Saturday, September 26, 2015

More 1930's Musical Shorts

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Since the great George Gershwin was born on this very day, September 26 in 1898, today we shall focus on musicals; after all, Your C...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

See You In The "Fall" Blogathon

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There are numerous blogathons - alas, way more than this correspondent could actually contribute to - these days. That said, we are smack d...
Sunday, September 20, 2015

Shout, Sister, Shout! "Close Harmony" Documentary Spotlights The Boswell Sisters

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Wrote about The Boswell Sisters, three gals linked in sweet harmony, back in 2011 upon hearing about a documentary covering their illustrio...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Let's Face The Music And Dance - Or Watch These Cool Clips Instead!

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The above sign is a stroke of genius - and brings to this music-obsessed blogger's consciousness versions of the Irving Berlin standard...
Monday, September 07, 2015

Fundraiser For Bray Studio: Animation Pioneers DVD - Ends September 9

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On the heels of the first Cartoon Roots Blu-ray/DVD set, film historian and collaborator with Andrew Smith on the upcoming Cartoon Carnival...
Friday, September 04, 2015

W.C. Fields 100th Anniversary

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"Bill never really wanted to hurt anybody. He just felt an obligation." Gregory LaCava 100 years ago, vaudeville star W.C. Fi...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Turner . . . Not-Really All THAT Classic Movies?

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Well, the latest and not greatest from Cable TV Land is that Turner Classic Movies, the one TV channel that film buffs can actually watch ...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

This Saturday Night at Foothill College: The KFJC Psychotronix Film Festival

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Where does one turn, at this point between ennui and activity that always marks the period between summer's end and the official begin...