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I'm an American who found this to be the most touching moment of the wedding. To see all those British outside the Abbey, singing this beautiful hymn (long one of my favorites) and waving their flags, made me wish for just a moment that my ancestors had stayed in England. If I'd been British, t...

MalibuFilmsWT, I happen to be reading that Stephen King novel. When I came to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance and the mention of this song, I got up and headed straight for my computer and Youtube. I'm a late Baby Boomer, but my father played the big bands all the time. Love this piece.

@XeeGen, no, actually, it does not.

I saw the television film on Lawrence, on PBS, without knowing anything about Ralph Fiennes, and was quite amazed sometime later when he showed up in "Schindler's List". I'd been very struck by his performance and looks as Lawrence and was then deeply impressed by the fact that, as Amon Goeth, h...

Her voice is great, but she needs some help with presentation -- movement, expressiveness, etc.

I've seen this several times now in Chicago and have enjoyed it enough to send it to friends and relatives across the country. Wisconsin is a beautiful state (much prettier than Illinois), and I had a great visit to Milwaukee a few years ago: fabulous art exhibition and dinner in one of the best...

Very common. Before photography became readily available, paintings were sometimes done. An art historian I know wrote her doctoral dissertation on the subject years ago. The film "The Others" includes the concept of post-mortem photographs. Scholars have studied this practice for quite some ...

He was never very slender -- his build was almost certainly stocky even as a young man, though that would have been considered strong and well-built. Yes, Paramorerocks, she was Prince Arthur's widow, though they were married for a very short time.

This song was written by Box Scaggs in 1976; it's on his album "Silk Degrees". It is not original to Aki, though the translation of the lyrics may be.

candistarem, I see nothing about the trailer that makes this charming film look "cheesy and shit". And I'm quite tired of gratuitous, knee-jerk anti-Americanism. We don't indulge in it where you British are concerned. We have better things to do with our time.

lovesnooker, people had a problem with the idea that a woman could be involved in killing children, so her crime seemed the more shocking. There was also the fact that she was a heavily-made up platinum blonde who was sexually involved with Brady. This was 1965; stereotypes of women, particular...

This is probably THE most famous example of the cascading strings technique and often used to explain Mantovani, too. It was once used to hysterically funny effect on an episode of "Northern Exposure". I'll never forget it.

BettyK1958, don't be silly. I just celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary. We were married in a civil ceremony by a judge, and we are deeply, happily, intensely married. For centuries, marriage was primarily a legal contract; religion not required. You don't need a god. This event was charmi...

I'm reminded of a woman who survived the Titanic and then the Britannic disasters. Previously, she'd been on the Olympic when IT had a mishap. You can't decide whether she just was lucky herself or sheer bad luck for the White Star Line.

The first time I saw Cookie, he wolf-whistled at me (twice) and then spent the next several minutes flirting with me while preening his feathers, which he was clearly anxious that I should admire. All dirty old men should be so cute. Long may he live.

My favorite scene in Hughes's wonderful love letter to Chicago, where I live.

The Americans I know who saw this all knew it was a spoof and thought it was very funny. No one was stupid enough to think it was the real thing. I also understand that Prince William himself thought it was hilarious.

The vast majority of Americans do not believe this is real, I assure you. They know very well that it's an ad, that the wedding won't take place until the 29th. They also know that this is not how royal weddings are conducted. However, some people in every nation are clueless. That's life.

No, there's no rule in most royal houses about who gets married first. In the UK, Princess Anne was married before Prince Charles. The Queen's father, the Duke of York, later King George VI, was married before his older brother, the Prince of Wales, and so was the Duke of Kent. In Luxembourg, ...

Margaret (or Mary, as Henry's younger sister was really named; his sister Margaret married the King of Scotland) didn't marry the King of Portugal anyway. She married the King of France, and he died after only a few months. However, the whole "Tudors" series was totally historically inaccurate....

They were thought to need wives for two reasons: one was the hope that a wife would keep them away from sexual liaisons with native girls, who might produce mixed children -- then anathema. The other reason was that wives could work with the women, act as teachers to them and to children, possib...

Some interesting art-historical influences here. Caravaggio, anyone?

As someone who shopped at DLM long before they offered entertainment in the aisles (that is, deliberate entertainment; you never knew what you might see around this corner or that), I have to say that I'm amused. I'll bring this to the attention of my local market in Chicago. We could use a lit...

losangelesangel, you do know how many first-class men died? Look at the lists of dead passengers. John Jacob Astor made no effort to bribe his way into a lifeboat, and no one tried to usher him or other prominent first-class men into one. I think perhaps you are not well informed about what ha...