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Tag Archives: Irving Berlin
The Marx Brothers in “The Cocoanuts” (1929) – reviewed by George
Sand, sea, palm trees, and scads of beautiful girls – pretty good way to start a movie. All the people (there are men too) are staying at the Hotel de Cocoanut in Florida. The manager is Mr. Hammer (Groucho), the … Continue reading
Eddie Cantor in “Kid Millions” (1934) – reviewed by George
Dot Clark (Ethel Merman) is singing “Who Could Ever Be Blue” with a chorus of cuties at the Body Shop (Don’t ask. I don’t know), and when the number ends she is angry to see that Louie the Lug (Warren … Continue reading
Posted in K, Movies
Tagged Ann Sothern, Arthur Sheekman, Burton Churchill, Burton Lane, Doris Davenport, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Eva Sully, George Murphy, Gus Kahn, Harold Adamson, Irving Berlin, Kid Millions, Nat Perrin, Nunnally Johnson, Paul Harvey, Roy del Ruth, The Nicholas Brothers, Walter Donaldson, Warren Hymer
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Danny Kaye in “White Christmas” (1954) – reviewed by George
This is the first movie in VistaVision, Paramount’s answer to Twentieth Century Fox’s CinemaScope, which, in a way, was itself an answer to 3-D. 3-D had been introduced to a new generation in January of 1953 with an independent production, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, W
Tagged 3-D, Anne Whitfield, Bing Crosby, Bwana Devil, CinemaScope, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Holiday inn, House of Wax, Irving Berlin, Mary Wickes, Melvin Frank, Michael Curtiz, Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, Paramount, Robert Alton, Rosemary Clooney, The Robe, Time Magazine, Twentieth Century Fox, Vera-Ellen, VistaVision, Warner's, White Christmas
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Great Performances: “Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn” (2017) – reviewed by George
Jim Hardy (Bryce Pinkham) is a Broadway singer/hoofer whose current show is closing, and he has decided he wants out of show biz. He has bought a farm in Connecticut, Mason Farm, and after the fact tells his girlfriend Lila … Continue reading
Broadway: The American Musical – Episode 4: “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (1943-1960)” – reviewed by George
Hosted by Julie Andrews, Director Michael Kantor, Written by JoAnn Young. Topics: Oklahoma! – was the show that made story the most important element in a musical. No longer would Broadway productions automatically be called “Musical Comedies”. But isn’t that … Continue reading
Posted in A, B, TV
Tagged Adolph Green, Agnes DeMille, Alan J. Lerner, Alfred Drake, Ann Miller, Annie Get Your Gun, Betty Comden, Bill Talbot, Broadway: The American Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, Carousel, Cole Porter, Cris Alexander, Ed Sullivan, Ethel Merman, Ezio Pinza, Frank Sinatra, Frederick Lowe, Gertrude Lawrence, Guys and Dolls, If I Loved You, Irving Berlin, Jack Benny, Jan Clayton, Jerome Kern, Jerome Robbins, JoAnn Young, John Raitt, Julie Andrews, Kiss Me Kate, Leonard Bernstein, Leslie Howard, Mary Martin, Michael Kantor, My Fair Lady, Nancy Walker, Oklahoma!, Ole Man River, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein, Patricia Morrison, Paul Lynde, Rex Harrison, Richard Rodgers, Sam Levene, Show Boat, The King and I, The Sound of Music, There's No Business Like Show Business, Vivian Blaine, Wendy Hiller, You Can't Get a Man with a Gun
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Broadway: The American Musical (2004) – Episode 3: “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (1930-1942)” – reviewed by George
Here we are again with Episode 3 of 6, and I was planning on doing another summary of the history recounted in the show. But my fear is that if I tell too much about each milestone of the years … Continue reading
Posted in A, B, TV
Tagged Americana, Anne Brown, Anything Goes, As Thousands Cheer, Bing Crosby, Broadway, Brother Can You Spare a Dime?, Cole Porter, Du Bose Heyward, Ethel Merman, Ethel Waters, Fred Astaire, Gay Divorce, Gene Kelly, George Gershwin, Ginger Rogers, Girl Crazy, I've Got Rhythm, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, John Houseman, John O'Hara, Julie Andrews, June Havoc, Kim Novak, Let's Do It, Linda Lee Thomas, Lindsay and Crouse, Lorenz Hart, Marc Blitzstein, Michael Kantor, Moss Hart, Of Thee I Sing, Orson Welles, Pal Joey, Paris, Porgy, Porgy and Bess, Richard Rodgers, Stormy Weather, The American Musical, The Cradle Will Rock, Todd Duncan, Victor Moore, Vivienne Segal, William Gaxton, Yip Harburg
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Broadway: The American Musical (2004) – Episode 1: “Give My Regards to Broadway (1893-1927)” – reviewed by George
This is a six-episode series hosted by Julie Andrews, which was broadcast on PBS. Most stories are told about people, and this series tells its tale of Broadway history by concentrating on the most influential people of the time, who … Continue reading
Posted in A, B, TV
Tagged Actor's Equity, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Bert Williams, Broadway: The American Musical, Fannie Brice, Florenz Ziegfeld, George M. Cohan, Give My Regards to Broadway, Hal Prince, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Julie Andrews, Laurence Maslon, Little Johnny Jones, Marc Fields, Michael Kantor, Miles Kreuger, Old Man River, Oscar Hammerstein, Show Boat, the Liberty Theatre, the New Amsterdam Theatre, Times Square, Tin Pan Alley, Victor Herbert, Ziegfeld's Follies
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Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies” (1946) – reviewed by George
A musical with two leading men (Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire), one leading woman (Joan Caulfield), one second-lead man (Billy De Wolfe), and one second-lead woman (Olga San Juan), and a plot designed to use as many Irving Berlin tunes … Continue reading
Posted in B, I, Movies
Tagged Billy De Wolfe, Bing Crosby, Blue Skies, Fred Astaire, Hermes Pan, Irving Berlin, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan, Puttin' on the Ritz, Stuart Heisler
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