...Is it STILL August?

DANG, y'all!
 ...Ain't it 'bout time for summer to fade on out for 2011? These 95+ degree Fahrenheit days are getting a mite MUCH, folks...

Anyway, Ginger appears somewhat bored as well, it appears...but of course in her typical devastatingly beautiful manner... although that jacket isn't quite in place for the season...well, unless you're an Alabama football fan, which I am definitely NOT... but hey, if ANYBODY can rock a houndstooth (AND be able to get a 'Roll Tide' outta me), it's Ginger! ...but something tells me she was an Oregon fan...well, if a fan at all... it wasn't quite as 'intense' to be a sports fan in Ginger's heyday...

OK...well, just an update...first of all...HEY, Y'ALL!!! It's been a few! Well, it seems like my daughter starting school has gotten us all in the 'early bedtime' regimen... which is good, except for G-ology time...and the past few weekends have been slammed with stuff... hoping this upcoming Labor Day weekend will affords a bit of time to crank out some cool G-ology posts... if anything, this Saturday (9/3), my boy 'Bam-Bam' (a.k.a. Reed) turns 2 years old!

As far as Ginger stuff, well, just not much happening... I have noticed that Fox Studios have released some '4-in-1' DVD sets, one of which has "Black Widow" in it, Ginger's 1954 film noir role... included is a bonus feature, "Ginger Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox"...might it contain a blurb about "Hat Check Girl"? Hmmm...seems like the pic from 'BW' below indicates Ginger has forgotten about the hazards of extensive phone usage, from "The Thirteenth Guest" days... but  she looks awesome in this movie, although it is a 'pan-o-rama' framing, which tends to be a bit lacking in the close-up department...boo!

Of course, Ginger made quite a few movies for Fox (eleven, to be exact...), so this bonus feature alone may be worth the purchase for G-ologists...and, you also get three other 'noir' movies, "Call Northside 77" starring Jimmy Stewart, "Dangerous Crossing" starring Jeanne Crain, and "Laura", starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price. Here's the link:

Fox Studio Classics w/Black Widow

Well, hope summer has been fun for y'all... and here's hoping autumn works out as well! Hope to post some stuff in a few days...including the review of "Professional Sweetheart"... and some other stuff, like trivia, maybe? a poll? some new stuff? Hopefully... but, in the meantime, as always...

KIG!

VKMfanHuey
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Ginger Rogers Film Review #14 - Gold Diggers of 1933

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933

(May 27, 1933 - Warner Brothers / Vitaphone)

