The Living Desert

Does anyone remember watcthing this film every year in the 50's and 60's?

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Permalink Reply by Neal Teeman on February 26, 2008 at 1:03pm

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Yes, I do. There was a Danny Kaye movie that they played as well--I don't recall the name, though

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Permalink Reply by Peter Monroe on June 1, 2008 at 6:49pm

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It was "Merry Andrew" and Danny Kaye found himself awkwardly in a circus and falling for some woman trapeze artist.

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Permalink Reply by Fred Comer on February 26, 2008 at 1:14pm

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I forgot all about the Danny Kaye movie. I think it was Merry Andrew.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren (Freilich) Gultz on April 29, 2008 at 7:17pm

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Hi, I remember your mother Sylvia very fondly. She was a great friend to my mother Lila Freilich. I remember your brother Neal too.

Lauren

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Permalink Reply by Fred Comer on April 29, 2008 at 9:01pm

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Yes our moms were great friends. I remember your mom very well. She was one of a few select people my mom really called a good friend. My brother, Neal, does check out this site too. He is an attorney living in Westchester.
How are you doing? My email adress:
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Permalink Reply by Yumiko Hoshi on May 4, 2008 at 5:01pm

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Yes, I am pretty sure I watched it. I even remember one of the scenes...but was this shown at school? Or was this something playing at the Main Street Theater?

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Permalink Reply by Fred Comer on May 4, 2008 at 8:46pm

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It was definitely played in school.

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Balkin Lewin on May 4, 2008 at 10:35pm

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Yes, the "Living Desert" was an annual movie as was "Gulliver's Travels"!! There was also a short Frank Sinatra film played year after year, where he sang a song about America.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Monroe on June 1, 2008 at 6:51pm

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That Frank Sinatra movie started with some kids making fun of some ethnic and black kids and then Frank rounding them up and telling them about (and i am paraphrasing in modern talk here) how excellent it is to be "diverse" as opposed to be calling an italian a "Dago" and stuff like that...i found it corny and over polemic even at age 9 in 1962.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Ferran Hendra on March 14, 2009 at 10:20am

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If I'm not mistaken, the song the young Frankie crooned was "The House I Live In," which we all learned for assembly.

In addition to "The Living Desert," with those stunning scenes of flowers erupting into bloom after a rain, I remember we saw another Disney "true life" documentary - "The Secrets of Life". That's the one with the bees and ants. I still have the book to that one - and an abiding interest in the life of hives. There was a third documentary in the series, "The Vanishing Prairie," but I don't remember seeing that one.

Anyone else remember seeing "The Jazz Singer", the first talkie, with Al Jolsen? Doing "Mammie" in blackface?

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Permalink Reply by Peter Monroe on March 14, 2009 at 2:11pm

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don't remember the song, but prob just a few clicks away/you-tube...

remember the 1927 "Jazz Singer" (did not like) on television, but never assembly. do remember seeing "Merry Andrew" (1959) w/Danny Kaye and, i think pier angeli. the assembly/auditorium had 16mm projectors. there were a small catalogue of films the school owned. wonder what happened to all those 16mm films in general - in college, for $1 we were able to see 16mm movies of recent to older movies most nites.

sent my $100 for the june 6th reunion. only one from '65 going thus far...

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