Career Girl
PRC Pictures, 1944, B/W, 69 minutes, ***
Released January, 1944
The petite and talented Miss Langford stars as an aspiring actress from Kansas City who
heads off to New York to try and fulfill her dreams. Tenacious and determined even after suffering a few "showbiz-world
reality checks," she believes stardom is within her grasp when she finally lands a lead role in a Broadway musical
revue. Directed by Wallace Fox, starring Frances Langford, Edward Norris, Iris Adrian, Craig Woods, Linda Brent, and
Alec Craig. [from back of DVD case]
Fun film with a slightly different plot for a basic Broadway hopeful story. Frances Langford, radio star, was a great
singer, and her talents are not wasted in this effort!
Produced by: Jack Schwarz
Associate Producer: Harry D. Edwards
Directed by: Wallace W. Fox
Assistant Director: Edward Davis
Screenplay by: Sam Neuman
Original Story by: Dave Silverstein and Stanley Rauh
Songs: "That's How the Rhumba Began," "Someday" by Morey Amsterdam, Tony Romano;
"Blue in Love Again," "A Dream Came True" by Sam Neuman, Michael Breen
Musical Director: Rudy Schrager
Musical Supervision: David Chudnow
Art Director: Frank Sylos
Set Dresser: Harry Reif
Master of Properties: George Bahr
Sound Engineer: Tom Lambert
Director of Photography: Gus Peterson
Special Effects: Ray Mercer
Film Editor: Robert Crandall
Cast:
Frances Langford [Joan],
Edward Norris [Steve],
Iris Adrian [Glenda],
Craig Woods [James],
Lorraine Krueger [Ann],
Alec Craig [Pop],
Gladys Blake [Janie],
Linda Brent [Thelma],
Ariel Heath [Sue],
Charles Judels [Felix Black],
Charles Williams [Louis Horton],
Irene White [Polly],
Marion McGuire [Louise],
Additional Cast:
Eddie Kane [Mr. Draper],
Larry Steers [Mr. Bronson],
Bess Flowers [Miss Cunningham, Mr. Dexter's Secretary],
Jack Chefe [Headwaiter],
Horace B. Carpenter [Stage Doorman]
Musical Program:
[0:17] Blue in Love Again (excerpt sung by Frances Langford on record);
[0:20] Someday (sung by Frances Langford);
[0:27] "Buck Dance" (?) (danced by Lorraine Krueger - impression of Bill Robinson);
[0:29] Blue in Love Again (sung by Frances Langford);
[0:53] A Dream Came True (sung by Frances Langford);
[1:02] That's How the Rhumba Began (sung by Frances Langford, danced by Chorus Girls)
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Carefree
RKO, 1938, B/W, 83 minutes, ***½
Released September, 1938
Chalk up another success for psychiatrist Tony Flagg (Fred
Astaire). Amanda Cooper (Ginger Rogers), his weddingphobic patient, is now crazy to get
married... as long as the groom is Tony!
With its antic comedy (Ginger, zombied out on psychotherapy and love, heaves a nightstick
through a glazier's glass) and its thumping of psychiatric funnybones, Carefree is
"Fred and Ginger's most romantic outing, wacky and offbeat" (Leonard Maltin's Movie
Guide). The score's romantic classic is Irving Berlin's "Change Partners." The duo also
shares the slow-motion dreamscape of "I Used to Be Color Blind" and jives through "The Yam."
And Fred tees off on "Since They Turned Loch Lomond into Swing," a sequence that took two
weeks and 600 golf balls to film. In dance, as on the links, practice makes perfect.
[from back of DVD case]
The Astaire and Rogers Collection, Vol. 2 DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film and
Flying Down to Rio,
The Gay Divorcee,
Roberta
and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle.
