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Monday Serenade: Alice Faye (1)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 25, 2010
Who on earth decided that Alice Faye's version of I'll See You in My Dreams didn't belong in the final cut of Rose of Washington Square?" (1939)? The song would have been a great fit for Faye's unlucky-in-love character. This is my favorite vocal version of the song, because she finds the read more
Monday Serenade: Debbie Reynolds Flirts With Frank Sinatra
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 18, 2010
This scene from The Tender Trap (1955) could make you swear off big production numbers for good. Frank Sinatra is perfect--sitting at the piano, wearing his hat, singing the title tune with his easy charm (he always makes it look so darn easy). He's so absorbed in the tune that he doesn't read more
Monday Serenade: Deanna Durbin the Disk Jockey
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 11, 2010
Though Deanna Durbin's opening scene performance of The Turntable Song is one of my favorites, it is unfortunately also one of the only things I really like about Something in the Wind (1948). My disappointment with the movie boils down to two major problems: John Dall didn't work as her r read more
Monday Serenade: Barbara Stanwyck
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jan 4, 2010
How did they get away with the barely double entendre in Take It off the E-String? Not only is this obviously a scanty underwear-related ditty, but it's performed in a burlesque house in the appropriately named Lady of Burlesque (1944). Another mystery: why do I enjoy watching Barbara Stan read more
Monday Serenade: Ginger Rogers
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 28, 2009
Here's Ginger Rogers in one of her first starring roles, singing How I Wish I Could Sing a Love Song with Jack Oakie in The Sap From Syracuse (1930). If it weren't for Rogers' distinctive vocal style, you almost wouldn't recognize her. The more familiar wisecracking platinum blonde would e read more
Monday Serenade: Irene Dunne
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 21, 2009
It's a shame Irene Dunne didn't make more musicals. She had a lovely, warm way with a song. Here she debuts Smoke Gets in Your Eyes in Roberta (1935). Though Rogers and Astaire hijacked this musical by the closing scenes, you can see here that Dunne still makes her mark read more
Monday Serenade: Sterling Holloway
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 14, 2009
Sterling Holloway (AKA the voice of Winnie the Pooh) sings a charming rendition of A Perfect Day in this cozy scene from Remember the Night (1940). Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson and Fred MacMurray are all marvelous support in this scene, but it is Barbara Stanwyck's heartbreaking read more
Monday Serenade: Gloria DeHaven and Frank Sinatra
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Dec 7, 2009
Here's Frank Sinatra in his first major movie role, knocking the socks off Gloria DeHaven in a swanky nightclub. The pair take turns singing the delightfully catchy tune Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are in Step Lively (1944). read more
Monday Serenade: Deanna Durbin
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 30, 2009
The marvelous Ms. Deanna Durbin turns 88 this Friday. This brilliant performance of Ave Maria from Mad About Music (1938) is a perfect example of the pure, unadorned style that made Durbin a teenage star. That's the Vienna Boys Choir singing with her on the soundtrack (they do not appear i read more
Monday Serenade: Janet Gaynor (2)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 23, 2009
Though Janet Gaynor is best known for her dramatic work in classics like Sunrise(1927) and A Star is Born (1937), she also did quite well in a series of early talkie musicals. She is adorable in this scene from Delicious (1931), singing a snuggly version of George Gershwin's Somebody Somew read more
Monday Serenade: Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 16, 2009
This song from High Society (1956) has been running through my head ever since Grace Kelly's birthday last week. Kelly and Bing Crosby were awarded platinum records for their popular rendition of True Love, though some sources, including this article in the Telegraph, and the IMDB cla read more
Monday Serenade: Indian Love Call
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 9, 2009
Ah--the lovely sparkling water in the background, the sound of lovers’ voices echoing through the trees, and Nelson Eddy serenading Jeanette MacDonald in his fancy uniform. I’m sure this rendition of Indian Love Call from Rose-Marie (1936) gave birth to many Eddy crushes. MacDo read more
Monday Serenade: Alice Fay and Betty Grable
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Nov 2, 2009
Betty Grable and Alice Faye complement each other beautifully in this performance of The Sheik of Araby from, Tin Pan Alley (1940). Grable is the light, bubbly Yang to Faye’s more reserved Yin. When Grable began her rise at Fox after replacing the appendicitis-stricken Faye in Down A read more
Monday Serenade: Hollywood Party!
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 26, 2009
Singer and Broadway performer Frances Williams makes a rare movie appearance, singing the catchy title song from Hollywood Party (1934). I love the stylish Art Deco sets, the lively pre-code sauciness of the chorus girls (is sauciness a word?), and the racy “getting ready” vign read more
Monday Serenade: Carmen Miranda (1)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 19, 2009
Since Carmen Miranda singing South American Way was such a happy way to start the musical Down Argentine Way (1940), I thought it would be the perfect way to start the week. read more
Monday Serenade: Dick Powell
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 12, 2009
Dick Powell croons In Your Own Quiet Way in this charming scene from Stage Struck (1936). That's Joan Blondell camping it up as an untalented diva and Jean Madden, as the passing observer who doesn't like what she sees. read more
Monday Serenade: Ginger Rogers Shakes Her Powder Puff
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Oct 5, 2009
I love this playful clip of Ginger Rogers singing Shake Your Powder Puff with a burlesque house chorus line in the pre-code drama Upperworld (1934). That's Warren William and Andy Devine getting dusted. (The song only runs the first minute of the clip.) read more
Monday Serenade: Sultry Lizabeth Scott
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 28, 2009
The brilliant Lizabeth Scott turns 87 tomorrow. Since she played her share of sultry nightclub singers, I’m celebrating with this collection of her best noir babe hits. Scott may not have always handled her vocals, but she certainly knew how to sell a song.
First up--Don’t Call it Love read more
Monday Serenade: Ruby Keeler Meows in Footlight Parade (1933)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 21, 2009
Ruby Keeler clumps along in her kitty costume, but she's still awfully cute in the Sittin' on a Backyard Fence number from Footlight Parade (1933). That's Billy Taft singing with her. read more
Monday Serenade: Bob Fosse, Debbie Reynolds and Co.
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 14, 2009
The explosively talented Bob Fosse dances and Barbara Ruick sings to You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right in this high-energy number from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953). Debbie Reynolds and Bobby Van join in mid-song. read more