Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Spec Floats #9


6 comments:

Ole Whitey said...

These must be from when the movie was made (1951?) as this is the float where a girl sang "Only a Rose" from "The Vagabond King" by Rudolf Friml.

Roger Smith said...

A girl? How soon they forget. Betty Hutton as Holly sings the song from this float. As the song fades to background music, James Stewart's Buttons spots his mother, played by Lillian Albertson, in the crowd. He does a bit with flowers for a girl in the audience, Beverly Washburn, then listened intently as his mother tells him, "They've been around again--asking questions." To which Buttons replies, "Don't worry, Mother. They'll never find me behind this nose. Now give me a big smile that I can remember till next year." And he clowns his way back into the show, as the teary-eyed mother smilss good-bye and Holly soulfully reminds us she'll bring along some wine and a song for anyone, but "Only a Rose" for us. Now--who could forget that?

Ole Whitey said...

Well, ex-CUSE me !!!

Chic Silber said...


Geeez Roger do you watch that

film every day at the same time

Roger Smith said...

Not at all. It's memory, born of having lost count at seeing this picture some 27 times during its first release. Among my staggering accomplishments--and believe me, for years around here, I could stagger--I can lip-sync the dialog to this one, TRAPEZE, and CASABLANCA.

Chic Silber said...


I'm so sorry Roger but it seems

your affliction is far worse than

my adiction to this sandbox