Showing posts with label Singing in the Rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singing in the Rain. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Wednesday's Thought for the Day

Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes, and prism, are all very good words for the lips: especially prunes and prism.

Charles Dickens (Little Dorrit)


Pix from the brilliant Moses Supposes His Noses are Roses elocution song and dance sequence from SINGING IN THE RAIN. That's rubber-faced Donald O'Connor - a great dancer and a pretty good comedic actor. (THE KING'S SPEECH ain't the only film ever to elaborate on the 'joys' of elocution.)