Posted on 01/27/2008 6:57:51 AM PST by Mo1
Mercy! The landscaping has really filled in. Is that a shot of the side yard or looking out toward the street?
I am sure - but if he is smart he could parley that into some TLC with a sympathetic girl friend.
You were young in those days Darlin´ and no doubt you could identify with those three girls. If I remember correctly, Rossano Brazzi was the Continental heart throb of romantic ladies in that movie.
For me it was my last cruise in the Royal Navy. I arrive back home in 14th June 1954 after an around the world trip. Then, I had to start thinking about getting a real job.
LOL. Sorry to be the one to correct you but some things really cannot stand. It was my mother who, as a young married woman, became enchanted with the movie, the location and the romance of the story. In fact, growing up, I remember hearing that song played often during parties or dinners at our home, along with songs or themes from other movies. It was the kind of music impressionable little girls found irrestably romantic. IIRC, I think I first saw Three Coins in a Fountain late one night on TV and no doubt with my mother and probably early on during High School. Of course, I loved it, too... and the Trevi Fountain was one of the first things I went to see the day I finally arrived in Rome.
OMG your mother - My apologies Darlin´ I always think the whole world is as young as I am. I am always surprised to find there are people even younger, but I suppose time flies when one is having fun.
No matter, your first introduction to that movie you were a young High School girl so my all my comments apply.
Perhaps that's why it's called Hawksbill Craig.
Yes, that spot is about a 45 minute drive or so to the trailhead and it's a 3 mile hike. And of course on purpose. It's the only way to actually see some of the most beautiful spots in the country...and I love to hike, although I prefer more agreeable weather for it.
FOFLOL. True enough, some of the most beautiful parts of the country are the most challenging to find. Still, hiking to a place means hiking back from a place, too... LOL then, of course, the spiders, snakes, mosquitoes, chigggers, etc. :)
I’m just teasing ya... well, sorta. I don’t do “hikes”. I do walks and jogs on paths and promenades around lakes, parks. I used to go tromping around in the woodland areas on my grandparents farms and through the fields during dove season.
LOL. My mother introduced us to lots of wonderful movies and music popular during that period. Hollywood still made movies with dialogue, glamorous stars and memorable soundtracks back then.
Hmmmm. Could be, I suppose.
And plots, too.
They were forced into in by the dearth of special effects...
Indeed Darlin, for me the Guns of Navarone come to mind - with Anthony Quinn and his earth monther wife, Irene Papas. The two of the were a perfect match. But the haunting music that opened the film and played thougout was memorable.
I aways thought it was all filmeed in the Greek islands until a few months ago when I actually saw the caves where they had set up the Guns unsed in that film - I saw them from a boat, just a couple of miles outside Valetta, Malta. That was the location for the shots of the guns used in that movie.
Exactly. What a shame that technology has redefined “entertainament” to mean more and faster car chases and pointless, defeafening explosions defined as “entertainment”
I am watching a movie and trying to post, I really suck at multi-tasking. I will leave you to correct the mistakes.
LOL - special effects - I am watching 300.
Oh, yes, I really liked Guns of Navrone... great movie, equally great cast, spectacular scenery... whats not to like... Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, etc, etc.. Heck it even had “Moondoogie”, too. :)
I would guess you had a bit of ringining in your ears after the defeafening sound effects...
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