Run Time (approximate): 97 Minutes 
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy. 
Producer: Jack L. Warner. 
Scenarists: Erwin S. Gelsey and James Seymour.
Dialogue: David Boehm and Ben Markson. 
Based on the play The Gold Diggers by: Avery Hopwood.
Photography by: Sol Polito.
Music: Al Dubin and Frank Warren; Arranged by Harry Warren; Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein.
Dance Numbers created and directed by: Busby Berkeley.  
Also Starring: William Warren (as J. Lawrence Bradford), Joan Blondell (as Carol), Aline MacMahon (as Trixie Lorraine), Ruby Keeler (as Polly Parker), Dick Powell (as Brad Roberts), Guy Kibbee (as Thaniel H. Peabody), Ned Sparks (as Barney Hopkins).
UNCREDITED CAST: Robert Agnew (as Dance Director), Loretta Andrews (as Gold Digger), Monica Bannister (as Gold Digger), Bonnie Bannon (as Gold Digger), Joan Barclay (as Gold Digger), Billy Barty (as Baby in 'Pettin' in the Park'), Busby Berkeley (as Call Boy), Audrene Brier (as Gold Digger), Lynn Browning (as Gold Digger), Edna Callahan (as Gold Digger), Maxine Cantway (as Gold Digger), Margaret Cathew (as Gold Digger), Hobart Cavanaugh (as Dog Salesman), Kathy Cunningham (as Gold Digger), Virginia Dabney (as Gold Digger), Mildred Dixon (as Gold Digger), Patricia Douglas (as Dancer), Shirley Dunstead (as Gold Digger), Jay Eaton (as Diner), Bill Elliot (as Chorus Boy), Gloria Faythe (as Gold Digger), June Glory (as Gold Digger), Sam Godfrey (as Society Reporter), Muriel Gordon (as Gold Digger), Ferdinand Gottschalk (as Clubman), Ebba Hally (as Gold Digger), Theresa Harris (as Woman in Couple), Grace Hoyle (as Society Reporter), Sterling Holloway (as Second Messenger Boy), Ann Hovey (as Gold Digger), Amo Ingraham (as Gold Digger), Alice Jans (as Gold Digger), Fred Kelsey (as Detective Jones), Charles Lane (as Society Reporter), Lorena Layson (as Gold Digger), Cynthia Lindsay (as Gold Digger), Wallace MacDonald (as Stage Manager), Wilbur Mack (as Society Reporter), Mae Madison (as Gold Digger), Frank Mills (as 'The Forgotten Man'), Etta Moten (Singer of "Remember My Forgotten Man"), Clarence Nordstrom (as Don Gordon), Dennis O'Keefe (as Chorus Boy), Ty Parvis (as Chorus Boy), Donna Mae Roberts (as Gold Digger), Churchill Ross (as Small Blond Man), Jayne Shadduck (as Gold Digger), Bee Stevens (as Gold Digger), Anita Thomson (as Gold Digger), Fred 'Snowflake' Toones (as Man in Couple), Dorothy Coonan Wellman (as Gold Digger), Billy West (Medal Winner - 'Remember My Forgotten Man' Number), Dorothy White (as Gold Digger), Renee Whitney (as Gold Digger), Charles C. Wilson (as Deputy), Pat Wing (as Gold Digger), Jack Wise (as Mystery Man with Bob at Stage Door), Jane Wyman (as Gold Digger), Tammany Young (as Gigolo Eddie).       
Ginger's Character: Fay Fortune.

Ginger's 'Screen Time': Approximately 5 Minutes and 40 Seconds (6.1% of the film).
GingerTunes: "We're In The Money", "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song " (deleted from final film).
Gingery Goodness Factor (GGF) - (1-10): 8.0 - Quality, not quantity is the key in this one... pretty limited role here, but again, the opening number is simply 'Essential' for any Ginger fan.
Film Quality (1-10): 8.5 - WB gives a good polish to this one as well, a la 42nd Street...as it is a pretty pivotal film for the studio as well.
Available From: Warner Brothers...pretty sure it's still in Circulation... Mine is from 'The Busby Berkeley Box', which also includes '42nd Street'.

Huey's Review for GINGEROLOGY: Well, of course, the movie cranks up with Ginger's perfect rendition of the upbeat hope of "We're in the Money" (a song that may well be relevant for today's economics...)... and from there on we are given a very neat little film (albeit with 'minimal Ginger', unfortunately...) that is a somewhat obvious 'sequel' of sorts to 42nd Street, but doesn't delve into the drudgery of rehearsals nearly as much; this one opts for the romantic lines, when it isn't having to deal with the reality of the Depression. 
That reality rears its ugly head just seconds after Fay Fortune exits the stage (backwards, in high heels, AND in a somewhat cumbersome, yet revealing, costume), when the 'heat' breaks in and closes the show mid-performance.

