DVD Report: This week's new releases (Oct. 19) Oct 19, 2008
Warner again swings open the vault door on its signature genre of the '30s and '40s, offering a new-to-DVD set including "Kid Galahad" (1937), with Edward G. Robinson as a racketeering boxing promoter. Cinephiles may also remember this as the first of Humphrey Bogart's six films for "Casablanca" director Michael Curtiz. (Boston Globe)
Elvis Presley and the Hollywood Mus... Sep 20, 2008
However in movies like Kid Galahad (62) and Tickle Me the songs are not directly related with the story and basically constitute musical interludes inserted in the film. This often criticised practice was very common in Hollywood, but unfortunately semi integrated comedy musicals were often perceived by critics as less important then integrated musical adaptations of Broadway Shows like The King and I or My Fair Lady. (Suite101.com)
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Parenting and kids' health - Better Life - USATODAY.com. Unhappy about Happy Meals and the like. (USA Today -- Money)
Stupid doesn't get any better Jul 6, 2008
But before that she's joined big, blond Ben Davis (as Galahad) for The Song That Goes Like This, a gut-busting spoof of The Phantom of the Opera accurate down to its fog effects and faulty chandelier. You can play musical spot-the-reference throughout Spamalot, from licks of Fosse choreography and the West Side Story stylings of Jerome Robbins to an oy-inducing swipe at Fiddler on the Roof. (Vancouver Sun)
Back where she first started, Baez shows no sign of slowing Mar 30, 2008
It was the evening's lone song that Baez wrote, and such modesty - let's be honest, the woman has never been known for that - underestimated Baez's superb songwriting ("Sweet Sir Galahad," in particular). That said, she chose others' songs wisely. (Boston Globe)
Lonely Londoner Mar 15, 2008
Into Moses's strictly individualistic world steps "the black community", in the form of his old friend Galahad, who has dived head-first into nationalist politics ... For his part, Galahad approves of the Shepherds Bush house ... Galahad's motives are as base as Moses's fears, yet despite his misgivings Selvon's anti-hero does get sucked into "the struggle". (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Once when Bill was asked what job he wanted in the Administration of his friend the President, he replied in his typically retiring and deferential way: "Ventriloquist." Feb 28, 2008
" And then proudly boasts of his subscription to National Review. Again, without the wrapper. Ladies and gentlemen, the strategic situation internationally is also changing, and decisively so. While democracies are growing in economic strength, the totalitarian world is in decay and disarray. We see that Marx was right: The economic order is making demands on the political order. But he was wrong about where it would happen. China is only the most remarkable and most recent example. Add to this... (National Review)
Clay Aiken Goofy In Spamalot Feb 23, 2008
From Jonathan Hadary's robust King Arthur to the preening Galahad of Christopher Sieber (an original New York cast 00000C99 member who recently returned to the show) to Rick Holmes' sexually fluid Lancelot, the cast gets a high amount of laughs from low comedy. And then there's Tom Deckman as the hilariously fey Prince Herbert and David Hibbard as the aptly named Patsy, singing and tapping his way through the show's best known moment of musical cheer, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."... (CBS News)
Oscar, come out! Jan 25, 2008
"The detail is intense," says Dennis Bridwell of security consultants Galahad, whose clients include some of the biggest actors in Hollywood. "You have to look after them from the moment the pre-ceremony parties begin in the days leading up to the awards to the time you put them into their limo ride home from the after-show parties. There are a lot of people watching other people.". (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Spamalot resurrects laughs in jokes of yore Dec 3, 2007
Under instructions from God (the sonorous recorded voice of John Cleese) King Arthur assembles his knights - Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad and the flatulent Sir Bedevere - and goes in search of the Holy Grail. Along the way, they are forced to stage a Broadway musical, a plot device that gives Spamalot a remit to satirise musicals in general. (Sydney Morning Herald)
30 years after his death, memories of Elvis remain vivid Aug 16, 2007
Actor Michael Dante, a Stamford native, worked with Presley on "Kid Galahad," a 1962 musical that starred the singer as a young boxer ... Dante, who played boxer Joie Shakes in "Kid Galahad," crooned alongside Presley and even took an unscripted punch to the mouth during a boxing scene. (Stamford Advocate)
Exclusive: Chuck Norris reminisces about common interests, friendship with the king Aug 13, 2007
Several of his films demonstrate the influence of karate in his life, including "G.I. Blues, "Wild in the Country," "Blue Hawaii," "Kid Galahad," "Follow that Dream," "Double Trouble," "Harum Scarum" and "Flaming Star. " (Column continues below) Teaching Priscilla martial arts While they were still married, Priscilla called me to say she wanted to study karate with me. We had been introduced by Ed Parker at a tournament. I asked her why she didn't study with Ed, to which she replied, "Ed can't... (WorldNetDaily)
Spamalot's new king finds feet Aug 1, 2007
