tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post470216745753740865..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: The Sound of Music: The Sound of One Hand Clapping?Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-38753257991678024892013-12-20T19:09:29.801-08:002013-12-20T19:09:29.801-08:00I like Theodore Bikel too, but he's a bit unli...I like Theodore Bikel too, but he's a bit unlikely (though sympathetic) affecting a Southern accent in The Defiant Ones. Regarding the kids of Sound of Music, Angela Cartwright -- years before Lost in Space -- was of course well known from the Danny Thomas Show. And when I was teaching at USC, the youngest von Trapp, Kym Karath, was one of my students. She'd grown up a bit since, needless to say. It's nice learning that the kids had a warm relationship, and still remain in contact. Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-89229329280484024242013-12-19T21:04:17.014-08:002013-12-19T21:04:17.014-08:00I had never seen the movie until a year or two ago...I had never seen the movie until a year or two ago. My wife and her grandmother loved it and watched it every year when NBC (I think it was) aired it annually. We commemorated Grannie's birthday the next year after her passing (at 94!) by watching The Sound of Music in her honor. After all those years of watching the pan and scan TV airings, my wife was boggled at the very widescreen cinematography and new (to her) photographic compositions. I enjoyed the movie well enough - probably not going to be an annual viewing for me in any case. I do like knowing that future 70's TV Spider-Man Nicholas Hammond, Lost in Space's Angela Cartwright, and Robert Urich's widow Heather Menzies are among the children though.<br /><br />My wife watched the live production after I DVR-ed it for her. Her final verdict. "It felt like pieces were missing - but with the live production that made sense. Basically Underwood's acting was so bad I just started fast forwarding to the songs."<br /><br />I did not know the wonderful Theodore Bikel was Oscar nominated for The Defiant Ones - did you know he came very close to playing the James Bond villain Goldfinger in that film? (His audition footage is on the special edition DVD/Blu-Ray if you'd like to see it...) Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.com