This displaces many performers, including a trio of roommates - Carol (Joan Blondell), Trixie Lorraine (Aline MacMahon), and Polly Parker (Ruby Keeler), along with transient bud Fay Fortune (Ginger Rogers), who shows up one day bearing good news of a new show cranking up soon. After some 'back-and-forth' between the gals, it is decided to send Carol as the rep for the group, to see if spots are available. Of course there are, else the movie would cease at this point... hm. 
Carol invites the producer, Barney Hopkins (Ned Sparks) up to discuss the show with the gang. While there, Barn hears the strains of piano from across the building...why that's just Polly's love interest, Brad Roberts (Dick Powell). Of course, he impresses Hopkins enough to snag a gig as the music director for the show (BTW...just thought of this... if Ginger was to sing 'Torch Song', why did Powell sing it here? Was he to sing something else originally? hmmm... the plot thickens... or at least coagulates a bit...) 
Barney has one itsy-bitsy, tiny-weeny, little ol' problem... no greenbacks to get this thing off the ground... well, shoot, Brad's got that, y'all... or so he says, as he promises to produce the dough (15 Gs, to be exact) to get things started. Of course, everyone's just a bit ...um, leery of dude's claims...this IS the Depression, after all, and dude is in the same Brownstone flophouse they are in... until he throws the bones on Barn's desk the next day. And away we go...
Well, of course things are never easy in these tales, right? Polly finds out some dude is on the run from the law for robbery... and its more than just a bit coincidental Brad coughs up this dough with little or no problem or any gnashing of teeth...so, there's still issues with this cat. But it works out later, of course...could Dick Powell ever be mistaken for a bank robber? Seriously? I mean, C'MON, y'all...
Rehearsals for the show crank up...and opening night rolls around. Of course, the lead dude gets lumbago (isn't that an Italian dish?) and can't go on... well, the only fellow that knows this 'Pettin' in the Park' tune is the one who wrote it...Brad, who will be opposite Polly... and all is right with the world... for now. 
We are then let in on the fact that Brad is in actuality a son of a fat-cat, who is aspiring to be a songwriter, and just moved into the area to be near the 'action'. And, of course, is 'incognito', thus under a false name... the boy's real title is 'Robert Treat Bradford'. Well, once Brad's real identity is revealed, his big brother J. Lawrence (William Warren) and his lawyer sidekick Thaniel H. Peabody (Guy Kibbee) meet with Brad and inform him that no 'cavorting with showgirls' is allowed, lest his $$$ be cut off from the fam... of course, Brad doesn't really care about the bread, other than to have enough to keep the show cooking - so he tells them to take a leap...
Well, this obviously doesn't go unchallenged, and thus Brother J. seeks out this 'Polly woman' to pay her off...to stay away from Brad. Well, he shows up at the girls' new digs (BTW...if ya want to see a good 'pre-code' instance, check out Joan at the dresser for this scene...I just really can't put that shot into words without probably getting into LOTS of trouble...let's just reiterate the fact that I am a REALLY big Joan Blondell fan... <8-P ) and assumes Carol is Polly... Carol is miffed right off the bat with this cad, and thus decides to play along as 'Polly'... but her 'payoff' is going to be quite a bit more than big bro expected... 
Carol and Trixie proceed to have a grand old time...well, 'Gold Digging' JL and Peabody, while Brad and the REAL Polly proceed with doin' their thang... As for our 'topic subject', Fay is really not seen much more, except for a few moments where she is making a play to overtake Trixie in the battle for Peabody... but dang, Trixie shuts her down in short order each time...a bit uncharacteristic for Ginger, but then again, I wouldn't want to mess with Trixie, either. 
Well, things advance, and everyone ends up in their respective places, as to be expected (no surprise...) but I'll leave the routes taken for you to find out.
Favorite Ginger Moments: Well duh!!! As mentioned quite a bit as of late, "We're in the Money" is one of the top three Ginger moments ever committed to film IMHO...it totally solidified her as a 'name' actress, even though the rest of the film was almost entirely Ginger-free... but the spots she does appear in, she is definitely in 'Gold Digger' mode, generally trying to snag Mr. Peabody (Guy Kibbee) out from under Trixie's (Aline MacMahon) claws...to no avail...in fact Trixie just runs Fay off altogether... VERY different from the snappy, sassy, awesome role of Anytime Annie, who would have probably scrapped with Ol' Trix...
Well, anyway, as the favorite moment, I usually do 'Screen Caps', and will have quite a few here, as usual... but, just for the heck of it, although I know most of y'all have this one anyway, here is the opening scene, which, again, is one of my ALL TIME fave Ginger moments:

...well, there are a FEW Gingery scenes to follow... 

