Speaking of Tony Bennett...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
See the jump for a copy of the interview that I did with him before that March concert in Orlando.
Maurice Chevalier
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Carol Channing at 'Hello, Carol!' exhibition
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Carol Channing discusses some of the pieces in the exhibition "Hello, Carol! A Celebration of Carol Channing," opening Friday and running through March 14 at the Museum of Performance & Design: - "That's me in the straw hat, in the backyard of our house...
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Gigi: Two-Disc Special Edition
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Reviewed by Ben Saylor Quote: "'The ravages of time' (to borrow a phrase from the DVD insert) have failed to wither away the charms of the film's cast, nor made its music or visuals any less enjoyable."
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Fests and events, 9/5.
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Jean Gabin "came to Hollywood during World War II but, unlike countrymen Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer, failed to catch on with American audiences," writes Susan King in the Los Angeles Times. "Author Charles Zigman is hoping his massive...
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Universal Music on song in France
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Music News: Music arm to release 104 albums online -- Universal Music France will release 104 albums of French chanson, the term for the country's particular style of lyric-driven songs, for sale exclusively online.
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Marriage:
The Economist (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Saving the best for last “I’M SO glad that I’m not young any more,” sang 70-year-old Maurice Chevalier in the film “Gigi”. Quite right, says Maggie Scarf, an American journalist who has written a succession of books on family and marriage. In this one, she turns her attention to couples in their 50s and 60s, and finds older marriage is full of unexpected pleasures. Is it just a sense of the shortening...
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News: Review Round-up: Thank Heaven for Open Air Gigi
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Chaim Topol (also known as just Topol) returned to the London stage last week (14 August 2008, previews from 6 August) to take on the role of bemused narrator Honore in the first major London revival of Lerner and Loewe musical Gigi, which run...
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Gigi is stylish, tuneful, witty: all that's needed now is the sun
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Charles Spencer reviews Gigi at the Open-Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
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They Remember it Well…
West End Whingers (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
…well, not so well actually. In fact the Whingers remember very little these days and are frequently at odds with each other about who was in what and whether they fled at the interval or not. No wonder Andrew is frequently entreating Phil to “Write it down!“. But they can still remember the delightful Regent’s Park Open [...]
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Review: Gigi
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
In My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music) recounted the tale of a guttersnipe girl cynically prepared for high society; in its sort-of-sequel Gigi, they manufactured another cloudy tale of social engineering, as t...
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Readers recommend: songs about eyes and sight
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
This week, you were all kind enough to suggest songs that had been well brought up, for which we are truly thankful. Now, we want you to be on the lookout for songs about eyes and sight. Keep 'em peeled!
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Fanny
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 19/07/2008
Reviewed by Ben Saylor Quote: "For those who enjoy old-fashioned movie romances, Fanny is likely to satisfy."
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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 3rd week of June DVDs: Popeye, Pot, Bananas, Nude Bombs and a Fanny!
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
Hey folks, Harry here - Not much coming out this week that I can really recommend. That said what is here is fun and cool - at least by my estimation. As always the box art and titles are clickable to Amazon where you can learn more on the title - as well as purchase it, where a small portion will go to support this column. Here ya go...Tuesday, June 17th, 2008POPEYE THE SAILOR: 1938-1940, Vol. 2The...
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The Active Blogger Meetup RIP
mere cat (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Ah, yes, I remember eet well: my first blogger meetup—in fact, my first meetup of any kind. I had been blogging in isolation since early 2002 and, amazing as it seems to me now, only reading a handful of other blogs by the onerous process of visiting each web site one at a time. In March, 2005, I was reading Drunkenbatman’s interview with Brent and Sheila Simmons , who together comprised Ranchero...
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SCREENING THE PAST: “THE SORROW AND THE PITY” BY MARCEL OPHULS
Cambridge Forecast Group Blog (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
The Sorrow and the Pity (1972) Starring: Georges Bidault, Maurice Chevalier Product Details: Actors: Georges Bidault, Maurice Chevalier, R. Du Jonchay, Anthony Eden, Marcel Fouche-Degliame Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Language: English, French, German Subtitles: English, German Region: Region 1 (U.S. [...]
