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I just got this one and it is just too much fun. It's like a musical without the lyrics.
The last track is an interesting introduction into how arrangers write for a vocal part.
And track 10 is now up next to Previn's "Fashion Show" (from the North by Northwest soundtrack) on my list of favorite music to listen while trying on clothes. 
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Mar 20, 2012 - 12:11 PM
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Ron Pulliam
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What is that photo? Does that moment even exist in the film? It's been quite a while since I've seen it, but I don't recall them all singing, which they are obviously doing in that photo.
I think we've had this conversation before?
This is one of the original UK FOH (Lobby) cards. In the movie, we get a close up of Bacall and Mitchell as he's reeling off a list of all he owns.....oil wells, cattle, the Brookman building,etc, whilst off camera we hear the others going "Oh Yeah!"..."Of Course",etc.
I think that this is the moment that the stills photographer has captured here, and they are not singing at all.
A belated comment on the still: Yes, they were all saying "Ohhhh, sure....uh-huh....yes-s-s-s-s..." in reaction to his claims. Of course, those who've seen the film know that when it finally occurs to the three women that he's telling the truth, they all faint and fall of their stools! The men then toast their wives!
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I think that every 364 days, I'll post how much I like this cd, until it is out of stock (it's "low-quantity" now!).
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"Lovely Lady"
A song written for a Fox film (KING OF BURLESQUE), is in LIBELED LADY as source music.
LIBELED LADY is an MGM film. I wonder how that got worked out.
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Dec 11, 2024 - 12:56 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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"Lovely Lady"
A song written for a Fox film (KING OF BURLESQUE), is in LIBELED LADY as source music.
LIBELED LADY is an MGM film. I wonder how that got worked out.
According to a Hollywood Reporter news item, Victor Baravalle, the head of MGM's music department, was loaned to Fox to be the musical director on KING OF BURLESQUE. Perhaps part of the deal was that MGM got the right to use some songs from the film as background music in their productions. That's an interesting connection between MGM and Fox, but I don't think that's what happened.
The more likely explanation is this: Unlike background scores, most songs for films are not done as "works for hire." That means that the studios don't automatically own the rights to the songs. Instead, the composers and the music publishers generally own the rights to the songs, and the studios license the songs for their film productions. That's why "song rights" on old films are often a sticking point when trying to clear film songs for video releases.
The copyright entry for "Lovely Lady" shows the copyright holder as being the publisher Robbins Music Corp.
Once studios started buying or creating record labels, they also started buying or creating music publishers. So that was a help in securing song rights. But back in the day, studios did not have record labels. However, MGM, in a prescient move, got into the music publishing business early, years before they ever started a record label. In 1934, MGM acquired a controlling interest in the capital stock of three music publishing houses--Miller Music, Leo Feist, Inc., and Robbins Music Corporation--and merged the three companies. In 1935, the new company was named Robbins, Feist, Miller Music Publishing Companies, but was commonly known as "The Big Three." That's why in 1936, MGM was able to use "Lovely Lady" in their film LIBELED LADY. MGM basically owned the song through their ownership of Robbins Music.
It should be noted that even if MGM had not owned Robbins Music, they probably wouldn't have had much trouble in licensing "Lovely Lady" to use in their film. The whole point of a music publisher like Robbins is to manage music rights for the composers. Through an agreement called a publishing contract, a songwriter or composer "assigns" the copyright of their composition to a publishing company. In return, the company licenses compositions, helps monitor where compositions are used, collects royalties and distributes them to the composers. In addition to selling sheet music, the publishers actively promote existing compositions to recording artists, film studios, and television producers.
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Truthfully, Bob, I wasn't expecting a reply. So this info was amazing! Thank you.
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Seeing these new posts and looking over the old ones, I thought to myself, "I oughta have this!".
So I'm listening on YT and searching some websites for comparison shopping. When I get to Amazon, I find a listing and the big A tells me I purchased it in 2017.
So I check my Apple Music, and there it is all uploaded.
For crying out loud, I don't think I've ever listened to it - until today, that is.
No wonder I've been winnowing my collection this year, I've got so much more than I even know!
Fun score for a film I haven't seen. Need to remedy that.
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Fun score for a film I haven't seen. Need to remedy that.
Try to be in the mood for camp-adjacent silliness. It's fun if you're not expecting THE POWER OF THE DOG. 
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