By Nicholas Stix
When I was a teenager, I used to religiously read the late movie critic Andrew Sarris in The Village Voice. Sarris used to periodically kill off living movie stars, whom he would commemorate in his year-end round-up. Thus did Sarris kill off, 40 or so years ago, both Jean Simmons about 35 years before her time, and Louis Jourdan, about 40 years before his.
My two main memories of Jourdan were the time he played the arrogant guest heavy on Columbo (he was about 50, but still looked great), and of course, Gigi, which I watched, probably for the second time, with my chief of research about a year ago.
Gigi from Gigi
Gigi
Music by Frederick Lowe
Lyrics by Allan Jay Lerner
Gigi, am I a fool without a mind,
Or have I merely been too blind to realize?
Oh Gigi, why you've been growing up
Before my very eyes.
Gigi, you're not at all
The funny awkward little girl...
I knew,
Oh no, overnight there's been
A breathless change...
in you.
Gigi, while you were trembling on the brink,
Was I out yonder somewhere blinking at a star?
Oh Gigi, have I been standing
Up too close, or back too far?
When did your sparkle turn to fire,
And your warmth become desire?
Oh, what miracle has made you
The way you are?
Oh Gigi, have I been standing
Up too close or back too far?
When did your sparkle turn to fire,
And your warmth become desire?
Oh, what miracle has made you
The way you are?
1 comment:
When I was a kid I had such a crush on him and French actor Alain Delon.What handsome men.Sure don't make them like they used to.
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