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11 Jul 06 - 09:12 AM (#1780953) Subject: BS: Obit: June Allyson From: Fiolar Sadly another great lady has gone to the great screen in the sky. June Allyson passed away on July 9th. Who can forget her performances in such films as "The Glenn Miller Story" and "Strategic Air Command" to mention just two. Farewell June. It's a sadder world. |
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11 Jul 06 - 09:32 AM (#1780970) Subject: RE: BS: Obit: June Allyson From: skipy Margarita Collection, The - Harvey Andrews 1 CD(s) - Rock & Pop - Label: Hypertension - Distributor: Proper - Released: 06/10/2003 - 4011586221624 1 review | Write a review ... Margarita 2. Bruges 3. Dear Miss Allyson 4. Cheeky Young Lad 5. PG 6. Yesterday's Bread 7. Songs That Harry Wrote 8. Long Ago, Far Away 9. Learning the Game 10. Please Don't Get on the Plane 11. Pinball 12. ... Read review Skipy |
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11 Jul 06 - 09:56 AM (#1780993) Subject: RE: BS: Obit: June Allyson From: GUEST,Harvey Andrews "One afternoon in the Odeon cinema I had an unforgettable experience. I saw 'The Glenn Miller Story'. The effect the film had on me was overwhelming. First there was the music, those wonderful tunes I had been hearing all my life. Then there was the thrill of seeing Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa for the first time. Then there was the story. It told of the lives of struggling musicians, of their comradeship, their hard life on the road, their breakthrough, their success and then of the final tragedy of Miller's death.At the end of the film I was in tears. James Stewart as Glenn Miller was totally convincing, but June Allyson as his wife took a twelve year old's heart and danced it away. She had the sexiest voice I had ever heard. I was in love! Two scenes stayed with me. Miller had had a big house built for his wife and their adopted children. His father came to visit them and looked around in bewilderment at the palace his son lived in. "Can you afford all this?" he asked. "How much do you make from each record"? "Oh, three cents." Miller replied. His father looked aghast. "And how many do you sell?" " 'Moonlight Serenade' did eight hundred thousand." His father did the mental arithmetic and smiled. I wanted to give my father that moment one day. I didn't know how, but I mentally filed away the information that music could be a good living if you were lucky and worked hard. The other, earlier, scene had the band sitting crestfallen around the kitchen table having worked out how much it would cost to launch them into a full-time life on the road. They were eighteen hundred dollars short. "Oh, that's all right then," said June Allyson as Miller's wife, and she went to a drawer and took out a bankbook with just over eighteen hundred dollars saved in its account. "Did you get this by taking all the small change from my pockets?" Miller asked. His wife smiled and nodded. I knew then that I wanted a wife like that". |
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11 Jul 06 - 09:56 AM (#1780996) Subject: RE: BS: Obit: June Allyson From: John MacKenzie I loved June Allyson, sexy husky voice and all. Remember her in Tiger in the Sky with Alan Ladd. Sadly missed. Giok |
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11 Jul 06 - 09:58 AM (#1780999) Subject: RE: BS: Obit: June Allyson From: GUEST,Harvey Andrews DEAR MISS ALLYSON DEAR MISS ALLYSON, I'M WRITING THIS IN HOPES YOU'RE FEELING WELL AGAIN I'M SURE YOU DON'T NEED SOMEONE ELSE TO TELL AGAIN, HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE, A STAR OUTSHINING ALL THE REST. OH, DEAR MISS ALLYSON, YOU'RE UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST. IF YOU WORE A STRING OF PEARLS AS THE MUSIC SOFTLY PLAYED I'D FORGET THE OTHER GIRLS SING A MOONLIGHT SERENADE TO DEAR MISS ALLYSON I MUST HAVE SEEN THAT FILM A HUNDRED TIMES, BUT THEN I ALWAYS SEEM TO BREAK UP AT THE MOMENT WHEN HE FOUND THAT SPECIAL SOUND HE BUILT AROUND THE CLARINET, OH DEAR MISS ALLYSON THEY'RE DANCING TO IT YET. |
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11 Jul 06 - 11:32 AM (#1781059) Subject: RE: BS: Obit: June Allyson From: John MacKenzie Thanks Harvey, I now have a lump in my throat. Wonderful song. Giok |
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12 Jul 06 - 04:53 AM (#1781615) Subject: RE: Obit: June Allyson (July 9, 2006) From: Little Robyn In the film Words and Music - the story of Richard Rogers and Larry Hart, June sang 'Thou swell, thou witty' doing a dance routine with medieval knights. She was in period costume, with a high pointy hat. So lovely. One of our favourite films. Robyn |
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13 Jul 06 - 08:14 PM (#1783032) Subject: RE: Obit: June Allyson (July 9, 2006) From: Cobble Dont weep another angel is back in heaven. Thanks June. Cobble |