The opening sequence of the post-war crime drama series "Peaky Blinders" sees its lead — who we'd come to know as crime boss Tommy Shelby but for now, he's just a lone rider — gallop into town on a racing horse. It's 1919 in Birmingham, England, and the crowds that scatter and whisper as Shelby enters the slums make him out to be some formidable hero — an outlaw cowboy of sorts. He visits a fortune-teller who performs a mystic ritual on the horse, compensates her, and announces the horse's name and racing time to the women and children onlookers with the warning, "You ladies have a bet yourselves, but don't tell anyone else." No one is hurt, but all are intimidated.
That's when the apocalyptic bells of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand" kicks in.
Not the Dixieland jazz that was growing in popularity at the time, nor songs like...
That's when the apocalyptic bells of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "Red Right Hand" kicks in.
Not the Dixieland jazz that was growing in popularity at the time, nor songs like...
- 12/15/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
On Monday, May 14, 2018, Third Street Music School Settlement Third Street, the nation's longest running community school, will honor Grammy Award-winning Singer and Songwriter Rosanne Cash, Tony and Oscar Award-winner Joel Grey, and long-time Board Member and Award-winning Architect Byron Bell at its Annual Spring Gala. Graham Parker, President of Universal Studios Classical Music Labels, will serve as master of ceremonies and Lydia Fenet, Senior Vice President of Christie's Auction House will host the live auction. Members of the cast of SpongeBob SquarePants The Broadway Musical also will perform.Held at Capitale 130 Bowery in New York City, the gala will bring together hundreds of luminaries from the arts, culture, education, media, business, finance and philanthropy worlds to pay tribute to the honorees for their contributions to and leadership in arts and music education. Funds raised through attendance, live and silent auction participation will help support Third Street scholarships and financial aid services.
- 5/1/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Considering everything that's been happening on the planet in the last several months, you'd have thought we're already in November or December – of 2117. But no. It's only June. 2017. And in some parts of the world, that's the month of brides, fathers, graduates, gays, and climate change denial. Beginning this evening, Thursday, June 1, Turner Classic Movies will be focusing on one of these June groups: Lgbt people, specifically those in the American film industry. Following the presentation of about 10 movies featuring Frank Morgan, who would have turned 127 years old today, TCM will set its cinematic sights on the likes of William Haines, James Whale, George Cukor, Mitchell Leisen, Dorothy Arzner, Patsy Kelly, and Ramon Novarro. In addition to, whether or not intentionally, Claudette Colbert, Colin Clive, Katharine Hepburn, Douglass Montgomery (a.k.a. Kent Douglass), Marjorie Main, and Billie Burke, among others. But this is ridiculous! Why should TCM present a...
- 6/2/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Anne Marie is tracking Judy Garland's career through musical numbers...
Click to embiggenToday's clip is a plea for the importance of film preservation. The following 3 minute clip is all that is currently known to survive of a short called "If I Forget You" starring Judy Garland and Bette Davis. That's right, two of Classic Hollywood's biggest stars once shared the screen and we know virtually nothing about it.
The little we do know about this teeny number and the tiny short surrounding it comes from reviews and an ad (pictured left) that ran in a few trade papers circa April of 1940. The short was part of the third annual tribute to Will Rogers, who passed away in 1935. It featred Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge, then Judy singing the title song, then Bette Davis stepped onscreen to ask audiences to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Commission...
Click to embiggenToday's clip is a plea for the importance of film preservation. The following 3 minute clip is all that is currently known to survive of a short called "If I Forget You" starring Judy Garland and Bette Davis. That's right, two of Classic Hollywood's biggest stars once shared the screen and we know virtually nothing about it.
The little we do know about this teeny number and the tiny short surrounding it comes from reviews and an ad (pictured left) that ran in a few trade papers circa April of 1940. The short was part of the third annual tribute to Will Rogers, who passed away in 1935. It featred Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge, then Judy singing the title song, then Bette Davis stepped onscreen to ask audiences to donate to the Will Rogers Memorial Commission...
- 3/16/2016
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, will present two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone in 'Far Away Places - Part Two' November 3 -15. In an evening conceived and directed by Tony Award winner Scott Wittman, LuPone returns with Part Two of the show which she premiered to critical acclaim when 54 Below opened in June 2012. In this continuation of the show which will include a few encores from the landmark Part One she further explores her wanderlust, performing songs by an eclectic group of songwriters including Irving Caesar, Billy Joel, David Yazbek, Johnny Mercer and Kris Kristofferson.
- 9/15/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
No, No Nanette, a musical comedy by Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach is a light-hearted, knee slappin', toe tappin' romp back to the Roaring Twenties. Jimmy Smith is in and out of a whole mess of trouble the trouble on a summer weekend at Chickadee Cottage. Included in the score are two of the most famous show tunes ever written: Tea for Two and I Want to Be Happy. You'll be singin' and dancin' from your seats!
- 5/5/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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