Cinematic World Tour heads to Westworld

My friend Kristen of Journeys in Classic Film has written her first contribution post to the Cinematic World Tour blogathon. Her trip finds her at Westworld, the 1973 scif-fi thriller where tourists get the ultimate thrill in theme park attractions. Yeah these attractions end up wanting to kill you. One of the main robots is Yul Brynner and he is relentless. Westworld..a vacation to die for..literally! Check out Kristen;s wonderful post here: journeysinclassicfilm

Summer Lovin' - ANNE FRANCIS

Anne looking super relaxed!

And one more...this time from Tokyo!

Word is spreading about the cinematic world tour as Rich from Wide Screen World sent me an email last night letting me know he had written a post as a contribution piece. And after reading his piece about Tokyo, I have to say it is one of the more creative pieces I have ever read. I had so much fun reading it, I went back to read it a few more times. Here's the link to check it out and you will see what I mean:  widescreenworld.blogspot

A new cinematic world tour post is up....from Irene Palfy

My really great friend Irene recently did her contribution to the cinematic world tour and so sorry to be late in sharing the news. Irene hails from Germany and decided to do her first post about her film based in her home country. It's really very good as Irene does a wonderful job when she writes on her blogs. Please stop by to check it out. Here's the link:  and then they start sparkling.blogspot.com

Another weird dream....this time fueled by hospital meds

OK, so I just had a procedure to help widen my throat. And of course I had to be sedated while this was being performed. Before he put me under the nurse said "see ya in about 20 minutes...these are some really good drugs!" That was the last thing I remembered, as I woke up back in the recovery room with Stephanie and another nurse standing over me. And the nurse knew me from working at Club Car years ago. I didn't at first because I was still groggy. 


Once I got home, I promptly fell asleep and that's when the latest weird dream occurred. I had just seen Prometheus over the weekend and loved it. It is the prequel to Ridley Scott's 1979 epic Alien. So I had that on my brain I guess. My dream starts with me waking up aboard a spaceship which I don't recognize at first. It isn't till I meet some of the other people onboard until I realize I am aboard Prometheus. There's Michael Fassbender as the android David; Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth; and Idris Elba as Captain Janek. But for some strange reason, no Charlize Theron. 

Noomi and Michael..looking for me I think

So they were discussing plans about setting foot on the alien planet and that's when I tell Noomi...that's not a good idea. She asks why and I tell her it won't turn out good for any of them. She asks how do I know, and I said because I have seen this happen before. Noomi says according to my personnel record this is my first space mission so that I was lying. I didn't want to tell her the real reason as I had seen this movie play out before and that they were all characters in a film and not real. Heavy stuff right?

Idris Elba doesn't believe a word I'm saying

Michael Fassbender as the android David was positively intrigued by all this while Idris was looking at me all crazy. So they all try to head for the doors and I block them screaming they all would die if they walk out that door. I had to be subdued and I kept asking where is Charlize? Noomi was like who...and I said Charlize again..I mean Ms. Vickers, she is in charge of this operation. Noomi responds no one by that name is here.

There she is..Charlize...missing from my dream

I start ranting..we need to find Charlize..she will back me up. I kept trying to reason with Noomi by saying if she goes down to the planet, she will die..they all will die. I finally had no choice but to tell them that this was a movie and they were all actors playing fictional roles. But for some reason the situation was real and deadly. Yeah I probably shouldn't have said that last part because before I knew it, I was tied to a gurney and given some drugs to put me to sleep. Fade to black and then I wake up. 


So I dreamed about a sci-fi movie about aliens with no aliens. Just actors portraying the characters in the movie. It was funny because I kept calling them by their real names instead of their character names and they had no clue who I was referring to. They just thought I was loony. But I chalk this up as some really good drugs I had to take for my throat procedure. 


Monty out....

That's a wrap folks!

Bette Davis sends word...

I had minor throat surgery on Monday to help with my difficulty in swallowing. I can tell the difference already in that I can swallow much better now. But my throat is still a little sore. Just wanted to let everyone know I was doing ok. In fact here is Bette Davis to spread the word....she seems somewhat excited by my return!

Jean Arthur Debut.

Jean Arthur, was discovered by Fox Film Studios while doing commercial modeling in New York City in the early 1920s. Arthur, debuted in the silent film, Cameo Kirby (1923). A story about a man named Cameo Kirby (Gilbert), who was wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall. Cameo Kirby, must now find the true killer and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man's daughter. Directed by John Ford, which was his first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford. The film was remade as a talking musical in 1930.

A little down time for me....

Just a little post as I head to my doctor tomorrow morning for a little throat procedure to widen my throat back out. It has narrowed over the past few years and caused me trouble in swallowing. It is supposedly a quick and effective procedure and I hope it helps. So probably no blogging from me for the next few days, but I will be back and healed and ready to go before the week is out. See everybody soon!

I'm in good hands as Carole is my nurse

Personal Quotes by Jean Arthur

Here are some personal quotes by my classic movie goddess for the month..Jean Arthur:

Why yes this is Jean...you want some quotes from me?

It's a strenuous job every day of your life to live up to the way you look on the screen.

I guess I became an actress because I didn't want to be myself.

If people don't like your work, all the still pictures in the world can't help you and nothing written about you, even oceans of it, will make you popular.

(on doing interviews) Quite frankly, I'd rather have my throat slit.

I bumped into every kind of disappointment, and was frustrated at every turn. Roles promised me were given to other players, pictures that offered me a chance were shelved, no one was particularly interested in me, and I had not developed a strength of personality to make anyone believe I had special talents. I wanted so desperately to succeed that I drove myself relentlessly, taking no time off for pleasures, or for friendships - yet aiming at the stars, I was still floundering.

[on her early acting days] My very "naturalness" was my undoing. I had to learn that to appear natural on the screen requires a vast amount of training, that is the test of an actor's art. It would be more spectacular if I could say that out of the hurt and humiliation of that failure was born a determination to success, to prove I had the makings of an actress. But it wouldn't be true. That urge came later.

[on her first marriage, which only lasted a day] Julian [Julian Anckner] looked a lot like Abraham Lincoln, and that's probably why I fell in love with him. One day we were out driving and he suddenly said, "Hey, why don't we get married?" So we lied about our ages and got married in a sheriff's office. You should have heard our families' reactions - all sorts of screaming and shouting and carrying on about suicide. Well, neither Julian nor I had enough income to make it possible for us to live together, so our marriage lasted one day.

[on making Only Angels Have Wings (1939)] I loved sinking my head into Cary Grant's chest.

[1977 comment on Gary Cooper] I loved working with Gary Cooper. Gary was my favorite. He was so terrific-looking, and so easy to work with.

A great looking couple..don't you think?

Quotes supplied by IMDB

At The Beach: KATHARINE HEPBURN

Which way to the beach?