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I’m just leaving this here.
Not Crosby singing, but a song from the 1930 s about how many women thirsted after him and two other singers.
LAST POLL OF ROUND 2
Propaganda
Humphrey Bogart (Casablanca, Key Largo, Sabrina)—the way he looks at Lauren Bacall......
Bing Crosby (White Christmas, The Bells of St. Mary's)—no propaganda submitted beyond the video under the cut
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[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]
25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (07/25) ↳ white christmas (1954)
you know i think what’s so great about the bob and phil sisters scene in white christmas is that even though it is a joke about men in women’s clothes, the joke isn’t that it’s degrading, it’s that it’s unexpected and fun. like yeah, bob is embarrassed about it (it was 1954) but phil? phil is having the absolute time of his life. he’s doing great (which imo has more than a little to do with danny kaye being bisexual) like. just all things considered for a scene in a movie from 1954 where the joke is that men perform a women’s song it has aged remarkably well
KING OF JAZZ (Dir: John Murray Anderson, 1930).
Conceived as a star vehicle for bandleader Paul Whiteman, and featuring Bing Crosby in his first screen appearance, King of Jazz is a spectacular musical revue, innovative in both its use of sound and early two-colour Technicolor; a process in which blues and yellows do not photograph but the reds and greens look lovely. Such was the care taken with the colour photography that every frame of the movie looks beautiful.
As a revue there is no plot in King of Jazz, rather a series of musical numbers punctuated with short comedy skits. While the comedic segments may not have aged too well, the musical sequences are as wonderful as they are weird. Highlights include the rubber legged dancing of Al Norman in ‘Happy Feet’ and some incredible loose limbed contouring from Marion Stattler in ‘Ragamuffin Romeo’. Best of all is a magnificent performance of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, rendered ‘rhapsody in teal’ by the two-colour process. Here the entire orchestra is seated in the largest grand piano you have ever seen!
Although an expensive failure for Universal Studios on release, the film has since been reappraised. Thankfully so, as there is little else like it in Hollywood history.
Is King of Jazz a masterpiece? Not quite. But nearly 90 years after release it still makes for fascinating, not to mention highly entertaining, viewing. Anyone with an interest in 20s/30s band music and especially aficionados of early Hollywood will find much to enjoy.
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if y’all don’t respect Billie Holiday, The Andrew’s Sisters, or Judy Garland
And y’all prefer Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby
Get outta here
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Mmm, a green tea latte, some Bing Crosby, and a new toy! A nice evening, defintiely. Was inspired to buy this little guy after watching the newest episode of Skins (the good version). I think I already love Franky.
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