Here’s the original theatrical trailer for Stanley Donen’s 1967 film ‘Two For The Road’, starring Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn. Last week my trio played Henry Mancini’s gorgeous eponymous theme song at our concert in Temecula, at which we devoted a full set to title tracks from movies. Alas, I
Yesterday I posted the opening title sequence of ‘The Tender Trap’ (1955). Today I offer up the ending of the film and its adjacent ‘The End’ sequence. (Spoiler: everyone falls in love and is happy). Perhaps tomorrow I’ll begin posting the reel changes. I like the idea of posting the
Last week I played a trio gig in Temecula, California which featured a number of title tracks from post-war movies–‘Days Of Wine And Roses’, ‘Sunday In New York’ etc. (I posted original title sequences of several of them last week). Our opening number was ‘The Tender Trap’, by Sammy Cahn
‘Hoi Polloi’ (1935) was the 10th short film made by the Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Thursday, May 2nd through Monday, May 6th 1935 and released on Thursday, August 29th of that year. I consider this to be the first truly great Stooge short and include
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4QgGxcsFSEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtXm0qhlMVE Last night my jazz trio played a concert in Temecula California consisting of songs from movies. The opening set concentrated on mid-century themes–‘Tender Trap’, ‘Wives and Lovers’, ‘Two For The Road’, ‘Sunday In New York’ etc. By far the most beautiful of the songs, and the the one that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usEo5XsgSGghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ7WT02wFOk I’ve been playing the Burt Bacharach/Hal David standard ‘Wives And Lovers’ for years as a jazz waltz. I always assumed that the 1963 song had been written for the 1963 movie of the same title. (A safe assumption, one would think). Now I find out–one day before I’m to
On this coming Thursday, May 25th, my jazz trio will be performing at a lovely venue in the fascinating town of Temecula, CA. called ‘The Merc’. Our first set of music will feature title track songs from mid-century Hollywood movies. Among them will be ‘The Tender Trap’, ‘Days Of Wine
The YouTube artist known as NASS–who specializes in taking old footage of urban centers and colorizing and updating them–has posted a splendid eight-plus minutes of various places in London in the 1930s. His/Her/They’s work with color is beyond impressive–it never feels colorized, only real and lush. This is the London
‘Restless Knights’ (1935) is the 6th short subject made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, December 19th through Saturday, December 22nd, 1934 and released on Wednesday, February 20th 1935. It features Walter Brennan as the Stooges father and Geneva Mitchell as the Queen–she’s the
The history of RKO Pictures–how it began life as Radio Pictures before merging with the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Vaudeville theater chain (thus the KO appended to the R)–is a fascinating one, involving dirty deeds, unsavory mergers, forced stock liquidations and–to top it off–the manipulations of one Joseph P. Kennedy, who was in