Probably a ploy to keep people away as if having every animal on the Continent trying to kill you isn't enough to put you off visiting......
Ann Miller. Disregarding the fact she started dancing onstage in nightclubs aged, as I recall, 13 - claiming to be an adult, obviously, and given we used to go to the pub at that age, and X films and buy fags everywhere... though when I see photos of me, then, frankly I look like a kid. Anyway. And she was 15 in the excellent You can't take it with you. She was definitely an adult in this Kiss me Kate, despite having wolfed down a Strawberry Mivvy before coming on set. She wasn't a classical beauty, though she had a certain striking prettiness, if you could look up long enough to see it. But Christ she could move. The trumpet player keeps saying "Go, girl, go!" and the thing is he's a real musician, so he's probably trying not to get a hard-on (I'm glad to see this keyboard knows that one!) The double bass player is using a chimney brush for some reason. With a clown nose. I took screenshots to figure out what the guitar was. I assumed it was a Gibson, but couldn't make out the logo. I thought maybe it's a Gretsch. Then I noticed the 'e' for Epiphone on the scratch plate. I couldn't help imagining going to bed with Ann Miller circa this film. But maybe she'd start doing her tap dance moves. That could be amazing, or it could be deeply off-putting.* Also I don't like strawberries. *Just to clarify - I mean when you're in situ, as it were.
