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Reading Group Guide Spotlight
Spotlight on: Reading Group Guide Revolutionary Road Author: Richard Yates Born February 3, 926, in Yonkers, NY; died of Name: Richard Yates emphysema and complications from minor Born: 926 surgery, November 7, 992, in Birmingham, AL; son of Vincent M. (a sales executive) and Ruth (Maurer) Yates; married Sheila Bryant, 948 (divorced, 959); married Martha Speer, 968 (divorced, 974); children: Sharon, Monica, Gina. Military/Wartime Service: U.S. Army, 944-46. Career: United Press Association, New York City, financial reporter, 946- 48; Remington Rand, Inc., New York City, publicity writer, 948-50; freelance public relations writer, 953-60; New School for Social Research, New York City, teacher of creative writing, 959-62; Columbia University, New York City, teacher of creative writing, 960-62; United Artists, Hollywood, screenwriter, 962; U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Washington, DC, speech writer, 963; University of Iowa, Iowa City, lecturer, 964-65, assistant professor of English, 966- 92; Columbia Pictures, Hollywood, screenwriter, 965-66; Wichita State University, writer in residence, 97-72; taught at Harvard Extension, Columbia University, and Boston University. Awards: Atlantic Firsts award, 953; National Book Award nomination for Revolutionary Road; Guggenheim fellowship, 962, 98; American Academy Grant, 963; National Institute of Arts and Letters grant, 963 and 975; Creative Arts Award, Brandeis University, 964; National Endowment for the Arts grant, 966, and award, 984; Rockefeller grant, 967; Rosenthal Foundation award, 976; National Magazine Award for Fiction, 978, for “Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired.” Writings: Novels: Revolutionary Road, Atlantic-Little, Brown, 96. A Special Providence, Knopf, 969. Disturbing the Peace, Delacorte, 975. -
“White Christmas”—Bing Crosby (1942) Added to the National Registry: 2002 Essay by Cary O’Dell
“White Christmas”—Bing Crosby (1942) Added to the National Registry: 2002 Essay by Cary O’Dell Crosby’s 1945 holiday album Original release label “Holiday Inn” movie poster With the possible exception of “Silent Night,” no other song is more identified with the holiday season than “White Christmas.” And no singer is more identified with it than its originator, Bing Crosby. And, perhaps, rightfully so. Surely no other Christmas tune has ever had the commercial or cultural impact as this song or sold as many copies--50 million by most estimates, making it the best-selling record in history. Irving Berlin wrote “White Christmas” in 1940. Legends differ as to where and how though. Some say he wrote it poolside at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona, a reasonable theory considering the song’s wishing for wintery weather. Some though say that’s just a good story. Furthermore, some histories say Berlin knew from the beginning that the song was going to be a massive hit but another account says when he brought it to producer-director Mark Sandrich, Berlin unassumingly described it as only “an amusing little number.” Likewise, Bing Crosby himself is said to have found the song only merely adequate at first. Regardless, everyone agrees that it was in 1942, when Sandrich was readying a Christmas- themed motion picture “Holiday Inn,” that the song made its debut. The film starred Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby and it needed a holiday song to be sung by Crosby and his leading lady, Marjorie Reynolds (whose vocals were dubbed). Enter “White Christmas.” Though the film would not be seen for many months, millions of Americans got to hear it on Christmas night, 1941, when Crosby sang it alone on his top-rated radio show “The Kraft Music Hall.” On May 29, 1942, he recorded it during the sessions for the “Holiday Inn” album issued that year. -
Leslie Caron
