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Tag Archives: Musicals
Juxtaposin’: Housework
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Posted in Movies, Music, Performers
Tagged american hustle, Ann-Margret, David O. Russell, George Sidney, Jennifer Lawrence, Juxtaposin', live and let die, Musicals, Viva Las Vegas, wings
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Notes on “Viva Las Vegas”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Viva Las Vegas” pulls off a nifty trick: it uses the corporatization of Elvis to augment and comment on his appeal. Elvis plays Lucky Jackson, a racecar driver whose fortunes belie his name. Ann-Margret is the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Ann-Margret, Elvis Presley, Film, George Sidney, Las Vegas, movies, Musicals, Romantic Comedy, Viva Las Vegas, William Demarest
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Notes on “Let’s Go Native”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Like many early talkies, the 1930 “Let’s Go Native” is so effortlessly weird it serves as proof an innate American tendency toward surrealism. Jeanette MacDonald — still in her lingerie-naughty, pre-MGM phase — plays a Broadway … Continue reading
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Tagged Eugene Pallette, Film, Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald, Kay Francis, Leo McCarey, Let's Go Native, movies, Musicals, the old weird America
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Nightmare on Broadway
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Gold Diggers of 1935” is a pretty lame movie. Yet it includes what might be Busby Berkeley’s masterpiece: A musical fantasy sequence scored to “The Lullaby of Broadway.” Is it an exaggeration to call it one … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music
Tagged Busby Berkeley, Dick Powell, Film, Gold Diggers of 1935, movies, Musicals, The Lullaby of Broadway
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“A Damsel In Distress” (1937)
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A musical comedy co-written by P.G. Wodehouse, with music and lyrics by the Gershwins, and starring Fred Astaire is pretty much essential viewing for me. Although the film is usually regarded as one of Astaire’s post-Rogers flubs, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Fred Astaire, George Burns, George Gershwin, George Stevens, Gracie Allen, Ira Gershwin, Joan Fontaine, Musicals, P.G. Wodehouse, Romantic Comedy
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Bridging Distances
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A filmmaker like Lubitsch makes you feel privileged for taking part in his naughtiness — like you’re in on the joke. But the naughtiness in this clip, from Renoir’s “French Cancan,” is of a different sort. Renoir … Continue reading
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Tagged Film, France, French Cancan, Jean Gabin, Jean Renoir, Moulin Rouge, movies, Musicals
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Juxtaposin’: Stair Singing
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