Producer: Pandro S. Berman
Director: Mark Sandrich
Assistant Director: Argyle Nelson
Screen Play by: Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano
Story and Adaptation by: Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde
Based on an original idea by: Marian Ainslee and Guy Endore
Lyrics and Music by: Irving Berlin
Musical Director: Victor Baravalle
Ensembles Staged by: Hermes Pan
Art Director: Van Nest Polglase
Associate: Carroll Clark
Set Dressing by: Darrell Silvera
Miss Rogers' Gowns by: Howard Greer
Wardrobe by: Edward Stevenson
Special Effects: Vernon L. Walker
Recorded by: Hugh McDowell, Jr.
Photographed by: Robert de Grasse
Edited by: William Hamilton
Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Victor Baravalle), Best Song ("Change Partners") and Best Interior Decoration
Cast:
Fred Astaire [Tony Flagg],
Ginger Rogers [Amanda Cooper],
Ralph Bellamy [Stephen Arden],
Luella Gear [Aunt Cora],
Jack Carson [Connors],
Clarence Kolb [Judge Travers],
Franklin Pangborn [Roland Hunter],
Walter Kingsford [Dr. Powers],
Kay Sutton [Miss Adams],
Tom Tully [Policeman],
Hattie McDaniel [Maid],
Robert B. Mitchell and His St. Brendan's Boys
Musical Program:
[0:12] Since They Turned "Loch Lomond" into Swing (danced by Fred Astaire while playing harmonica and while driving golf balls);
[0:24] I Used To Be Color Blind (Amanda's dream sequence: Fred Astaire sings and dances with Ginger Rogers; features beautiful staging and slow-motion photography);
[0:48] The Yam (sung by Ginger Rogers, danced by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire with Ensemble);
[1:12] Change Partners (sung by Fred Astaire, then danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)
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Carmen Jones
Otto Preminger Productions / 20th Century-Fox, 1954, Color, 105 minutes, ***½
Released October, 1954
Oscar Hammerstein's all-black revision of Bizet's "Carmen," brought to the screen by Otto Preminger, showcases Harry Belafonte as a handsome soldier
whose love for sexy, conniving Dorothy Dandridge leads him to murder. Pearl Bailey, Olga James and Diahann Carroll also star.
Carmen Jones is a magnificent mid-century American interpretation of the opera CARMEN. It is full of color, fire and energy, and follows Bizet's opera quite closely,
thanks to the brilliant interpretation of Oscar Hammerstein II. Each song in the film matches the music of one of the major arias in Carmen, with new lyrics by Hammerstein.
Dorothy Dandridge walked away with the movie and received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her flawless interpretation of Carmen. All of the principals were popular
singers, but they were dubbed by opera singers since none of them had the range and power for opera arias. But they were singers, so the lip-syncing, expressions and body
movements are all perfectly natural. All in all, it's a truly wonderful movie - not to be missed!
Produced and Directed by: Otto Preminger
Production Manager: Herman E. Webber
Production Assistant: Maximilian Slater
Assistant Director: David Silver
Book and Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music Director: Herschel Burke Gilbert
