Kaye with Ann Rutherford, Florence Bates, and Fay Bainter in THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY (1947), an elaborate Samuel Goldwyn adaptation of the James Thurber short story about a man who daydreams of glory.

Memorable Quotations:

• "You're happy for the wrong reasons and that's the same as being lonely and miserable except it's worse." --as Phil Davis in WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954).
• "My dear partner, when what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting, whatever it is you've got left." --as Phil Davis in WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954).
• "No, Countess.  The world has changed.  The garbage has changed." --as The Ragpicker in THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT (1969).
• "The world is being taken over by the pimps." --as The Ragpicker in THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT (1969).
• "Only the rich can afford morals." --as The Ragpicker in THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT (1969).

With Vera-Ellen, Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby in WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954), a now-classic holiday musical featuring supporting players Dean Jagger and Mary Wickes as well as songs by Irving Berlin.

More Danny Kaye links:

• The Danny Kaye Website
• American Masters: Danny Kaye
• The Kennedy Center Honors: Danny Kaye
• Librarian's Lobby: Danny Kaye
• Danny Kaye - a Man of Many Faces
• Gilbert and Sullivan and Danny Kaye
• The Danny Kaye Mailing List
• Fansites: Danny Kaye
• TV Now's monthly Danny Kaye schedule -when his films will be on TV.
• A review of ON THE RIVIERA by Edwin Jahiel
• A review of THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY by Edwin Jahiel

Further Reading:

• Nobody's fool: the lives of Danny Kaye by Martin Gottfried (New York: Simon & Schuster, c1994).
• The secret life of Danny Kaye by Michael Freedland (New York: St. Martin's Press, c1985).

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