Found the movie The Snows of Kilimanjaro in a 75% off sale bin at Walmart. There was a $1 sticker on it. I paid .25 for it. Gave it to pookie for Valentine’s Day (amongst other things). We read the short story when we were on the cruise ship to Bermuda back in July. The movie drastically departed from the original story. It was fleshed out with material from other Hemingway’s novels as well as his own life. The best part, the end, was totally removed. Considering how much I like movies which feature characters with limb infections, I wasn’t terribly fond of this one. I was surprised to see Hildegard Knef in a small role in the film. She was a German actress — rather similar to Marlene Dietrich although Knef came a little bit later. Both recorded songs and both had very deep, smoky voices.

I found this song Knef did on Youtube. It feels light years ahead of 1971.

Maybe it’s just the lyrics:
The dollar is climbing, the dollar is falling
Inflation, stagflation
Yes, yes, I know you know…

On Sunday I noticed that the (blonde) woman on the cover of the Parade magazine looks just like Hildegard Knef. How is it I go years without thinking of her and suddenly she’s everywhere to me?

Well I think she looks like Knef.

Searching around Rhapsody for her recordings, I found a pretty awesome album: The In-Kraut Vol. 3 Hip Shaking Grooves Made In Germany 1967-1974 Don’t get the idea it’s German Schlager music, it’s not– it’s actually really good stuff. Unfortunately Rhapsody doesn’t have vol. 1 or 2.