Music by: Georges Bizet (from the opera CARMEN), adapted lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Billy Rose's Broadway Production of the Musical Play "Carmen Jones"
Screenplay by: Harry Kleiner
Musical Direction: Herschel Burke Gilbert
Associate: Ted Dale
Music Recording: Vinton Vernon, Murray Spivack
Art Direction by: Edward L. Ilou
Set Decoration by: Claude E. Carpenter
Costumes Designed by: Mary Ann Nyberg
Sound: Roger Heman and Arthur L. Kirbach
Director of Photography: Sam Leavitt
Photographed in Cinemascope, Color by DeLuxe Laboratories
Film Editor: Louis R. Loeffler
Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Actress (Dorothy Dandridge) and Best Score - Musical (Herschel Burke Gilbert)
Cast:
Dorothy Dandridge [Carmen Jones],
Harry Belafonte [Joe],
Olga James [Cindy Lou],
Pearl Bailey [Frankie],
Diahann Carroll [Myrt],
Roy E. Glenn Sr. [Rum],
Nick Stewart [Dink],
Joe Adams [Husky Miller],
Brock Peters [Sgt. Brown],
Sandy Lewis [T-Bone],
Mauri Lynn [Sally],
DeForest Covan [Trainer],
LeVern Hutcherson [Singing Voice of Joe],
Marilynn Horne [Singing Voice of Carmen],
Marvin Hayes [Singing Voice of Husky]
Musical Program:
[0:00] Overture: Torreador Song (played by Orchestra behind titles);
[0:02] Send Along Anudder Load (sung by Mens Chorus);
[0:04] Lift 'Em Up an' Put 'Em Down (sung by Boys Chorus);
[0:06] Dat's Love (Habañera) (sung by Carmen and Chorus);
[0:11] You Talk Jus' Like My Ma (sung by Cindy Lou and Joe);
[0:15] Carmen Jones Is Goin' to Jail (sung by Chorus);
[0:17] Dere's a Cafe on de Corner (Seguedille) (sung by Carmen);
[0:35] Dis Flower (Flower Song) (sung by Joe);
[0:39] Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum (Gypsy Song) (sung by Frankie and Chorus, danced by Ensemble -- great number!);
[0:55] Stan' Up an' Fight (Torreador Song) (sung by Husky Miller and Chorus);
[0:52] Whizzin' Away Along de Track (Quintet) (sung by Carmen, Dink, Myrt, Rum and Frankie);
[0:19] Card Song (Card song from Act III) (sung by Carmen, Frankie and Chorus);
[1:24] My Joe (Michaela's Song) (sung by Cindy Lou);
[1:29] He Got Hisself Another Woman (sung by Cindy Lou);
[1:38] Torreador Song (sung by Chorus);
[1:39] Final Duet (Duet and final chorus) (sung by Joe and Carmen);
[1:43] String Me High on a Tree (sung by Joe)
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Carnegie Hall
United Artists, 1947, B/W, 136 minutes
Released February, 1947
Set in the legendary New York concert hall, this song-filled melodrama
follows an Irish immigrant (Marsha Hunt) who gets a job at the newly-opened building. Among
the artists appearing on stage are Ezio Pinza (performing from "Simon Di Boccanegra" and
"Don Giovanni"), Artur Rubinstein ("Ritual Fire Dance") and Lily Pons ("Bell Song"), plus
Jascha Heifetz, Risë Stevens, Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski and
more; Edgar G. Ulmer directs.
Great chance to see some performers seldom seen in other films!
Producer: William LeBaron and Boris Morros
Associate Producer: Samuel Rheiner
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay: Karl Kamb
Music Director: Charles Previn
Song Score / Musical Numbers: various
Art Director: Max Rée
Costume Design: Max Rée
Special Effects: Roy Seawright
Cinematography: William Miller
Film Editing: Fred R. Feitshans, Jr.
