August 10, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Higher and Higher
In 1944, some people knew about Frank Sinatra's personal life. And for some reason, they all didn't like Frank.Despite these flagrant liberties taken with his personal life, this film was redeemed as he was given perfect chance to prove to us just why he was the most popular singer of the world war II years with powerful ballads like, 'I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night,' and, 'A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening.'
On the other hand, after seeing this sensual and romantic crooner in "Higher and Higher" , even many people in today's world can easily grasp why thousands of young women at those time slept in the streets in order to be the first on line to see the young and appealing Mr. Frank Sinatra as young blue eyes.
Have you ever heard this song?
I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
Words & Music by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1942
Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film "Higher and Higher"; Academy Award Nominee
G7 C9 C Am Bm7-5 E7
I couldn't sleep a wink last night
E7-5 A G/B A7 Am7 D7
Be - cause we had that sil - ly fight.
D7-5 G7sus4 Em
I thought my heart would break,
Fdim Em7 Am7
The whole night through,
D7sus4 D7
I knew that you'd be sorry,
G7
And I'm sorry too.
G7-5 C9 C Am Bm7-5 E7
I didn't have my fav'rite dream,
E7-5 A G/B A7 Am7 D7
The one in which I hold you tight,
D7-5 G7sus4 Em Fdim Em7 Am7
I had to call you up this morning,
Cdim F E7+5 E7
To see if ev'rything was still all right.
A7-9 Dm7 Em Fdim Em7 Am7
Yes, I had to call you up this morning,
Gdim D7 FM7 G6-9 C6/9
'Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night.
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August 8, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : A Countess from HongKong
Produced by Charles Chaplin and Jerome Epstein
Written by Charles Chaplin
Music by Charles Chaplin
Stars :
Marlon Brando ........ Odgen Mears
Sophia Loren .......... Natascha
Sydney Earle Chaplin ............. Harvey
Tippi Hedren ........... Martha
Patrick Cargill .......... Hudson
Michael Medwin....... John Felix
John Paul ................ Captain
Margaret Rutherford ................. Miss Gaulswallow
Angela Scoular ....... Society girl
Geraldine Chaplin ............Girl at dance
Charles Chaplin......... An old stewar
A Countess from Hong Kong was a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charles Chaplin. It was one of only two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role
(the other was 1923's A Woman of Paris), and his only color film. The film was a financial and critical failure.
Marlon Brando plays a wealthy American diplomat aboard a cruise ship which docks in Hong Kong. A countess (Sophia Loren) comes aboard and smuggles herself in Brando's
closet. Brando spends the rest of the film trying to hide her and avoid the press; almost the entire 2-hour film takes place in his majestic stateroom.
Chaplin directs with his usual grace, favoring long shots and comedy at a distance. He also provided the sweet, sentimental score and appears in a small cameo as a seasick
steward.
Tippi Hedren co-stars as Brando's almost-divorced wife, and a young, adorable Geraldine Chaplin has one line in a ballroom scene.
Brando reportedly did not get along with Chaplin, and most critics used that as fodder for panning the film, though the conflict does not show in the final product. Most of all, A Countess from Hong Kong caused a lot of trouble for auteur critics in 1967.They didn't want to pan Chaplin's final film, but they also couldn't say it was any good.
almost universally disliked, the success of the song made back the money spent on the film.
Words & Music by Charlie Chaplin
Recorded by Petula Clark, 1967 (#3)
INTRO VERSE
C Am Cdim CM7/6
Why is my heart so light?
C Cdim Dm7 G7
Why are the stars so bright?
G7 Dm7 Cdim Dm7 G7
Why is the sky so blue
Cdim Dm7 Cdim C G
Since the hour I met you?
C Am Cdim CM7/6
Flowers are smi - ling bright
C Cdim Dm7 G7
Smiling for our delight
G7 Dm7 Cdim Dm7 G7
Smiling so ten - der - ly
Cdim Dm7 Cdim C G
For the world, you and me
BRIDGE
C Cdim Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 Cdim C
I know why the world is smiling, smiling so ten - der - ly
A A7 Dm Dm+7 D D7 G7
It hears the same old story through all e - ter - ni - ty
MELODY
C CM7 C C9 CM7
Love, this is my song
CM7/6 CM7 C CM7/6 Cdim Dm7 G7
Here is a song, a ser - e - nade to you
G7 Cdim G7
The world can - not be wrong
Bm7-5 G7 Fdim C
If in this world there is you
C9 Am Em7 F
I care not what the world may say;
G7 Cdim G7 Fdim C
With - out your love there is no day.
