tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post6145013188249279643..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: Madame DMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-26269883065920332262014-07-29T14:31:52.137-04:002014-07-29T14:31:52.137-04:00Heiress to the Post fortune and a Batman villain, ...Heiress to the Post fortune and a Batman villain, to boot. <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuDQ7QBbLq8<br />George W. Tushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13050905945846094987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-54297239979330907152014-07-29T12:07:33.788-04:002014-07-29T12:07:33.788-04:00I'll second joel above. I saw Ms. Merrill and...I'll second joel above. I saw Ms. Merrill and her husband in the aisle of a Broadway theatre during intermission some years ago. I stopped her and told her that I had adored her since I was a child and that I had always imagined that my mother during her Manhattan working days was just like Ms. Merrill's movie characters - lovely, classy, well mannered & dressed, refined - and that my Mom was just tickled when I had told her this fact years later. She asked if my mother was still alive. When I said she was, she said to give mom her regards. She then introduced me to her husband Ted. She could not have been more gracious. I almost fainted from delight.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-52359817321019380532014-07-29T10:37:57.381-04:002014-07-29T10:37:57.381-04:00True, although Merrill lacked the tinge of crazy t...True, although Merrill lacked the tinge of crazy that always lurked behind Lange's beauty and that she has put to such effective use, starting with <i>Frances</i> and especially in her more recent outings. By contrast, Dina's range was not wide - variations on the beautiful gentlewoman - but within her <i>fach</i>, she was quite, quite marvelous.Muscatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-10839688621157528622014-07-29T09:34:50.616-04:002014-07-29T09:34:50.616-04:00Focusing on grace and refinement when things are w...Focusing on grace and refinement when things are whirling about can be remarkably calming so I say like your eyes rest where it will be most beneficial. <br /><br />Miss Merrill has always been the essence of old money to me: gracious, charming, open and diginified. I saw her from a distance once when she was filming something, who knows what, in Manhattan. Everything and everybody was swirling around her but she remained cooly composed speaking to anyone who approached in a warm, smiling manner. Very classy.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-40392329054065442442014-07-29T07:15:53.242-04:002014-07-29T07:15:53.242-04:00A gentle obsession, to be sure. One which should b...A gentle obsession, to be sure. One which should be cultivated in troublesome times. I love this portrait...in addition, La Merrill puts me in mind of Jessica Lange. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196557269426334592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-34854773769867884562014-07-28T19:30:44.503-04:002014-07-28T19:30:44.503-04:00There is nothing wrong at all in the contemplation...There is nothing wrong at all in the contemplation of beautiful things... You need to surround yourself with them! JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.com