Best entrance ever.
Debbie Reynolds in Singin' In The Rain,
prior to "All I Do Is Dream Of You"
and cake in the face for Lina Lamont.
Below, another hummer of a scene below:
Gene K and Debbie R
on a "joy" ride.
"The Man In The Moon" (is a Miss!)
from Jerry Herman's Mame, 1966.
Above, from the original production with
Angela Lansbury successfully perched, for the moment,
on that piece of cheese,
and Bea Arthur trodding the clouds
(with her cloud-trodding hat).
Below, an Al Hirschfeld depiction of the scene,
with Jane Connell's Miss Gooch, cornered and Nina-ed.
(Ninas? The sweater! The bracelets!)
Yup, I KNEW she'd fall off that thing.
Below, Bea in regalia (left) with Lucille Ball
in the film version, 1974.
which was lambasted by the critics.
Lucy was deemed
"too old, too stringy in the legs, too basso in the voice,
and too creaky in the joints."
She countered with,
"Mame stayed up all night and drank champagne!
What did you expect her to sound like? Julie Andrews?"
Liza Minnelli released her album, "Gently" in 1996,
from which we'll sample
"You Stepped Out Of A Dream",
by Nacio Herb Brown and Gus Kahn.
Below, Liza at 14 with Mom Judy at 38.
So this photo must be from 1960...
which would make that a great hat.
A photo supposedly taken during the
recording of "Gently."
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson,
originally from Grenada,
started his singing career in the US,
but had more success in England.
He arrived in London in 1927,
performing in musicals and cabarets,
and entered "society"...
becoming a favorite of the Prince of Wales,
and a "regular" on BBC radio.
Above, Leslie with Spike Hughes and Al Bowlly.
Leslie had his share of scandalous "involvements" while in the UK:
Edwina Mountbatten, Cole Porter,
Merle Oberon...and in Hollywood, Tallulah Bankhead.
Despite great popularity,
with Mayfair posh gigs, connections with royalty, and a Rolls Royce,
Leslie still had to use service entrances.
We'll hear his rendition of
"All I Do Is Dream Of You."
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