G C CM7 C C9 CM7
So, Love, this is my song,
CM7/6 CM7 C CM7/6 Cdim Dm7 G7 C
Here is a song, a ser - e - nade to you.
August 5, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Romance on the high seas
Stars :
Janis Paige ……... Mrs. Elvira Kent
Don DeFore ……... Mr. Michael Kent
Oscar Levant ……... Oscar Farrar
S.Z. Sakall .........Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
“For its elaborate musical comedy Romance on the High Seas (1948), Warner Bros. had arranged to borrow Judy Garland from MGM. When Garland proved unavailable, the next choice was Paramount’s Betty Hutton -- who was forced to drop out at the last minute because she was pregnant. Desperate for a replacement as production was scheduled to begin, the film’s songwriters, Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, happened to hear a young band singer named Doris Day singing at a Hollywood party. At the urging of Styne and Cahn, Day reluctantly agreed to audition for the movie’s director, Michael Curtiz.”
This film centers on Georgia Garrett, a talented young singer, who has dreams of success in show business. Georgia is hired by a socialite, Elivia Kent , to impersonate her on a dream excursion (all expenses paid) to South America. This makes Mrs.Kent can remain in New York to spy on her suspected cheating husband. Mr.Kent likewise has suspicions concerning his wife's infidelities and hires a private investigator, Peter Virgil to monitor his wife's activities during her cruise to Rio.
Virgil meets Georgia Garrett as "Mrs. Kent" aboard the ship, and, naturally, falls in love with her, adding to the complications. Georgia's boyfriend, Oscar Ferrar , is also curious about his "girlfriend's" mysterious trip. He follows her to Rio because Georgia failed to explain fully how and why she was going on the cruise. After promising that she would uphold the dignity of Mrs. Kent's name, Georgia is offered a golden opportunity to sing aboard ship for a great deal of money, but must do it as "Mrs. Elvira Kent", not Georgia Garrett. When word of "Kent's" singing engagement hits the newspapers, the real Mrs. Kent is horrified and her husband becomes suspicious because his wife cannot sing a note.
At last, things end up in Rio and false identities are revealed. Georgia is finally freed to be herself, Mr. and Mrs. Kent discover that each of them is faithful and the film ends on a happy note with Georgia on her way to fame and fortune and professes her feelings for the man she really loves, Virgil!
This film's male cast is a very good one, and they receive most of the cargo of really funny lines: Don De Fore, Cuddles Sakall, Oscar Levant, and certainly Jack Carson.
The song "It's Magic" is rendered in such a fog-horn voice, it's a miracle. Doris Day is one of the greatest vocalists ever.
Have you ever heard such a beautiful song?
It’s here!
It's Magic
Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
Recorded by Doris Day, 1948
Film : Romance on the high seas
A9 A
You sigh, the song begins;
AM7 Cdim Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7 Edim E7
You speak and I hear violins -- it's magic.
E7 Bm7-5 E7
The stars desert the skies
E9 Bm7-5 E7 AM7 A
And rush to nestle in your eyes -- it's magic.
E+ A6 Bbm7-5 Edim E9 Edim E7 Bm7
Without a golden wand or mystic charms,
Bm7-5 F#m B7 F#m7 B7 Bm7-5 E7
Fantastic things begin when I am in your arms.
A9 A
When we walk hand in hand,
AM7 Cdim Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7 Edim E7
The world becomes a wonderland -- it's magic.
E7 Bm7-5 E7
How else can I explain
E9 E7 Bm7-5 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
Those rainbows when there is no rain? It's mag - ic.
C#m7-5 F#7 Bm7-5 Dm
Why do I tell myself
Fdim AM7 F#m7 B7
These things that happen are all really true,
A A9 Fdim F#m
When in my heart I know
B7 Bm7-5 E7-9 E7 A F#m Bm7 Bm7-5 E7 A AM7
The magic is my love for you.
