Sunday, January 25, 2015
Bye, George
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"Hey! Careful, buddy. Gershwin's in the car." "On July 9, 1937, Gershwin had a seizure and fell into a coma. Su...
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron - An American In Paris
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Going with Gershwin, going wherever this Gershwin thing is gonna take me, I'm reminded of one of my fave movie bits: the sensuo...
Who the hell is Mortdecai (and why?)
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You know, folks, it's rare that I see a movie with the kind of reviews this one got (see excerpts from Rotten Tomatoes, below). Ap...
Oscar Levant: Rhapsody in Black
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Since my enthusiasm so often runs ahead of my knowledge, I'm writing this in advance of knowing anything about my subject. Or ...
Friday, January 23, 2015
The Gershwin cartoon: it's here! It's very clear!
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I was gobsmacked to find this. I went on YouTube and searched under "Gershwin cartoons", knowing such an absurd thing could n...
Go, men. . . go Munsingwear!
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These are some choice cuts from the Munsingwear cartoon-style ads I love so ...
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Paco is ten weeks old!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Up in smoke: what happened to George Gershwin?
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George #1: dredged out of rare archival footage, in turn dredged up by documentarians. Here we see the godlike, melancholy Gershwin...
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