Who performed the best version of Albert E. Brumley "I'll Fly Away" 🕊️?

Bill Gaither & Classic Gospel Choir sing Albert E. Brumley "I'll Fly Away" 🕊️https://t.co/BJBak9Uq3z pic.twitter.com/Eof10sC1hf

— 🎼AdagioForStrings🎻 (@adagioforstring) April 16, 2019

Edgar Allan Poe cameo in #TheLadyKillers

I read old books because I would rather learn from those who built civilisation than those who tore it down. pic.twitter.com/PavnrGJUaF

— ArchitecturalRevival (@Arch_Revival_) April 12, 2018

The Tom Hanks character recites Edgar Allan Poe's poem "To Helen" [with a snarky shmoop explanation here] in the film "The Ladykillers"






In case above video link breaks:

To Helen
Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849
 Helen, thy beauty is to me
    Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o’er a perfumed sea,
    The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
    To his own native shore.

On desperate seas long wont to roam,
    Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
    To the glory that was Greece.
And the grandeur that was Rome.

Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche
    How statue-like I see thee stand!
    The agate lamp within thy hand,
Ah! Psyche from the regions which
    Are Holy Land!


The song played at the beginning of this scene is Sam Cooke's "Any Day Now"




One of these mornings
I'm going away any day now
I'm going to Heaven to stay

I don't know how soon
Maybe, morning, night or noon
But I'm going to see the Father
And by his side to stand

There'll be no sorrow, no sadness
Just only complete gladness but any day
I know that I, know that I am going home

🎥 📝

Marva Munson: You are a reading fool, aren't you Mr. Dorr?

Dr. Golthwaite Higginson Dorr: Yes, I must confess, I often find myself more at home with these ancient volumes than I do in the hustle bustle of the modern world. To me, paradoxically, the literature of the so called "dead tongues" holds more currency than this morning's newspaper. In these books, in these volumes, there is the accumulated wisdom of mankind, which succors me when the day is long and the night lonely.

Mrs. Munson, Huh, the "wisdom of mankind" huh? What about the wisdom of the Lord? 

Dr. Dorr: Oh, yes, the Good Book, I have found reward in its pages.  But to me, there are other "good books" as well.

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The Hanks' character comparing Poe to the "Good Book" sounds very much like Chuck Todd pontificating that many Fridays can be good Fridays:

YIKES! Chuck Todd’s cringe-worthy Good Friday hot take was SO scorching he burned himself – https://t.co/84eDh07jdX https://t.co/swjCKcEVcx

— GA Newsom/Author/LMT (@garynew59) March 31, 2018

Perhaps both the Hanks' character and Chuck Todd are all plagiarizing Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) complaining about violins on television:



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Dr. Dorr: Heavy volumes of antiquity. freighted with the insights of man's glories.  And then, of course, I just love, love, love the works of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe.

Mrs. Munson: Oh, I knew who he was. Kind of spooky!

Dr. Dorr: No, ma;am, no! Not of this world, it's true. He, he lived in a dream, an ancient dream.  [Recites first stanza of "To Helen"]
 Helen, thy beauty is to me
    Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o’er a perfumed sea,
    The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
    To his own native shore.

Mrs. Munson: Who was Helen? Some kind of whore of Babylon?

Dr. Dorr: One doesn't know who Helen was but I picture her as being very very ... extremely ...  pale. Miss Munson, I have been trying to figure out some way of expressing my gratitude to you for taking in this "weary, way-worn wanderer." It's just a little old present . While, it's hardly anything at all.

Mrs. Aw, Mr. Dorr, you are a gallant man! 

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A fellow blogger also appreciates the aptly selected music for the film: Powell, Matt. “The Music of the Coen Brothers – Part II.” Humor in America, 25 Aug. 2016, humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/the-music-of-the-coen-brothers-part-ii/. but despairs that the soundtrack does not compensate for the "lazy writing"  and "poor [acting] performance" from the cast.

"Both 'Ladykillers' films rely heavily on slapstick, but the Coens’ remake falls prey to one-dimensional gags rather than the more playful and clever double crossings of the original."

I pointed out that #TheLadyKillers cigarette slapstick shtick was cribbed from #TheMajorAndTheMinor in a previous post

#LNYHBT during Battle of Arnhem in WWII

I was watching a World War II documentary about the ill fated Operation Market Garden - Battle of Arnhem "Theirs Is the Glory" which was filmed with actual military veterans after the war was over:

The British government shows scenes of airborne rangers preparing for battle. One scene depicts a chapel service where the chaplain quotes one of Sean Hannity's favorite Bible verses "let not your heart be troubled" where you can even buy t-shirts with his "slogan" emblazoned on them:

But Erick Erickson in his rather heart wrenching April 18th, 2013 "Red State" article "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled" reminds people of the verse's original context:

"Let not your heart be troubled is not just something Sean Hannity came up with on his radio show. It is not just some trite expression people use to superficially aid and comfort others. It is a phrase spoken by Jesus Christ found in the first verse of John 14. 'Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.'"

@RenewUSTweets @KimePearce #TheirsIsTheGlory clip #lnyhbt doc which #ABridgeTooFar is based https://t.co/kkylNYM7WC pic.twitter.com/F2qdMDmpOe

— Bossy Adagio (@adagioforstring) December 12, 2015

This Bible verse has been adapted many times into song. Albertina Walker singing gospel version "Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled":




Operation Market Garden was the subject of the film "A Bridge Too Far" with a march theme of an upbeat melody punctuated by discordant counterpoint:




Along the lines of the law of unintended consequences, and something I never considered until reading the answer to a FAQ of "What Happened Afterwards?" on imdb, of all places:

"Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the failure of Market Garden was that the delay allowed the Soviet Union to occupy Eastern Europe rather than the Western Allies, which lead to the Cold War."

However, it's nice to have the presence of mind to remember that even if one doesn't win every battle, you can win the war if you keep your chin up and remember John 14:27 "Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."