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| re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 11:38 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** - Ned3301 10:58 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| I think Day as Ruth Etting showed that she could play a calculating, manipulative person who will use someone, even marry him, to further her career, even though she later realizes the pitfalls of this kind of plan of action. While Ruth Etting had her singing talent, Dolly has humor to pad some of her more aggressive machinations. Day might not have been perfect casting, but so many different women have played her over the years. The wonderful writing of her character gives some wide lattitude, and the humor of Dolly really makes her seem real, palatable and a fun person to spend a few hours with. | |
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| re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 11:15 am EDT 06/28/19 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 11:14 am EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** - PlayWiz 11:38 pm EDT 06/27/19 | |
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| Exactly. Also, in films like It Happened to Jane and Pillow Talk, Day played smart, tough, and (at times) ruthless businesswomen, who could outfox a scumbag competitor (Ernie Kovacs) and exact a little revenge on a deceptive (but likeable) womanizer (Rock Hudson). She actually was considered for Dolly, but I don't know how seriously given the juggernaut for Streisand. Day would have been a fine Dolly Gallagher Levi. She was the right age, had the comic and musical chops, and her real life circumstances in the late 60's were quite similar to Dolly's. She would have brought the poignance to the role that was lacking in Streisand's portrayal. If she had been cast in the film, her frequent co-star Tony Randall would have been a perfect Horace. I think audiences would have responded enthusiastically to see Day as Dolly setting her cap for the guy she always rejected romantically in their previous pairings. |
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| re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 11:27 am EDT 06/28/19 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 11:26 am EDT 06/28/19 | |
| In reply to: re: ALL of Hollywood's best movie musicals were made with ***movie stars.*** - BroadwayTonyJ 11:14 am EDT 06/28/19 | |
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| I love the idea of Tony Randall as Horace! He might even have have transformed in a more believable way than the typical Horace to have some romantic sparks with his Dolly, which he exhibited when Randall played the romantic, but still comic lead opposite Debbie Reynolds in "The Mating Game". | |
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