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August 4, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Small World
Anywhere, anytime, anyhow
It's a small world of tears.
August 2, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : The Great Race(1965)
Keenan Wynn ……... Hezekiah Sturdy
Arthur O'Connell ......... Henry Goodbody
Vivian Vance ……... Hester Goodbody
Dorothy Provine ……... Lily Olay
Ross Martin ……... Baron Rolfe von Stuppe
George Macready ......... General Kuhster
Marvin Kaplan ……... Frisbee
The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight.
Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
July 30, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Every Night At Eight
Alice Faye as Dixie Dean
Patsy Kelly as Daphne O'Connor
Frances Langford as Susan Moore
Jimmy Hollywood, Henry Taylor, Eddie Bartell as The Three Radio Rogues
Harry Barris as Snorky
Speaking Confidentially (Alice Faye)
I'm in the Mood for Love (Frances Langford)
Every Night at Eight (Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly)
I Feel a Song Comin' On (production number - Alice Faye, Harry Barris, Chorus)
Then You've Never Been Blue (Frances Langford)
However, the girls lose the prize money to band-leader. But they team up with him, and become "The Three Swanee Sisters". The girls soon become radio's singing sensation appearing on the air every night at eight. As time goes by, Langford as Susan has fallen in love with the "all work and no play"-George Raft as Cardova - but fails to realize this until after the team take a temporary walk out. Nevertheless, they come back by the end after he realizes he isn't any good without the girls vocalizing him, and save him from starting to fall.
That’s all for the movie. But who can forget one of the unforgettable songs. I bring for you here….right below!
I'm In the Mood for Love
Words & Music by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields, 1935
I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me.
F#m7 Fdim Em7 A7 D Em7 A7
Funny, but when you're near me, I'm in the mood for love.
Heaven is in your eyes, bright as the stars we're under;
F#m7 Fdim Em7 A7 D DM7
Oh, is it any wonder I'm in the mood for love?
Bridge:
G6 A7 D Am6 B7
Why stop to think of whether
Em6 A7 D
This little dream might fade?
Bm6 C#7 F#m
We've put our hearts together;
Dm6 C7-5 C7 Gdim Em7 A7
Now we are one, I'm not afraid!
If there's a cloud above, if it should rain, we'll let it;
F#m7 Fdim Em7
But for tonight, forget it!
First time:
I'm in the mood for love.
I'm in the mood for love.
July 28, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Hit The Deck
STARS
Walter Pidgeon as RAdm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Vic Damone as Rico Ferrari
Gene Raymond as Wendell Craig
Gobs pursuing gals, while on shore leave, was a situation that served musical movies (such as On the Town, Anchors Aweigh, etc.) for years. However, by 1955, it was a situation that needed some new twist if it wasn't to seem shopworn. Hit the Deck's screenplay didn't find that new twist. It also got some bad critics’ comments—one of silly MGM musicals. But it did boast a starry cast that makes the proceedings enjoyable. The women come off rather better than the men, as neither Vic Damone nor Tony Martin was great shakes dramatically. Russ Tamblyn was somewhat better as an actor, and his dancing was energetic. Debbie Reynolds and Ann Miller were even more energetic, raising the roof with their several dance routines, and Jane Powell was bright. Production values were very good, with a finale that for sheer size is breathtaking.
One of all time beautiful songs in Hit The Deck is More Than You Know. You’ll love it --whoever you are.
More Than You Know
Words & Music by Billy Rose / Edward Eliscu / Vincent Youmans
From the 1930 movie "Hit The Deck" (re-made in 1955)
Billie Holiday - 1939
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Helen Forrest) – 1940
Frank Sinatra-1942
Lena Horne - 1946
Ella Fitzgerald - 1949
Judy Garland - 1958
Pat Boone - 1959
More than you know, more than you know,
G7 C Fdim Am
Girl of my heart, I love you so;
Cdim D7 A7 D9 D7 G Em Am7 D7
Lately I find, you're on my mind more than you know.
Whether you're right, whether you're wrong,
G7 C Fdim Am
Girl of my heart, I'll string along;
Cdim G E7 A9 D7 G Am G
I need you so, more than you'll ev - er know.
