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Aug 28, 2009 - 2:42 AM
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manderley
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The other evening I was watching Fox's 1943 musical, THE GANG'S ALL HERE, directed in vivid Technicolor in a deleriously surrealistic fashion by Busby Berkeley.
Everyone knows the sexual ins-and-outs  of the famous Carmen Miranda number, THE LADY IN THE TUTTI FRUTTI HAT, of course.
But, the POLKA DOT BALLET, with scantily clad chorines rolling giant polka-dots around the set, and holding lighted neon tubing, is also a moment to remember. This sequence, which ends, literally, with a giant Technicolor kaleidoscope, also has an absolutely spectacular underscore---composition, arrangement, and orchestration. I once read somewhere that this was primarily the work of David Raksin; Perhaps Raksin even told me himself.
Can anyone else confirm Raksin's involvement in this?
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Aug 28, 2009 - 10:23 AM
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Castile
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And Alice Faye looks beautiful in this movie.
"A journey to a star would not be very far
"As long as I’m alone with you
"Romantic as we are, a journey to a star
"Could start before the dawn breaks through
"You’re right beside my heart
"We’re just about a kiss apart
"And we could make a dream come true
"A moment of your love would have the feeling of
"A journey to a star with you"
One of my favorites of all the terrific songs composed in the 1940s. Nice lobby card, too.
Alice Faye introduced an impressive number of standards in her career: "You'll Never Know," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm," "A Journey to a Star," "No Love, No Nuthin," "There's A Lull In My Life," "I Feel A Song Coming On," and "Now It Can Be Told," among others. Not bad.
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In that regard, his greatest achievement might have been "The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" in THE HARVEY GIRLS.
Incidentally, I wouldn't worry about your mind until your partner starts complaining that you're neglecting him by spending way too much time in the basement digging the Panama Canal.
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I'm glad you did. Forgot all about it. Saw the movie long ago, don't remember the Star song. I'm gonna have to get that BluRay so I can hear the song and the ballet.
Incidentally, maybe it's my MacBook Air misbehaving, but Jeff's post isn't visible, all I see is one of those little boxes with a question mark in it.
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