tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1240640776351062593..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Something for the weekend, sir? The super "Knight Without Armour" (1937) or the hilariously stinky "Miracle of the Bells" (1948)Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-38999610172647144042016-06-11T18:58:36.135+01:002016-06-11T18:58:36.135+01:00Thanks Scott. I always leave your blog better inf...Thanks Scott. I always leave your blog better informed and, generally, happier! Any "unhappiness" is the result of general frustration with the world, and fear that the Donald may end up with his finger on the button.Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-91847294296954308482016-06-11T18:03:01.781+01:002016-06-11T18:03:01.781+01:00Thank you for pointing out my bizarre error, Helen...Thank you for pointing out my bizarre error, Helen - I'm not quite sure how I got from a film star to a writer/journalist! - but I've corrected it so other visitors aren't baffled. Is 63 too young to claim a senior moment? Or is it that I've never been able to get over the confusion of Louis Jordan almost sharing a name with the the man who brought us "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie", "Caldonia" and "Saturday Night Fish-Fry"? Who knows?<br /><br />By the way, who is the HIM you refer to? The "thinking woman's crumpet" Olivier Todd is apparently still with us, at 85. Louis Jourdan died at his Beverly Hills home just over a year ago at the age of 93. He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2010. The bandleader Louis Jordan died in 1975 (I really hope he was buried in a zoot suit). Robert Donat - who would no doubt have appeared in many more films had it not been for his chronic asthma - died of a brain tumour in 1958, the same year his last film, "Inn of the Sixth Happiness" was released. I saw his penultimate film, "Lease of Life" (1954) in which he plays an ineffective vicar who discovers he hasn't long to live, for the first time a few months ago (it sounds like a potentially dreary subject, but it's very watchable, and Donat is - as always - first rate). Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-60394245722750432352016-06-11T10:07:16.376+01:002016-06-11T10:07:16.376+01:00How did Olivier Todd get in there, Scott? I must ...How did Olivier Todd get in there, Scott? I must admit the picture of Robert Donat did suggest a resemblance - something about the mouth. Whatever happened to HIM?Helennoreply@blogger.com