He’s back….and he’s glad he is….

TCM website kept me up for many hours and taping  a lot…..first…my beloved Tarzan marathon.  I spent many, many Saturday matinees at the Harris Theater in Tarentum, PA watching and loving the Tarzan films.  They were always fun and exciting for me….saw all the 40’s Weissmuller films and some of the later ones.   Maureen O’Sullivan was so lovely and I also enjoyed Brenda Joyce…who didn’t love Boy, an amazing Johnny Sheffield and last but most certainly not least…Cheetah.  Plus there were always wonderful supporting casts. 

The next day was Marilyn and although I have most of films on DVD, I watched the Monroe Magic and it was magic…Bus Stop, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Niagara, Some Like It Hot, Seven Year and The Sleeping Prince. 

When I was a cabdriver here in Los Angeles (can U believe that????) The dispatcher sent me to Hecht, Hill & Lancaster, and a major production company in Beverly Hills (Hill was Rita Hayworth’s husband) and Lancaster was Burt)   It was around 7 PM and no one was in the lobby and as I walked up the staircase,   wondered who it would be, Hecht…Hill or Lancaster?  I stuck my head in the doorway and asked “Did somebody called a cab??”  You can only imagine my surprise when Laurence Olivier turned around and said, I did   the gentleman with him turned out to be Terrance Rattigan, the playwright who wrote The Sleeping Prince.  They gave me the address and we entered the cab.   I couldn’t resist. I had to ask why they had changed the title to The Prince and the Showgirl.    Sir Laurence said “Well dear boy, seems that the powers that be at Warner Brothers had decided that it was much more marketable film title” and he winked at me…yes, he did…

And just when  I thought it couldn’t get any better…we pulled up at the address and British fiilm star Kay Kendall (one of my favorites) came out of the house to greet them!  All  I needed was for Sexy Rexy to join her!  (He didn’t)