After posting this morning about The Inspector General, I was reminded of another great Danny Kaye movie, Up in Arms. This is a really entertaining film. Danny Kaye plays a hypochondriac who ends up getting drafted in the army. I remember watching this film a lot in high school. My mom thinks that my best friend Katie looks like co-star Dinah Shore. Maybe she does a little bit.
Before going into the army, Danny Kaye goes out on a double date with his friend. As the group stands in line, waiting to get into a movie theater, Danny Kaye sings a song about how all movie "pictures" are alike. I love the timbre of his voice when he mimics the chorus girls. (Sorry about the Spanish subtitles. This is the only clip I could find online).
One of the other scenes I love is when Danny is in the army. He is trying to listen to a recording that he made in a recording booth before getting enlisted - but he has to sneakily use the record player of another bunkmate. When the bunkmate walks in the room, Danny Kaye lip syncs to the record to he won't get caught. This scene starts at about 2:12 on the clip. I love when he forgets to lip sync one of the dog barks, and he just kinda shrugs it off.
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5 comments:
Oh Kindle, I never knew we had so much in common. First Jerry Lewis, now Danny Kaye. "tuh-pockita-tuh-pockita-tuh-pockita" (quick, name that Danny Kaye movie!)
"tuh-pockita-tuh-pockita-tuh-pockita"
Secret Life of Walter Mitty of course! (with Boris Karloff!)
I'll give Up in Arms a chance.
Yay for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty!"
Danny Kaye's co-star in that film, Virginia Mayo, appears as a chorus girl in "Up in Arms." I think she only has one or two lines in the whole film. In one scene, when Danny Kaye is dreaming about beautiful women, you can see a flash of Virginia Mayo's face (watch the second clip at about 4:46).
Speaking of "Walter Mitty," I read that Mike Myers is doing a remake of the film that is scheduled to come out in 2010. I'm skeptical that it will be as good as the original...
Remember when I said eclectician? Make that UBER eclectic! MWAH!
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