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Yvonne De Carlo: Sons
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Actress Yvonne De Carlo cut this album at the end of the '50s under the musical direction of Johnny Williams (aka John Williams, the future film music master). The results are decidedly uneven, though ultimately not unpleasant -- the first three songs show off Williams' accompaniment more successfully than De Carlo's singing, which lacks any real attractiveness or expressiveness on those songs. And then, suddenly, with "Am I Blue" she comes to life as a singer; "Little Girl Blue" -- which features a beautiful accompanying performance on piano (probably played by Williams) with light orchestration -- and "Blue Moon" offer some surprising pleasures as well in her finely nuanced singing, and De Carlo finds even greater inspiration in "But Not for Me" (where Williams' accompaniment may be too upfront) and "Mood Indigo." Additionally, "My Blue Heaven" sounds absolutely fresh in her hands. And on "One for My Baby" she doesn't even sound like the same singer, delivering a hard, dark performance matched perfectly by Williams' understated accompaniment. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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In the outrageously kitsch biopic Song of Sheherazade (1947), De Carlo played a (fictional) Moroccan nightclub dancer named Cara de Talavera inspiring mariner Rimsky-Korsakov (Jean-Pierre Aumont) to compose. "Me, oh, my, sounds like the buzzing of a bee," she says of one of his most famous numbers, before turning up in St Petersburg as the prima ballerina in his new ballet. That same year, she ... played a mysterious dancer in Slave Girl, but was upstaged by a talking camel.
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Yvonne and Robert had two sons. After the birth of her children, Yvonne took time off from acting. However, while working as a stuntman on the set of How the West Was Won (1962; with Henry Fonda), Robert was nearly killed when he was pinned underneath an avalanche of logs. Yvonne returned to work to support her family as well as pay for his outrageous medical bills. It took him several years to recover.
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De Carlo, who was born Peggy Yvonne Middleton in Vancouver, B.C., lived in semiretirement near Solvang, north of Santa Barbara. Her son Michael died in 1997, and she suffered a stroke the following year.
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According to an Associated Press report, in her late years, De Carlo lived in semi-retirement near Solvang, north of Santa Barbara. Her son Michael died in 1997, and she suffered a stroke the following year.
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Synopsis: When the on-campus accommodations are all taken, a group of college students are forced to take rooms in the spooky house of Mrs. Engels (Yvonne De Carlo) and her strange son, Mason (Brad Reardon). When one of the kids turns up dead, the police launch an investigation, uncovering the bloodyRead More
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