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Originally Posted by Adam_S 

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Originally Posted by Douglas Monce 

Technically Jimmy Stewart was the first actor to make over a million dollars for a single film around 1950. I don't remember what the film was (maybe have been Winchester 73), but the money came primarily from profit points. Holden was the first actor get get $1 million up front.

 

Doug

Stewart had a two picture deal negotiated for Harvey and Winchester 73 where he was paid no salary but earned a percentage of the gross. 

Well and again technically Stewart's company was paid, not him personally. At the time people making that kind of money were paying about 60% in personal taxes. His corporation however was taxed around 30%.

Doug

For the record, Charmian Carr is still alive.  There was a previous post indicating that she had died.  It's possible that he was referring to an actual Von Trapp child that had died but the way he worded his post, he made it sound like Charmian Carr had died.

Yes, it was the actual Agathe Von Trapp who passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Like I said before, every story about it has caused double-takes because no one could resist including the name Liesl in the headlines.  This happened to me repeatedly, even after I knew the score.  Got to wonder how many panicked calls Charmian Carr and her friends and family have received!

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Last night I played the musical numbers from the new Pal Joey disc in the Kim Novak box-set. I can't at present play the vinyl soundtrack album because the bearing on my turntable has "gone" and needs fixing. So, going from memory . . .

The "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" number is almost identical. The only difference is that in the movie Sinatra sings "Till I met you" and on the soundtrack album "Then I met you". The "I Could Write A Book" number is completely different; different tempo, different arrangement and in the movie Sinatra persuades Kim Novak to join in. On "The Lady Is A Tramp" the tempo and arrangement are the same in both versions but in the movie, second time around, Sinatra's vocal is different. For example, on "she loves the theater but never comes late" he adopts an English accent. That is not on the soundtrack album.  

The "There's A Small Hotel" number is, I think, identical. The "Bewitched" number is completely different. In the movie Sinatra sings it wordlessly at a moderate tempo. On the soundtrack album he sings it very slowly and with words. 

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"I Didn't Know What Time It Was" has a pre-recorded verse which was ditched for a live on set vocal, but once the band comes in it reverts to the same prerecording used on the soundtrack. Other than that I am not aware of any vocals on the soundtrack that differ from those which were used in the film.

Last night I played the musical numbers from the new Pal Joey disc in the Kim Novak box-set. I can't at present play the vinyl soundtrack album because the bearing on my turntable has "gone" and needs fixing. So, going from memory . . .

 

The "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" number is almost identical. The only difference is that in the movie Sinatra sings "Till I met you" and on the soundtrack album "Then I met you". The "I Could Write A Book" number is completely different; different tempo, different arrangement and in the movie Sinatra persuades Kim Novak to join in. On "The Lady Is A Tramp" the tempo and arrangement are the same in both versions but in the movie, second time around, Sinatra's vocal is different. For example, on "she loves the theater but never comes late" he adopts an English accent. That is not on the soundtrack album.  

 

The "There's A Small Hotel" number is, I think, identical. The "Bewitched" number is completely different. In the movie Sinatra sings it wordlessly at a moderate tempo. On the soundtrack album he sings it very slowly and with words. 

 

 

Oh, yeah. I'd forgotten about "Tramp" and "Book" having differences. I disregarded "Bewitched" since they basically discarded it for the actual film. When I play that soundtrack I tend to focus on the instrumentals and the girls' songs. I have a ton of Sinatra recordings and have heard several versions of his numbers so it all becomes a blur. Thanks for clarifying.