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Monday Serenade: Marlene Dietrich (1)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Sep 7, 2009
Marlene Dietrich overcame her limited vocal range with the one-two punch of boundless confidence and a visible enjoyment of performance. Any other actress would look goofy emerging from a gorilla costume and plopping a blonde afro wig on their head, as Dietrich does in the Hot Voodoo numbe read more
Monday Serenade: Harpo and Chico Tickle the Ivories
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 31, 2009
While the The Big Store (1941) is one of the least-admired Marx Brothers movies, it does have its moments. For instance, this charmingly goofy Chico and Harpo duet. read more
Monday Serenade: Hazel Scott (2)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 24, 2009
Though glamorous piano player Hazel Scott wasn’t a headliner, she never failed to steal her movies. Her jazzy, boogie woogie take on classics and standards, and her showy, but elegant performance style were unique and inimitable. Her numbers are the most exciting part of otherwise unre read more
Monday Serenade: Mae West and Rock Hudson
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 17, 2009
In celebration of Mae West's birthday, here's her famous performance of Baby It's Cold Outside with Rock Hudson at the 1958 Academy Awards ceremony. They make a great pair: West is still getting mileage out of her decades-old sex schtick and Hudson plays along with that trademark sly demeano read more
Monday Serenade: Young Bing Crosby
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 10, 2009
Here’s a very young, but polished Bing Crosby making his film debut in Reaching for the Moon (1930). He sings When the Folks High-up Do the Mean Low-down with Bebe Daniels and June MacCloy in the midst of a wild party scene. Despite this clip, the movie isn’t a musical, but a rom read more
Monday Serenade: Lena Horne
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 3, 2009
It surprises me that the musical Words and Music (1948) is not more beloved. The pace may be a bit draggy, but it’s an amazing showcase for an impressive group of performers, including: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and Cyd Charisse. I am particularly fond of this rendition of Where read more
Monday Serenade: Bette Davis
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 27, 2009
I love this simultaneously awful and adorable clip of Bette Davis singing What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? on The Andy Williams Show in 1962. She just bludgeons the song, which is pretty goofy in the first place, but her enthusiasm and lack of self-consciousness are incredibly endearing. In read more
Monday Serenade: Helen Morgan
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 20, 2009
Piano sitter and sad-eyed 1920-30’s singing sensation Helen Morgan sings her classic torch song The Little Things You Used to Do in the 1935 musical Go Into Your Dance. Stars Ruby Keeler and Al Jolson also appear in the clip. read more
Monday Serenade: Big Band Doris Day
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 13, 2009
Here a very young Doris Day sings Lost Horizon with Les Brown and the Band of Renown in 1946. On first impression, she may be almost unrecognizable, more obviously because of her hair, but also because her early performance style is much more sensual than the wholesomely perky verve she favo read more
Monday Serenade: Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jul 6, 2009
In this elaborate opening number from Rouben Mamoulian's Love Me Tonight (1932), tailor Maurice Chevalier sings Isn't It Romantic as a chauvinistic little ditty about his lover catering to his every need. His customer takes up the tune as he leaves the shop and it is then passed from person read more
Monday Serenade: Lawrence Gray & Bernice Claire
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 29, 2009
In this charming scene from the early musical, Spring is Here (1930), Lawrence Gray and Bernice Claire introduce With a Song in My Heart. There have been many great renditions of this song, but I particularly love the sweet simplicity of this version. read more
Monday Serenade: Paulette Goddard and Jimmy Stewart
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 22, 2009
This peppy little version of Pete the Piper Man is from Pot o' Gold (1941), starring Paulette Goddard and Jimmy Stewart. I haven't been able to confirm that Stewart actually played the harmonica, but that is definitely Goddard singing.You can download Pot 'o Gold at the Internet Archive. read more
Monday Serenade: Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 15, 2009
Here's Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye singing When the Saints Go Marching In in The Five Pennies (1959). They play well off of each other, but I think Louis Armstrong can't help but dominate this scene with his blissed-out charisma. read more
Monday Serenade: Carmen Miranda (2)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 8, 2009
Here’s Carmen Miranda performing Chattanooga Choo Choo as only she could in Springtime in the Rockies (1942). read more
Monday Serenade: Marlene Dietrich (2)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 1, 2009
Here’s Marlene Dietrich singing See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have in the comedy western, Destry Rides Again (1939). This was an important role for Dietrich, because it brought her career back to life after she’d suffered the indignity of the “box office poison read more
Monday Serenade: Doris Day in "Calamity Jane"
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 25, 2009
Here’s Doris Day singing The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), the lively opening song from Calamity Jane (1953). The set-up is as simple as a stagecoach ride into an old west town, but in that ride she establishes her own character, and introduces the town and its people, all with ast read more
Monday Serenade: Alice Faye (2)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 18, 2009
Alice Faye beautifully portrays a grieving woman in this visually striking performance of Blue Lovebird from 1940 musical biopic Lillian Russell. read more
Monday Serenade: Get Happy
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Aug 18, 2008
Filmed months after the completion of the rest of the film, this closing number from Summer Stock (1950) shows a slender, happy and buoyant Judy Garland. The number was a far cry from the rest of the production, where she had been bloated, ill and prone to mood swings--reportedly due to her read more
Monday Serenade: Dearly Beloved
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2008
Though she was most famous for playing the Gilda-style vamp, Rita Hayworth was even more appealing in musicals. She started her career as a dancer, and while she wasn't in the top ranks of hoofers, her fluid, graceful style is deserving of more attention. However, she didn't sing, that's N read more
Monday Serenade:We're in the Money
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 2, 2008
If the current news about the world economy is on the level, then it is a good time to dust off this Depression-blasting tune. read more