tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post256432641062936764..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Look At Hon and Dearie!Jaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-24875699218049500722008-03-04T11:54:00.000-05:002008-03-04T11:54:00.000-05:00I picture David Merrick, with the rights to the Pa...<I>I picture David Merrick, with the rights to the Pagnol films, knocking on the doors of every Broadway songwriter before getting a "yes" from Rome.</I><BR/><BR/>That's pretty much what happened -- Rodgers and Hammerstein turned him down, I think Harold Arlen, and several others. Rome got the job because Josh Logan had worked with him on <I>Wish You Were Here</I> and there was nobody else left.<BR/><BR/>I can't really agree that <I>Fanny</I> is Rome's masterpiece, though. But I do love a lot of the songs and really hate Logan, one of the worst movie directors of all time, for dropping all the songs from the film version.Jaime J. Weinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-51973718508059246122008-03-04T10:33:00.000-05:002008-03-04T10:33:00.000-05:00Fanny is Rome's masterpiece, unexpectedly gorgeous...Fanny is Rome's masterpiece, unexpectedly gorgeous music coming from a man better known for cute comedy songs, the type of homey material your clever uncle might come up with.<BR/><BR/>I picture David Merrick, with the rights to the Pagnol films, knocking on the doors of every Broadway songwriter before getting a "yes" from Rome. It was an extraordinary leap of faith to believe he'd be the right match for this passionate love story. And it paid off extraordinarily well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com