New Orleans
United Artists, 1947, B/W, 90 minutes
Released April, 1947
The only feature film appearance of the legendary Billie Holiday, who performs "Farewell to Storyville," is just one of the highlights of this song-filled look at the
(fictionalized) birth of jazz. When bandleader Louis Armstrong's sizzling new sound draws crowds to his gambling hall, New Orleans saloonkeeper Arturo de Cordova sets out to spread the
music to the public. Kid Ory and Woody Herman are among the other jazz greats appearing; with Irene Rich, Shelley Winters.
Produced by: Herbert J. Biberman
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
Screenplay: Elliot Paul and Dick Irving Hyland,
(from a story by Elliot Paul and Herbert J. Biberman)
Original Music by: Bob Carleton, Eddie Delange, Cliff Dixon, Nat W. Finston, Woody Herman
Art Direction: Rudi Feld
Costume Design: Teddi Barri
Special Effects: Nick Carmona
Cinematography: Lucien N. Andriot
Editor: Bernard W. Burton
Cast:
Arturo De Cordova {Nick Duquesne],
Dorothy Patrick [Miralee Smith],
Marjorie Lord [Grace Voiselle],
Irene Rich [Mrs. Rutledge Smith],
John Alexander [Colonel McArdle],
Richard Hageman [Henry Ferber],
Jack Lambert [Biff Lewis],
Bert Conway [Tommy Lake],
Joan Blair [Constance Vigil],
Louis Armstrong and His Band [Original New Orleans Ragtime Band],
Billie Holiday [Endie, Miralee's maid],
Woody Herman and His Orchestra [Themselves],
Zutty Singleton [Himself, drummer],
Barney Bigard [Himself, clarinetist, with Louis Armstrong Band],
Kid Ory [Himself, trombone],
Lucky Thompson [Himself],
Bud Scott [Himself, guitar],
Red Callender [Himself, bass],
Charlie Beal [Himself, piano],
Meade "Lux" Lewis [Himself, piano],
Brooks Benedict [Croupier],
Papa Mutt Carey [Himself],
Pat Flaherty [Moving Man],
Jesse Graves [Smiths' Butler],
John Hamilton [Police Chief],
Ralph Montgomery,
Bert Stevens [Men in Audience],
Jeffrey Sayre [Drunk],
Shelley Winters [Miss Holmbright, Nick's secretary in Chicago]
Musical Program:
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (sung by Chorus behind titles;
played on piano and sung by Billie Holiday;
played by Louis Armstrong and His Band, vocal by Billie Holiday;
played on piano by Arthur Schutt dubbing for Richard Hageman, vocal by Theodora Lynch dubbing for Dorothy Patrick;
played by Woody Herman and His Orchestra, vocal by Theodora Lynch dubbing for Dorothy Patrick;
Maryland, My Maryland (Louis Armstrong and His Band);
Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans (Louis Armstrong and His Band, vocal by Louis Armstrong);
Buddy Bolden's Blues (Louis Armstrong and His Band, vocal by Louis Armstrong);
Fantasie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op.66 (Arthur Schutt dubbing for Richard Hageman at the piano);
Farewell to Storyville (Louis Armstrong and His Band, vocal by Billie Holiday);
Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade "Lux" Lewis at the piano);
The Blues Are Brewin' (Louis Armstrong and His Band, vocal by Billie Holiday);
Endie (Louis Armstrong and His Band, vocal by Billie Holiday)
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New York, New York
United Artist, 1977, Color, 164 minutes
Released June, 1977
Robert De Niro joins Liza Minnelli in this extravagant musical-drama. De Niro is a jazz musician who falls for Liza during a V-J day celebration.
Martin Scorsese directs. Complete, uncut version.