Cast:
Marsha Hunt [Nora Ryan],
William Prince [Tony Salerno, Jr.],
Frank McHugh [John Donovan],
Martha O'Driscoll [Ruth Haines],
Hans Yaray [Tony Salerno, Sr.],
Joseph Buloff [Anton Tribik],
Olin Downes [Himself],
Emile Boreo [Henry],
Alfonso D'Artega [Tchaikovsky],
Harold Dyrenforth [Walter Damrosch],
Eole Galli [Katinka],
Walter Damrosch,
New York Philharmonic Quintette,
Bruno Walter,
The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra,
Lily Pons,
Gregor Piatigorsky,
Risë Stevens,
Artur Rodzinski,
Artur Rubinstein,
Jan Peerce,
Ezio Pinza,
Jascha Heifetz,
Fritz Reiner,
Leopold Stokowski,
Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra,
Harry James [Guest Performers]
Musical Program:
Beware My Heart (sung by Vaughn Monroe with His Orchestra);
The Brown Danube (sung by Harry James);
The Pleasure's All Mine (sung by Vaughn Monroe);
Prelude of Die Meistersinger (from DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG, Bruno Walter conducting the New York Philarmonic);
"Heroic" Polonaise in A Flat (Arthur Rubenstein at the piano);
Ritual Fire Dance (Arthur Rubenstein at the piano);
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D (first movement played by Jascha Heifetz);
Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony (second movement, conducted by Leopold Stokowski);
Vocalise (sung by Lily Pons); The Bell Song (from the opera LAKMÉ, sung by Lily Pons);
The Champagne Song ("Finch'han dal vino" from DON GIOVANNI, sung by Ezio Pinza);
Il lacerato spirito (from the opera SIMON BOCCANEGRA, sung by Ezio Pinza);
O Sole Mio (Jan Peerce);
La Danza (Jan Peerce);
My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice ("Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" from the opera SAMSON ET DALILA, sung by Risë Stevens);
Seguedilla ("Près des remparts de Séville" from CARMEN, sung by Risë Stevens with Artur Rodzinski and the New York Philarmonic);
The Swan (from Carnival of the Animals, Gregor Piatigorsky on Cello);
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 (excerpt played by The New York Philarmonic, Artur Rodzinski conducting);
Fifty-Seventh Street Rhapsody (Harry James);
Sometime We Will Meet Again;
All the World Is Mine;
Romance in Carnegie Hall
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Carousel
20th Century-Fox, 1956, Color, 128 minutes, ****
Released February, 1956
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A rare musical tragedy about a carnival barker (Gordon MacRae) who falls in love with a local mill worker (Shirley Jones). They marry and move in with Julie's aunt
(Claramae Turner), but Billy finds himself increasingly depressed over being a "kept man." He teams up with Jigger (Cameron Mitchell) to steal a bankroll from the owner of the mill,
but the plan goes awry and Billy is killed. From the great beyond, he is allowed to return to earth one more time in an attempt to make amends for his past by helping his loved ones
find true happiness. Highlights include the energetic "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," the wistful "If I Loved You," and the classic "You'll Never Walk Alone." Wonderful film!!
In my opinion, the "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" ensemble dance is one of the greatest ever filmed - second only to the barn dance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Produced by: Henry Ephron
Directed by: Henry King
Assistant Director: Stanley Hough
Screenplay by: Phoebe and Henry Ephron
Music: Richard Rodgers
Books and Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
From Their Musical Play: based on Ferenc Molnar's "Liliom," originally produced on the stage by Theatre Guild
Adapted by: Benjamin F. Glazer
Choreography by: Rod Alexander
Louise's ballet derived from the original by Agnes DeMille
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Alfred Newman
Associate: Ken Darby
Orchestration: Edward B. Powell, Nelson Riddle, Herbert Spencer, Bernard Mayers, Earl Hagen, Gus Levene
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Jack Martin Smith
Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Chester Bayhi
Wardrobe Direction: Charles LeMaire
Costumes Designed by: Mary Wills
Makeup by: Ben Nye
Hair Styling by: Helen Turpin
Sound: Bernard Freericks, Harry M. Leonard
Director of Photography: Charles G. Clarke
Special Photographic Effects: Ray Kellogg
Filmed in CinemaScope, Color by De Luxe
Color Consultant: Leonard Doss
Film Editor: William Reynolds
Cast:
Gordon MacRae, [Billy Bigelow],
Shirley Jones, [Julie Jordan],
Cameron Mitchell [Jigger Craigin],
Barbara Ruick [Carrie Pipperidge],
Claramae Turner [Cousin Nettie Fowler],
Robert Rounseville [Mr. Enoch Snow],
Gene Lockhart [Starkeeper / Dr. Selden],
Audrey Christie [Mrs. Mullin],
Susan Luckey [Louise Bigelow],
William Le Massena [Heavenly Friend],
John Dehner [Mr. Bascombe],
Jacques D'Amboise [Louise's "Starlight Carnival" Dancing Partner],
Frank Twedell [Captain Watson],
Sylvia Stanton [Contortionist],
Mary Orozco [Fat Woman],
Dee Pollack [Enoch Snow, Jr.]
