Musical Interlude: In the Sondheim musical "Follies," the character Carlotta reflects on the ups & downs of her life and career, and proudly declares her survival.

Today is my 58th birthday. I've had a lot of ups and downs, and sometimes lay on my bed and wondered if I wanted to see the sunrise. But here I am. So here's the original Carlotta, belting it out live.

"I'm Still Here," performed by Yvonne de Carlo.

#MusicalInterlude #YvonneDeCarlo #ImStillHere #Sondheim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79TNvSSv0I4

💖 Yvonne De Carlo (1922 – 2007) Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer 🎶
#YvonneDeCarlo #oldhollywood

75 years ago:
Casbah (US)
Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.
1948-04-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/45628
#Casbah #YvonneDeCarlo #PeterLorre #ThomasGomez #Film

Jacques Tourneur’s Timbuktu is an old-fashioned Foreign Legion adventure movie, in fact even a little old-fashioned by the standards of 1958. That’s probably why I liked it so much. As a bonus it stars Victor Mature and Yvonne de Carlo.

Thoroughly enjoyable.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2015/06/timbuktu-1958.html

#classicmovies #classicmovie #goldenagehollywood #1950smovie #adventuremovie #adventuremovies #adventure #JacquesTourneur #VictorMature #YvonnedeCarlo

💖 Yvonne De Carlo (1922 – 2007) Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer 🌹
#YvonneDeCarlo #oldhollywood

74 years ago:
Criss Cross (US)
Burt Lancaster plays Steve Thompson, a man who seals his dark fate when he returns to Los Angeles to find his ex-wife Anna Dundee (Yvonne DeCarlo) eager to rekindle their love against all better judgement. She encourages their affair but then quickly marries mobster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). To defl...
1949-02-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/22112
#CrissCross #BurtLancaster #YvonneDeCarlo #DanDuryea #Universal #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

74 years ago:
Criss Cross (US)
Burt Lancaster plays Steve Thompson, a man who seals his dark fate when he returns to Los Angeles to find his ex-wife Anna Dundee (Yvonne DeCarlo) eager to rekindle their love against all better judgement. She encourages their affair but then quickly marries mobster Slim Dundee (Dan Duryea). To defl...
1949-02-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/22112
#CrissCross #BurtLancaster #YvonneDeCarlo #DanDuryea #Universal #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Watched an old Noir film about prison brutality, Brute Force (1947).

Does a good job of making the prisoners sympathetic, and even makes some commentary about how prison labor undercuts good union jobs.

Never seen Hume Cronyn in such a sinister role before.

Also uses any excuse to have Burt Lancaster take his shirt off.

Brief cameo of Yvonne De Carlo.

#Criterion

#Noir #ACAB #Prison #PrisonLabor #BurtLancaster #JulesDassin #HumeCronyn #YvonneDeCarlo #Union

💖 Yvonne De Carlo
(1922 – 2007) Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer 🎶
#YvonneDeCarlo #oldhollywood