Comments on: To Celebrate Getting My Site Back http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/05/06/to-celebrate-getting-my-site-back/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Fri, 25 May 2012 05:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kate http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/05/06/to-celebrate-getting-my-site-back/comment-page-1/#comment-80434 Kate Tue, 12 May 2009 02:45:29 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=4054#comment-80434 I have always loved him since seeing him dance down the street with tiny Shirley Temple in "Captain January"; he has to lift her up onto a barrel so that they can dance together without him being all crouched over. I saw her give a interview about working with him: she just loved him and remembered sitting and watching him working out "their" dance with another child dancer before he taught it to her. I was lucky enough to get to meet him once and he was awesomely nice. I have always loved him since seeing him dance down the street with tiny Shirley Temple in “Captain January”; he has to lift her up onto a barrel so that they can dance together without him being all crouched over. I saw her give a interview about working with him: she just loved him and remembered sitting and watching him working out “their” dance with another child dancer before he taught it to her.

I was lucky enough to get to meet him once and he was awesomely nice.

]]> By: Dave H http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/05/06/to-celebrate-getting-my-site-back/comment-page-1/#comment-80051 Dave H Thu, 07 May 2009 05:31:08 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=4054#comment-80051 "His dancing style reminds me of Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow" I'm glad I'm not the only one who instantly thought that. “His dancing style reminds me of Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow”

I’m glad I’m not the only one who instantly thought that.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/05/06/to-celebrate-getting-my-site-back/comment-page-1/#comment-80037 Justine Thu, 07 May 2009 01:38:26 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=4054#comment-80037 Karen: Yeah, that was sad. Not that I think making a film while painted silver would be fun. Apparently Louis B. Mayer threatened to put the kybosh on his Hollywood movie career cause he wouldn't sign a really restrictive contract and that's the main reason he didn't make that many movies. He is a comic genius of a dancer. I love him in the two Broadway Melody movies of the 1930s. Becca: Isn't he still meant to be in one of the Wizard of Oz numbers? Karen: Yeah, that was sad. Not that I think making a film while painted silver would be fun.

Apparently Louis B. Mayer threatened to put the kybosh on his Hollywood movie career cause he wouldn’t sign a really restrictive contract and that’s the main reason he didn’t make that many movies.

He is a comic genius of a dancer. I love him in the two Broadway Melody movies of the 1930s.

Becca: Isn’t he still meant to be in one of the Wizard of Oz numbers?

]]> By: Becca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/05/06/to-celebrate-getting-my-site-back/comment-page-1/#comment-80035 Becca Thu, 07 May 2009 01:25:47 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=4054#comment-80035 Funny that Karen made that comment - it's just what I was going to mention (not that I had any doubts that you know all things Wizard of Oz, natch). Somewhere on the bonus features there's an interview - it's sad, really. But he went on to be Jed, after all. And someone had to be! Funny that Karen made that comment – it’s just what I was going to mention (not that I had any doubts that you know all things Wizard of Oz, natch). Somewhere on the bonus features there’s an interview – it’s sad, really. But he went on to be Jed, after all. And someone had to be!

]]> By: Karen http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2009/05/06/to-celebrate-getting-my-site-back/comment-page-1/#comment-80012 Karen Wed, 06 May 2009 23:28:49 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=4054#comment-80012 Buddy Ebsen was cast as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz movie and put in weeks of work on it, but an allergic reaction to the silver makeup nearly killed him, and he had to be replaced. Would have loved to see him in it. His dancing style reminds me of Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow -- and in fact, originally Ebsen was going to be the Scarecrow and Bolger was to be the Tin Man! I love Bolger's Scarecrow, but all of this makes for some intriguing alternate-reality versions of the film. Buddy Ebsen was cast as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz movie and put in weeks of work on it, but an allergic reaction to the silver makeup nearly killed him, and he had to be replaced. Would have loved to see him in it. His dancing style reminds me of Ray Bolger as the Scarecrow — and in fact, originally Ebsen was going to be the Scarecrow and Bolger was to be the Tin Man! I love Bolger’s Scarecrow, but all of this makes for some intriguing alternate-reality versions of the film.

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