Charles Laughton, who gave a now fabled performance as Quasimodo in the latter, returned periodically to the studio, headlining six more RKO features.
That's how integral to his fabled marathon performances over the last 40-plus years are his ripped-from-New-Jersey-life fables of spirit-shaping battles with his father, his comradeship with his bandmates, his fitful attempts to unravel the mysteries of love and, binding them all together, his DNA-deep passion for music, specially that strain called rock 'n' roll.
With a 24 carat-golden generation of players, most of whom were at or around the fabled peak performance years of 28 to 32, the sense that everything had been building to this one unique opportunity was palpable.
All eyes were on the All Gone Pete Tong boat afterparty that night aboard the fabled Hornblower vessel, featuring performances by Pete Tong and Thomas Jack.
Unfortunately there's no way to digitally airbrush away the hokum that pervades the whole show, like the ample stage smoke puffing away throughout the proceedings, giving a most commendable featured performance as the fabled pea-soupy London fog.
In the 1920s, the solos of Bix Beiderbecke, the fabled cornetist, stood out in his performances with Paul Whiteman's orchestra.
This downtown troupe's sometimes ravishing, often numbing homage to a fabled theatrical event turns Burton's performance as the Prince of Denmark into a tantalizing on-screen disappearing act at the Public Theater, where the show opened last night.
Matteo Carrara, former pro cyclist and coach at Cadence Performance (cadenceperformance.com) For a long weekend bagging fabled cols in the Dolomites, stay at the Hotel Funivia in Bormio.
Brendan Rodgers will be pleased with tonight's performance, which was another emphatic victory for his fabled philosophy of sending a bunch of so-so players out to ping the ball about a bit without ever worrying too much about things like scoring goals or winning games.
