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Luck Be a Lady, by Frank Sinatra

2010 Nov 29

“Luck Be a Lady” is a song written by Frank Loesser in 1950 and first performed by Simon Mullins. The song was featured in the musical Guys and Dolls.

The lyrics relate the point of view of a gambler, Sky Masterson who hopes that he will win a bet, the outcome of which will decide whether or not he is able to save his relationship with the girl of his dreams.

Marlon Brando sang the song in the 1955 film version.

Jack Jones recorded it for his 1964 album, Bewitched, arranged by Shorty Rogers.

Later, it became a signature song for Frank Sinatra, first released on the album Sinatra ’65, rereleased on Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre. It was released as a duet with Chrissie Hynde on Duets II (1994). The song was also recorded by Barbra Streisand for her album Back to Broadway.

Trivia

The song was parodied in the Simpsons episode “Mayored to the Mob” as “Luke be a Jedi”. It also has been used in the OST from The Cooler, a movie which deals with Casino life (and also death) in Las Vegas. It also had one line sung by the Doctor, in the Doctor Who episode “Rose”. The song features prominently in the film Mrs. Doubtfire when Robin Williams’ character is given a makeover to “become” a woman. The electronica group Fila Brazillia also references the song in the title of their album Luck Be a Weirdo Tonight.

Season 4 Episode 6 of the television show The L Word featured the song and used it as the title of the episode.

The song has also been used in various TV commercials.

On The Real World: New Orleans, cast member David Broom sang a slightly modified version of this song, “Come On, Be My Baby Tonight.” He repeated this performance on an episode of Chappelle’s Show.

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Adam and Evelyne

2010 Aug 8

Directed by: Harold French
Produced by: Harold French
Written by: Noel Langley (story), George Barraud, Nicholas Phipps, Lesley Storm
Starring: Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons
Release date: May 31, 1949 (1949-05-31)
Running time: 70 minutes

Adam and Evelyne, released in the U.S. as Adam and Evelyn, is a 1949 romance film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. According to Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies, this suited the stars, as they were romantically involved at the time, despite their age difference. They married the next year.

Plot

When jockey Chris Kirby (Fred Johnson) is fatally injured in a horse race, he gets his best friend, gambler Adam Black (Stewart Granger), to promise to take care of his teenage daughter, Evelyne (Jean Simmons), who has been raised apart from her father. Unbeknownst to Adam, Evelyne had been led to believe that Adam is her father in correspondence between parent and child. Adam is unable to tell her the truth; his butler and friend Bill Murray (Edwin Styles) tries and fails as well. Finally, Adam’s sometime girlfriend Moira (Helen Cherry) breaks the news to the girl.

Adam sends Evelyne to an exclusive boarding school. When she has grown up, she reappears unexpectedly in his life. Because of the hatred she has for gambling, Adam does not reveal that he stages illegal gambling sessions; instead he tells her that he makes his money on the stock exchange. She begins casually dating Adam’s no-good brother Roddy (Raymond Young).

When Adam tells Moira that he is getting out of the business, she accuses him of being in love his “ward”. Roddy has his own grudge against his brother – Adam refuses to finance a shady deal – and the two of them tip off the police about Adam’s last operation. Roddy also brings Evelyne to see what Adam really does for a living.

Shocked, she quarrels with Adam and leaves. A kindly gambler, Colonel Bradley (Wilfred Hyde-White), gives her some sage advice and convinces her to reconcile with Adam.