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DavidS - Sep 11, 2004 7:39:28 am PDT #3820 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Heads up for movie musical fans ( nudges Aimee) TCM is having a 93 film survey of musicals during October, ranging over 50 years. All the MGM classics, of course, but I'm sure there will be plenty of rarities in there.

Hmmm, it looks like it's running all day on Tuesdays through October, and it's chronological. Actually, it sort of prefaces the run with all three That's Entertainment compilations, then That's Dancing (several of these are OOP) on Mon 10/4. It's running chronologically, which is pretty interesting to see the development of the film musical.

4 Monday
5:00 PM That's Entertainment! (1974) An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals. Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor. D: Jack Haley, Jr. C 135m. CC

7:30 PM That's Entertainment! II (1976) Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly dance together again for the first time in more than 30 years as they introduce classic musical numbers and comedy bits. Nelson Eddy, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Jeanette MacDonald D: Gene Kelly. C 129m. CC

9:45 PM That's Entertainment! III (1994) Classic musical numbers and rare behind-the-scenes footage show how MGM created the screen's greatest musicals. Featuring clips with Gene Kelly, Lena Horne and Debbie Reynolds. June Allyson, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Howard Keel D: Burt Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan. 120m. LBX CC

12:00 AM That's Dancing! (1985) Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli and Mikhail Baryshnikov host this compilation of some of the greatest dance numbers in movie history. Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli D: Jack Haley, Jr. BW & C 105m.

2:00 AM Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) Dick Cavett narrates this documentary about the MGM auction and the studio's glorious history. C 51m. CC

5 Tuesday

3:00 AM The Jazz Singer (1927) A cantor's son breaks with family tradition to go into show business. Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland. D: Alan Crosland. BW 89m. DVS

4:30 AM The Broadway Melody (1929) Love and success break up a vaudeville sister act. Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love. D: Harry Beaumont. BW 101m. CC

6:15 AM Show Boat (1929) First screen version of the classic musical about romance among the musical performers on a Mississippi showboat. Laura LaPlante, Joseph Schildkraut, Alma Rubens. D: Harry Pollard. BW 118m.

8:15 AM The Hollywood Revue (1929) Sketches and songs give MGM's silent stars a chance to show their stuff in talking pictures. Jack Benny, Buster Keaton, Joan Crawford. D: Charles Riesner. BW & C 118m.

10:15 AM Hallelujah (1929) A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man. Daniel Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, William Fountaine. D: King Vidor. BW 100m.

12:00 PM Rio Rita (1929) A Texas Ranger finds love while tracking an outlaw. Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Bebe Daniels. D: Luther Reed. BW & C 102m. CC

2:00 PM Girl Crazy (1932) City slickers try to turn a broken-down ranch into a resort. Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Eddie Quillan. D: William A. Seiter. BW 74m. CC

3:30 PM Going Hollywood (1933) A girl poses as a French maid to catch a singing star. Bing Crosby, Marion Davies, Patsy Kelly. D: Raoul Walsh. BW 78m. CC

5:00 PM Love Me Tonight (1932) A Parisian tailor falls in love with princess. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Ruggles. D: Rouben Mamoulian. BW 89m.

6:45 PM 42nd Street (1933) The definitive backstage musical, complete with the dazzling newcomer who goes on for the injured star. Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Warner Baxter. D: Lloyd Bacon. BW 89m. CC

8:30 PM Flying Down To Rio (1933) A dance-band leader finds love and success in Brazil. Dolores Del Rio, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. D: Thornton Freeland. BW 89m. CC

10:30 PM Roberta (1935) A football player inherits a chic Paris fashion house. Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. D: William A. Seiter. BW 106m. CC

12:30 AM Dames (1934) A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show. Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler. D: Ray Enright. BW 91m. CC

2:15 AM Naughty Marietta (1935) A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with an Indian scout. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan. D: W.S. Van Dyke II. BW 104m. CC

6 Wednesday

4:00 AM Gold Diggers Of 1933 (1933) Three chorus girls fight to keep their show going and find rich husbands. Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell. D: Mervyn LeRoy. BW 98m. CC

6:00 AM Gold Diggers Of 1935 (1935) A socialite is bamboozled into producing a stage show in her home. Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady. D: Busby Berkeley. BW 95m. CC

8:00 AM Rose Marie (1936) An opera singer goes undercover in the Canadian wilderness to hunt for her criminal brother. Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart. D: W. S. Van Dyke II. BW 111m. CC

10:00 AM The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer. D: Robert Z. Leonard. BW 185m. CC

1:00 PM Swing Time (1936) To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. D: George Stevens. BW 104m. CC DVS

3:00 PM On Your Toes (1939) A hoofer gets mixed up with a ballet dancer, triggering backstage jealousy. Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Donald O?Connor. D: Ray Enright. BW 94m.

