Friday, September 24, 2010

Cinema Betty

A Girl Named Rose has nothing to do with the Irish, leprechauns, poaching or pots of gold. Still, as I read it, it would keep giving me a vibe straight from:
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)Yes, please. I'll take two.

Katie O'Gill is the kind of woman who is not interested in snagging a man or being patronized. Michael McBride, 'a good steady lad with temperate ways' (soooo RDD), has no intention of climbing off his high horse for a local girl. Somehow or other that doesn't stop anyone from kissing anyone else. Did I just describe the plot of A Girl Named Rose? Why, I believe I did...

Favorite line? 'And him a Dublin man!'

How could you resist Sean Connery--singing!

An Ideal Wife has a matchmaking heroine and, more importantly for our purposes, a hero engaged to the wrong person. With a caveat we recommend:
What's Up Doc? (1972)That's what you're wearing to bed? We should talk.

The caveat is that both Betty Keira and Betty Debbie remember watching it and loving it but as it has been a few years, we are willing to admit that it might not stand up as well as, say, Sean Connery singing.

Barbara Streisand, Ryan O'Neal and the divine Madeline Kahn star.

5 comments:

  1. I can't stand Darby O'Gill and the Little People but I will watch it just to hear Sean Connery sing to me... I bet you didn't know it was to me, but it is.

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  2. I didn't know you didn't like it. I agree that the banshee is a bit freaky-deaky but love it anyway.

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  3. Betty Barbara here--
    I know this will give away my age, but I saw Darby O'Gill in the theater when it first came out. Imagine my surprise when I encountered (in a cinematic way) Sean Connery several years later as James Bond! Made my little heart skip a beat!!
    I find Darby very hard to watch now--I keep imposing James Bond on the character!

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  4. I saw Darby O'Gill in the theater too, but never connected that it was Sean Connery~ BWAHAHAHAHAH!

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  5. I love Darby O'Gill and I song the song to Nutmeg at bed sometimes.

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