Little Calendar Girl - Friday 13

Haha.. gottcha! In case you were reading my last post with Peter Sellers and the cats you might have guessed that I was writing about WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT (France/ USA, 1965) now.. Well. no.. I am not.. This is the one day off Peter Sellers post! Yesterday was Friday 13 - and I want to share one film with you which is actually set on this date. For those who do not know: Little Calendar Girl is a new series on this blog dealing with films matching a certain date - or maybe theme.. Actually this post was planned for yesterday - but I had some troubles here.. So please forgive me the delay.. And since the idea was to post it yesterday I will have to break a rule which says not to post more than one post a day and post another post for my Peter Sellers series later on today.. 

Now I know that a lot people would consider Friday 13 a day for horror flicks (I am with you on that just by the way.. I like it when films give me a little bit the creeps.. more fun with someone to hide behind of course..) - still there are a lot of people out there who would prefer something more... uhm.. nice. So while I guess that there are billions of blogs out there helping you to find the perfect Friday 13 horror film - I chose something completely different..

Since this film is also kind of an advertisement film for this certain continent  I will make it another entry of mine for Monty's Cinematic World Tour Blogathon.. 

The film I will recommend is

THE THREE CABALLEROS (USA, 1944) by Norman Ferguson 

It's just a small detail - but it is true: this film is set on a Friday 13.. It's Donald Duck's birthday and he receives presents from his cousins from South America.. Of course this presents contain little Disney films - all set in South America.. Like the story of Pablo - a little penguin who does not like the cold weather at South Pole and travels north with his best friend (an oven by the wonderful name of Smoky Joe..).. 

~ The sequence of Pablo and Smoky Joe is narrated by matchless
 Sterling Holloway.. ~

Or we have the story of Gauchito and his flying donkey..

~ Gauchito meets his future best friend - and partner in crime.. ~

Besides these stories there are Donald's cousins actually visiting him: José Carioca of Brazil and Panchito of Mexico. Together they will also travel to several spots of South America - and this time it'll be a mixture of trick sequences and real persons.. To be honest: those are my favourite parts of this film - especially a scene in which Donald chases bikini girls in Acapulco..

But actually all the girls in this film are really gorgeous - and Donald surely thinks so, too - well.. as said in the film: he really is "a little wolf in duck's clothing"... 

I am highly fascinated by the fact that those stories all have very different styles.. Just compare these:

And how about this one:

Isn't that just beautiful?? Also the music just makes me feel very.. I do not know....


And as I told you - I love the scenes which contain all those beautiful girls best.. have a little example here:




Don't you just love when Donald wents up to that girl and starts his flirt with: "Hi, toots!"??  Also his dancing style is soo very, very 40s.. Well.. you might be aware that the 1940's are one of my favourite decades..

The ladies who star in this film were 

Aurora Miranda of Brazil, 

Carmen Molina of Mexico

and 

Dora Luz also of Mexico

and for those of you who are interested into faces to the voices you'll hear:

Donald Duck is spoken by...

Clarence Nash

José Carioca 

by 

José Oliveira - here he is with his film alter ego - and Donald Duck with Walt Disney..

and 

Panchito 

by 

Joaquin Guaray 

- who must have been one of the best looking fellas in the whole world of this decade..

I think this film is lovely - of course it is full of clichées.. but still I like it.. it's beautiful like a fairytale.. 

And for those who by now actually want to see the whole film - here you are.. 71 minutes of South American fantasies.. Enjoy!:

(You are welcome..)

I hope you enjoyed your Friday 13!

Thank you so very much for visiting!

Irene

Just because..

.. well.. ok there is a reason for this post (there always is.. I am pretty "reasonable" - u-hum..):

Yesterday morning I woke up ( I do that daily..) and - as usual - I had a song on my mind..

A song from a film which has one of my first style ideals:

Miss Bianca - the very elegant heroine of THE RESCUERS (1977)

It was this song:

Don't ask me why.. I haven't seen this film for about a year.. which is actually a shame. I love the love story of Bernard and Bianca.. He is so adorable (I have a soft spot for stammering males..) - and she is so a cute little lady..

There are beautiful songs in this film - but that's the one which came to my mind.. 

As you all know Miss Bianca's voice was delivered by Eva Gabor:

~ Eva Gabor ~

Please, have a look at the actress who was Miss Bianca's German voice - and whose voice is known by almost every German child because of her work in children audio dramas (I bet German followers will know the name of reporter "Karla Kolumna" - another one of my childhood heroines.. She made me want to write..): 

It's Gisela Fritsch 

- who is the German voice of (amongst others) Dame Judi Dench and Dame Maggie Smith.. 

(How cool is that??)

~ Gisela Fritsch in 1950's  .. ~

Do you know the German version of the song?? - I just adore it!

I love this song anyway - but the German version just makes me giggle in happyness.. I have no idea why that is so..

And: you know what? I think it's great that the German mouse is singing that ardent.. I also think it's great that a female is the German represent..

 How about he Swedish version then?

 

 I also love the Arabian version!!

 

- and I simply adore the Hungarian version!!

 

I know some bright day I will do a post about the complete film.. There are so many films out there I want to talk about... 

So for today:

Thank you so very much for listening!

Yours very well and truly

Irene

BEWARE THESE WOMEN! - even if they wear Disney colours!!

