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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Jun 5, 2012 15:08:04 GMT
I forgot to add, I agree about the anecdote being B.S. It was so uncalled for and sounds rather catty, instead of clever. Queenie Smith was the one who mentioned it in a book on Jerome Kern and quite frankly, why did it have to be said at all? Why wasn't it just left as the song was cut? It comes across as childish, trying to have a laugh at Dwight's expense. He doesn't need to be remembered like that where this play is concerned. Obviously Queenie didn't like him very much, for her to have said such a mean thing. Dwight worked in many movies, many if which we have all seen, zillions of times. Have any of us ever heard him pronouncing "S" strangely? He was not a big star, he could not make script changes. If this was a genuine issue he probably would have got even less work. INfact he might not got as far as Hollywood. Surely in the early stages of this musical, if Dwight was heard to have an impediment, he would have been replaced quickly. I think Queenie Smith either didn't like Dwight, or wanting a cheap laugh decided to use Dwight, knowing that he was dead and obviously unable to defend himself. Having read a bit about this woman, she seems a bit up her own backside! Hmmm... Dwight maybe obscure, but I bet he is remembered and loved far more than that creature!  |
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Post by Violet on Jun 5, 2012 22:22:58 GMT
Thank you so much for posting these songs Mrs. V. The lyrics are wonderful. I love the Mr and Mrs Rorer video you uploaded, it was made even more enjoyable by the lovely images accompanying the song. Thank you also for sharing the notes which I found very interesting. I also liked the photo of P.G. Wodehouse at the end.
I agree about the speech impediment and believe it to be utter rubbish. There is absolutely zero evidence of it in any of Dwight's film performances. I think it's all rather sad and unladylike.
Personally, I think this section of the forum is fabulous and I am sure many others do too. I adore the theatre and would have dearly loved to have had the opportunity to have seen this magnificent actor on the stage. I find all of the posts, pictures and reviews thrilling and am extremely grateful for them all. Please don't close this section, I love it too much!
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Post by Monk's Moll on Jun 8, 2012 12:17:16 GMT
I forgot to add, I agree about the anecdote being B.S. It was so uncalled for and sounds rather catty, instead of clever. Queenie Smith was the one who mentioned it in a book on Jerome Kern and quite frankly, why did it have to be said at all? Why wasn't it just left as the song was cut? It comes across as childish, trying to have a laugh at Dwight's expense. He doesn't need to be remembered like that where this play is concerned. Obviously Queenie didn't like him very much, for her to have said such a mean thing. Dwight worked in many movies, many if which we have all seen, zillions of times. Have any of us ever heard him pronouncing "S" strangely? He was not a big star, he could not make script changes. If this was a genuine issue he probably would have got even less work. INfact he might not got as far as Hollywood. Surely in the early stages of this musical, if Dwight was heard to have an impediment, he would have been replaced quickly. I think Queenie Smith either didn't like Dwight, or wanting a cheap laugh decided to use Dwight, knowing that he was dead and obviously unable to defend himself. Having read a bit about this woman, she seems a bit up her own backside! Hmmm... Dwight maybe obscure, but I bet he is remembered and loved far more than that creature! You said it, Mrs. V., testify  ! |
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Post by Monk's Moll on Jun 8, 2012 12:20:28 GMT
What I find funny is that these people who take what she said as gospel, instead of seeing for themselves. They could easily watch a Dwight film, and know there isn't the slightest hint of an impediment-yeah, impediment this ;D!
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Post by liz on Jun 8, 2012 16:56:41 GMT
I'd like to impediment Dwight. Jussayin'.  |
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Post by Mrs Vindecco on Jun 9, 2012 16:08:03 GMT
Thank you so much for posting these songs Mrs. V. The lyrics are wonderful. I love the Mr and Mrs Rorer video you uploaded, it was made even more enjoyable by the lovely images accompanying the song. Thank you also for sharing the notes which I found very interesting. I also liked the photo of P.G. Wodehouse at the end. I agree about the speech impediment and believe it to be utter rubbish. There is absolutely zero evidence of it in any of Dwight's film performances. I think it's all rather sad and unladylike. Personally, I think this section of the forum is fabulous and I am sure many others do too. I adore the theatre and would have dearly loved to have had the opportunity to have seen this magnificent actor on the stage. I find all of the posts, pictures and reviews thrilling and am extremely grateful for them all. Please don't close this section, I love it too much! Thanks Violet. I appreciate your kind words. I would feel bad about dropping this section altogther because it was the STAGE that meant the world to Dwight, not films! Also thank you for taking the time to listen to the songs. Initially I thought they were pretty annoying, but I've grown quite fond of them. Just wish we had a version with Dwight singing. It's an interesting period of the American musical and on a Jerome Kerr website I was reading that so much of his work is forgotten because he didn't like to push individual songs to create "hits". Another point, regarding the lisp... Dwight wasn't with this production THAT long. If it was decided to drop the song purely down to Dwight's inhability to pronounce "Sit" then why did they not put the song back in after Dwight had left the production. The reality is the actual song "Sitting Pretty" is pretty boring, IMHO. |
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