#pantomime

From the Archives: "It's all so wonderful..." Julie Andrews at 16

This charming Daily Herald feature from 11 December 1951 offers a tantalising glimpse of the early stardom of Julie Andrews. Interviewed during rehearsals for Aladdin at the London Casino, it captures the 16-year-old performer at a moment when everything seemed possible.

The accompanying publicity photographs, taken by a Daily Herald staff photographer for the same press campaign, show exactly what the reporter saw that day—a young performer with all the warmth, joy and natural charm that would soon make her an international star.

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A Snow White Christmas

*drops and runs*

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And then he did this thing. Shifted, all weird, you know? And after he shifted, he grew. And grew and grew and that’s when I knew I wasn’t dealing with some freak. This was something else.

This was some goddamned magic.

Before I can move, he grabs me and picks me up. Right by the scruff of my uniform, like a dirty kitten, and he hauls me up, up, up, right up to the spotlight. That sizzling, spitting spotlight that’s so hot it makes then ice melt if you accidentally leave it on too long.

And then he shoves my face against the light.

Goddamn the pain. Even now, goddamn it.