tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post8312278985751322122..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Happy Birthday, J.M. Barrie! (Creator of PETER PAN)Yvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-21682863298379332502011-05-10T08:39:59.500-04:002011-05-10T08:39:59.500-04:00Kathy: I hadn't even known she ever played Pet...Kathy: I hadn't even known she ever played Peter Pan - Jean Arthur, I mean.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-42180276279326654922011-05-09T19:15:10.442-04:002011-05-09T19:15:10.442-04:00Yes, Mary Martin was Peter Pan.
Jean Arthur is a ...Yes, Mary Martin was Peter Pan.<br /><br />Jean Arthur is a great idea. My sister and I love her in old movies.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-28842672557315551492011-05-09T15:37:24.346-04:002011-05-09T15:37:24.346-04:00OMG, Les! Jean Arthur would have been perfect as P...OMG, Les! Jean Arthur would have been perfect as Peter. Leonard Bernstein music? Who knew? I'm amazed by the idea of Boris Karloff as Hook.He would have been perfect too. WOW! I can honestly say that you are probably the only person I know who has Boris Karloff singing on his ipod. Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-55531276638466323422011-05-09T15:19:50.727-04:002011-05-09T15:19:50.727-04:00Yvette, one of my first Broadway shows was the 195...Yvette, one of my first Broadway shows was the 1950 version of Peter Pan - several years before the Mary Martin musical. The version I saw was a play with music, believe it or not, by Leonard Bernstein, starring Jean Arthur as Peter Pan with Boris Karloff as Captain Hook. There is still a recording available of Karloff singing a song as Hook called "The Plank." It's on my iPod!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com