Re: [OT] Waiting for Catherine Deneuve (in the rain, with an umbrella)

On 17/06/2024 15:58, BCFD 36 wrote:

On 6/15/24 18:49, John Savard wrote:

I remember, when I was a wee lad, a commercial came on the television.
I think it may have been for Chanel perfume. It began with Catherine
Deneuve saying "I am Catherine Deneuve".
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My mother reacted to that by perceiving it as vain and egotistical.
Who was Catherine Deneuve supposed to be anyways?
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Well, I hadn't heard of her either, but I simply assumed she must have
been a famous actress or model of whom I happened not to have heard.
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I never gave the matter much thought. But today the song "I Will Wait
for You" came into my mind, and I went to look up performances of it.
It turns out that it was from the movie "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"
(The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), and not only was this very acclaimed
movie one in which Catherine Deneuve appeared, but, in fact, she was
in the scene in which this song, with its original French lyric, was
sung in the movie.
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John Savard

 Similarly, there was a commercial or maybe series of commercials that had someone in it/them that said, "I'm Rula Lenska." My thought at the time was,"Who the $%^# is Rula Lenska?" Now of course you can just look it up. Back then, not so easy.
 

Ooh, Rula Lenska was in "Rock Follies", and quite a few other things. She was married to Dennis Waterman, mayhap still is?!

Catherine Deneuve was making Chanel commercials in the very early 1970s. I was VERY aware of her as she was one of the most beautiful women this 14 year old had ever seen. She was stunning, right up until I saw her smoking. Then, not so much.
I suppose having a Mum who was a film fanatic and worked in a Cinema

meant I had a, shall we say, broader, introduction to the stars of the silver screen.  Being plonked in a seat to watch whatever has perhaps been replaced by being plonked in front of the streaming device these days.  ;-)
Cheers,
Gary B-)