You know, I think I’ve mentioned this guy before (why, look at that – I did: http://vickielester.com/2012/06/21/a-pretty-girl-is-like-a-melody/ ), but Busby Berkeley numbers ride the line between freaky, and fabulous. In rehearsal: – –
Category: Music
This was Fred Astaire’s first film appearance in a film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Franchot Tone: –
This is pretty saucy stuff for the time – Joan Crawford shimmying in front of a mirror as she gets dressed to go out for the evening circa 1928, before recorded dialogue, but there was a synch soundtrack… –
A deco icon in our midst… Designed by Morgan, Walls, & Clements and opened as the Warner Bros. Western Theater in 1931. Now it’s known as the Wiltern: – – – – Did I mention tomorrow is story Sunday? A petite tale about a first time director… Hope you drop…
I’ve recently been contacted by one of the children of these glorious gals, they inform me the band’s manager, Dr. Leonard Stallcup, kept them on a tight leash and they were very sheltered, not at all like the characters in SOME LIKE IT HOT. You can hear them play on…