Producers: Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler
Associate Producer Gene Kirkwood
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay: Mardik Martin and Earl Mac Rauch (based on a story by Rauch)
Musical Composer: Ralph Burns
Music Director: Ralph Burns
Production Design: Boris Leven
Art Direction: Harry Kemm
Set Decoration: Robert DeVestel, Ruby R. Levitt
Costume Design: Theadora Van Runkle
Special Effects: Richard Albain
Choreography: Ron Field
Cinematography: Laszlo Kovacs
Film Editing: B. Lovitt, David Ramirez, Tom Rolf
Cast:
Robert De Niro [Jimmy Doyle],
Liza Minnelli [Francine Evans],
Lionel Stander [Tony Harwell],
Mary Kay Place [Bernice],
George Memmoli [Nicky],
Murray Moston [Horace Morris],
Barry Primus [Paul Wilson],
Georgie Auld [Frankie Harte],
Dick Miller [Palm Club Owner],
Leonard Gaines [Artie Kirks],
Clarence Clemons [Cecil Powell],
Kathi McGinnis [Ellen Flannery],
Norman Palmer [Desk Clerk],
Dimitri Logothetis [Desk Clerk],
Adam David Winkler [Jimmy Doyle, Jr.],
Frank Sivero [Eddie Di Muzio],
Diahnne Abbott [Harlem Club Singer],
Margo Winkler [Argumentative Woman],
Joey Forman [Argumentative Man],
Steven Prince [Record Producer],
Don Calfa [Gilbert],
Bernie Kuby [Justice of the Peace],
Selma Archerd [Wife of Justice of the Peace],
Bill Baldwin [Moonlit Terrace Announcer],
Mary Lindsay [Hat Check Girl in Meadows],
Jon Cutler [Musician in Frankie Harte Band],
Nicky Blair,
Harold Ross,
Bruce L. Lucoff [Cab Drivers],
Jay Salerno [Bus Driver],
Casey Kasem, Bill McMillan [Disk Jockeys],
William Tole [Tommy Dorsey],
Sydney Guilaroff [Hairdresser],
Peter Savage [Horace Morris' Assistant],
Gene Castle [Dancing Sailor],
Louis Guss [Fowler],
Shera Danese [Doyle's Girl in Major Chord],
David Nichols [Arnold Trench],
Harry Northrup [Alabama],
Marty Zagon [South Bend Ballroom Manager],
Timothy Blake [Nurse],
Betty Cole [Charwoman],
DeForest Covan [Porter],
Phil Gray [Trombone Player in Jimmy Doyle's Band],
Roosevelt Smith [Bouncer in Major Chord],
Bill Murry [Harlem Club Waiter],
Clint Arnold [Palm Club Trombone Player],
Richard Alan Berk [Palm Club Drummer],
Wilfred R. Middlebrooks [Palm Club Bass Player],
Jake Vernon Porter [Palm Club Trumpet Player],
Nat Pierce [Palm Club Piano Player],
Jack R. Clinton [Palm Club Bartender],
Manuel Escobosa [Fighter in Moonlit Terrace],
Susan Kay Hunt, Teryn Jenkins [Moonlit Terrace Girls],
Mardik Martin [Well-wisher in Moonlit Terrace],
Leslie Summers [Woman in Black in Moonlit Terrace],
Brock Michaels [Man at Table in Moonlit Terrace],
Booty Reed,
Washington Rucker [Musicians at Hiring Hall],
David Armstrong,
Robert Buckingham,
Eddie Garrett,
Nico Stevens [Reporters],
Peter Fain [Greeter in Up Club],
Angelo Lamonea [Waiter in Up Club],
Charles A. Tamburro,
Wallace McCleskey [Bouncers in Up Club],
Ronald Prince [Dancer in Up Club],
Robert Petersen [Photographer],
Richard Raymond [Railroad Conductor],
Hank Robinson [Francine's Bodyguard],
Eddie Smith [Man in Bathroom in Harlem Club]
Musical Program:
There Goes the Ballgame (Liza Minnelli);
But the World Goes 'Round (Liza Minnelli);
New York, New York (Liza Minnelli);
Happy Endings (Liza Minnelli, Larry Kert and Chorus);
You Are My Lucky Star (Liza Minnelli);
You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld dubbing for Robert De Niro on sax);
Once in a While (Liza Minnelli);
The Man I Love (Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld dubbing for Robert De Niro on sax);
Just You, Just Me (Liza Minnelli with Georgie Auld dubbing for Robert De Niro on sax);
Blue Moon (Robert De Niro and Mary Kay Place with Georgie Auld dubbing De Niro on sax);
Honeysuckle Rose (Diahnne Abbott);
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me;
Taking a Chance on Love
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Newsies
Touchwood Pacific Partners I / Disney, 1992, Color, 125 minutes, ***
Released April, 1992
Relatively recent live-action musical from the folks at Disney. Good story about newspaper delivery boys in early 20th Century New York fighting for
fair treatment. Lots of rousing songs and dances, and an appearance by Ann-Margret!