Musical Program:
[0:02] Overture: The Carousel Waltz (played by Orchestra behind titles);
[0:06] The Carousel Waltz (played by Orchestra in background, carousel on screen);
[0:15] Mister Snow (sung by Barbara Ruick);
[0:26] If I Loved You (sung by Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae);
[0:37] June Is Bustin' Out All Over (sung and danced by Ensemble of Sailors, Woodcutters and Girls);
[0:59] Soliloquy (sung by Gordon MacRae);
[1:10] When the Children Are Asleep (sung by Robert Rounseville and Barbara Ruick);
[1:13] A Real Nice Clambake (sung by Robert Rounseville, Clarame Turner, Barbara Ruick, Cameron Mitchell and Ensemble at the clambake),
[1:20] Stonecutters Cut It on Stone (sung by Cameron Mitchell and Ensemble at the clambake);
[1:22] What's the Use of Wond'rin' (sung by Shirley Jones and Girls Chorus);
[1:36] You'll Never Walk Alone (sung by Shirley Jones then by Claramae Turner);
[1:42] Louise's Ballet (danced by Susan Luckey and Ensemble);
[2:02] If I Loved You (reprised by Gordon MacRae);
[2:06] You'll Never Walk Alone (reprised by Ensemble, Shirley Jones and Chorus at graduation ceremony);
[cut] You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan! (sung by Barbara Ruick and Shirley Jones);
[cut] Blow High, Blow Low (Cameron Mitchell)
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The Cat and the Fiddle
MGM, 1934, B/W and Color, 90 minutes, ***
Released February, 1934
Down-on-his-luck composer Ramon Novarro hopes his new operetta will save him, but a bounced check, an exiting orchestra and cast, and a drunken lead
actress could lead to disaster. Enter would-be singer Jeanette MacDonald, who agrees to help Novarro avoid jail. Early MGM musical with Technicolor sequences also stars
Frank Morgan; songs include Kern and Harbach's "The Night Was Made for Love."
Good movie! Enjoyable acting all around and great Kern / Harbach score.
Producer: Bernard H. Hyman
Director: William K. Howard
Screen Play by: Bella and Samuel Spewack
From the Play by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach
Musical Director: Herbert Stothart
Music: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
Art Director: Theodore Toluboff
Interior Decoration by: Edwin B. Willis
Gowns by: Adrian
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Photographed by: Harold Rosson and Charles Clarke
Film Editor: Frank Hull
Cast:
Ramon Novarro [Victor],
Jeanette MacDonald [Shirley],
Frank Morgan [Daudet],
Charles Butterworth [Charles],
Jean Hersholt [Professor],
Vivienne Segal [Odette],
Frank Conroy [Theater Owner],
Henry Armetta [Taxi Driver],
Adrienne d'Ambricourt [Concierge],
Joseph Cawthorn [Rudy],
Additional Cast:
Leonid Kinskey [Musician],
Sterling Holloway [Delivery Man],
Herman Bing [Band Leader in Parade],
Christian Rub [Innkeeper]
Musical Program:
[0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles);
[0:10] Impressions in a Harlem Flat (excerpt played by Jeanette MacDonald at the piano [onscreen]);
[0:14] The Night Was Made for Love (sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Ramon Novarro);
[0:23] One Moment Alone (sung by Ramon Novarro and Chorus);
[0:26] The Night Was Made for Love (sung by Jeanette MacDonald);
[0:28] Impressions in a Harlem Flat (played by Jeanette MacDonald at the piano [onscreen]);
[0:36] She Didn't Say Yes (sung by Jeanette MacDonald);
[0:38] Don't Ask Me Not to Sing (?) (sung by Chorus [musicians onscreen]);
[0:42] I Watch the Love Parade (sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Ramon Novarro);
[0:46] A New Love Is Old (sung by Adrienne d'Ambricourt);
[0:54] A New Love Is Old (reprised by Ramon Novarro);
[0:56] Ha Cha Cha (?) (sung by unidentified male singer and Vivenne Segal);
[1:06] Try to Forget (sung by Jeanette MacDonald);
[1:13] Don't Tell Us Not to Sing (?) (sung by Chorus);
[1:14] A New Love Is Old (sung by Jeanette MacDonald);
[1:23] I Watch the Love Parade (sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Ramon Novarro);
[1:26] One Moment Alone (sung by Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald and Chorus);
Poor Pierrot (Jeanette MacDonald);
The Crystal Candelabra (Ramon Novarro at the piano on-screen);
There are many fragments of instrumental numbers scattered throughout the film. I'm having trouble identifying all the songs - all of them are fragments, and difficult to identify. I will keep working on it.