Bridge:
Em6 F#7 Bm
Loving you the way that I do,
Em F#m7 Bm
There's nothing I can do about it;
Gm A7 D Bm7
Loving may be all you can give,
E7 Em7 A7 D7 Fdim D
But Honey I can't live with - out it.
Oh how I'd cry, oh how I'd cry
G7 C Fdim Am
If you got tired, and said good-bye;
Cdim G E7 A9 D9 G Em Bm7-5 E7
More than I'd show, more than you'd ev - er know.
Cdim G
More than I'd show,
E7 A9 D9 G Em Am7 Cm7 G6
More than you'd ev - er know.
July 27, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Cover Girl
Producer: Arthur Schwartz
Screenplay: Virginia Van Upp, Marion Parsonnet, andPaul Gangelin
From story by Erwin Gelsey
Cover Girl was just the kind of escapist film America wanted in the midst of World War II. It made people forget their troubles for the afternoon. It's full of lighthearted songs, plenty of dancing, and in Technicolor! It's one of the musicals that made Rita Hayworth one of the most popular pin-up girls of World War II.
The score for Cover Girl created by Jerome Kern and Ira Gershwin, which featured the Oscar nominated "Long Ago and Far Away", was a major factor in the film's success. The picture also received four other nominations, including as "Best Color Cinematography" and "Best Interior Color Decoration". Cover Girl is perhaps Rita's most famous musical. The magic she created in the numbers with Gene Kelly is still dazzling musical fans today.
Although the song “Long Ago and Far Away” was a major factor in the film’s success, less people know there were 6 versions of this song. Ira Gershwin wrote the first to sixth with no inspiration. He felt bad for all and was trying to write the new one while there was no time enough left since the show was ready to go.
One day Arthur Schwartz called him, saying that things could wait no more. Ira decided to read the sixth version for Arthur. Fortunately, Arthur liked it and told Ira he needed this version in the show.
That’s it. That’s why we all can have such a beautiful song ever since.
Long Ago And Far Away
Words & Music by Ira Gershwin & Jerome Kern, 1944
A6 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 AM7
Long a - go and far away,
Bm7-5 E7 A6
I dreamed a dream one day,
Bm7-5 E7 A6 F#7 Bm7-5 E7
And now that dream is here be-side me;
C Am Dm7 G7 CM7
Long the skies were o-ver-cast,
B7 E+7
But now the clouds have passed;
C#m7-5 Bm7-5 E7
You're here at last!
Chills run up and down my spine;
Bm7-5 E7 A6
A-lad-din's lamp is mine;
Bm7-5 E7 A6 F#7 Bm7-5 E7
The dream I dreamed was not de - nied me.
Em7 A9sus4 A7 DM7 Dm6
Just one look and then I knew
G9 A6/C# Cdim Bm7-5 E7 A6 Bm7-5 E7
That all I longed for long a-go was you.
Last time:
G9 A6/C# Cdim Bm7-5 E7 A6 D9 BbM7 A
That all I longed for long a-go was you.
July 25, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Smile and Someone
Then you’ll come back.
Look at your feet, they’re still there and are your own.
Now, you’ll ask yourself “What’s the use of crying?”
Yes, you can stand proudly on your own feet for whatever reasons.
At the end of the storm there’s a golden sky….Right?!?!?
Trust me, there must be someone waiting for you somewhere, sometimes, somehow.
It’s someone who has always been your spouse throughout your former lives.
Someone who’ll always watch over you!
Smile
Words & Music by John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons & Charles Chaplin
Recorded by Tony Bennett, 1959 (#70)
First used in the 1936 movie "Modern Times"
D D9
Smile, though your heart is aching,
DM7 D9
Smile, even though it's breaking;
D6 Fdim Em Cdim B7
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
B7sus4 Em B+ Em7 Em6
If you smile through your fear and sorrow,
Gm C9
Smile, and maybe tomorrow
D DM7 D6 Em B+ A6 A7
You'll see the sun come shining through for you.
D D9
Light up your face with gladness,
DM7 D9
Hide ev'ry trace of sadness,
D6 Fdim Em Cdim B7
Although a tear may be ev - er so near,
B7sus4 Em B+ Em7 Em6
That's the time you must keep on trying,
Gm C9
Smile - what's the use of crying?