...ah, the raised eyebrow...as only Miss Rogers can execute it...

...this might be a good candidate for a 'you do the caption' contest... what's running thru Ruby Keeler's noggin at this point?

...yepyepyep...she can wear her some clothes now, y'all... y'know, if this was really the same dress that Joan Blondell also wore...DANG wouldn't THAT be just incredible to own?

...Fay is given some witty lines, but she never 'retorts' when one is thrown back at her...thus making her only 'semi-sassy', if you will...which of course is STILL wickedawesome, to be sure...

...Ginger with bubbly...kind of unusual, as she never drank - I noticed she didn't actually take a drink here...of course, they used apple juice or whatever, anyway... right? Somebody told me they heard Lucy actually was 'inebriated' for the Vitameata-skit...which is quite erroneous, as she was pretty with it when the skit began, and it was all LIVE back then... ok, off the tracks a bit... this one would also be a neat caption fill-in-the-blank...

 ...how cute is Ginger HERE? MAn, that Kibbee dude had a pretty good deal between 42nd Street and this flick... one thing here that makes me wonder...it appears that there should be a few lines of dialogue between Fay first arriving and when Trixie drags her out... was that cut out? See, these are some of the questions I would ask whoever would know this...

...Well, of course I capped about 1,000 stills of Ginger doing 'We're in the Money', so, here's about a dozen or so for ya... wall-to-wall awesomeness and perfection henceforth and forevermore...

...If anyone ever questions why you are a Ginger Rogers fan, just show them this clip... it should make things crystal clear...or at least solidify whether or not they are even worth dealing with...

Other Reviews:  
"It is an imaginatively staged, breezy show, with a story of no greater consequence than is to be found in this type of picture... Miss MacMahon adds another fine performance to her list of Hollywood efforts. Miss Blondell is lively as the temporarily distressed Carol. Ruby Keeler does quite well as the heroine. Mr. Powell pleased the audience enormously with his singing and also his acting...Ginger Rogers makes her numbers count for their full worth." - New York Times
"Miss Keeler, Mr. Powell, Mr. Kibbee and Miss Rogers are, for this type of amusement, altogether admirable, and for sheer comedy the film proper is very swell stuff." - New York Herald Tribune

From GINGER: My Story: "One day on the set, I was handed the opening song and told to learn it by that evening. The scene was to be shot the next day and we had to be up on the number. I pleaded with Malcolm Bellby, the pianist, to forsake his lunch hour to help me learn my lyrics. Malcolm Kindly obliged. We went into a corner of the sound stage and started to rehearse. After about three hours, I started getting a little slap-happy, so instead of singing the lyrics as they were written, I translated them into pig latin: 'Er'way in-hay the oney-may, Er'way in-hay the oney-may, Ev'way ot-gay a-lay ot-lay of-way ut-way it-way aks-tay o-tay et-gay a-lay-ong-lay...'. 
In the middle of this nonsense, I felt another presence besides Malcolm and myself. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a man standing at the left of the stage, wearing a porkpie hat, with a big cigar in his mouth. It was Darryl F. Zanuck, Warner's production chief. Immediately, I stopped singing. 
"What are you doing?" asked the observer.
"Oh, hello, Mr. Zanuck. I wasn't doing anything. I was just kidding around a bit..."
"Well, show me what you were doing, Ginger."
"Mr. Zanuck...I...was just...just..."
"Let me hear what you were doing!"
I knew that I was going to get fired for fooling around on company time, but I did as he asked. I sang the song as it was written, and then lapsed into my pig-latin version. 
After I finished, Darryl paused, thinking. Finally, he said, "You tell Mervyn I want you to sing it just like that tomorrow." He walked out with the measured deliberation of a producer.
I repeated the story to Mervyn and he said, "Darryl's right. It's a great way to start the movie." The next day, Mervyn brought in a big crane and started filming from the back of the set. As I sang "We're in the Money", the camera came in slowly for a close-up and the screen was filled with my lips singing the song...in pig latin! It was a sensational opening."

