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| Georgia Brown in THE FIXER: Shani Wallis on OLIVER! | |
| Last Edit: bmc 03:30 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
| Posted by: bmc 03:28 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| This post should be in the Moody vs Brown posts, but they were so far down the line, I figured it would get no notice. in the 1968 film THE FIXER, Miss Brown \had a small part as the hysterical mother of a murdered child; She accuses the fixer(Alan Bates0; but she and her boyfriend probably committed the murder.SINCE she' a hysterical liar, it isn't a fair comparison with Miss Wallis; ...... There once was a scene in a Hammer film, of miss brown singing in a Brit tavern, almost as if she were auditioning for the film OLIVER!> Does anyone know if their feud was responsible for Miss Brown\n not getting the chance to reprise the role she originated in the West End and Bway. |
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| Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part One) | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 08:07 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
| In reply to: Georgia Brown in THE FIXER: Shani Wallis on OLIVER! - bmc 03:28 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| Georgia Brown comes up in this interview. Apparently she did not screen test well. | |
| Link | Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! |
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| re: Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part One) | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 08:10 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
| In reply to: Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part One) - TheOtherOne 08:07 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
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| Link | Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part Two) |
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| re: Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part Two) | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 08:37 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part One) - TheOtherOne 08:10 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
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| This is the correct caption for the above post. Sorry for any confusion. | |
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| re: Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part Two) | |
| Last Edit: Teacher64 04:24 pm EDT 05/21/23 | |
| Posted by: Teacher64 04:23 pm EDT 05/21/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shani Wallis and Onna White discuss making Oliver! (Part Two) - TheOtherOne 08:37 am EDT 05/21/23 | |
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| I remember in one of the old internet theater chat rooms, Onna White's daughter, Jean Douglas I believe, used to post quite frequently. She would sometimes talk about her experiences on the set of the OLIVER! film, and in particular of how the boys from Fagin's gang would come over to their rented apartment for get togethers and try to sneak cigarettes and liquor. | |
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| re: Georgia Brown in THE FIXER: Shani Wallis on OLIVER! | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 05:17 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:14 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: Georgia Brown in THE FIXER: Shani Wallis on OLIVER! - bmc 03:28 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| At the link, you can read Marc Napolitano's dissertation on Dickens musicals. The Oliver section would seem to have been the basis of his book Oliver! A Dickensian Musical. Go to page 266 for discussion of the film, including the casting. FWIW, and this is just surmise, I suspect there were two reasons they cast Wallis rather than Brown. First, they perhaps didn't want to risk trouble on the set between Moody and Brown. So once Moody was cast, Brown was not under consideration. Second, even though Wallis was six months older than Brown, I think she looked younger and certainly was more conventionally pretty. Again, this is just surmise. |
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| re: Georgia Brown in THE FIXER: Shani Wallis on OLIVER! | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 04:38 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 04:26 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
| In reply to: Georgia Brown in THE FIXER: Shani Wallis on OLIVER! - bmc 03:28 pm EDT 05/20/23 | |
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| I'm not sure why Ms. Brown didn't get Nancy, although I think the people making the film wanted to soften her up somewhat from how she played her. Among those considered were Julie Andrews, who was top of the list at that time for any female musical role, and Shirley Bassey who had a hit recording of "As Long As He Needs Me". I read that the studio wasn't comfortable with multi-racial casting with Ms. Bassey. Andrews, who had mastered Cockney for her Eliza in "My Fair Lady", eventually wasn't available. I love Georgia Brown on the OCR, and it's a treat seeing her and Davy Jones of the Monkees on the clip on "Ed Sullivan" which was on the night the Beatles made their U.S. tv debut. I think Shani Wallis was excellent in the film. I believe she got fine reviews for her singing and acting, the biggest criticism being she looked too sunny and pretty for the role. I think Ms. Wallis had gotten a big national opportunity on "The Ed Sullivan Show" singing from her then-running Broadway show "A Time For Singing" which was seen by at least someone involved with the film casting of "Oliver!". I was rather surprised she never really had a big opportunity again. |
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