Paddock Suite, The Courtyard, 55 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HA p: + 44 (0) 20 73360351 e: [email protected] Phone: + 44 (0) 20 73360351 Email: [email protected] Leslie Caron Photo: John Mann Location: London, United Kingdom Eye Colour: Blue Height: 5'1" (154cm) Hair Colour: Dark Brown Playing Age: Over 60 years Hair Length: Long Appearance: White Film Film, Suzanne de Persand, Le Divorce, Merchant Ivory Productions, James Ivory Film, Madame Audel, Chocolat, Miramax Films, Lasse Hallström Film, Regine De Chantelle, The Reef, CBS, Robert Allan Ackerman Film, Marguerite, Let It Be Me, Savoy Pictures, Eleanor Begstein Film, Katie Parker, Funny Bones, Hollywood Pictures, Peter Chelsom Film, Elizabeth Prideaux, Damage, Studio Canal, Louis Malle Film, Waitress, Guns, Malibu Bay Films, Andy Sidaris Film, Jane Hillary, Courage Mountain, Triumph Films, Christopher Leitch Film, Henia Liebskind, Dangerous Moves, Gaumont, Richard Dembo Film, Mother, Imperative, TeleCulture, Krzysztof Zanussi Film, uncredited, Chanel Solitaire, United Film Distribution Company, George Kaczender Film, Lucille Berger, All Stars Film, Dr. Sammy Lee, Goldengirl, AVCO Embassy Pictures, Joseph Sargent Film, Nicole, Nicole, Troma Entertainment, István Ventilla Film, Alla Nazimova, Valentino, United Artists, Ken Russell Film, Véra, The Man Who Loved Women, United Artists, François Truffaut Film, Céleste, Surreal Estate, Caribou Films, Eduardo de Gregorio Film, Katherine Creighton, Chandler, MGM, Paul Magwood Film, Sister Mary, Madron, Four Star-Excelsior, Jerry Hopper -
Boxoffice Barometer (March 6, 1961)
MARCH 6, 1961 IN TWO SECTIONS SECTION TWO Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents William Wyler’s production of “BEN-HUR” starring CHARLTON HESTON • JACK HAWKINS • Haya Harareet • Stephen Boyd • Hugh Griffith • Martha Scott • with Cathy O’Donnell • Sam Jaffe • Screen Play by Karl Tunberg • Music by Miklos Rozsa • Produced by Sam Zimbalist. M-G-M . EVEN GREATER IN Continuing its success story with current and coming attractions like these! ...and this is only the beginning! "GO NAKED IN THE WORLD” c ( 'KSX'i "THE Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA • ANTHONY FRANCIOSA • ERNEST BORGNINE in An Areola Production “GO SPINSTER” • • — Metrocolor) NAKED IN THE WORLD” with Luana Patten Will Kuluva Philip Ober ( CinemaScope John Kellogg • Nancy R. Pollock • Tracey Roberts • Screen Play by Ranald Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pre- MacDougall • Based on the Book by Tom T. Chamales • Directed by sents SHIRLEY MacLAINE Ranald MacDougall • Produced by Aaron Rosenberg. LAURENCE HARVEY JACK HAWKINS in A Julian Blaustein Production “SPINSTER" with Nobu McCarthy • Screen Play by Ben Maddow • Based on the Novel by Sylvia Ashton- Warner • Directed by Charles Walters. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents David O. Selznick's Production of Margaret Mitchell’s Story of the Old South "GONE WITH THE WIND” starring CLARK GABLE • VIVIEN LEIGH • LESLIE HOWARD • OLIVIA deHAVILLAND • A Selznick International Picture • Screen Play by Sidney Howard • Music by Max Steiner Directed by Victor Fleming Technicolor ’) "GORGO ( Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents “GORGO” star- ring Bill Travers • William Sylvester • Vincent "THE SECRET PARTNER” Winter • Bruce Seton • Joseph O'Conor • Martin Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents STEWART GRANGER Benson • Barry Keegan • Dervis Ward • Christopher HAYA HARAREET in “THE SECRET PARTNER” with Rhodes • Screen Play by John Loring and Daniel Bernard Lee • Screen Play by David Pursall and Jack Seddon Hyatt • Directed by Eugene Lourie • Executive Directed by Basil Dearden • Produced by Michael Relph. -
CONSTRUCTING TIN PAN ALLEY 17 M01 GARO3788 05 SE C01.Qxd 5/26/10 4:35 PM Page 18
M01_GARO3788_05_SE_C01.qxd 5/26/10 4:35 PM Page 15 Constructing Tin Pan 1 Alley: From Minstrelsy to Mass Culture The institution of slavery has been such a defining feature of U.S. history that it is hardly surprising to find the roots of our popular music embedded in this tortured legacy. Indeed, the first indige- nous U.S. popular music to capture the imagination of a broad public, at home and abroad, was blackface minstrelsy, a cultural form involving mostly Northern whites in blackened faces, parodying their perceptions of African American culture. Minstrelsy appeared at a time when songwriting and music publishing were dispersed throughout the country and sound record- The institution of slavery has been ing had not yet been invented. During this period, there was an such a