Word: tramp
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Saddle Tramp (Universal-International) follows lamely in the footsteps of comedies that spoof the western (The Paleface, A Ticket to Tomahawk), and gives up the trail too soon for its own good...
...saddle tramp (Joel McCrea) is a footloose cowpoke, lazy and carefree enough to be played by Bing Crosby. Circumstances make him responsible for the care & feeding of four orphan boys and a girl (Wanda Hendrix) who is fleeing her lecherous uncle. He reluctantly takes a job with a child-hating rancher (John Mclntire), hides and feeds his charges in the nearby woods. Wanda and the tots (help him with his chores and eventually with the unmasking of a foul plot against the rancher...
...ever been filmed, although it has been publicized as such. Several of Chaplin's other pictures contain routines much more humorous. The attraction in "City Lights" is not laughter alone, but a warm balance of comedy and poignancy that only Chaplin can create. The final scene between the Tramp and the Flower-girl, tenderly played by Virginia Cherrill, is a strikingly beautiful example of that balance...
Salzburg's great music festival is traditionally dedicated to Mozart. For 30 years, thousands of visitors have flocked each summer to the ancient town which sprawls under its towering 11th Century fortress on the Mönchsberg, to file reverently through the house where Mozart was born, tramp across flag-bedecked Mozart bridge, sip wine in the Mozart cafe, take their clothes to the Mozart laundry...
Together they wrote dozens of Broadway hits, always trying to make musical comedy as well-constructed and meaningful as good drama. In their shows every song was a "plot" number--such as "The Lady is a Tramp," from "Babes in Arms." In addition, Rodgers and Hart deserve a great deal of the credit for the introduction of ballet into musical comedy. George Balanchine, former ballet director for the Metropolitan Opera, staged most of their dances. His first choreography for them was the memorable ballet "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue," from "On Your Toes," in which Ray Bolger danced the leading role...