Miscellaneous Stuff:  
--- The original 'finale' for the film was to be 'Pettin' in the Park', but the overriding theme of the Depression era pushed 'My Forgotten Man' to the end; the last few backstage shots show the chorus girls wearing the 'park' costumes as if prepped for that number next.
--- Ginger's second number, "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song", was cut from the film, although a brief shot of Ginger upon that white piano can be seen from a distance in the nightclub scene (see below...just after the one hour mark in the movie...). The probable culprit was the major productions staged by Berkeley, coupled with the film length being too long...but c'mon, what's 5 more minutes, y'all? Sheesh...

--- The musical numbers by Busby Berkeley were 'retrofitted' into the film after the popularity of his numbers in 42nd Street.
--- In another 'running order', the script had 'Shadow Waltz' leading up to a finale/reprise of 'We're in the Money'; "Petting in the Park' and 'Remember My Forgotten Man' were to be paired up earlier in the film, most likely where 'Park' ends up...
--- Barney Hopkins (Ned Sparks) as the producer, mentions 'The Astaires' when describing quality theatrical performances; more than a BIT ironic that Ginger was in that scene, as her partnership with Fred was merely months away. 
--- Of course, Ginger was romantically involved with director Mervyn LeRoy during the shooting of the film, but there didn't seem to be much 'favoritism' shown, as Ginger's role is somewhat minimal.
--- During filming, a major earthquake hit Southern California, centered around Long Beach; the 'Shadow Waltz' number was being filmed, with the set being basically in the dark for the neon violin sequence...no major injuries were reported, although it was reported that Busby Berkley was 'dislodged' from his boom and he was hanging by one hand until he pulled himself back onto it.
--- The movie was quite successful, and spawned a string of 'sequels', including "Gold Diggers of 1935", "Gold Diggers of 1937", and "Gold Diggers in Paris".

 GingerFilm Ranking: #10 of 14...(oof...methinks Miss Fay above is a bit perturbed about that ranking...) ...but remember, it's all about the GINGERY Factor, not the movie itself... the overall movie would probably be second only to 42nd Street as far as 'overall' ranking. Honestly, it's kind of hard to place it much higher for Gingery goodness... hard to put it over 'Thirteenth', as Ginger is the headliner in that one... and she is a good bit sassier in 'Broadway Bad', y'all... so, there ya go. IF 'Torch Song' would have been included, well, heck, it would be up a few notches, probably... I'm sitting here looking at that pic of her in that awesome outfit, sitting VERY pretty on that white baby grand... and it makes me that much madder that that number was cut...arrrrgh! But this movie is truly one of my faves form 1933, or any other year for that matter...it's one that gets better each time you watch it.

After Fourteen Reviews: 
#01 - 42nd Street 
#02 - The Tenderfoot
#03 - The Tip-Off
#04 - Queen High
#05 - Young Man of Manhattan
#06 - You Said A Mouthful
#07 - Carnival Boat
#08 - The Thirteenth Guest
#09 - Broadway Bad
#10 - Gold Diggers of 1933
#11 - The Sap From Syracuse
#12 - Suicide Fleet
#13 - Follow The Leader
#14 - Honor Among Lovers
#15 - Hat Check Girl***
*** - Not viewed due to unavailability.

Up Next: Professional Sweetheart... look out... Ginger's still miffed the 'Torch Song' number was axed, and she is in 'hyper-sassy' mode in this one! 
The only thing keeping 'PS' from TOTAL awesomeness is the fact that Ginger's singing is 'dubbed' in, by a more 'operatic' singer... after she just performed what was probably the biggest tune of the year in 'Gold Diggers'... sometimes ya gotta wonder what these producer/director dudes were thinking... oh well, even so, this one will probably fare QUITE well on the 'big board', y'all... stay tuned!

Until then, as always...

KIG, Y'all!!!