defining feature of U.S. history that it is hardly surprising to find the important geographical pattern in the way music circulated. Concert roots of our popular music embedded music by foreign composers intended for elite U.S. audiences gener- in this tortured legacy. ally played in New York City first and then in other major cities. In contrast, domestic popular music, including minstrel music, was first tested in smaller towns, then went to larger urban areas, and entered New York only after success elsewhere. Songwriting and music publishing were similarly dispersed. New York did not become the nerve center for indigenous popular music until later in the nineteenth century, when the pre- viously scattered conglomeration of songwriters and publishers began to converge on the Broadway and 28th Street section of the city, in an area that came to be called Tin Pan Alley after the tinny output of its upright pianos. -
Charles Walters: the Director Who Made Hollywood Dance Melinda F
The Southeastern Librarian Volume 63 | Issue 1 Article 9 4-9-2015 Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance Melinda F. Matthews University of Louisiana at Monroe Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/seln Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Matthews, Melinda F. (2015) "Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance," The Southeastern Librarian: Vol. 63 : Iss. 1 , Article 9. Available at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/seln/vol63/iss1/9 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Southeastern Librarian by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. political ascendancy of Southern liberalism within the Graham’s 1950 primary loss, Pleasants believes, dealt a Democratic Party. Scott’s push to improve roads, medical significant blow to Scott’s progressive agenda. care, and education for all North Carolina citizens won him a strong following; yet, he also was seen by many With the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 decision in politicians and business leaders as controversial and Brown vs. Board of Education, the backlash against polarizing. During his time in office, Scott would be Southern liberals solidified around the issue of buffeted by the regional and national headwinds of desegregation. Pleasants argues that Scott immediately segregationist politics and strident anti-Communism. This recognized that he would need to speak out against school biography reveals how a deepening conservative backlash integration if he wanted to remain a viable candidate for against southern liberals adversely impacted Scott’s public office. -
Rent Glossary of Terms
Rent Glossary of Terms 11th Street and Avenue B CBGB’s – More properly CBGB & OMFUG, a club on Bowery Ave between 1st and 2nd streets. The following is taken from the website http://www.cbgb.com. It is a history written by Hilly Kristal, the founder of CBGB and OMFUG. The question most often asked of me is, "What does CBGB stand for?" I reply, "It stands for the kind of music I intended to have, but not the kind that we became famous for: COUNTRY BLUEGRASS BLUES." The next question is always, "but what does OMFUG stand for?" and I say "That's more of what we do, It means OTHER MUSIC FOR UPLIFTING GORMANDIZERS." And what is a gormandizer? It’s a voracious eater of, in this case, MUSIC. […] The obvious follow up question is often "is this your favorite kind of music?" No!!! I've always liked all kinds but half the radio stations all over the U.S. were playing country music, cool juke boxes were playing blues and bluegrass as well as folk and country. Also, a lot of my artist/writer friends were always going off to some fiddlers convention (bluegrass concert) or blues and folk festivals. So I thought it would be a whole lot of fun to have my own club with all this kind of music playing there. Unfortunately—or perhaps FORTUNATELY—things didn't work out quite the way I 'd expected. That first year was an exercise in persistence and a trial in patience. My determination to book only musicians who played their own music instead of copying others, was indomitable. -
Irving Berlin's Holiday
