http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/how-to-seduce-joan-fontaine-2-in-a-series-of-67845/ david cairns Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/how-to-seduce-joan-fontaine-2-in-a-series-of-67845/#comment-4343 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:33:33 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=1602#comment-4343 Ophuls does, showing the guy wrapped in his scarf to keep out the terrible Vienna winter chill, sipping a mug of cocoa between jaunts. Ophuls, a great romantic, often undercuts the illusion by showing the workers whose job it is to keep the mechanism of romance going — the band playing music for the lovers to dance to get tired and want to go home, the skivvies laying the red carpet for the royal visit are behind schedule and must hurry…

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]]> http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/how-to-seduce-joan-fontaine-2-in-a-series-of-67845/#comment-4328 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:01:51 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=1602#comment-4328 Mmmmm, coffee. (Sips coffee).
No, my musical Joan experience is limited to Damsel in Distress, where, such is her charm, she gets away with not being able to dance – even while co-starring with Fred Astaire.

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