Word: songfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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WHEN radio announcers introduce a certain number called Stardust, they still reverently tell the audience that the composer is Hoagy Carmichael. Most song writers usually remain anonymous over the air--while the orchestra gets the credit...
...force; to this reviewer it appeared a magnificent blending of striking themes which truly represent the musical content of Mr. Heyward's material, and clearly a work which can proudly take its place beside Gershwin's previous compositions as representative of the promise of American music. There are songs such as "Woman is a Sometime Thing", "I got Plenty o' Nuttin'", and "It ain't Necessarily So", which have a haunting melodic appeal and seem destined for considerable popularity. And there are themes such as those used in "Buzzard Song" and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" which are highly...
...Catfish Row. This time, though, his problem was harder. His actors had to be singers, trained to time themselves to the subtlest beat. To match the Gershwin counter point, Mamoulian planned counterpoint in movement which would have the effect of a dramatic ballet. Porgy was to start one song simply, with: "I got a plenty o' nuthin' and nuthin's plenty for me." As the tempo mounted and the crowd joined in, chairs were to rock faster, one old black woman was to take to sharpening her carving-knife, another to whisking her dustcloth up & down like a crazy baton...
...strength of the song, Coy Poe, a fellow Delt, and Pinky started for Hollywood in an old Ford. A few months later they bought a Lincoln and took a vacation trip. Pinky needed it. He had just finished his first acting--in M. G. M.'s Times Square Lady. He has since made Smart Girl. M. G. M. is going to keep him at acting for some time to come; and when he's out of greasepaint, M. G. M is chaining their hog-caller and actor to a piano...
...fictitious identity. The rest of her stepping, which occupies considerable footage, confirms her status as the world's greatest female tap dancer. The picture includes the best specialty acts procurable: Robert Wildhack in his discourse on snoring, with examples; Frances Langford singing the show's best song, You Are My Lucky Star; June Knight and Nick Long Jr. introducing a new dance, Broadway Rhythm; Vilma & Buddy Ebsen dancing & singing On a Sunday Afternoon. Other good songs: Sing Before Breakfast, I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin', Broadway Rhythm...