Audrey, you are missed....

Today is the 17th anniversary of when the world lost the wonderful Audrey Hepburn, and she is still missed! However her grace, beauty, talent, and charm still lives on!

When, being "serious" I can never think of anything to say, so I really wanted to link to a beyond excellent post my good non-fleshie Harley wrote yesterday.

In Retrospect: Audrey Hepburn

I did make a short video for Audrey (although it has no narration by The Millie...VERY sad for you guys...of course...haha!). It's not very good, but it just has some favorite photos and a few clips I could dig up on YouTube (rather frustrating because I HAVE all the films on DVD....darn copyright protected disks...;-D).

Anyway, yeah, here is a bit of a tribute to the beyond amazing Audrey, who has been a part of my life in so many ways:

EDIT: I really couldn't decide what music to use, so I created alternate version with the other song, "It's Hard To Say Goodbye"!



The original:



-Millie!

Photo of the Day!

Cary Grant + Barry Fitzgerald! What could be cooler?

"What?!?!?! It's gonna end HAPPY?" - Watching "Suspicion" with my ten year-old brother.

^Hitchcock on the set of Suspicion.


As I promised, this blog is gonna be partying for Hitchcock all day long!

Next up, is a semi-review of Suspicion. Well, it's not really even a semi-review. It's more some observations of watching this with my youngest brother.

I was babysitting again today, while my mom was gone running errands. My other younger brother has been gone at scout camp all week, so it was just my littlest brother and me. And, I had a sworn duty to this blog to watch Hitchcock all day today, so my brother just had to tag along.

Unfortunately I had a dilly of a time (I LOVE saying that) getting my mom to agree to letting my brother watch Suspicion. She informed me that he had been stricken with nightmares all the night before, which she attributed to Hitchcock. I informed her that nobody could have a nightmare after watch The Lady Vanishes...as it was more comedy than suspense. She just wouldn't listen. Until, I went and got my brother and asked him what he had the nightmares about. Well, it turns out he had been dreaming about one of our crazier aunts...

This finally persuaded my mother...as she too has a had a nightmare or two about that aunt (her sister-in-law). But, my mom also firmly stated that after that there would be no more Hitchcock for him for a while! I had to be happy with that. And, now I have to wait for my mother to return home, before I can watch anymore Hitchcock. I suppose I could have just say, "Hey kid, go amuse yourself and don't get into any trouble"...while I retreated to my bedroom to watch more from Sir Alfred. But, I'm a better sister than that...

Anyways, we finally did get to pop in the DVD of Suspicion. I hadn't seen this movie in over a year, so I was excited.

This movie is stupendous! It has Cary Grant giving a great performance, it has a multitude of wonderful Hitchcock regulars (Dame May Whitty, Leo G. Carrol, Nigel Bruce), and it has Joan Fontaine...doing her normal role (although Joan, when she's acting, is thoroughly impossible to dislike, I have never thought her a very good actress; she always seems to be playing the same role...no matter what the movie is; Olivia on the other hand...). How's that for a run-on sentence?

However, there is that slightly awkward ending:

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

I did not tell my brother anything about this movie, before it started; except for a little back-story on a few of the actors (what he might know them from, etc). I wanted to see his reaction to the infamous ending...

It was not pretty...


^The glowing, not-poisoned milk.

He personally did not find Joan thoroughly impossible to dislike, and was actually looking forward to her death (I have such morbid relations). With the tension mounting with each minute, I noticed my brother's eyes begin to gleam rather maniacally. His eyes followed Cary up each step. And he was severely disappointed to find the milk untouched the next morning (Hitchcock probably would have liked my little brother). But, there was still one final chance!


^I just can't trust Cary when his face looks like that!

Cary could throw Joan out of the car!


^You should have seen my brother's face light up, when he saw this shot.

Unfortunately, that was also not to be. It was after Joan ran from the car and Cary began confessing his failures that it finally came through to my brother. That is when he yelled out: "What?!?!?! It's gonna end HAPPY?"

It's not so much that my brother hates Joan, or that he has a thirst for blood. It's just that he had been caught up in the tidal wave of Hitchcock genius...and was letdown by the lack-of-courage of RKO (who wouldn't let Cary Grant play a murderer).

However, when it was all said and done. He said that Suspicion was still good. And was now his second favorite Hitchcock (Behind The Lady Vanishes, which after a night's sleep and subconscious thought has replaced The 39 Steps as #1).

I have to go to work now, but when I get back...the party continues!

I STILL want guest bloggers! NO Hitchcock related writing will be turned down! Just send it to my blog e-mail!


^A Mean Cary is certainly a frightening thought!

The Results Are In...(well actually they came in about a month ago)

The results to my poll: Who had the best style?

Coming in last place with 0 votes is Poor Clark Gable:





Tied for fourth place with 1 vote each are: Dana Andrews











...And James Dean











Coming in third place with 2 votes is Bobby Darin! I was surprised, but quite pleased by this (and I didn't even vote for him)!











In second place with 4 votes is Frank Sinatra.









[Not included for a reason: the fuzzy orange sweater in Ocean's Eleven]

And tied for first place are (quite deservedly, I mean these two gentlemen actually have books written just about THEIR STYLE for goodness sakes!):

















AND:














^Undeniably my favorite Cary Grant style moment! Only Cary (with a little help from Edith Head) could pull off stripes and polka dots!

Who did you vote for (if you can remember that far back)?

I personally voted for Dana Andrews. And for no reason whatsoever! I don't necessarily think his style is more amazing than anyone else's and certainly not on the level of Fred, Cary or James! But, this weird thing happend to me whenever I see Dana up for any contest, poll, or anything! I always vote for him! I simply can't help it. It's mostly cause poor Dana never got/gets enough attention...and never any awards! So, I vote for him. Tis sad but true...;-D

I'm quite happy that my Darlin' Darin got 2 votes all by himself! He's usually so overlooked in my polls, so this made very, very, very happy!

Be sure and vote in my next poll, and I PROMISE (PROMISE) that I will have the results up promptly!

Photo of the Day!

Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Bob Hope, and David Niven!

Insanity runs in my family...in fact it practically gallops!

Goodbye my fellow bloggers until Monday!

I'm off to the annual family reunion camp-out and before you say, "That's sounds like fun"...think again! My extended is quite frankly, crazy.

My own family is the most normal one of the bunch, and reading me, I'm sure you can guess what that means about my extended family. ;-D

When I get back...I will be getting to all those posts I always promise, but always forget to post!

And, speaking of the Brewsters...I will show you my place compared to my extended family:

I'm not quite as sane as this:


Nor quite as crazy as this:


I'm not as creepy as this:


Nor as cool as this:


I guess I'm just this:





Pith helmets are actually splendid gear when spending the week with my family...I would absolutely recommend it to anyone...even the cool people!

And by the way, the simply darling Kate-Gabrielle has just published a post I did as guest blogger on her blog. There is a really fantastic drawing of Ingrid Bergman that she did to go along with it! Check it out!

See ya' on Monday!

Photos of the Day!

In honor of Father's Day here are some photos of some Hollywood dads:


Orson Welles and Beatrice.


Tony Curtis and Jamie Lee.


Cary Grant and Jennifer.


Fred Astaire and Fred Jr. and Ava.


Frank Sinatra and Nancy.


Dana Andrews and Kathrine and Stephan.


Bobby Darin and Dodd.


Happy Father's Day to all you dads!