tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post5356707805326313555..comments2024-01-18T11:39:21.989+00:00Comments on HATTATT: Falling in Love AgainJane and Lance Hattatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-2246402406548254602012-01-18T20:35:01.180+00:002012-01-18T20:35:01.180+00:00Shelley:
Budapest where we live for most of our ti...Shelley:<br />Budapest where we live for most of our time is filled with the most glorious examples of Art Deco and Art Nouveau. If you have never visited, perhaps you might be tempted to do so one day?<br /><br />MD was certainly a star performer in her prime and, for us, very few people these days can even come close. Even in her twilight years, there was a presence on stage which held one spellbound.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-18518717210080292472012-01-18T17:42:04.029+00:002012-01-18T17:42:04.029+00:00I can't believe I spent most of my life someho...I can't believe I spent most of my life somehow unaware of Art Deco design. My lovely husband has taught me to recognise it (most of the time) and I certainly love it, almost as much as Art Nouveau. We look for both everywhere we go. As to Ms. Dietrich, one has to hope she performed for the love rather than the need of it. Looking at the artists on offer at the Newcastle City Hall, it has to either be love or money that drives them, but sadly I won't be giving most of those people either. I would definitely have gone to see Ms. D, however. <br /><br />I'm continually surprised to learn that people I thought long gone were actually still alive during my lifetime. I obviously was looking elsewhere at the time.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239488936038510294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-72719095153639210282011-11-02T07:26:14.953+00:002011-11-02T07:26:14.953+00:00I am so sad to hear that this dream has been squas...I am so sad to hear that this dream has been squashed. I think though that this one, as heartbreakingly disappointing that it must be for you (and perhaps the house) will leave you with a silver lining - to your back pocket. I wish you lots of hugs as you no doubt come to terms the the finality of your decision, however another day, another home and with good fortune, another adventure!<br />x0 KLKLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14763689950705543241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-71165950499369589782011-10-24T08:28:24.834+01:002011-10-24T08:28:24.834+01:00Perpetua:
How we loved your story of watching Font...Perpetua:<br />How we loved your story of watching Fonteyn dance. Truly unforgettable, we are sure, and so good to look back upon. Amazing that she was still dancing at that professional level at the age of 46!<br /><br />As you say, these performers may well have been past their prime, but there was still a magic about them which makes for lasting memories.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-79159368111366692552011-10-22T12:40:19.095+01:002011-10-22T12:40:19.095+01:00I'm catching up wit my neglected blog reading ...I'm catching up wit my neglected blog reading at last, Jane and Lance. Many thanks for this reminder of a star who was truly charismatic at her zenith. <br /><br />In a similar context I remember, as a student in 1966 seeing Margot Fonteyn dancing Odette/Odile in Swan Lake at the New Theatre, Oxford (though sadly not with Nureyev) By that time she was 46, and though not at the end of her career, she was already past the age when most dancers retire. However she was still unforgettably beautiful to watch, even from up in the gods which was all we could afford.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-35513558785387945282011-10-20T08:49:37.102+01:002011-10-20T08:49:37.102+01:00Dolly:
Good morning, Dolly, and we hope that there...Dolly:<br />Good morning, Dolly, and we hope that there lies ahead a productive and enjoyable college day!<br /><br />What a coincidence that you should be reading about Die Dietrich just as you have come across this post. Great minds!!<br /><br />Yes, Art Deco, Bauhaus and Art Nouveau are favourites with us too. Just recently we went on a guided tour of 10 Bauhaus buildings in a district of Budapest, primarily to look at their respective staircases. It was a fascinating three hours and we are sure that you would have loved it all too.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-87385266854969610022011-10-20T08:44:53.985+01:002011-10-20T08:44:53.985+01:00VictoriaArt:
Yes, we rather think that Marlene Die...VictoriaArt:<br />Yes, we rather think that Marlene Dietrich is a once seen never to be forgotten person. Such charisma, even in those late days of her career.<br /><br />The film is, indeed, such an iconic piece of cinema history. We love it too.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-32100368665637016392011-10-20T06:38:36.675+01:002011-10-20T06:38:36.675+01:00Oh my goodness! Thought I would drop in for a cof...Oh my goodness! Thought I would drop in for a coffee with you (too early for pink gin!) as I make some notes for my Art Appreciation module on...you guessed it...Art Deco, Bauhaus AND my fave Art Nouveau...and here I am discussing such with you both :)<br /><br />I loved your reminisces of Marlene. Another coincidence is occurs here in that sitting on my bedside table is a novel in which MD makes a brief appearance.<br /><br />So, all in all, a highly enjoyable post and written in your usual, unique style. Thank you my dearies.Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12477812986531102750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-18052523010524797192011-10-20T02:27:09.290+01:002011-10-20T02:27:09.290+01:00Still I remember her in the movie 'Der Blaue E...Still I remember her in the movie 'Der Blaue Engel" after a novel by Heinrich Mann, Thomas younger brother!<br />She was exquisite! <br />And memories of crumbling buildings are so sad and hold their own tragic! Not unlike old film stars....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572400688345132982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-23798699480543610982011-10-19T06:32:55.825+01:002011-10-19T06:32:55.825+01:00Square with Flair:
Thank you so much for your most...Square with Flair:<br />Thank you so much for your most interesting comment. We are delighted that you share our enthusiasm for Marlene Dietrich and we do indeed look back to our seeing her live with great fondness. We are certain that the performance in Toronto would have been a part of her 'grand tour' and what a pity that you were just too young to see it!!<br /><br />We certainly share your view that she is not matched by any of the .stars' today. She was a complex mixture but did have a unique style that others have never come close, in our view, to replicating.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-86796469675184130632011-10-19T03:31:25.441+01:002011-10-19T03:31:25.441+01:00How lucky for you to have been to see Dietrich. W...How lucky for you to have been to see Dietrich. While it is true that she was an illusionist, she was one with taste and discipline and through artifice, in a way she became a work of art. Her image became very stylized, and contrived, a bit like Kabuki. It became that much more mysterious and enigmatic. She had so much charisma, that even in her later years I would have happily traveled to hear sing but one song.<br /><br />Her last visit to us here in Toronto was in the early 1970s when she was at the Imperial Room of the famous Royal York Hotel. I was too young for such a sophisticated performance, but I regret not having been to it. However, today I am happy to visit her many clips on YouTube. There one can find “Blowin’ In the Wind” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” in English and German. <br /><br />Your description is especially touching as everyone felt this would be the end of her performing, and yet bravely she appeared and sang one very last time, in the film “Just a Gigolo”(1979). This may also be seen on YouTube.<br /><br />There simply isn’t anyone with that kind of allure, elegance, romance, nostalgia, and glamour today. Where Have All the Stars Gone?Square With Flairhttp://squarewithflair.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-66897494070773239462011-09-21T13:48:32.947+01:002011-09-21T13:48:32.947+01:00Katy Noelle:
Marlene Dietrich was definitely a div...Katy Noelle:<br />Marlene Dietrich was definitely a diva in her day, although, very regrettably, those days had long since passed when we saw her in Coventry. She was, however, such a trooper and was at the top of her profession for many decades!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-23340762272130956082011-09-21T13:39:12.870+01:002011-09-21T13:39:12.870+01:00A Super Dilettante:
What fun indeed it would have ...A Super Dilettante:<br />What fun indeed it would have been for us all to have been sitting in the orchestra stalls hearing and watching Die Dietrich singing her swansong. Alas, dear ASD, you were probably not born!!!!<br /><br />Yes, we think that you are right about 'The Damned'. A very fine film in our book. Who knows, perhaps Helmut Berger could have done a better job all those years ago in Coventry?1111Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-28053233226371299912011-09-21T13:14:09.557+01:002011-09-21T13:14:09.557+01:00What a beautifully - just absolutely wonderfully -...What a beautifully - just absolutely wonderfully - written post. I enjoyed it so much! I didn't know of Marlene Dietrich, though. Now, I do! =]Katy Noellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972227249393814417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-52026252297092937272011-09-21T12:58:55.814+01:002011-09-21T12:58:55.814+01:00Oh my dear Jane and Lance, How I would love to see...Oh my dear Jane and Lance, How I would love to see Marlene Dietrich performed live!! It must be amazing to see her sing live. I have got all her songs (especially I love the songs she sang with the orchestra conducted by Burt Bacharach) - her rendition's of German cabaret, Mein Blondes Baby is my favourite. I think in one of Visconti's films, The Damned, Helmut Berger who was Visconti's boyfriend, cross dressed as Marlene Dietrich and sang one of her songs if I remember it correctly.A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-38723864172910067292011-09-21T09:38:07.689+01:002011-09-21T09:38:07.689+01:00Flowers on my table [again]:
Good morning, Linda! ...Flowers on my table [again]:<br />Good morning, Linda! You are quite right that we should find a day of cooking and sewing the next thing to Puragtory, but we hope that you have a happy time of it. At home today, ourselves, just dreaming up the next post!!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-52480290684129556172011-09-21T09:24:25.415+01:002011-09-21T09:24:25.415+01:00Dear Jane and Lance, thankyou for your kind commen...Dear Jane and Lance, thankyou for your kind comments on Yorkshire, it will always hold a special place in my heart. Hope you have somewhere lovely to go to today. I am having a day at home cooking and sewing (I know that wouldn't appeal to you), but I am delighted!Have a happy day, love Linda xflowers on my tablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11134447944633072349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-79081678309996881312011-09-21T08:39:29.544+01:002011-09-21T08:39:29.544+01:00Susan Scheid:
Yes, it is funny how one can write a...Susan Scheid:<br />Yes, it is funny how one can write about somewhere which is now no longer and in a way give it fresh life, at least in the memory for the moment.<br /><br />A good question!!!!Perhaps dear Marlene had lost all her star attraction at that point. One hates to think that she may have even lost out to some football match?!!!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-64787782574558519702011-09-21T08:35:24.209+01:002011-09-21T08:35:24.209+01:00Olga[again]:
Thank you so much for thinking of us....Olga[again]:<br />Thank you so much for thinking of us. We have replied on your blog.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-7488379900719962782011-09-21T03:38:06.426+01:002011-09-21T03:38:06.426+01:00Ah sad to lose a fine old building like that. Won...Ah sad to lose a fine old building like that. Wonderful how you've captured it, even in its decayed state, and in a way "saved" it for us to see. As for Marlene Dietrich--clearly, you were one of a lucky few. Really, only 30 in the audience? What else was going on in Coventry that night, I wonder?Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-21706602917964122032011-09-20T23:53:41.925+01:002011-09-20T23:53:41.925+01:00It is me again:) I have something for you in my la...It is me again:) I have something for you in my latest post.Olgahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10652566920769043373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-3877111202009127232011-09-20T10:56:15.863+01:002011-09-20T10:56:15.863+01:00gillyflower:
Yes, indeed, the De La Warr pavilion ...gillyflower:<br />Yes, indeed, the De La Warr pavilion about which we have read and which, to date, we have yet to visit. All of which is rather silly as it is, as you say, so close to Brighton. Thank you for the reminder which has come as a timely prompt. On a slightly similar theme, we understand [we hope correctly] that the Lido at Saltdean is to be restored to its 1930s glory.<br /><br />The Andy Warhol exhibition sounds an absolute must and if still on when we are next in Brighton we shall make a point of being on the bus to Bexhill.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-65558526829448951782011-09-20T10:48:24.669+01:002011-09-20T10:48:24.669+01:00What an experience to remember!Thank you for shari...What an experience to remember!Thank you for sharing these special memories.<br />And how sad that so many of these wonderful deco buildings have been left to decay.<br />A wonderful building that has been given a new lease of life not far from you in Brighton is the modernist De La Warr pavilion at Bexhill, built in 1935 and restored in 2005, and which now houses wonderful art exhibitions amongst other things.<br />From 24th Septemebr, not to be missed,is an exhibition of Andy Warhol which I hope to go to - the last exhibition I saw there was an amazing exhibition of Ben Nicolson's work.<br />Well worth a visit if you are over here!<br />Thanks for your kind comments about my strawberry jam!It does taste good even though I say it myself!<br />Gill xxgillyflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410673843788487544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-7650393378060263622011-09-19T06:03:51.378+01:002011-09-19T06:03:51.378+01:00Thistle Cove Farm:
Thank you for such a very kind ...Thistle Cove Farm:<br />Thank you for such a very kind comment. We are so often reminded of the brief but very happy time which we spent together here in Budapest and are confident that there will be, and look forward to, future occasions.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8102162146315706774.post-26464734678055607422011-09-19T06:01:06.554+01:002011-09-19T06:01:06.554+01:00DaniBP:
A very good question! We imagine that for ...DaniBP:<br />A very good question! We imagine that for so many who have spent a lifetime in the limelight it is very difficult to accept they are no longer what they once were. To this add the constant need for attention and, possibly,adoration.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com