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Oh, no! Things can get really dirty when you are trying to fingerprint.. ahem, pawprint.. a cat. Federal agent Zeke Kelso (Dean Jones) finally found the perfect print - he took it off his forehead! Hayley Mills looks on at Zeke and the mess he made in this NBC-TV release photo from Walt Disney's That Darn Cat! (1965).
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, and others may still be available for purchase at our eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures
The British Broadcasting Corporation, better known as the BBC, has released on Youtube a wealth of fantastic television programs and documentaries from their vast archives. These programs vary in subject from gardening to travel to education to the histories of just about anything and everything related to England. The documentaries about crafts and craftsmen are the most fascinating and top of this line-up is The Model World of Robert Symes, a 48-minute presentation released on BBC in 1979.
The Model World of Robert Symes spins off of that concept slightly and instead briefly spotlights the pleasures to be found in each different kind of model hobby: model railroading, toothpick modeling, R/C planes and automobiles and model dioramas. The only subject he neglected to cover was model sailboat racing. Symes examines each of these crafts and talks with an expert in each field. We also get to see Robert's own garden railway line in the backyard of his property.
Ready to watch The Model World of Robert Symes? Simply click here.
"If there ever was a 'Si Zentner kind of music', this is it -- music of great intensity and drive, just right for Si's big band style".
So reads the album notes of Si Zentner & his Orchestra's From Russia with Love album from 1964 and boy are they right! The handsome orchestra leader had a distinctly bold and brassy sound and these themes were tailor-made for his style.
Si had a number of hits in the early 1960s with his versions of The Stripper, Up a Lazy River, and More but this album's songs suit his band's style best. There is the titular From Russia with Love Theme with its mournful trombone solo, the fantastic James Bond Theme, and The 007 Theme that sounds like it could have been a TV theme in itself. Other pieces include the film themes to Charade, The Third Man, and The Man with the Golden Arm. The remaining selections are popular action-detective TV themes -- the best being Burke's Law.
Si Zentner made big band music the "in" thing years after big band was considered to be on the wane and his ensemble was voted "Best Big Band" for 13 straight years by Downbeat magazine. Be sure to check out his other albums in addition to this one.
Listen to the full album here on YouTube.
Track List
Side One:
The James Bond Theme
Burke's Law Theme
Mr. Lucky
Dragnet
The Third Man Theme
Peter Gunn
Side Two:
From Russia with Love
M Squad Theme
Charade
Bond's "007" Theme
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Fugitive Theme
Top Picks: From Russia with Love, The James Bond Theme, Burke's Law, and Charade.
Here's a motley band of merrymakers - the fair maiden will soon give away the winning prize to a brave contestant who will defeat a knight.
That Funny Feeling is about swinger Tom Milford (Darin) who uses a maid service to clean his apartment after his nightly parties. He has never seen this maid and she (Dee) thinks the playboy that she cleans after is a horrible man judging from the aftermath of his messy wingdings. He is about to be sent on an assignment in California so he leaves a note for his maid telling her she doesn't have to come by for 10 days. That same day he meets Joan Howell (Dee) and when he offers to take her home she gives the cab driver Milford's address since she is embarrassed of her tiny one-room apartment. When Milford insists taking her to her door, he is naturally surprised when she opens up his apartment with a key! He is even more surprised when she tells him her name is Joan Milford!
The story to That Funny Feeling is about a simple mix-up like this and that's all it takes to make a very amusing comedy. Of course, having two cute stars with a natural acting flair helps make the film so entertaining. This could easily have been a script written for a Rock Hudson and Doris Day comedy but one can't picture Doris Day living in such a tiny apartment with a roommate, nor being a maid. That's why a college-aged actress was needed and Sandra Dee was perfect for the part. Playing her roommate Audrey is Nita Talbot who is best known for portraying Russian spy Marya on the television series Hogan's Heroes. She's the younger version of Thelma Ritter, complete with the snarky remarks and New York accent.
Also co-starring in the film is Donald O'Connor as a Tony Randall-ish boss to Tom Milford. He is all in a tither about his valuable paintings (which are being stored in Tom's apartment) being in danger of getting damaged. Donald is always good to watch and his character adds a nice addition to the chaos Tom is already experiencing. Also in the cast is Larry Storch as another roommate and Leo G. Carroll as a nosy pawnbroker.
It looks like Rudi (James MacArthur) has a sweetheart! Who can resist the charms of cute Janet Munro? You just know she'll snag him by the end of the picture. This lobby card features a scene from the entertaining Third Man on the Mountain (1959), a Walt Disney film based on the Newbury Honor book "Banner in the Sky" by James Ramsey Ullman. Click here to read our full review of the film.
From the Archives is our latest series of posts where we share photos from the Silverbanks Pictures collection. Some of these may have been sold in the past, and others may still be available for purchase at our eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/Silverbanks-Pictures
