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The truth about the Sound of Music family
BBC ^ | 3/1/2015 | Louise Hidalgo

Posted on 03/01/2015 11:09:40 AM PST by Borges

When it was released 50 years ago, The Sound of Music became one of the most successful films of all time. It was based on the true story of the von Trapp family (above) - but what did they think of it and was their life really like it was portrayed in the movie?

"Everyone thinks the Sound of Music was exactly the way things happened, and of course it wasn't because there had to be artistic licence," says Johannes von Trapp. He is the youngest son of Georg and Maria - the decorated naval commander and singing nun turned governess of the film.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; nazi; soundofmusic; vontrapp; vontrappfamily; wwii
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To: a fool in paradise
They didn’t include the zombies.

That's sick, sick, sick!!!

Now that you've ruined my day, I'm going to inflict a whole new understanding of The Wizard of Oz on you.

Noooooo, not Sean Connery in a diaper...

Although that's bad enough...

But with the true explanation of The Scarecrow's obsession with...

...Bra-a-a-a-ins!

61 posted on 03/01/2015 12:51:52 PM PST by null and void (As always, keeping a low profile with anything you do is to your advantage.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

I would have liked even to have seen the real life story from the making of the movie where the camera helicopter’s downwash kept knocking Julie Andrews down.


62 posted on 03/01/2015 12:55:22 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Borges

nice voice, yes


63 posted on 03/01/2015 12:58:25 PM PST by heye2monn
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

THAT is how you solve a problem like Maria!


64 posted on 03/01/2015 12:58:32 PM PST by getarope (Jesus is coming soon, and boy is he PISSED!)
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To: livius
They settled in Stowe, Vermont in 1940. They opened a lodge that still operates. It's about 150 miles from NYC as the crow flies.
65 posted on 03/01/2015 1:03:35 PM PST by FredZarguna (Every time you type "LOL" the entire Internet knows you're a dumbass.)
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To: Borges

Still a great story. and great music. I love most of the songs.


66 posted on 03/01/2015 1:04:53 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: dfwgator

67 posted on 03/01/2015 1:05:15 PM PST by Borges
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To: hlmencken3

But you CAN really speak Swiss, unlike Austrian!

Und es isch e gaanz schööni Spraache.


68 posted on 03/01/2015 1:09:02 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: miss marmelstein

I think the von Trapps were Austrian.


69 posted on 03/01/2015 1:10:14 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: getarope
There are other potential scenes which Hollywood should consider; such as several hundred bear skin coated Vikings with axes coming up over the crest of the hill then the movie goer is treated to five minutes of Viking axes rising and falling. Another scene being 200 large Grizzly Bears. Hollywood "smarmy" should be resisted, alternate scenes work, an example being Harrison Ford shooting the sword whirling Near Easterner. That scene was very popular as would the Zombies, Vikings or Grizzly bears ending The Sound of Music smarmy dancing, swirling and singing on a hill top.
70 posted on 03/01/2015 1:17:32 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: bravo whiskey

Hey,hey hey....leave Tombstone out of this.


71 posted on 03/01/2015 1:18:11 PM PST by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: Hawthorn
Austrians are Germans ethnically, linguistically and culturally, whether they like it or not.

They live in one of the two main states formed from the German nation.

Up to 150 years ago, Austria was the leading German state. It wasn't until Prussia won several wars that it took that position away from Austria, kicked Austria out of the German "nation," and became Germany.

If the same criteria had been applied to the German nation that was applied to the Italian nation, then Austria would have been part of the German state.

72 posted on 03/01/2015 1:21:35 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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To: Hardens Hollow

Appalachians have a long long history and tradition of mountain singers but then Appalachia is a large large area.

Alison Krauss does a haunting rendition of a true story of 2 children lost in the Allegheny Mountains. The song “Jacob’s Dream” was written to be sung in the echoing hills where the children were lost:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj1p22kW5Xs

And one of my favorite unknown but world class talents is Stacey Earle who belts out vocals with no instruments that were created from singers in the mountains of Tennessee, I saw her perform in the Tractor Tavern about 4 years ago and she is incredible. She sang one mountain song without any instruments and it resonated the whole room. Her husband Mark Stuart toured and played with Beatle George Harrison and is as fine an instrumentalist and vocalist as they come. These are people that can make the quiet airwaves of Appalachia come alive with voice alone.

http://www.reverbnation.com/staceyearleandmarkstuart

“Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart reach back and grab songs of the past, then fast forward to present and into the future. Armed with clever acoustic guitar interplay, autobiographical songwriting, lovely harmonies, and humorous storytelling this couple will captivate you from the first moment they are onstage. Stacey and Mark draw from blues, pop, country, rock, and more in their heartfelt music. The years of touring the folk/Americana circuit (playing 170 concerts a year) have given them a knack for reaching out to the audience in an intimate “come in to my living room” fashion. A perfect chance to hear them unplugged in “our little living room” in the CWB.”


73 posted on 03/01/2015 1:30:07 PM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: bajabaja

Forget it. He’s rolling.


74 posted on 03/01/2015 1:32:38 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: dfwgator

I can’t breathe...


75 posted on 03/01/2015 1:36:37 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Obadiah

It was the first movie I saw in a theater so it’s close to my heart. I it used to air on tv in January. I had taken a new job in a new city and when I plugged the tv in the first night, it was showing.

No, I never thought it was true to life and can’t imagine anyone would. However, I can understand people asking him if such and such from the movie really happened.


76 posted on 03/01/2015 1:57:39 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: entropy12; Obadiah

Two summers ago our youngest daughter and her 3 daughters - the youngest age 6 - were cast in ‘Sound Of Music’ at the community theater in Ojai, Calif.
Daughter played the woman Captain von Trapp was engaged to until Maria came along. (I did not get the idea Maria went about on purpose to break up that engagement).

In the party scene, daughter wore a beautiful red gown as she descended the stairway - the audience always gasped. Daughter is not, say, Rita Hayworth gorgeous, but is rather charismatic on stage.
It was a sensational summer, and we all hated to see it end.
PS Some told daughter to have the red gown ‘mysteriously’ disappear from wardrobe, but it should still be there!


77 posted on 03/01/2015 2:22:33 PM PST by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: FredZarguna

That is hilarious, caught me by surprise.


78 posted on 03/01/2015 2:27:10 PM PST by odawg
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To: Borges

I had never heard ‘Lady Gaga sing before, but am told those in the industry knew she had a good singing voice.
Going back years now, it seems to be necessary to have some sort of schtick to make you stand out among the herd of performers.
So Lady Gaga has hers, which masked an actual singing voice.
Glad we all now know.


79 posted on 03/01/2015 2:27:55 PM PST by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

One of my favorite Oscars moments was from sometime in the 1980s...part of the show was a film depiction of why that obscure category called “cinematography” is so important. They had precisely matched key scenes from great movies with utterly incorrect soundtracks. I recall the chariot race from “Ben Hur” with audio from an auto race (complete with wrecks), Superman flying off a building to the sound of a chirping bird...and the opening scenes from “The Sound Of Music”, with Maria running around on a Swiss mountaintop...to the sounds of airplanes making strafing runs.


80 posted on 03/01/2015 2:35:31 PM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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