Kismet
The Olive Tree
The 1953 Broadway musical and 1955 film Kismet had an Arabian Nights-type plot about a penniless poet and his beautiful daughter, a handsome young Caliph, and an evil Wazir and his seductive wife. Of course, romantic complications ensue. In addition, it has great music adapted from classical music by the Russian composer Borodin, a contemporary of Tchaikovsky. The most famous song from Kismet is Stranger in Paradise.
Today's song is The Olive Tree, a bit of philosophical musing by the penniless poet that maybe he doesn't always have to be a penniless poet.
In the photos that I've used to illustrate the song, the part of the "fool" is portrayed by one of my favorite unashamed males who goes by the name Nature Boy James. I certainly do not mean to imply that James is a fool. I simply had some good photos of him under a tree. All right, James has big ears, but he also has a big something else that makes up for it.
The song is sung by Howard Keel, who played the poet in the 1955 film.
The Olive Tree
6 comments:
Bravo!
Well, the video stopped a little more than 1/2 way thru. But I enjoyed it.
You really are very talented.
I'm sorry, Pat. I don't know why that would happen. Sometimes trying a different browser helps with video issues. It plays for me in either Safari, the Mac browser, or the Chrome browser.
That was all very pleasant to see and hear this morning.
I love a man with big ears, almost as much as I love a man with a big cock. James has both, and is alright in my book! :)
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