MY TOP TEN MUSICALS.

MY TOP TEN MUSICALS.

September 4, 2022 Alan Royle 9

  I suppose I could be considered old-fashioned because I definitely prefer musicals that star performers who can actually sing. There have been, in my opinion, far too many musical productions featuring non-singing actors, compelled to screech and warble quite tunelessly. And not all of these monstrosities are recent either. […]

‘TV WESTERNS – PT19’

‘TV WESTERNS – PT19’

September 29, 2021 Alan Royle 0

  IRON HORSE (1966-8) 48 EPISODES                                                            Dale Robertson portrays Ben Calhoun, a fictional gambler who turns into a railroad baron after […]

RANDOM QUOTES – PT43

RANDOM QUOTES – PT43

April 8, 2021 Alan Royle 3

  JANE POWELL:                                         [At the age of 88, the delightful coloratura soprano who starred as Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) has moved on from her days as a musical movie star]: ‘I don’t think about the past except now, when we’re talking about it. I never felt […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT130

July 1, 2019 Alan Royle 5

    Beverly Garland Attractive actress Beverly Garland was married to actor Richard Garland in 1953 when she was appearing in a play with John Crawford at the Hollywood Players Ring Theatre. Her best friend, Lorinne, was wed to Crawford at the time and the Garlands would often go to […]

Memorable musical moments in movies – PT2 – (25-1).

December 24, 2016 Alan Royle 2

  25          PULP FICTION (1994) – The popular Chuck Berry hit, ‘You Never Can Tell’, gets a second life as Uma Thurman and John Travolta join the ‘Jack Rabbit Slim Twist Contest’ – and win. To my mind Travolta is one of the most watchable actors going around, and has […]