Word: songfulness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...song, besides being very popular, has traveled far. I was astounded a year ago to hear the Episcopal Bishop of Honolulu, who has lived many years as a missionary in China, sing the song in Chinese...
...that it would probably be granted. Hence the mass meeting. Though there are probably not 1,000 Jews in all Japan, 2,500 solemn-spectacled Japanese trooped to a hall, heard a retired General deliver a Jew-baiting address in the best Nazi manner, and joined in a rousing song. Its chorus: Oh, punish the Jewish people- defeat the General Electric, and Break the Mazda lamp...
...obliging stranger whom he has met on the train to pose as Ferraro; then he pretends to be the impostor's secretary. This leads to the simpler forms of mountain comedy when the stranger, who turns out to be an eccentric crook, is called upon for a song; also when the stranger makes advances to the village belle (Magda Schneider) in whom the singer has taken an interest. The situation is untangled when she demands a serenade. When police try to arrest the swindler they naturally get the wrong man. Then comes the anticipated scene in which, to establish...
...Opera two years ago, has immense assurance and an infectious smile which are acceptable substitutes for acting ability. His voice, which loses none of its quality in recording, is so pleasant that you do not object to almost incessant renditions of the picture's otherwise unremarkable waltz theme song. Be Mine Tonight was first made in German by UFA. Gaumont-British sent a supporting cast to Berlin to remake it in English. Universal liked the British version-directed by Russian Director Anatole Litwak-enough to buy the U. S. rights...
...sale last week.* Instead of sending out stereotype notices smart Jack Kapp, Brunswick's publicity man, sent phonograph dealers and record reviewers a disc announcing the album. On Jack Kapp's record Dorothy Fields and James ("Jimmie") McHugh, who wrote the Blackbirds score, paraphrased their theme song "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" by saying "Let's all say a prayer so they [the records] will sell, baby." If Fields & McHugh's prayer is answered, Brunswick will revive music from other oldtime shows, similarly performed by expensive, all-star casts...