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Caught in the Draft
Paramount, 1941, B/W, 82 minutes, ***
Released July, 1941
Bob Hope plays gun-shy movie star Don Bolton who, despite his concerted efforts to avoid the draft, nevertheless
gets caught in it. Despite being the worst of soldiers, Hope ends up being hailed as a hero and then looks to win the heart of the
colonel's daughter, played by the gorgeous Dorothy Lamour. [from back of
DVD case]
Not a musical at all. But it's a very funny comedy!
The double-feature DVD (shown right) includes this film and
Give Me a Sailor.
Produced by: B. G. DeSylva
Directed by: David Butler
Original Story and Screen Play by: Harry Tugend
Additional Dialogue by: Wilkie C. Mahoney
Music Score by: Victor Young
Song: "Love Me As I Am" by Louis Alter and Frank Loesser
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas
Costumes: Edith Head
Sound Recording by: Gene Merritt, Walter Oberst
Director of Photography: Karl Struss
Edited by: Irene Morra
Cast:
Bob Hope [Don Bolton],
Dorothy Lamour [Tony Fairbanks],
Lynne Overman [Steve],
Eddie Bracken [Bert],
Clarence Kolb [Col. Peter Fairbanks],
Paul Hurst [Sergeant Burns],
Ferike Boros [Yetta],
Phyllis Ruth [Margie],
Irving Bacon [Cogswell],
Arthur Loft [Director],
Edgar Dearing [Recruiting Sergeant],
Additional Cast:
Frank Marlowe [Pvt. Twitchell],
David Oliver [Cameraman],
Murray Alper [Make-up Man],
Andrew Tombes [Justice of the Peace],
Earlene Heath,
Gloria Williams,
Eleanor Stewart,
Ella Neal [Nurses],
Marie Blake [Nurse with castor oil],
Frances Morris [Stretcher Nurse],
Rita Owen [Cleaning Nurse],
Terry Ray,
Edward Peil, Jr. [Patients],
Archie Twitchell [Stretcher Patient],
Jimmie Dodd [Indignant Patient],
Jack Chapin,
Victor Cutler [Rookies],
Ray Flynn [Lieutenant Colonel],
June Gittelson [Fat Girl],
Fred Graham [Blue Army Soldier slugged by Don],
Edward Hearn [Operation Manager],
Len Hendry [Corporal],
Jerry Jerome [Captain],
Jack Luden [Captain],
George Lynn [Pilot],
Weldon Heyburn [Sergeant at examining depot],
Arch MacNair [Toothless Man],
George McKay [Quartermaster Sergeant],
Patrick McVey [Soldier with warning of retreat],
Frank Mitchell [Captain],
Frank O'Connor [Major on review stand],
Edwin Stanley [Medical Examiner],
Pat West [Army Cook],
Dave Willock [Colonel's Orderly]
Musical Program: None (other than a few marches and bugle calls); "Love Me As I Am,"
written for the movie, was reduced to an instrumental excerpt.
