'That is no country for old men....Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.' W.B.Yeats 'Sailing To Byzantium.' 1926
Saturday, 28 January 2012
Britain's old men say "Happy Birthday" to Katherine Ross whose beauty beguiled them when they were young men
Katherine, the American actress is 70 today, but for many old men in Britain, she is frozen in aspic in two films :
'The Graduate' : as Elaine Robinson which I saw when I was 20 in 1967 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuTKPmHSGEc&feature=fvwrel
and 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' : as Etta Place which I saw at 22 in 1969 :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5l6rIUu4A
A tribute :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfEXHopKWV8&feature=related
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