Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

short wavy gliss line to Eb 8 th tied to quarter note (followed by a half rest). Pos II plays
small octave Gb 8 th gliss line to Bb 8 th tied to quarter note (followed by a half rest). Pos
III in Bar 1 play small octave Bb 8 th gliss down to Gb 8 th tied to quarter note (followed by
a half rest). Repeat the Pos in Bars 2-3.The tuba plays Great octave Gb 8 th to Eb dotted
quarter note to Ab 8 th down to Db dotted quarter note. After a half rest in Bar 1, the
marimba sounds ppp middle Cb/Eb trem 8ths down to small octave Ab/Line 1 Db dotted
quarter notes trem decrescendo hairpin. Etc. Top staff celli (four of them) are bowed trem
sul pont on divisi Great octave Gb/small octave Db 8ths to Bb/Eb dotted quarter notes
trem to Ab/Eb 8ths to Ab/Db dotted quarter notes. After a quarter rest, 2 bottom staff celli
pluck pizzicato small octave Eb down to Great octave Eb staccato 8ths (followed by a
quarter rest) to Db down to Great octave Db staccato 8ths (repeated next bar for these
two). Etc.
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-Marjorie Morningstar (1957) ** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Marjorie-Morningstar-Gene-
Kelly/dp/B00005U12Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1293598383&sr=1-1
I already discussed a fair number of cues from this film in my Blog # 27 written
in May, 2006, so you can consult that source:
http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/blogs/27.pdf
The music is classic romantic Max Steiner, and I give it a four-star rating. The
movie itself is fundamentally flawed, and I was almost tempted to just give it a three-star
rating but I liked several of the stars. Come to think about it, I’ll change it officially to a
two-star rating! One fundamental flaw was the top bill star casting together of the
romantic leads. Keep Natalie Wood, but Gene Kelly as her love interest and mentor is
simply terrible casting. It makes a certain logical sense to cast him because, after all, he is
a well-known dancer and fits the role in the movie in that capacity. But he was too
simply old for the role, and even worse, there was really no onscreen chemistry between
them. The later brief pairing of Natalie Wood and Martin Balsam was also worth a few
chuckles! Most people would laugh to themselves, and ask in disbelief, “are they
kidding?!” There was more of a connection between Wood and Martin Milner but even
here it was a taffy stretch, not much of a strong bond because it was more a one-sided
fascination (Milner’s character). I enjoyed Carolyn Jones in the movie, Everett Sloane,
Martin Milner, Ed Wynn, and Claire Trevor. I liked Natalie Wood a lot better in another
B movie in that general period, Cash McCall, and there was a far better chemistry
between her and James Gardner. Max’s music was more enjoyable there as well. It was a
lighter-tone movie. I really liked Dean Jagger’s role there as Natalie’s dad.
I always smile when I see Marjorie Morningstar and come to the intro to her
character (dvd 00:05:16). Mother comes into Marjorie’s bedroom and we first see
Marjorie in her light blue full slip bending down to adjust her nylons! So she is already
established as a sex-object to the audience! She rather nicely competes with Elizabeth
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