Produced by: Michael Finnell
Associate Producers: Ira Shuman, Marianne Sweeny
Directed by: Kenny Ortega
Written by: Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
Original Songs: Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Original Underscore by: J. A. C. Redford
Songs Orchestrated and Conducted by: Danny Troob
Vocal Arrangements by: Danny Troob
Choreography by: Kenny Ortega and Peggy Holmes
Music Supervisor: Maureen Crowe
Production Designer: William Sandell
Art Director: Nancy Patton
Set Decorator: Robert Gould
Costume Designer: May Routh
Key Make-Up Artist: Joseph W. McKinney
Key Hairstylist: Charlene C. Johnson
Director of Photography: Andrew Laszlo
Special Effects: James M. Hart
Filmed in Panavision, Prints by Technicolor
Film Editor: William Reynolds
Cast:
The Newsies:
Christian Bale [Jack Kelly],
David Moscow [David Jacobs],
Luke Edwards [Les Jacobs],
Max Casella [Racetrack],
Marty Belafsky [Crutchy],
Arvie Lowe, Jr. [Boots],
Aaron Lohr [Mush],
Trey Parker [Kid Blink],
Gabriel Damon [Spot Conlon],
Dee Caspary [Snitch],
Joseph Conrad [Jake],
Dominic Maldonado [Itey],
Matthew Fields [Snipeshooter],
Mark David [Specs],
Ivan Dudynsky [Dutchy],
Robert Feeney [Snoddy],
Michael Goorjian [Skittery],
Dominic Lucero [Bumlets],
David Sidoni [Pie Eater],
Kevin Stea [Swifty],
The Friends of the Newsies:
Bill Pullman [Bryan Denton],
Ann-Margret [Medda Larkson],
Ele Keats [Sarah Jacobs],
Jeffrey DeMunn [Mayer Jacobs],
Deborra-Lee Furness [Esther Jacobs],
Marc Lawrence [Kloppman],
Kevin Michaels [Ten-Pin],
Sylvia Short,
Melody Santangelo,
Lois Young [Nuns],
JoAnn Harris [Patrick's Mother],
Gregg Kent-Smith [Toby the Candy Butcher],
David James Alexander [Teddy Roosevelt],
The Opposing Forces:
Robert Duvall [Joseph Pulitzer],
Michael Lerner [Weasel],
Kevin Tighe [Snyder],
Charles Cioffi [Seitz],
Shon Greenblatt [Oscar Delancey],
David Sheinkopf [Morris Delancey],
Mark Lowenthal [Jonathan],
William Boyett [Judge Movealong Monahan],
Ryan MacDonald [Mayor Van Wyck],
Frank Girardeau [Chief of Police Devery],
Shay Duffin [Captain McSwain],
Terry Kohl [Bailiff],
Tom Finnegan [Bunsen],
I. M. Hobson [Gammon],
Frank Novak [Policeman],
Newsies Dancers:
Ogie Banks, III,
David Evans,
Travis Payne,
Daxon Calloway,
Craig Raclawski,
Jim Raposa,
Scott Caudill,
Michael Rohrbacher,
Damon Butler,
D. J. Dellos,
Gregg Russell,
Christopher Bonomo,
Chris Dupre,
Joshua Wiener,
Bret Dieball,
Dak Eubanks,
Jesus Fuentes,
Rob Grayson,
Brian Friedman,
Tony Gonzales,
Michael Irvin,
Todd Jenkins,
Robert Jaquez,
Eric Pesqueira,
Terry Lindholm,
Larry Jones,
Scott Thysell,
Alan Luzietti,
Kevin Kruger,
Jeff Thysell,
Kevin McCasland,
David Larson,
Wes Veldink,
Dean McFliker,
Patrick Lars Olsen,
Michael Warwick,
James Earl Miller,
Jason Yribar [Dancers]
Musical Program:
[0:03] Carrying the Banner (sung and danced by the Newsies Ensemble; segment sung by JoAnn Harris, Sylvia Short, Melody Santangelo and Lois Young);
[0:21] My Lovey-Dovey Baby (excerpt sung by Ann-Margret);
[0:27] Santa Fe (sung and danced by Christian Bale);
[0:36] The World Will Know (sung by Christian Bale and the Newsies Ensemble);
[0:46] Seize the Day (sung and danced by David Moscow and the Newsies Ensemble);
[0:55] Seize the Day (sung and danced by the Newsies Ensemble);
[1:00] King of New York (sung by Max Casella and the Newsies Ensemble);
[1:13] High Times, Hard Times (sung by Ann-Margret and the Newsies Ensemble);
[1:29] Santa Fe (reprised by Christian Bale);
[1:41] Seize the Day (sung by Chorale and the Newsies Ensemble);
[1:42] Once and for All (sung by Bill Pullman and the Newsies Ensemble);
[1:56] Carrying the Banner (Finale, sung and danced by the Newsies Ensemble);
[1:57] King of New York (sung by Max Casella and the Newsies Ensemble)
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Niagara
20th Century-Fox, 1953, Color, 88 minutes, ***½
Released January, 1953
Heightened by the awesome might and majesty of Niagara Falls, this tense
drama stars Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten in a story of love and betrayal, murder and
danger.
