When I was a wee one, I had the movie recording of Camelot, with Richard Harris as King Arthur, Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Guinevere and Franco Nero as Sir Lancelot. I loved that record, listening for hours to the songs until I could sing them by memory.
Was there a more congenial spot to spend than with knights of the Round Table and their ladies? Not in my opinion and I could hardly wait to introduce this wonderful musical to my children.
The girls enjoyed the songs and beautiful costumes, although at six and nearly 8, most of the storyline was not apparent to their young minds. But the songs, and the horses and jousting, wove their magic around them.
While dated in some respects, it's easy to forget that this movie won three Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Music-Scoring and Best Costumes in 1967.
As an aside, I found it highly entertaining to find that Nero and Redgrave were paired again as lovers torn apart as young people and reunited in older age in the recent Letters to Juliet. I wondered how many of the young women in the audience with me saw the irony of these two great actors together again on screen.
Camelot fires our imagination with its songs, beauty and, of course, tragic love triangle. It's a movie that will bear repeat viewings well for both young and old, as we slip into through the mists of time to Camelot.
Next up: Anne of Green Gables
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