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Change of Habit
Universal, 1969, Color, 93 minutes, **½
Released November, 1969
Laughter, romance and rockin' good times are just what the doctor ordered
as Elvis plays an inner-city M.D. who falls for social worker Mary Tyler Moore. But this
guitar-strumming doc will be playing a different tune when he discovers his would-be
girlfriend isn't who - or what - she seems to be! Featuring Elvis at the peak of his
phenomenal popularity, it's a hilarious romantic comedy highlighted by the King's
unforgettable performances of classic rock hits including "Rubberneckin'," "Let Us Pray"
and "Change of Habit." [from back of VHS sleeve]
Produced by: Joe Connelly
Associate Producer: Irving Paley
Directed by: William Graham
Assistant Director: Phil Bowles
Screenplay: James Lee & S. S. Schweitzer and Eric Bercovici
Story by: John Joseph and Richard Morris
Music Supervision: Stanley Wilson
Music by:: Billy Goldenberg
Songs: "Change of Habit," "Let Us Pray" music by Ben Weisman, lyrics by Buddy Kaye
Art Directors: Alexander Golitzen and Frank Arrigo
Set Decorations: John McCarthy, Ruby Levitt
Make-Up: Bud Westmore
Hair Stylist: Larry Germain
Costumes: Helen Colvig
Sound: Waldon O. Watson, Lyle Cain, Ronald Pierce
Director of Photography: Russell Metty
Color by Technicolor
Film Editor: Douglas Stewart
Cast:
Elvis Presley [Dr. John Carpenter],
Mary Tyler Moore [Sister Michelle],
Barbara McNair [Sister Irene],
Jane Elliot [Sister Barbara],
Leora Dana [Mother Joseph],
Edward Asner [Lt. Moretti],
Robert Emhardt [The Banker],
Regis Toomey [Father Gibbons],
Doro Merande [Rose],
Ruth McDevitt [Lily],
Richard Carlson [Bishop Finley],
Nefti Millet [Julio Hernandez],
Laura Figueroa [Desiree],
Lorena Kirk [Amanda],
Virginia Vincent [Miss Parker],
David Renard [Colom],
Ji-Tu Cumbuka [Hawk],
Bill Elliott [Robbie],
Rodolfo Hoyos [Mr. Hernandez]
Musical Program:
[0:01] Change of Habit (sung by Elvis Presley behind titles);
[0:04] Rubberneckin' (sung by Elvis Presley and Chorus);
[0:54] Have a Happy (sung by Elvis Presley);
[1:29] Let Us Pray (sung by Elvis Presley and Church Congregation)
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Charlotte's Web
(aka "E. B. White's Charlotte's Web")
Hanna-Barbera-Sagittarius / Paramount, 1973, Color, 94 minutes, ***
Enjoyable and enchanting animated musical adaptation of E. B. White's classic barnyard tale about a shy piglet, slated for the breakfast table,
who's befriended by a spider who saves his life with her "magic" web. Featuring the voice talents of Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde and Don Messick.
Produced by: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
Executive Producer: Edgar Bronfman
Directed by: Charles Nichols and Iwao Takamoto
Story: Earl Hamner, Jr.