Although the quaint motel overlooking the famed falls seems like the perfect honeymoon retreat,
in fact, it's where the young and beautiful Rose Loomis (Monroe) plans to kill her husband
George (Cotten). A departure from Monroe's more upbeat roles, her fascinating performance here
paints a dark portrait of human sexuality. Filled with mystery and suspense, Niagara
is powerful entertainment from its intriguing beginning to its shocking conclusion.
Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II DVD Box Set contains this film and
Don't Bother to Knock,
Let's Make Love,
Monkey Business
and River of No Return.
Marilyn Monroe Special Anniversary Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) contains this film and
Seven Year Itch,
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
River of No Return,
Let's Make Love
and Marilyn: The Final Days.
Produced by: Charles Brackett
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
Assistant Director: Gerd Oswald
Written by: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch and Richard Breen
Music: Sol Kaplan
Musical Direction: Lionel Newman
Orchestration: Edward Powell
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford
Set Decorations: Stuart Reiss
Wardrobe Direction: Charles Le Maire
Costumes Designed by: Dorothy Jeakins
Makeup Artist: Ben Nye
Sound: W. D. Flick, Roger Heman
Director of Photography: Joe MacDonald
Special Photographic Effects: Ray Kellogg
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Leonard Doss
Film Editor: Barbara McLean
Cast:
Marilyn Monroe [Rose Loomis],
Joseph Cotten [George Loomis],
Jean Peters [Polly Cutler],
Casey Adams [Ray Cutler],
Denis O'Dea [Inspector Starkey],
Richard Allan [Patrick],
Don Wilson [Mr. Kettering],
Lurene Tuttle [Mrs. Kettering],
Russell Collins [Mr. Qua],
Will Wright [Boatman],
Additional Cast:
Sean McClory [Sam],
Norman McKay [Morris],
Minerva Urecal [Mrs. McGrand, Landlady - McGrand's Boarding House],
Neil Fitzgerald [Customs Officer],
Winifield Hoeny [Straw Boss],
George Ives [Carillon Tower Guide],
Gene Wesson [Guide],
Lester Matthews [Doctor],
Patrick O'Moore [Detective],
Willard Sage,
Henry Beckman [Motorcycle Cops],
Carleton Young [Policeman],
Harry Carey, Jr.,
Arch Johnson [Taxi Drivers],
Gloria Gordon [Dancer],
Tom Reynolds [Husband],
Nina Varela [Wife],
Howard Engel [Man at Bus Stop],
Audre Monture [Woman in Gift Shop],
Bill Coontz,
Robert Ellis [Young Men],
Marjorie Rambeau [Bit]
Musical Program:
This film is not a musical, but does contain some music:
[0:18] Kiss (sung by The Starlighters Quartet on record player, joined by Marilyn Monroe
singing along with the record; recurring theme in background score);
[0:32] Be My Love (played on carillon);
[0:40] Kiss (excerpt played on carillon);
[0:57] Kiss (excerpt played on carillon with off-screen choral accompaniment)
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