VKMfanHuey
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Happy 100th Birthday to Lucille Ball!!!

WE LOVE YA, LUCY!!!

...ya know, it's pretty seldom that we here at G-ology post anything that isn't 100% Ginger, but, today is a exception that I am SURE Miss Rogers would approve of...and that's to celebrate the 100th birthday and awesome career of one of the funniest (and prettiest) ladies EVER, Miss Lucille Ball!

 ...of course, Lucy and Ginger were best buds (not to mention distant cousins), so... let's review some of the cool things that these ladies had in common! [...just as a 'editorial note', I will try to give proper 'background' to folks, places, etc. that Gingerologists (should) know, but visitors to the site may not... and BTW, for any of you Lucy fans that are visiting...thanks for stopping by!!!]

Lucille Desiree Ball was born in Jamestown, New York, on August 6, 1911, three weeks after Ginger entered the world over in Independence, Missouri... as mentioned, Lucy and Ginger were distant cousins. Lucy's dad died before she reached the age of four, forcing her mom to work several jobs to make ends meet; Lucy and her younger brother were raised by their grandfolks. This somewhat echoes Ginger's upbringing, with no dad and a working mom aided by grandfolks...

Lucy enrolled in a drama school in NYC as a teenager, but was deemed 'too shy' by the staff, and was sent back home...BTW, a young Bette Davis was one of her classmates during her brief enrollment.

Lucy's first film appearance was in 1933's Roman Scandals from MGM, as one of the "Goldwyn Girls" - shown above (well, looks like she got over her shyness! :-P )  Soon after she would be contracted to RKO Radio Pictures, where she would immediately strike up what proved to be a life-long friendship with Ginger Rogers, who had quite a few movies under her belt, and was just starting to ride the wave at RKO with Fred Astaire in their classic films, while at the same time enjoying 'solo' success headlining other RKO features.

 In the mid-thirties, Lela Rogers (Ginger's mom) set up workshops on the RKO lot for the younger actors and actresses ('contract players'), and Lucy was among them (others included Betty Grable, Leon Ames, Tyrone Power, Joy Hodges, Anne Shirley, and Phyllis Fraser). Ginger notes in her biography, Ginger: My Story that Lela knew that Lucy had MAJOR potential, and would invariably become a huge star: "The studio told my mother they were thinking of letting Lucy go. My mother said firmly, "You fire Lucy... then I'll quit. Lucille Ball is one of the most promising youngsters on this lot. If you're stupid enough to do that, the minute you let her go, I'll snap her up and take her to another studio and see that she gets the roles she deserves!""

Lucy and Ginger appeared in five RKO films together: Roberta (pic above...hmm...could that be ostrich feathers?), Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Stage Door, and Having Wonderful Time, the latter probably being the most substantial role for Lucy of these mentioned (although she does have some nice moments in Stage Door as well...).

 Here's a cool excerpt from Ginger's bio regarding their friendship, from a moment in the late 30's, when Ginger was dating James Stewart (which ironically parallels the scene from Stage Door capped just above, regarding dinner, anyway):
 "...At the time that we were dating, Jimmy (Stewart) and Henry Fonda were roommates. Hank was seeing Lucille Ball and the four of us often double-dated. The boys took us dancing at posh places like the Cocoanut Grove or the Trocadero, but they were too cheap to stay there for dinner. Instead, we ended up for dinner at a little hole-in-the-wall called Barney's Beanery on Santa Monica Boulevard. 
One night, after a hearty meal at Barney's, the boys took us back to their apartment. Everything appeared very romantic, as the lights were turned down low and soft music played in the background. Before Lucy and I knew what happened, we were danced into the kitchen to wash a week's stack of dirty dishes. So much for romance; maid duty was uppermost in their minds. But still, two nicer men you couldn't hope to meet."
It was during the filming of 1940's Too Many Girls for RKO that Lucy met Desi Arnaz... after a few false starts, they eventually fell for each other, and were married in November 1940.

