Blogs about: Jimmy Durante

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Durante and Fitzgerald...

respectthequeendom wrote 2 months ago: Showmanship just doesn’t exist  like this anymore. … more →

Tags: Ella Fitzgerald

something nice6 comments

msbaroque wrote 2 months ago: As promised yesterday. Coming later: something stupid. The comic moment: I’m at my desk, typi … more →

Tags: bagatelles, Life, Ethel Merman, Bob Hope, The Pope

Carmen Miranda, a tragic figure?10 comments

Casey wrote 2 months ago: I have just had a most upsetting experience and I can’t stop thinking about it.  TCM is playi … more →

Tags: classic film, Alice Faye, anthony quinn, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Don Ameche, Greenwich Village, lana turner, musicals

Some tunes from my "special mix"

thejazzmonger wrote 2 months ago: Hoagy Carmichael (via last.fm) I have made a pair of Cds as a sampler of some of my favorite … more →

Tags: big band, big-band swing, jazz, Oldies, Swing, 40s, 50s, 60's, Arts and Entertainment

PM Quote of the Day -- Jimmy Durante

Paul Ritchie wrote 2 months ago: Be awful nice to ‘em goin’ up, because you’re gonna meet ‘em all comin … more →

Tags: Random, PM Quote of the Day, kindness

Is Green the New Blue?4 comments

reddotinaredstate wrote 2 months ago: July 20, 1933 – General Hugh S. “Iron Pants” Johnson, the head of the National Re … more →

Tags: Environment, obama, Socialism, Al Gore, AWG, Blue Eagle, climate change, EPA, Environmentalism

Where it all began: "Sleepless In Seattle" soundtrack

heavypettingzoo wrote 3 months ago: Just about every time a new acquaintence learns of my involvement in this thing we call The Heavy P … more →

Tags: Album Reviews, sleepless in seattle soundtrack, louis armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dr. John, Rickie Lee Jones, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Clive Griffon

AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER!1 comment

themeparkradio wrote 4 months ago: We Baby Boomers, in particular,  seem to be obsessed with aging so I thought it was time to dedicate … more →

Tags: Radio Program, music nostalgia, Broadcasting and Media, Community Radio, Music - Blues, music r&b, Music - Country, Roy Orbison, Rock'n'Roll

A TUNE BEYOND US or WHAT A REVOLTIN’ DEVELOPMENT THIS IS! by Lia Chang

Lia Chang wrote 5 months ago: Lia Chang I’m currently rehearsing with Robert Paul Abelson, Michael Citriniti, Sandra Kazan … more →

Tags: Theater, Culture, Asian-American artists, Lia Chang, New York, Edward Pomerantz, Woodie King Jr, New Federal Theatre, James Cagney

Another good movie soundtrack3 comments

thejazzmonger wrote 5 months ago: Image via Wikipedia As soon as I put up the post about the soundtrack for Sleepless In Seattl … more →

Tags: Open Posts, big-band swing, Oldies, jazz, Swing, 60's, sixties, 50s, fifties

Movies that Use Good Music

thejazzmonger wrote 5 months ago: Image via Wikipedia One thing that always enhances any movie, in my opinion, is the use of go … more →

Tags: Open Posts, big-band swing, Oldies, big band, jazz, 60's, 50s, fifties, Music

Soundtrack Of Your Life10 comments

beckycc wrote 6 months ago: If your life was a movie — and really, shouldn’t it be?? — what would the soundtrack be? Sorry, no o … more →

Tags: Stuff Worth Pondering, Goofy Stuff, Becky Clark, soundtrack of your life, Wicked, eddie from ohio, Sonic Youth, tommy james and the shondells, Paula Cole

The Ultimate Tony Bennett

dayshred wrote 6 months ago: While Sinatra, Martin, and the Rat Pack were busy sacrificing a good measure of their vocal talents … more →

Tags: tony bennett, tony bennet, tony bennett biography, tony bennett duets, gene kelly

Perfect Song, Perfect Scene from Sleepless in Seattle1 comment

montelutz wrote 6 months ago: Sleepless in Seattle was on TV yesterday. Even though I’ve seen it 50 times, I could not pull … more →

Tags: Movie, Perfect Song Perfect Scene, Sleepless in Seattle!, Sleepless in Seattle song, Sleepless in Seattle music, sleepless in seattle soundtrack, Make Someone Happy

Billy Rose's Jumbo

gateline wrote 7 months ago: A debt-ridden circus is saved by an well-meaning but inept publicity man Studio: Warner Home Video R … more →

Tags: funny lady, fanny brice, billy rose, fanny bryce, nicky arnstein, fannie brice, Charles Walters, doris day, Stephen Boyd

FGF-The Man Who Came To Dinner2 comments

sistasmiff wrote 7 months ago: The Feel Good Friday offering this week is from the movie that started my obsession with old movies. … more →

Tags: film, Things that make me happy

The Man Who Came to Dinner

msfields wrote 7 months ago: The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) –My great aunt Jennifer ate a whole box of candy every day o … more →

Tags: Reviews, Ann Sheridan, Bette Davis, Mary Wickes, monty woolley, Billy Burke

The Unknown: Jimmy Durante - The Great Schnozzola

flyworms wrote 7 months ago: Filled with lengthy clips, interviews with Mrs. Jimmy Durante, daughter CeCe and Leonard Maltin, on … more →

Tags: Jonathan Winters, Frosty the Snowman, jackie vernon, Frosty Returns

The Man Who Came to Dinner

flyworms wrote 7 months ago: A pompous lecturer is forced to spend the winter inside a prominent Ohio family’s home due to … more →

Tags: The Day the Earth Stood Still, the man who came to dinner, little women, Ann Sheridan, little women movie, Louisa May Alcott, Richard L. Bare, william keighley, Jean Negulesco


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