IIrrvviinngg BBeerrlliinn’’ss HHoolliiddaayy IInnnn At the Fireside Dinner Theatre (Fort Atkinson, WI) Sunday, November 14, 2021 Sunday, November 14, 2021 PPeerr PPeerrssoonn RRaattee:: $$112299 The Ark Encounter Irving Berlin’s HOLIDAY INN tells the story of Jim, who leaves the bright lights of show business behind to settle down on his farmhouse in Connecticut, but life just isn’t the same without a bit of song and dance. Jim’s luck takes a spectacular turn when he meets Linda, a spirited schoolteacher with talent to spare. Together they turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday, from Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July. But when Jim’s best friend Ted tries to lure Linda away to be his new dance partner in Hollywood, will Jim be able to salvage his last chance at love? Based on the classic film, this joyous musical features thrilling dance numbers, laugh-out-loud comedy and a parade of hit Irving Berlin songs, including “Blue Skies,” “Easter Parade,” “Steppin’ Out With My Baby,” “Heat Wave,” “White Christmas,” “Be Careful, It’s My Heart,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Shaking the Blues Away” and many more. It’s a year-round classic to make any holiday sparkle! Sunday Matinee Brunch Begin your Brunch with an assortment of Quick Breads and Pastries from our Bakery along with a Fresh Fruit Smoothie. Each show our Chef will prepare a Beef Tenderloin dish and select one of our popular Breakfast Potatoes for our Brunch Buffet which includes Chef-Carved Jones Hickory Smoked Ham and Roast Turkey Breast, Eggs Benedict on Jones Canadian Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Maple Sausage Links, Chicken Tenderloin Tempura with Brandied Apricot Sauce, Biscuits and Sausage Gravy, Fresh Atlantic Salmon, Buttermilk Pancakes, and Roasted Farm Fresh Vegetables. -
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amusements and Wild Bill Doolan been so In- nately, the the kids are all perfec- ventlon and reunion in Baltimore **■ All of West’s Bad Men sulted as by this implication that 3d headquar- tionists. August 13-14, Army HA SIM SPLITTING Scott could take them on as a MacMurray, in reading a speech ter! has announced. LAPP FESTIVAL Routed by Old Randy group. ,w of 10 lines, omitted one word. Little HOW—ENDS SAT. The script writers are a bit eva- HE 'Easter Parade’ Is Festival In Keith Feature immediately turned to Director l ho Gay sive on this point to be sure. From Gigi _AMUSEMENTS_ ho ‘RETURN Of THE BAD MEN." »n RKO time to time, the story suggests Claude Biryon. MMIRUnH by Nat Holt, directed HA Picture produced that outlaws were a temperamental she “that isn’t Astaire and Berlin by Ray Enright. original screenplay by “Mr. Binyon," said, I HA HiaQKuUw Jack Natteford and Lud Ward. At Keith *. lot and walked out on one another HE Honoring the it is in the script!” > THE CAST: Scott's work easier. way _,4_^><l _•_ Randolph Scott just to make HE By Jay Carmody Vance is now taking the | Sundance Kid_ Robert Ryan the MacMurray i ho ■i.i.HianifliiHG be life wretched for Anne Jeffreys As picture ends, however, The Democrats and Republicans may making Chevenne_ home with him every DEMOCRAT k ha ■ftSUMHHiWMMi Pettit _Oeorge "Gabby" Hayes Guthrie is as clean as a whistle, script night. each but wants to make I— 1 ha other, Metro-Goldwyn-Maver only everybody Jacqueline White LJ CONVENTION / Madge a town where gamblers and bar- And there’s a dangerous look in his he happy with Easter Parade.” It should have no trouble at all achieving Cole Younger_ Steve Brodie («i. -
January-February
COLLECTIONS CORNER PETITE FEET VOICES BEYOND Recently Acquired A Concert in Celebration BONDAGE of Artist Allan Rohan Crite An Anthology of Verse BOSTON ATHENÆUM by African Americans JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2016 NOW ON VIEW Concert with jazz ensemble Petite Feet The Athenæum recently acquired Interior with Figure, Antwerp by of the 19th Century Otto Grundmann. Grundmann, who had his earliest artistic training in Tuesday, February 23, 6-7 pm his native Dresden, came to America in 1876 to accept the directorship Registration begins February 9 at 9 am Book talk with literary scholars Erika DeSimone and Fidel Louis of the new School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He served P R Members $15 Non-members $30 in that role, and