ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – VIVACIOUS LADY (1938)

 

“Vivacious Lady” is a Romantic Comedy, Screenplay by P.J. Wolfson and Ernest Pagano from a Story by I.A.R. Wylie and Directed by George Stevens.

The story begins when young University Professor Peter Morgan (James Stewart) makes a quick trip to the city to escort his cousin Keith Morgan (James Ellison) back to their hometown of Old Sharon.

He finds Keith at a nightclub which he regularly frequents as he is besotted with nightclub performer Francey Brent (Ginger Rogers), however when Peter meets Francey he falls head over heels in love with her and they marry after a whirlwind romance.

But when he goes back home, he has to pick his moment to tell his conservative, ultra-respectable parents Peter Morgan, Sr. (Charles Coburn) and Martha Morgan (Beulah Bondi).

It's a very enjoyable movie with a typically engaging performance by Rogers and a typically amiable one by Stewart and Willie Best as the Train Porter is delightful.

LUVVIE

 

“Break a leg darling”

Old thespians cry

As they tread the boards

And in fear of a mythical curse

Talk of the “Scottish play”

Off stage

They bore one and all

With quotes of the bard

And shamelessly drop names

Whilst imparting anecdotes

And listing credits long past

WHATS IN A NAME (14)

 

Does anyone think is Oliver Hardy?

Does anyone know is Richard Tardy?

Did anyone watch as John Wells?

Does anyone know if Chris Sells?

BLIND TO RACE

 

As a white man with decent values

I am blind to race and colour it’s safe to say

Though not because I don’t care

Rather it’s because I don't judge others that way

SOAK AWAY

 

Candle’s scented flames

Set the tone

For a relaxing soak

In a stress-free zone

 

In chin high water

Containing oils and bubbles

Aromatic and Exotic

Soaking away life’s troubles

 

Shelves piled high

With new age potions

Aromatherapy oils

And various creams and lotions

 

Such is the way

For girls like my daughter

Fragrantly soaking

In the deep foaming water

 

When I was young

Choices were limited frankly

To Radox crystals

And a bottle of Matey

PARTYING OR CLUBBING

 

Saturday night on the town

Either partying or clubbing

The object to get someone into bed

Some sights turn you on

Some just turn your stomach

While others turn your head

 

Long legged fillies

With a skirt so short

It’s little more than a belt

Loose gaping blouses

And breasts unrestrained

Looking like they’ve just been felt

 

When alcohol takes over

People are then attracted

To all that comes into view

The good looking and the fit

Say they never bed an ugly partner

But they wake up with a few

 

Each long slender beauty

Has a man on her arm

Or a short dumpy friend

As alcohol slowly takes its toll

It’s the short dumpy bird

Gets the bloke in the end

STATUS SYMBOL

 

Celebs with ideograms

Tattooed into flesh

When quizzed

About their meanings

“It’s the symbol for”

They claim

“Serenity”, “Harmony”

Or “Tranquillity”

The true meanings are much clearer

And not wise or sagely

The symbols really mean

“Gullible foreigner”

They should be called idiot grams