The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Page #2

Synopsis: After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.
Genre: Comedy, Music
Director(s): Gillies MacKinnon
Production: HBO Video
  Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
PG-13
Year:
2000
83 min
77 Views


- Same again?

- Please, let me have a look at that.

Do you?

Sorry?

Fancy a bit of fun?

Do you mind?

It is Elizabeth, isn't it?

Well, don't you remember?

Metropole Ballroom?

Moonlight Serenade?

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

From Company B?

Patrick.

You see? You do remember.

The man we were all warned about.

At least offer me the hand of friendship.

I might never see it again.

If you're going to play, play it properly.

I was just trying to catch

the spirit of the moment.

Are you gonna introduce me?

Paul...

...down-and-out street musician...

...Patrick, venerable friend and war hero.

That's cool.

What did you do in the war, Patrick?

I was a Blonde Bombshell.

"When you're dead in your grave

"No more women will you crave

"I'll be glad when you're gone

"Glad when you're gone

"Glad when you're gone

You rascal, you"

Here, let me take that.

Would you believe I recognized

the way you play?

That sound?

Sensual, erotic.

Don't be silly.

What are you doing around here?

The betting shop.

I'll give you a lift.

In that?

We'll drop off at my place.

Come on.

Don't worry about all that.

It's my concessionary parking system.

- You in?

- Yeah.

So, how come a nice girl like you

is reduced to working the streets?

It's because I said

"f***" at George's funeral.

I assume George is your late,

lamented husband?

Yes.

He treat you well?

Well, he was kind and decent

and generous and law-abiding.

Boring?

- Mind your own business.

- Thought so.

This is where you live?

Yes, it's...

They call it "Grace and Favor Residence".

My father had the grace to die and...

...did me the favor of leaving it to me.

Thank you.

I would be deeply honored

if you would step across the threshold...

...and let my woodworm see you.

- Hi, Patrick.

- Hello, darling.

Didn't know you had a secret.

How's the masterpiece?

Bloody arm came off.

Who exactly is "darling"?

Carol. Lodger. Art student.

Tomorrow, 4:
00, Hereford, Billie's Bounce.

- Shirt.

- Noted.

Ma'am.

A true artist.

Ex-jockey. Tipster in residence.

Known as "the wee man" and banned

from every race course in the country.

But...

...the real glory is found downstairs

in my personal crypt.

There's something

very special I want to show you.

What a surprise.

Don't be silly.

I never go all the way on the first date.

- The same kit?

- Yes.

Of course, I remember the roses.

- Do you still play?

- Only when nobody listens.

You were really pretty.

So were you.

Why did you do this?

Working with The Blonde Bombshells

was the happiest time of my life.

Life's been that bad?

I've been to prison once.

Married twice. Bankrupt three times.

- Ain't you got fun?

- Yeah, lots of fun.

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Alan Plater

Alan Frederick Plater CBE FRSL (15 April 1935 – 25 June 2010) was an English playwright and screenwriter, who worked extensively in British television from the 1960s to the 2000s. more…

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