So Long, Farewell...

It's truly the end of an era when we have to say goodbye to one of the Von Trapp children from The Sound of Music (1965.) Who would have believed that Charmian Carr would predecease her on-screen father and (new) mother? As Liesl, Carr took my kiddie breath away with her cotton candy pink dress, dancing and whirling around the gazebo and made me want to sit at the foot of a guitar with my dress spread about just so, singing Edelweiss. We're sad to see her depart this earth, but are grateful for her personal character and her contribution to the world of movie musicals. (The black & white photo is from a televised presentation of Evening Primrose opposite Anthony Perkins.)