Lucinda Shaw is the Lady of the Lake, Stephen Hall is Sir Lancelot, Ben Lewis is Sir Dennis Galahad and Derek Metzger is King Arthur's keeper of the coconuts, Patsy. "As an avid Monty Python fan I could not be happier," she said from Federation Square, as an inflatable Foot of God floated above a temporary box office. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
New on DVD: Zodiac, The Number 23 Jul 24, 2007
A four-disc set has four of Elvis Presleys 1960s music romps: the boxing tale Kid Galahad, the prince-and-the-pauper story Clambake, the Florida comedy Follow That Dream and the riverboat romance Frankie and Johnny. Five of Sinatras films are gathered from the 1950s and 60s, anchored by John Frankenheimers disturbing assassination thriller The Manchurian Candidate. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Bodyguard sold sex toys Jul 18, 2007
The 34-year-old burly security guard - who has been protecting Britney and helping her look after her children - was reportedly fired from his previous agency, Galahad Security, because of his adult website business. The domestic service security agency he now works for reportedly does not perform regular background checks. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
A school of rock lesson Jul 12, 2007
But given that the past couple of years has also seen the deaths of three other Brisbane boys who had an inordinate impact on an earlier wave of Australian pub rock Billy Thorpe, Lobby Loyde and Peter Wells it seems fitting to ask, "Hasn't Brisbane always reached above its weight?" Dividing Brisbane music into ancient and modern history Before and After the Saints Pig City picks up from the 1971 Springbok tour (not a band but a rugby team), and the formation of Kid Galahad and the Eternals (the... (Courier Mail)
Knights And Amour Jul 8, 2007
In a sequence of hilarious scenes, he finds a number of promising candidates, including the meek Sir Robin, the mullet-headed Sir Galahad and the flamboyant Sir Lancelot ... Later, during "The Song That Goes Like This," she and Sir Galahad sing an equally hilarious love song about the predictability of love songs. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Frank talk about injured eater Jun 27, 2007
"It's Galahad and Lancelot looking for the Holy Grail . . . guys from nowhere who seek fame and fortune." Davis, who was the music editor at Rolling Stone back when Cameron Crowe was writing for the mag, has nearly completed a book about Axl Rose and Guns N' Roses. "The magic of doing these isn't talking to the guys; it's talking to the girlfriends and roadies," he said. (Boston Globe)
Meet FannyGreen godess to the celebritiesMORE ›› Jun 20, 2007
Two months short of his 21st birthday, ex-Welsh Guardsman Simon was left terribly disfigured with 46 per cent burns when his troop ship Sir Galahad was bombed by Argentine jets. But his extraordinary determination to overcome his wounds and live a normal life won him the heart of the nation. (The Sun Newspaper Online, UK -- Bizarre)
Last night's TV Apr 4, 2007
If you remember Pamela Stephenson's first incarnation, you'll also remember TV pictures of a stricken British supply ship at anchor in an inlet of the Falkland Islands, subject of Timewatch: Remember the Galahad (BBC2) ... Those men wouldn't even have been on the Galahad if the landing crafts that were due to take them off hadn't been commandeered - hijacked, basically - by a unit from the parachute regiment for their own use ... Then there was a series of changes of plan, misunderstandings and... (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Americus native celebrates 'Spamalot' run Mar 3, 2007
And since he just signed a six-month extension on his contract with the show, it s safe to assume that he s not yet bored with playing Sir Bedevere and cross-dressing nightly as Dennis Galahad s mother. No matter what kind of mood you re in when you get to work, when you smear mud on your face and strap on huge boobs, it s hard to remain in a bad mood, Gurr told Buzz on Thursday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Rewind: Stars Of Song And Screen, From Mandy Moore To Ice Cube Jan 30, 2007
Whatever role he was playing, be it ex-con/singer Vince Everett in "Jailhouse Rock" (1957), soldier/singer Tulsa McLean in "G.I. Blues" (1960), boxer/singer "Kid Galahad" (1962) or race-car driver/singer in a buncha films including "Viva Las Vegas" (1964) and "Speedway" (1968), the emphasis was always on the singing (and hip-shaking, of course). As it turned out, Elvis' final film, 1969's "Change of Habit" in which the King plays an inner-city doctor who falls in love with a nun featured less... (VHI.com -- Music News)
- The Falklands: 25 years on Jan 14, 2007
There are images of the Sir Galahad listing heavily; photographs of a laughing officer called Lawrence who would shortly lose all feeling in his left side; and some of Firth, playing Lawrence in Tumbledown, smiling as fake blood streaks his scalp. And there are more. (Guardian Unlimited)
Lauren Collins anticipates last call in the bar car Jan 9, 2007
Pally s Prohibition, Shea said, will turn the Scarsdale Galahad into the Scarsdale schlemiel. At 6:39, the train pulled into the station. (New Yorker)
Spamalot? Yes, it sounds a bit bizarre Jan 8, 2007
Case in point: The Lady of the Lake (a diva backed by her very own squad of cheering Laker Girls) climbs into a splendid boat with dashing Sir Dennis Galahad. A chandelier appears as the two sing the bombastic, repetitive Song That Goes Like This, a parody number that both skewers and sounds like everything Andrew Lloyd Webber ever wrote. (Miami.com, FL -- Entertainment)
