Saturday 9

 

As Time Goes By ...

Who can resist this achingly beautiful love theme from Casablanca?  Not me!   (Unfamiliar with this tune?  Hear it here.

Without further ado! .....

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This song begins with, "You must remember this."  Do you often write things down to help you remember?

Sure do!  I'm addicted to these lined index cards and usually keep several at the ready.

Alternatively, I'm learning to use my phone's Alexa app as a grocery list.

The lyrics tell us that moonlight and love songs are never out of date.  Tell us about something else that seems timeless.

How about the ocean?
Whether serene or stormy, it's eternal.

Originally written in 1931, "As Time Goes By" is best known as the love theme from the 1942 film, Casablanca.  According to the American Film Institute, there's only one song from a movie soundtrack that's more expressly identified with the films: Over The Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz.  What song reminds you of your favorite movie.

Against the Wind (from Forrest Gump)

I've no idea who put this particular version together -- it's not on YouTube -- but I think it's wonderful.  (Yes, I cried.)

https://fb.watch/cGEHHfVl2T/

This version is from The George Sanders Touch, an LP recorded by an Oscar-winning character actor.  There is scant evidence that it sold well.  Tell us about something you thought was a good idea at the time, but looking back, would have done differently.

Leaving Florida for Arizona.

This album was really something of a consolation prize for George.  He worked with a vocal coach, hoping to win the romantic lead in the film version of South Pacific, but alas, the role went to a younger man.  He had fun making this record instead.  Have you recently taken lemons and made lemonade?

I don't know that this counts, but.
My son and his family are experiencing a tumultuous season in their lives.  It's not my story to tell; I'm trying to give them space.

On the bright side, I've had several deep, heart-wrenching and heart-warming phone conversations.  Troy's sharing feelings I never knew about; my heart's full.   

He usually played suave-but unsympathetic characters.  That's why he gave his autobiography the self-aware title, Memoirs of a Professional Cad.  What would you call your life story?

But by the grace of God ...

The night he won  his Oscar, George Sanders accepted the statuette, bowed deeply and then, safely behind the curtain and away from cameras, surprised onlookers by crying.  Have you every cried tears of joy?

Many times!

George Sanders wed perennial talk show guest and occasional actress Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1949.  Sixteen years after their divorce, he married Zsa Zsa's less famous but also glamorous sister, Magda.  After a month, George and Magda thought better of it and had the union annulled.  Sam thinks this is one of the oddest romantic tales she's ever stumbled upon while researching Saturday 9.  Have you ever known anyone who divorced one sibling and then married another?  (Hallmark movies don't count.)

Thankfully, no!

Random question:  You're in a line of 25 people at the post office.  How many of those other 24 are more patient at waiting than you are?

More patient?  1 or 2, maybe.  I love listening to the friendly interchanges between ther clerks and customers.