As you may remember: In my last post I showed you a picture of a horrified Mary Poppins – actually this could be counted as a hint: What makes a “good Disney character” flip out? Yes! A Disney villain! :”) So this is our “BEWARE THESE WOMEN!” -month – and I am going to show you my Top Ten Favourite Disney Villainesses:

# 10.An honorary mention of my sister’s favourite: Ursula of THE LITTLE MERMAID (1989)–who could resist a woman wiggling her hips like Ursula? She is more the curvaceous type – I like that. Next to her Arielle looks like a redheaded stick with a tail fin and carefully placed shells. ;”)

And Ursula's sidekicks have these wonderful picked names: Flotsam and Jetsam!

# 9.Yzma from THE EMPORER’S NEW GROOVE (2000)– I am not in love with that film. But: Yzma is great – she has her amazing under earth laboratory (hey, this women is interested in science!) and: she has a not-so-very-bright boy toy.

Let’s be honest: I think it would be great having a nice big guy doing things for me and protecting me.. yeah, I am just an old-fashioned girl – which leads to my main cause to love Yzma:

Her voice is delivered be another one of my heroines: Eartha Kitt

(Maybe you know my other blog Not sophisticated ( I am the sweet and simple kind) – this is actually a quote from Ms. Kitt’s Song “I am just an old fashioned girl”..)

The German voice of Yzma is Elke Sommer!! *yay* for that, too.

# 8.The Queen of Hearts of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951)– she has the cutest (and maybe smallest) husband. And: Off with their heads!! What more can I say?

# 7. The magnificent, marvellous mad Madam Mim of THE SWORD IN THE STONE (1963) She doesn’t play fair – or should I say she plays after her own rules? She is maybe one of the funniest villainesses in Disney universe.

# 6. Aunt Sarah and her cats from LADY AND THE TRAMP (1955) – well, Aunt Sarah is no real villainess – she does not know that Lady usually is treated like a family member – and her cats? Well, they behave like cats do – but because of Lady’s behavior of a lovely saint they and Aunt Sarah look like they were send from hell – or another place where mean old ladies use to live with two cats.. uhm.. I think it is my flat! Gee, I am going to be Aunt Sarah when I am grown!! ;”) But still my cats do not sing with the voice of Peggy Lee. But we listen to her a lot.. ;”)

# 5. Cruella De Ville of ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (1961)– it’s in her name, daahhling! Every women who wants a coat made of puppies can’t be a nice lady – I mean: Animals are much nicer when they are alive – I would rather go nude than wear real fur.

Yeah: I am for Rather ink than mink! ~ Are you aware that this a quite political blog? [Pause for ashamed laughs] ;”) ~

She has her own song (How marvelous is that?)

And Cruella is also a more creative driver – like my

# 4. Madame Medusa of THE RESCUERS (1977) – she scared me deathly when she ripped off her lashes!! I grew up in a world of real lashes – to see Madame Medusa doing this was horrifying – and then she wiped her mouth off!!

See? SCARY!!

– My Daddy doesn’t like Make-Up at all, so I came to cosmetics rather late - which should explain why I sometimes look like Hatchet-face from CRY-BABY (1990):

(one of my favourite films – ha! Now I mentioned that one here, too..)

# 3. The wicked queen of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)- that one freaked me out as a kid (well, I still think the scene when she changes her looks into that old witch is creepy – have you noticed? Here we have another women with her own laboratory.).

She is a beautiful women ~ before changing – I am not that weird.. ~ and she is DEMANDING INNER ORGANS FROM HER STEPDAUGHTER!! What does she want to do with it? Sell it? Can you imagine that lady as a leader of an organ selling circle? I can - but not if it were musical organs.. (Wait!! Where are you going to? Why are you leaving this blog??)

Did you know that there are tutorials on youtube showing you how to recreate the evil queen make up!?! There actually is for almost every one of these women! That's amazing!

I lately had a discussion about the looks of the wicked queen with a friend of mine and she said: “The wicked queen could have been the perfect role for Joan Crawford: That lady had all Joan Crawford looks from 1930 – 1970. They just had not enough spare time to shoot that film in 40 years and so they decided to do it in a cartoon way.” (She made this sound very rude..)

As you know I am very, very witty – and so I answered:

“Oh, yeah? Go, kiss Tom Hanks and shut up.”

And after a short pause:

“And by the way: Joan Crawford would have done this amazingly – no matter what looks would have been required.”

Still, I am feeling like I have lost this battle for Joan..

# 2. Lady Tremaine of CINDERELLA (1950). Thoroughly a lady – very elegant from top to toe. Glowing green eyes ~ Does anyone want to guess the colour of my eyes? Mhm? Yes. ;") ~ and is extremely controlled. What could be scarier than a totally controlled women? ;”) She is accompanied by her lovely daughters Anastasia and Drizella.

And: She shares the voice of Eleanor Audley with my

# 1. Maleficent of SLEEPING BEAUTY (1959)! My heroine! I love her – she has a corvid and is very stylish (well, I don’t think that my face shape would be flattered by horns – but she can wear it.) I love her looks, I love her voice, I love everything concerning that woman. No further discussion. (I was also thinking about taking her picture as my avatar..)

Did you notice all the flames around her? This woman knows how to make an entrance for sure!!

King Stefan is an idiot not to invite her - she would have sat on her armchair, observed the party people and now and then laughed an evil laugh while fondling her corvid. ~ exactly what I do at parties.. ~

So, what do we learn from this?

You can be sure to watch a villainess when the woman is a mad driver with an interest for science or the like, two sidekicks or a dumb/powerless man next to her (who does what she says ) and: she does not care for rules.

– Do you think Miss Marple is one of them??

Yours (very wicked and) truly,

Irene