Another old movie: The Pleasure Seekers

The Pleasure Seekers(Movie Clip) The Ones That Fly
Evidently they like Vegas stylings at this Madrid nightspot, Ann-Margret (as American "Fran") in hot pink with the title tune by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, in Jean Negulesco's The Pleasure Seekers, 1964.



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Pleasure Seekers, The -- (Movie Clip) Las Meninas
Newly arrived American Susie (Pamela Tiffin) in Madrid at The Prado, with Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, El Greco's Crucifixion, and playboy Emilio (Tony Franciosa), in Jean Negulesco's The Pleasure Seekers, 1964.

1974 Super Beetle: Car & Track

original url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyvcPXcTK2U

Lady, singing: 14 November 2011

I wish I knew who this lady is, or what the words are. I used to know some Arabic, but this is difficult for me to interpret. [link]

update: Her name is Amal Maher, and she was born in 1985. Evidently she is a pretty big deal currently in Egyptian music.

Orson Welles on Cavett, etc

Above:"Orson shmoozes about Winston Churchill." Below, this is via a story from Slate discussing this radio interview clip, from 1940, when Welles was on KSAT radio in San Antonio, talking with H.G. Wells.

Natalie Wood tv commercial c. 1981

The Night The Roof Fell In

The Dick Van Dyke Show: "The Night The Roof Fell In" (aka Rashomon Lite)

[via Slate.]

"Let Your Learning Be Your Eyes" Les McCann

song: "Let Your Learning Be Your Eyes" by Les McCann, from 1975

Whale in field, via Yahoo

Daffy the commando, etc

Original link is here, from close-captioned cartoons.

Sharing the Secret Sharer

Apparently somebody decided to narrate Conrad's novella on Youtube, in a William Shatnery sort of way. You can read along while listening, if you've got an hour and 42 minutes. But don't do it at work! They'll catch you, and punish you, by making you read it out of a book. To your co-workers. Whether they want to hear it or not. While they're doing your work. Conrad comes to your cubicle? Not good. I would say doubleplusungood, but Conrad's ghost would start moaning, and we don't want that.

Brings new meaning to "I'll wait for the video." Watch it, listen to it, or read it? Why choose?

(Incidentally, I found this at YT while trying to find a snippet of a famous scene in Chinatown, the one where Huston talks to Nicholson about wanting to buy the future. I fail to see how this is connected, but what do I know.)

But to follow this theme, I might as well share this on Dead Horse.


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