Barbra makes a "cameo" appearance in everybody's favorite disco musical Can't Stop the Music!(much better than Thank God it's Friday, Xanadu, Roller Boogie, and Skatetown U.S.A. combined if you ask me). In the top photo you can see a reflection of the Funny Girl broadway poster in the mirror. In the bottom photo you can see just a portion of it (Bruce Jenner blocks most of it).
Colleges could order movies for screenings on their campus through specialty film catalogues. Hello, Dolly! was available at one time in two different versions! One version ran 145 minutes long and a shorter version ran at 118 minutes (and at a savings of $50)! I say splurge and spend the extra money. I would be curious to see the abbreviated version. They probably cut out some of the musical numbers.
Way back in the early '80s a series of bootleg records was available for a limited time. I was on their mailing list (I think from being a subscriber to Barbra magazine) and ordered what they had available. This was a big deal at the time. Nowadays most of this is available for free on the internet.
Mad magazine did a satire on The Way We Were. Great artwork and funny to boot.
CBS Sunday Morning recently did a feature on sad movies. It talked about how they don't make them like they use to. One of the reasons being the target audience for movies is males under the age of 25 along with the global market appeal. Loud, action-adventure movies are now the major moneymakers.
11 tapes or records for $1.00. . . .such a deal. Wait a minute, what's in that small print?
You may notice the wording "not suitable" printed above the R rating. This is a newspaper ad from Dallas. They had a tighter rating system there. X-rated movies along with R-rated movies were both given the same "not suitable" rating! Go figure. If you could only go to the movies for $1.50 now-a-days.
With real Zeigfeld girls in attendance this must have been a rare treat. Of course, by 1968 most of the Zeigfeld girls had probably already retired to Miami.
There have been so many Barbra references on the TV show Glee that I can't keep count. Every week her name is mentioned or one of her songs is sung. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. Here's one Barbra reference that was so quick if you blinked you missed it. It's a shot inside Rachel's school locker.
