First Hitchcock film I ever saw: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).
James Stewart and Doris Day. In the Moroccan Embassy in London, Doris
sings "Que Sera Sera". She looks very serious in the picture; her son is
being held hostage somewhere in the embassy, and she is trying to use
the song to make contact with him. It was a brand new song at the time,
first performance in this film.
OK, here's a bit of language trivia: What is the origin of the phrase
and what language is it supposed to be?
Read more here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_Sera,_Sera_(Whatever_Will_Be,_Will_Be)

Ar an naoú lá is fiche de mí Aibreán, scríobh Ross Clark:

> First Hitchcock film I ever saw: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956). James
> Stewart and Doris Day.

Great director and a film I haven’t seen, must correct that.

> In the Moroccan Embassy in London, Doris sings "Que Sera Sera". She looks
> very serious in the picture; her son is being held hostage somewhere in the
> embassy, and she is trying to use the song to make contact with him. It was
> a brand new song at the time, first performance in this film. OK, here's a
> bit of language trivia: What is the origin of the phrase and what language
> is it supposed to be? Read more here:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_Sera,_Sera_(Whatever_Will_Be,_Will_Be)

A bad translation with very strong cultural currency; I can’t off the top of my
head think of any other examples of this, though I’m sure they are some.

--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

On 2024-04-29 09:40:17 +0000, Ross Clark said:

> First Hitchcock film I ever saw: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).
> James Stewart and Doris Day. In the Moroccan Embassy in London, Doris
> sings "Que Sera Sera". She looks very serious in the picture; her son
> is being held hostage somewhere in the embassy, and she is trying to
> use the song to make contact with him. It was a brand new song at the
> time, first performance in this film.
> OK, here's a bit of language trivia: What is the origin of the phrase
> and what language is it supposed to be?
> Read more here:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_Sera,_Sera_(Whatever_Will_Be,_Will_Be)

I've long supposed it to be Italian, even though it would be spelt
differently: Che sarà sarà. When I first learned what it was supposed
to mean I thought it might be French (ignoring the gross
mispronunciation of "Que").

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

Ross Clark wrote:

> First Hitchcock film I ever saw: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).
> James Stewart and Doris Day. In the Moroccan Embassy in London, Doris
> sings "Que Sera Sera". She looks very serious in the picture; her son is
> being held hostage somewhere in the embassy, and she is trying to use
> the song to make contact with him. It was a brand new song at the time,
> first performance in this film.
> OK, here's a bit of language trivia: What is the origin of the phrase
> and what language is it supposed to be?
> Read more here:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Que_Sera,_Sera_(Whatever_Will_Be,_Will_Be)



really? "Que Sera, Sera" is not good Spanish ???



During shooting of this film, there's a nice trivia about
(the special effects of )

How the dying man had a disguise (blackface) on, which was scraped off when
another man's hand scrapes his face...

and how this was filmed.