At The Movies, Fifties

AT THE MOVIES (April 20, 2023)

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Now just for fun ….. here’s something you don’t see every day.

Marlon Brando in the role of Sky Masterson singing “Luck Be A Lady” from the 1955 film “Guys and Dolls”. If you thought Frank Sinatra sang this song in the movie, like many other people you’d be wrong!

Who knew! I wonder if his Lady Luck was named “STELLA!!” 😉

Let’s go with an easy peasy question today:

Marlon Brando is famous for a lot of movies; however, this 1972 multi-award-winning blockbuster is his most famous. Name the movie and his character.

Here’s the question from last week:

Since 1998 Barbra Streisand has been married to actor James Brolin; however, he was not her first husband. Her first marriage was in 1963 to an actor who went on to achieve great success; together they have one son, actor Jason, who was born in 1966. Who was Barbra Streisand’s first husband?

And the answer is … Elliott Gould.

Well, the movie’s over; wonder what Mr. Bump’s got cooked up for Saturday.

Have a great week! Catch you next time At The Movies.

See you on the flip side.

I’m The Sicilian Storyteller

NAR © 2023

24 thoughts on “AT THE MOVIES (April 20, 2023)”

  3. This is one of my favorite musicals. I watch it every time it’s on. Did you know Brando didn’t want to sing and only agreed because he was promised his voice would be dubbed with a professional singer’s? (And that’s the least of the rumors from that film!)

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      1. They approached him several times just to get him to accept. The clincher was that Sinatra wanted the role, and they didn’t like each other, so Brando agreed. That went over as well as you might expect. Another rumor is that Sinatra had “friends” abduct Brando one evening and threaten to kill him.

        Like I said, so many behind the scenes stories in this movie.

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    1. “Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down! You’re rockin’ the boat!”

      There are so many great songs from this show! I saw the play a really long time ago and the movie a few years ago. It was watching the movie when I realized it was Brando singing that song … and that’s probably the biggest number from the show! Like I said before: Who knew??

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  7. I certainly didn’t know Marlon could sing!

    Nancy,” I am gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse. ” And I better do it right, because as Calo says “In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns!”

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    1. That makes two of us! I first heard this song on one of Sinatra’s albums so naturally I thought it was his song. I was shocked to find out it was Brando! He did a pretty good job, too! Who knew! 🤷🏼‍♀️

      Well, judging by your comment you know the answer to the question (I said it was easy peasy). And that saying about Sicilian women and shotguns is as old as the Sicilian hills … but very true! 😂

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