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Norbert

(6,430 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:00 PM 4 hrs ago

RIP Mitzi Gaynor

Didn't see this on here but she passed away earlier today. She was a singer actor and dancer. Most notable film was the film adaptation of Rogers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, where she played the female lead Nellie. I like this movie, one of the more edgier R&H movies.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/mitzi-gaynor-south-pacific-star-and-emmy-winning-entertainer-dies-at-93/ar-AA1ssA2H?ocid=BingNewsSerp

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RIP Mitzi Gaynor (Original Post) Norbert 4 hrs ago OP

;-) ;-( elleng 4 hrs ago #1

I wish she'd gotten more movie parts. tanyev 4 hrs ago #2

One of the DWTS pros, Kym Johnson, always reminded me of Mitzi Gaynor. tanyev 3 hrs ago #6

wow...had not seen this before.... bahboo 2 hrs ago #7

If you like musicals and dancing, try to find the movie. Overlooked and underrated, IMO. tanyev 1 hr ago #9

... 2naSalit 3 hrs ago #3

Father-in-law's favorite movie.. Permanut 3 hrs ago #4

Aw blogslug 3 hrs ago #5

She was a favorite of mine. greatauntoftriplets 1 hr ago #8

elleng

(135,262 posts)

1. ;-) ;-(

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:06 PM

4 hrs ago

tanyev

(44,188 posts)

2. I wish she'd gotten more movie parts.

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:13 PM

4 hrs ago

Dancing with Gene Kelly in Les Girls:

tanyev

(44,188 posts)

6. One of the DWTS pros, Kym Johnson, always reminded me of Mitzi Gaynor.

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:42 PM

3 hrs ago

bahboo

(16,849 posts)

7. wow...had not seen this before....

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 10:45 PM

2 hrs ago

an entire story told in 3 minutes...with no words....

tanyev

(44,188 posts)

9. If you like musicals and dancing, try to find the movie. Overlooked and underrated, IMO.

Reply to bahboo (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:29 PM

1 hr ago

When dancer Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) pens a memoir about her time in a troupe with two other women, she incurs the wrath of her former peers, Angele Ducros (Taina Elg) and Joy Henderson (Mitzi Gaynor). This leads to a lawsuit, and the presence of Barry Nichols (Gene Kelly), the mastermind behind the troupe, who presents his perspective as accusations of affairs fly between the women. Truth is slowly revealed, helped along by some lively musical numbers.

2naSalit

(91,538 posts)

3. ...

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:23 PM

3 hrs ago

Permanut

(6,491 posts)

4. Father-in-law's favorite movie..

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:32 PM

3 hrs ago

He was a Machinist's Mate on a Navy supply ship in the south Pacific; he and the ship both survived a kamikaze attack.

We played this movie for him when he was in hospice care in 2006. He couldn't see it, but we're pretty sure he could hear it. He's been gone since soon after we "watched" that movie with him. Great guy and a hero.

R.I.P. Mitzi Gaynor, and thanks for the memories.

blogslug

(38,538 posts)

5. Aw

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 09:32 PM

3 hrs ago

RIP, Mitzi

greatauntoftriplets

(176,632 posts)

8. She was a favorite of mine.

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 11:23 PM

1 hr ago

Too talented for Hollywood, apparently.

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