as a highly respected teacher, until his death in 1890. Thursday, February 25, 6-7 pm He specialized in genre painting (scenes of everyday life) in the Prolific Boston artist Allan Rohan Crite Registration begins February 11 at 9 am tradition of seventeenth-century Dutch masters such as Vermeer. created an extensive body of work featuring R Members Free Non-Members $15 This recent acquisition, the first painting by this important Boston the daily life of ordinary African Americans. P artist to enter the Athenæum’s collection, is in every way In celebration of his work, and in collabora- Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of characteristic of his work. The painting can be viewed in the tion with the New England Conservatory’s Verse by African Americans of the 19th sitting room off the hallway leading to the Children’s Library. -
Irving Berlin's Holiday
Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn At the Fireside Dinner Theatre (Fort Atkinson, WI) TThhuurrssddaayy,, NNoovveemmbbeerr 1111,, 22002211 PPeerr PPee rrssoonn RRaattee:: $$112299 The Ark Encounter Irving Berlin’s HOLIDAY INN tells the story of Jim, who leaves the bright lights of show business behind to settle down on his farmhouse in Connecticut, but life just isn’t the same without a bit of song and dance. Jim’s luck takes a spectacular turn when he meets Linda, a spirited schoolteacher with talent to spare. Together they turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday, from Thanksgiving to the Fourth of July. But when Jim’s best friend Ted tries to lure Linda away to be his new dance partner in Hollywood, will Jim be able to salvage his last chance at love? Based on the classic film, this joyous musical features thrilling dance numbers, laugh-out-loud comedy and a parade of hit Irving Berlin songs, including “Blue Skies,” “Easter Parade,” “Steppin’ Out With My Baby,” “Heat Wave,” “White Christmas,” “Be Careful, It’s My Heart,” “Cheek to Cheek,” “Shaking the Blues Away” and many more. It’s a year-round classic to make any holiday sparkle! Menu: Cream of Watercress Soup served with Toasted Pine Nuts, Chicken Piccata (Skinless Breast of Chicken dipped in egg, lightly breaded, sautéed to a golden brown, resting on a Velouté Lemon Cream Sauce and garnished with tiny Caper Buds and French Fried Parsley). Served with Scalloped Potatoes and Fresh Asparagus and Baby Carrots. -
Ready for His Close-Up
ALL THE LATEST DANCE REVIEWS RELEASES AND SHOWS READY FOR by doing good work,” he observed. Rather HIS CLOSE-UP than sensationalising such challenges, Marianka Swain salutes a forgotten Phillips offers a maestro of Hollywood’s golden age moving glimpse into a long battle. egendary Yet this is not a movie worthy read, but a L musicals pithy, affectionate director? You’re Above, rehearsing for the backstage tour. There thinking Vincente opening sequence of are detailed accounts Torch Song (1953), in Minnelli, Stanley which Walters returned to of Walters creating Donen, Gene Kelly – the screen at Joan timeless numbers like not Charles Walters. Crawford’s request Garland’s “Get Happy” But, as Brent Phillips this contradictory and tactfully handling argues cogently in figure: the star who temperamental stars; his illuminating new ceded the spotlight Astaire apparently book, that exclusion caught the attention to others, the self- complained endlessly is simply unjust. of choreographer deprecating man in a when trying Charles “Chuck” Robert Alton. Alton cut-throat world, the something new “as a Walters’ work has offered invaluable visionary renowned defence mechanism”, certainly left an mentorship, and the for generous but it was still an indelible impression. performer eventually collaboration. He exciting process: There are beloved, moved to the other addresses the “Well, hell, you were hugely influential side of the camera charge that Walters working with the films on his CV, in MGM’s “dream was a mere company best.” Phillips makes from Meet Me in factory”. There, he man, not a true a compelling case St Louis to High worked with greats auteur, suggesting for that superlative Society, plus Phillips like Astaire and that his lack of also applying to highlights uncredited Rogers, Judy Garland, signature style is a Walters.