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Separate Tables (1958) starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Wendy Hiller

Separate Tables

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Separate Tables (1958) starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Wendy Hiller

Synopsis of Separate Tables

A look into the lives of several residents at a seaside hotel …. Where guest have their meals at separate tables. They all share one trait – loneliness.  John Malcolm is a hard-drinking man, engaged to the hotel owner Pat Cooper. His life is turned upside down…, When a former love, Ann Shankland shows up after she hears of his engagement. She clearly wants him back. But he sees nothing positive that can result from renewing their relationship.  Her narcissism masks a deep fear of growing old alone and unloved. 

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The FBI Story

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The FBI Story (1959), starring Jimmy Stewart, Vera Miles

Synopsis of The FBI Story

The FBI Story is a Hollywood biography of the early years of the FBI, told via flashback through the life story of one of its early agents.

Review of The FBI Story

As with most Hollywood biographies, The FBI Story needs to be taken with a grain of salt.  Having said that, Jimmy Stewart does a wonderful job of portraying the early FBI agent.  The story intertwines his personal life story with that of the agency.  The story works well, with the various personal moments mingling well with the agency’s growing pains.

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Posh!

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Song lyrics to Posh! performed by Lionel Jeffries in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

This is livin’, this is style, this is elegance by the mile
Oh the posh posh traveling life, the traveling life for me
First cabin and captain’s table regal company
Whenever I’m bored I travel abroad but ever so properly
Port out, starboard home, posh with a capital P-O-S-H, posh

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Me Ol’ Bamboo lyrics

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Song lyrics to Me Ol’ Bamboo performed by Dick Van Dyke in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

All:
A gentleman’s got a walking stick.
A seaman’s got a gaff.
And the merry men of Robin Hood
They used a quarterstaff.
On the Spanish plains inside their canes
They hide their ruddy swords.
But we make do with an old bamboo
And everyone applauds!
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – Hey!
Me ol’ bamboo, me ol’ bamboo
You’d better never bother with me ol’ bamboo.
You can have me hat or me bum-ber-shoo
But you’d better never bother with me ol’ bamboo.Read More »Me Ol’ Bamboo lyrics

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

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Song lyrics to Hark! the Herald Angels Sing was written by Charles Wesley (brother of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church) in 1739.  Originally sung to a different tune, the current version is taken from a cantata composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1840.

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