Early in the movie Cary is in the kitchen making some very strong coffee and whistling a familiar tune but I can't place it. Help! I seem to think it was the theme song in one of his other movies but I don't know.
shareI believe it was the theme from Charade, one of his last films with Audrey Hepburn.
shareThe song he's whistling while he tries to make coffee is the theme to "Charade" by Henry Mancini, in which Grant starred with Audrey Hepburn.
shareThe theme song from "Charade"
shareDefinitely the theme song of Charade. I finally saw Charade a week ago and loved it. But I heard the melody first in Walk Don't Run.
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER
Watching it right now. It's Charade. Wonder if they had to get the rights, or if they knew beforehand he was going to do it and got the rights before filming it.
shareI don't see why it should have been a problem. It's not like the song was played in the background. Cary Grant was whistling it. He was playing a character who might have seen Charade the year before those Olympics. It was the character whistling the tune.
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JimHutton (1934-79) & ElleryQueen
You'd be surprised how many times films have to pay for music like that. Of course, if it's the same studio that did both CHARADE and this one, not a big problem. But sometimes...it does get ridiculous. Yet it does happen.
shareYou are so right! Music in general has a very strong union. My favorite show of the 60's is finally getting a legit release in Australia. They used very little popular music on the show, but in one episode, the little girl in the show sings Lavender Blue with guest star Mark Lester of "Oliver."
Lavender Blue is an old English tune, but the arrangement they sang was written for Disney's movie "So Dear To My Heart," so Disney owns the song, and they wanted a fortune for the DVD rights, so the song is being cut. Fortunately the episode will still make sense without it.
I was teasing the actress who played the little girl, now all grown up of course, that they should leave in the part where they sing, mute it, and then put her voice over it, like they do with dvd commentaries, saying Disney was charging too much for the song rights, so they can't hear the song, and sorry about that!
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