Of course, Lucy and Desi basically single-handedly created the situation comedy ('sitcom') for television with I Love Lucy, the greatest TV show of all time...always will be. A cool twist of 'irony' is that they bought the old RKO Studio in 1957 for their Desilu Productions...pretty cool for a 'contract actress' who was about to be given the boot from the studio she eventually bought.

Lucy's television career was legendary, and she ended up having four shows 'post' I Love Lucy: The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life With Lucy.

Lucy and Desi had two kids, daughter Lucie Arnaz (1951) and son Desi Arnaz, Jr. (1953); Junior's impending arrival into the world was worked into the show as the main story line over the weeks, and yielded huge ratings.

Lucy and Desi divorced in 1960, but remained friends. Lucy remarried a year later, to stand-up comedian Gary Morton; they remained married until her death in 1989.

Although Lucy died in 1989, six years prior to Ginger's death in 1995, it is of note that Lucy left us on April 26, whereas Ginger left us on April 25. Again, April is TRULY my least favorite month, y'all...

I know most of y'all have seen this, but it is just too cool not to tack on for this occasion... it's from "Here's Lucy" aired on November 22, 1971...the episode was entitled, "Ginger Rogers Comes to Tea", and this is the final scene, where Ginger and Lucy, along with Lucy's daughter Lucie Arnaz, all kick up their heels and crank out a good ol' Charleston (which, BTW, is to my knowledge the only 'official' footage of Ginger EVER doing the Charleston (not counting the 'outtake' from Roxie Hart)... Gingerologists know that is a bit odd, since she won the Texas State Charleston Championship back in 1925...that just makes this clip that much more special!)

Well, once again, Happy Lucytennial, y'all! I am pretty sure there will be Lucy airing in several places on the tele this weekend (...although I also thought the same thing about Ginger...oof) - anyway, hopefully you can catch an episode or two, to be reminded of just how awesome this lady was!

KIG (and Lucy-Like, too!!!)

VKMfanHuey
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...From Julius Caesar's month to Augustus Caesar's month...

 ...with Ginger looking quite 'Romanesque' in this pic, no? Now, what film was this pic from? I honestly do not know (40 lashes for Huey..owch), but I bet some of y'all do...so there's your impromptu "GingerTrivia" for the day...

...well, it's still as hot as ever down here in South Gingerville! Hope everyone else is keeping cool as possible amongst the triple-digit temps (that would be REALLY hot for those of you on the Celsius scale!) so, to pass the time, here's some 'miscellany' for ya...

FIRST, Let's plow thru the 'unpleasantries'...I know I harp on this a lot, BUT...just can't let it pass for this particular occasion, y'all... check out the last post on 'Ginger Rogers Official Website':

'Ginger Rogers Official Website'

See all the great entries regarding Ginger's 100th Birthday on July 16, 2011? Well, good, cause I DON'T EITHER... The 5/24/11 deal sounds pretty cool, granted... but c'mon, y'all...nothing posted on the Gingertennial? NOTHING??? On Ginger's 'official' website?
It takes a good bit to get Huey riled up, but... I just think someone needs to take charge of that site, y'all... (hmmmmm...I know of a blogger who would GLADLY take that role... :-] )  Anyway...rant over.

SECOND, Something pretty cool from 'Movies Unlimited'...they send out a weekly e-mail with new DVD releases, along with some pretty cool articles and features about all types of movie topics spanning all the eras. Well, they now have a 'guest blogger' feature on their site, and it appears to be pretty easy to submit an article, to be about your fav movie...here's the link to it, in case anyone's interested in submitting:

Movies Unlimited MovieFanFare Blog!!!

If anyone does this, of course inform us, and I will be glad to link, post, whatever... that would be pretty dang cool!

and, THIRD, we've got another Centennial birthday approaching... stay tuned this weekend, as Gingerology turns it over to one of Ginger's best friends... I'm sure y'all are way ahead of me on that as well..

Well, until then, y'all keep it POWERFUL Gingery!!!

VKMfanHuey
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