From Moth:
“Are either or you bitches Howard Keel fans? Because my sister just discovered this wonderful/horrifying video of him in a tiny tiny skirt on you tube and I just… had to share.
It includes: A feisty red-head, hair-pulling, animals freaking out, men with trust issues, phallic symbols like whoa- It’s practically a romance novel cover in action! (Although there is a sad lack of man-titty).”
HOLY CRAP. From the lyrics to the gladiator togs to the thighs to the nice phallic dagger to the LYRICS OMG – I can’t think of a SINGLE alpha hero who might sing this song, no, no not at allll. Snort.
What fun you’re going to have catching up!
Getting back on topic, I loved EW! She was the reason I took water ballet lessons as a kid. Finally had to stop because I kept getting sinus infections. Hours of diving backwards—while in unison —is not as easy as those old movies made it look!
This has absolutely made my day!
Howard Keel….swoon! I haven’t seen this one, so will have to get my paws on it!
I absolutely loved Jupiter’s Darling. I must have seen it dozens of times when I was a kid. The best is this one scene where Hannibal (Howard Keel) has been singing a very romantic song to Amytis (Esther Williams) and suddenly the enemy guards arrives and he blames her for having alerted them. Amytis says something along the lines of, I didn’t have to alert them, you were singing so loud. Rare for an old movie musical without a theater setting to acknowledge the actual musical numbers.
Oh, and that voice!
Also, like most of those well-written old movies, it was based on a play.
So much fun to see it up here!