwaydivastournament]

Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 2

Judy Garland (1922-1969) Esther Smith in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) | Vicki Lester in A Star is Born (1954) | Hannah Brown in Easter Parade (1948) | Susan Bradley in The Harvey Girls (1946)

"i am sure someone else already submitted her but i had to be sure. the icon the ravishing beauty the scrungly little gal." - anonymous

Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016): Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain* (1952) | Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) | Judy in I Love Melvin (1953) *Dubbed in two songs by Betty Noyes, high notes and taps dubbed throughout.

"Part of one the most iconic movie musicals of all time (this movie is legit studied as the quintessential movie of the genre), held her own with G*ne K*lly and Donald O’Connor at just 19! Nominated for an Oscar in Molly Brown for portraying an equally badass woman. AND mother to The Carrie Fisher!" - @kingscatt

This is Round 2 of the Movie Musical Divas tournament. Additional polls in this round may be found by searching #mmround2, or by clicking the link below. Add your propaganda and support by reblogging this post.

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Judy Garland:

"I was so surprised to discover that no one has submitted propaganda for Judy Garland yet! Unless the list hasn't been updated, in which case, never mind. But either way, here are some of my favorite Judy moments:

This version of Old Man River hits me square in the feels, holy crapProof that not only was she an unbelievable singer, but she could keep up with both Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire on the dance floor!

She was such an icon and a massive inspiration for me! She definitely deserves to go far in this tournament!!" - @mygreatadventurehasbegun

Photos and video provided by: @mygreatadventurehasbegun

Debbie Reynolds:

Photos and video submitted by: anonymous

"She was a classic beauty and a bright spot of sunshine. Stole the scene every time! Everyone knows her song Good Morning from Singin in the Rain. Also she is the grandma in halloweentown and carrie fisher's mom! She is a stand out!" - @scifikimmi

Photos and video submitted by: @scifikimmi

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Debbie Reynolds is the picture of glamour in a publicity still for The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964).

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This brass bed, once owned by MGM, has been used in at least three different productions over the years. It was first used in the 1958 film adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1964 it was prominently featured within the plot of the movie The Unsinkable Molly Brown. It was used a third time in the television show Love, American Style, which ran from 1969 through 1974.

Costume Credit: Richard, Katie S.

E-mail Submissions: submissions@recycledmoviecostumes.com

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Multitalented showbiz pro Debbie Reynolds would have been 89 today. A few of her movies:

Kathy Selden in Singin’ in the Rain. D: Stanley Donen (1952). As an aspiring “theater” actress who doesn’t take long to be a love interest to Gene Kelly in this great musical, Reynolds was charming and bright, especially in the “Good Morning” number, a terrific tribute to hanging out with friends, where she more than keeps up with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Conner despite having no real dance training. Reynolds had an unstudied pluckiness that was perfect for musical comedy and a wholesomeness that never became treacly. 

Molly Brown in The Unsinkable Molly Brown. D: Charles Walters (1964). Reynolds got her only Oscar nomination for this enjoyable musical about an uneducated mountain girl who’s ambition to better herself (“Nobody wants to see me down like I likes to see me up.”) leads her to riches, eventual respect and a footnote in history as a survivor of the Titanic. Reynolds has a few big numbers where she fends off ridicule by her brothers and calls them “side-washed yazzy jumpers” and another where she clog dances with European aristocracy and unlike a lot of the sterile technique that passed for dancing in 60s musicals, she looks like she’s having the time of her life.

Beatrice Henderson in Mother. D: Albert Brooks (1996). Reynold plays the mother of a neurotic writer (Brooks, natch) who tries to make sense of his problem with relationships by moving back home. He gets laughs from one-liners about old-people (looking through her refrigerator he says “It’s like a food museum in here”), and bouncing his arrogant insecurity (“I love you.” “I know you think you do, Mother.”) off of her passive-agression (“I’m sorry John. I wasn’t listening.”). But underneath it Reynolds gives a moving performance as a woman starting to rebel against the compromises of a life she though was settled. It’s her best performance.

[timeless-hollywood-classics]

Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds (April 1, 1932 – December 28, 2016) was an American actress, singer and businesswoman. Her career spanned almost 70 years. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her portrayal of Helen Kane in the 1950 film Three Little Words, and her breakout role was her first leading role, as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Other successes include The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953), Susan Slept Here (1954), Bundle of Joy (1956 Golden Globe nomination), The Catered Affair (1956 National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Winner), and Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), in which her performance of the song "Tammy" reached number one on the Billboard music charts. In 1959, she released her first pop music album, titled Debbie.

She starred in Singin' in the Rain (1952), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), a biographical film about the famously boisterous Molly Brown.[1] Her performance as Brown earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other films include The Singing Nun (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), What's the Matter with Helen? (1971), Charlotte's Web (1973), Mother (1996) (Golden Globe nomination), and In & Out (1997). Reynolds was also a cabaret performer. In 1979, she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in North Hollywood, which still operates today.

In 1969, she starred on television in The Debbie Reynolds Show, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In 1973, Reynolds starred in a Broadway revival of the musical Irene and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical. She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in A Gift of Love (1999) and an Emmy Award for playing Grace's mother Bobbi on Will & Grace. At the turn of the millennium, Reynolds reached a new younger generation with her role as Aggie Cromwell in Disney's Halloweentown series. In 1988, she released her autobiography, titled Debbie: My Life. In 2013, she released a second autobiography, Unsinkable: A Memoir.

Reynolds also had several business ventures, including ownership of a dance studio and a Las Vegas hotel and casino, and she was an avid collector of film memorabilia, beginning with items purchased at the landmark 1970 MGM auction. She served as president of The Thalians, an organization dedicated to mental health causes. Reynolds continued to perform successfully on stage, television, and film into her eighties. In January 2015, Reynolds received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. In 2016, she received the Academy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. In the same year, a documentary about her life was released titled Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, which turned out to be her final film appearance; the film premiered on HBO on January 7, 2017.[

Reynolds died following a stroke on December 28, 2016, one day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher.