"As Time Goes By" Saturday 9

Saturday 9: As Time Goes By (1958)

A lot of time has gone by since I participated in the Saturday 9 blog post community.  And, can you believe how fast time is going by these days?  Geez, we are already in May!  But, to the subject at hand, this happens to be one of my favorite old songs and I love the heading of this album cover - "songs for the lovely lady."

In 1958, as an 8th grader, I so wanted to be lovely, but alas.

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song begins with, "You must remember this." Do you often write things down to help you remember?

 

I mostly put reminders in the 'Note' app on my phone.

2) The lyrics tell us that moonlight and love songs are never out of date. Tell us about something else that seems timeless.

Flowers, a firm handshake, looking into someone's eyes while speaking, hugs, smiles, saying 'I love you!'

3) Originally written in 1931, "As Time Goes By" is best known as the love theme from the 1942 film, Casablanca. According to the American Film Institute, there's only one song from a movie soundtrack that's more expressly identified with the film: "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz. What song reminds you of your favorite movie?

Actually, this same song, "As Time Goes By" but sung by Jimmy Durante in my favorite movie, "Sleepless in Seattle."

 

4) This version is from The George Sanders Touch, an LP recorded by an Oscar-winning character actor. There is scant evidence that it sold well. Tell us about something you thought was a good idea at the time, but looking back, would have done differently.

 

Spending the summer of 2020 walking over 5 miles every morning.

5) This album was really something of a consolation prize for George. He worked with a vocal coach, hoping to win the romantic lead in the film version of South Pacific, but alas, the role went to a younger man. He had fun making this record instead. Have you recently taken lemons and made lemonade? 

Thankfully there haven't been many lemons in my life lately, but I do try to learn from things that weren't necessarily pleasant at the time and not repeat them.  This doesn't always work so maybe that is my lemon.

6) He usually played suave but unsympathetic characters. That's why he gave his autobiography the self-aware title, Memoirs of a Professional Cad. What would you call your life story?

 

One saved by God's grace!

7) The night he won his Oscar, George Sanders accepted the statuette, bowed deeply and then, safely behind the curtain and away from cameras, surprised onlookers by crying. Have you ever cried tears of joy?

I do think I may have shed a joyful tear or two when we first saw and held our great grandson, Landon three weeks ago.

 

8) George Sanders wed perennial talk show guest and occasional actress Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1949. Sixteen years after their divorce, he married Zsa Zsa's less famous but also glamorous sister, Magda. After a month, George and Magda thought better of it and had the union annulled. Sam thinks this is one of the oddest romantic tales she's ever stumbled upon while researching Saturday 9. Have you ever known anyone who divorced one sibling and then married another? (Hallmark movies don't count.)

No, I can't say that I have, but that doesn't mean there weren't some from whom my parents protected me.

9) Random question: You're in a line of 25 people at the post office. How many of those other 24 are more patient at waiting than you are?

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