(based on the book by E. B. White )
Music and Lyrics by: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Music Supervised, Arranged and Conducted by: Irwin Kostal
Art Directors: Bob Singer, Ray Aragon, Paul Julian
Camera: Roy Wade, Dick Blundell, Ggeorge Epperson, Ralph Migliori, Dennis Weaver
Film Editing: Pat Foley
Cast (Voices):
Debbie Reynolds [Charlotte],
Paul Lynde [Templeton],
Henry Gibson [Wilbur],
Pamelyn Ferdin [Fern Arable],
Martha Scott [Mrs. Arable],
Agnes Moorehead [The Goose],
Dave Madden [Old Sheep],
Danny Bonaduce [Avery],
Don Messick [Geoffrey],
Herb Vigran [Lurvy],
John Stephenson [Arable],
Joan Gerber [Mrs. Zuckerman / Mrs. Fussy],
Robert Holt [Homer Zuckerman],
William B. White [Henry Fussy],
Rex Allen [Narrator]
Musical Program:
[0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles);
[0:06] There Must Be Something More (sung by Pamelyn Ferdin);
[0:14] I Can Talk (sung by Henry Gibson);
[0:22] Chin Up (sung by Debbie Reynolds);
[0:30] We've Got Lots in Common (sung by Henry Gibson, Debbie Reynolds and the Barnyard Animals);
[0:37] Deep in the Dark (sung by Debbie Reynolds);
[0:38] Charlotte's Web (sung by Chorus);
[0:53] Mother Earth and Father Time (sung by Debbie Reynolds);
[0:58] A Veritable Smorgasboard (sung by Agnes Moorehead and Paul Lynde);
[1:04] There Must Be Something More (reprised by Pamelyn Ferdin);
[1:11] A Veritable Smorgasboard (reprised by Paul Lynde);
[1:16] Zuckerman's Famous Pig (played by Marching Band, sung by Quartet, sung by Chorus);
[1:25] Mother Earth and Father Time (reprised by Debbie Reynolds);
[1:32] Zuckerman's Famous Pig (reprised by Chorus at end of film)
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Charro!
National General Pictures, 1969, Color, 98 minutes, ***
Released March, 1969
Most Elvis Presley movies fit neatly inside a whirlwind formula of girls,
songs and who-do-you-love complications. Like its loner title character, the gritty Western
Charro! is different.
The Elvis on screen here isn't the clean-cut all-American kid ready to hit the beach or dance
floor. Instead, a barbed stubble covers his face. His hat hangs low over his eyes. And a
bandanna hides the ugly scar that marks him as a killer. Written and directed by Charles
Marquis Warren (creator of TV's "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide" and "The Virginian"), this stark
sagebrush saga follows an ex-outlaw trying to go straight - but he's got a score to settle
when his own gang frames him for a heist. [from back of DVD case]
Not a musical, but Elvis does sing the title song.
Elvis - The Hollywood Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) contains this film and
Girl Happy,
Kissin' Cousins,
Live a Little, Love a Little,
Stay Away Joe,
Tickle Me.
Produced and Directed by: Charles Marquis Warren
Executive Producer: Harry A. Caplan
Associate Producer: Dink Tmpleton
Assistant Director: Dink Templeton
Screenplay by: Charles Marquis Warren
Story by Frederic Louis Fox
Music Composed and Conducted by: Hugo Montenegro
Song "Charro!" Words and Music by Billy Strange and Scott (Mac) Davis
Art Director: James Sullivan
Set Decoration: Charles Thompson
Men's Wardrobe by: Bob Fuca
Ladies' Costumes by: Violet B. Martin
Makeup Supervision: William Reynolds, Gene Bartlett
Sound by: Roy Meadows
Director of Photography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Special Effects: Robert Beck, George C. Thompson and Woodrow Ward
Color by Technicolor, Filmed in Panavision
Film Editor: Al Clark
Filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios in Hollywood and on location at Apache Junction, Arizona.
Cast: Elvis Presley [Jess Wade], Ina Balin [Tracy], Victor French [Vince], Lynn Kellogg [Marcie], Barbara Werle [Sara Ramsey], Solomon Sturges [Billy Roy], Paul Brinegar [Opie Keetch], James B. Sikking [Gunner], Harry Landers [Heff], Tony Young [Lt. Rivera], James Almanzar [Sheriff Ramsey], Charles H. Gray [Mody], Rodd Redwing [Lige], Garry Walberg [Martin Tilford], Duane Grey [Gabe], J. Edward McKinley [Henry Carter], John Pickard [Jerome Selby], Robert Luster [Will Joslyn], Christa Lang [Christa], Robert Karnes [Harvey]
Musical Program:
[0:00] Charro (sung by Elvis Presley behind titles)

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