“All of me” August 24, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1946 through 1960, Cool, Jazz, Movies, Music.Tags: 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, All Of Me, Aram Avakian, Bert Stern, Blue Mitchell, Dinah Washington, Gerald Marks, Jazz On A Summer's Day, Max Roach, Paul West, Sahib Shihab, Seymour Simons, Terry Gibbs, Urbie Green, Wynton Kelly
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What do the Muppets, Pia Zadora, Django Reinhardt, Jimmie Scott, Billie Holiday, Anne Murray, Willie Nelson, Johnnie Ray, Redd Foxx, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Belle Baker, NOFX, Frank Sinatra and Mildred Bailey have in common?
They all covered this …
Equity wins silver in Houston April 22, 2008
Posted by Jeff in Labor, Movies, Theater, Zook.2 comments
Above: Marie Dressler (foreground) and chorus girls from the Ziegfeld Follies picketing on Broadway, 1919.
My original screenplay Equity has been awarded a Silver Remi for Best Dramatic Screenplay at the 2008 WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.
For some reason, they love me in Texas April 11, 2008
Posted by Jeff in Movies, Zook.5 comments
For the second year in a row, one of my screenplays has won a Remi Award from the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.
Michael Jeter, 1952–2003 April 6, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1990s to present, In memoriam, Movies, Musicals, Theater.add a comment
From the Tony Award telecast of June 3, 1990, Brent Barrett and Michael Jeter perform “We’ll Take A Glass Together” from the musical Grand Hotel:
“Chattanooga Choo Choo” February 10, 2008
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From Sun Valley Serenade (1941), an intro by the Glenn Miller Orchestra segues into …
“I Got A Gal In Kalamazoo” February 9, 2008
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A year after Sun Valley Serenade, Glenn Miller, the Nicholas Brothers and Harry Warren and Max Gordon continue their survey of songs about American cities with funny names …
“Lucky Numbers” February 8, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1929 through WWII, Dance, Jazz, Movies, Music, Nicholas Brothers, Swing.1 comment so far
From The Black Network, a 1936 short, fifteen-year-old Harold and twenty-two-year-old Fayard Nicholas perform “Lucky Numbers” by Cliff Hess.
Adelaide Hall and the Nicholas Brothers February 7, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1929 through WWII, Dance, Movies, Music, Nicholas Brothers, Swing, Theater, Vaudeville.2 comments
From 1935, the VitaPhone short “An All-Colored Vaudeville Show” …
“Jumpin’ Jive” February 5, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1929 through WWII, Cab Calloway, Dance, Jazz, Movies, Music, Nicholas Brothers, Swing.add a comment
This clip from Stormy Weather (1943) features Calloway and his orchestra, and the amazing Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard).
“Manhattan” January 27, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1961 through 1989, George Gershwin, Movies.add a comment
There once was a time when I made a point of seeing every Woody Allen movie the day it opened. Why? Because I remember breaking down in tears at this …
“Did you ever meet that funny reefer man …” January 24, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1929 through WWII, Cab Calloway, Jazz, Movies, Music, Swing.1 comment so far
In this clip from International House (1933), the strangest film W. C. Fields ever made (and that’s saying a lot), Cab Calloway And His Orchestra, featuring the legendary Al Morgan on bass, perform “Reefer Man” on television.
No, I’m not making that up.
And shut up with the reefer jokes.
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“John Henry and the Inky-Poo” January 18, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1946 through 1960, Cartoons, Movies, Puppetoons.7 comments
The last completed movie my father ever worked on was his personal favorite.
“Tubby The Tuba” January 17, 2008
Posted by Jeff in 1946 through 1960, Cartoons, Classical, Movies, Music, Puppetoons, Zook.17 comments
Reg Massie, 1945
Unlike clay animators like Nick Park, Will Vinton or Art Clokey, George Pal’s animators worked in a “replacement technique” using hand-carved wooden puppets. A separate puppet (or puppet part) was used for each motion, rather than clay or hinged parts. A single walking sequence, for instance, could involve 12 pairs of legs for one character. An average Puppetoon short would use 9,000 puppets.
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