5:00 PM Top Hat (1935) A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. D: Mark Sandrich. BW 99m. CC DVS

7:00 PM Show Boat (1936) Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Songs include "Make Believe" and "Bill. Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson. D: James Whale. BW 114m. CC

DavidS - Sep 11, 2004 8:10:29 am PDT #3821 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Aimee should call in sick Oct 19th.

19 Tuesday

5:00 AM Royal Wedding (1951) A brother-and-sister musical team find romance when they tour to London for Elizabeth's wedding. Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford. D: Stanley Donen. C 93m. CC DVS

7:00 AM Show Boat (1951) Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson. D: George Sidney. C 108m. CC DVS

9:00 AM Kiss Me Kate (1953) Feuding co-stars reunite for a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller. D: George Sidney. C 110m. LBX CC DVS

11:00 AM Easy To Love (1953) Two men vie for the heart of a Cypress Gardens swimming star. Esther Williams, Tony Martin, Van Johnson. D: Charles Walters. C 96m. CC

12:45 PM Deep In My Heart (1954) Musical biography of composer Sigmund Romberg, who fought to bring serious music to Broadway. Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel. D: Stanley Donen. C 132m. LBX CC

3:00 PM Brigadoon (1954) Two American hunters in Scotland discover a mystical village that only materializes once every century. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson. D: Vincente Minnelli. C 108m. LBX CC

5:00 PM Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn. D: Stanley Donen. C 102m. LBX CC DVS

7:00 PM An American in Paris (1951) An American artist finds love in Paris but almost loses it to conflicting loyalties. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. D: Vincente Minnelli. C 114m. CC DVS

9:00 PM Singin' In The Rain (1952) A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. D: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C 103m. CC DVS

11:00 PM The Band Wagon (1953) A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. D: Vincente Minnelli. C 112m. CC

1:00 AM Silk Stockings (1957) A strait-laced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige. D: Rouben Mamoulian. C 118m. LBX CC

sumi - Sep 11, 2004 9:31:44 am PDT #3822 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

She'd have to call in sick on the 20th too -- just for the necessary sleep.

Glamcookie - Sep 11, 2004 9:43:30 am PDT #3823 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

I've seen stills of Ted Raimi in the remake.

Dude! They put fucking Joxer in The Grudge? That is so wrong.

Aims - Sep 11, 2004 10:02:25 am PDT #3824 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Aimee should call in sick Oct 19th.

t stares at the line up

t writes note to boss from mother

Beverly - Sep 11, 2004 10:34:09 am PDT #3825 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.

(Signs Aimee's note: "Epstein's Mother")

Hil R. - Sep 11, 2004 10:36:30 am PDT #3826 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Wow. I think I'm going to be calling in sick on the 5th.

Kathy A - Sep 11, 2004 12:44:50 pm PDT #3827 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The ones I'm planning on recording:

5:00 PM Love Me Tonight (1932) A Parisian tailor falls in love with princess. Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charlie Ruggles. D: Rouben Mamoulian. BW 89m.

I've read that this is supposed to be wonderful, and rather risque since it's pre-Code.

1:00 PM Swing Time (1936) To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to fall for his dancing partner. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore. D: George Stevens. BW 104m. CC DVS

5:00 PM Top Hat (1935) A woman thinks the man who loves her is her best friend's husband. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton. D: Mark Sandrich. BW 99m. CC DVS

I loves me some Astaire/Rogers fluff. Back in the '70s and early '80s, one of the local stations would have all Astaire/Rogers musicals overnight on New Years Eve, and since my babysitting years were the pre-cable/VCR era, I completely got hooked on them. Also loved The Gay Divorcee.

7:00 PM Show Boat (1936) Riverboat entertainers find love, laughs and hardships as they sail along "Old Man River." Songs include "Make Believe" and "Bill. Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Helen Morgan, Paul Robeson. D: James Whale. BW 114m. CC

Love Paul Robeson's voice.

3:00 PM Brigadoon (1954) Two American hunters in Scotland discover a mystical village that only materializes once every century. Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson. D: Vincente Minnelli. C 108m. LBX CC

I love Van Johnson's cynical second banana performance here.

5:00 PM Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) When their older brother marries, six lumberjacks decide it's time to go courting for themselves. Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn. D: Stanley Donen. C 102m. LBX CC DVS

The barn dance--'nuff said.

11:00 PM The Band Wagon (1953) A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Cyd Charisse. D: Vincente Minnelli. C 112m. CC

1:00 AM Silk Stockings (1957) A strait-laced Soviet agent is seduced by Paris and a high-stepping film producer. Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige. D: Rouben Mamoulian. C 118m. LBX CC

Fun later-era Astaire movies.

Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2004 12:53:47 pm PDT #3828 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

The barn dance--'nuff said.

Word.

Theodosia - Sep 11, 2004 2:41:22 pm PDT #3829 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Silk Stockings is on my all-time top ten musical list.

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