D9 D DM7 D6 Em B+
You'll find that life is still worth while
A6 A7 D
If you'll just smile.
Someone to Watch Over Me
Words & Music by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin, 1929
Recorded by Rosemary Clooney
E E7 A6 Cdim
There's a somebody I'm longing to see...
E/G# Gdim B7/F# Fdim C#7
I hope that he turns out to be
F#m Bbm7-5 F#m7 B7 E G#7 AM7 B7
Some - one to watch o - ver me.
E E7 A6 Cdim
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood;
E/G# Gdim B7/F# Fdim C#7
I know I could always be good
F#m Bbm7-5 F#m7 B7 E E7 A B7
To one who'll watch over me.
Bridge:
E E7 Bm7-5 A Am7/6 Am7
Although he may not be a man some
E9 E E7/9 E7
Girls think of as handsome,
Gdim Cdim G#7 C#7 F#7 B7
To my heart he carries the key.
E E7 A6 Cdim
Won't you tell him, please, to put on some speed,
E/G# Gdim B7/F# Fdim C#7
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
F#m Bbm7-5 F#m7 B7 E C#7 A Am7/6 Am7 E
Some - one to watch o - ver me
July 23, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Who can I turn to?
Now, you’ll have to find yourself the answer—“Who can I turn to?”
Will you decide to stay alone, insolently?
No, you won’t!!!!
At first, you’ll have to cry….cry yourself a river. And this is the use of crying since it’ll help you not to stay alone.
Don’t rush yourself to be normal. Take your time to cry as you need—an hour, a day, a month or even a year.
Who Can I Turn To
Words & Music by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Recorded by Tony Bennett, 1964 (#33)
From "The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd"
CM7 C6 Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Who can I turn to when nobody needs me?
C C6 CM7 C
My heart wants to know, and so I must go
Gm Gm7 C9
Where destiny leads me.
F F6
With no star to guide me
FM7 Em7 CM7 Am
And no one beside me,
Am7 FM7 Dm6 Em7
I'll go on my way, and after the day
A7 Dm Dm7 G7
The dark-ness will hide me.
CM7 C6 Dm7 G7
Any maybe tomorrow, I'll find what I'm after;
C C6 CM7 C
I'll throw off my sorrow, beg, steal or borrow
Gm Gm7 C9
My share of laughter.
F F+ Dm6 Am Am+7 Am7
With you I could learn to, with you on a new day;
F C6 Dm7 Fdim G7 C6 Dm7 Fdim G7
But who can I turn to if you turn away.
(Second time)
F C6 Dm7 Fdim G7 C6 Dm7 Fdim CM7 CM7/6
But who can I turn to if you turn away?
July 20, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : It's almost tomorrow
But wait! Are you sure everything will be alright?
Yes, it’s almost tomorrow and you are still there….alone.
Maybe your dreams and memories would never come true.
Somewhere, sometimes, somehow….fate isn’t looking at you.
It's Almost Tomorrow
Words & Music by Gene Adkinson & Wade Buff
Recorded by The Dream Weavers, 1955 (#7)
E7 A C#m7 D A
My dearest my darling tomorrow is near;
D9 A B7 E7
The sun will bring showers of sadness, I fear.
A C#m7 D A
Your lips won't be smiling; your eyes will not shine,
Bm7 A D9 E7 A
For I know to - mor - row that your love won't be mine
E7 A C#m7 D Cdim A
It's almost tomorrow, but what can I do?
D9 Dm6 A F#7 B7 Cdim E7
Your kisses all tell me that your love is un - true.
A C#m7 D A
I'll love you forever till stars cease to shine,
Bm7-5 Fdim A F#7 D9 E7 Fdim A
And hope some - day, Darling, you'll al - ways be mine.
E7 A C#m7 D Cdim A
Your heart was so warm dear, it now has turned cold;
D9 Dm6 A F#7 B7 Cdim E7
You no longer love me, for your mem' - ries grow old.
E7 A C#m7 D Cdim Dm6 A
It's almost to - mor - row, for here comes the sun
Bm7-5 Dm6 A C#m7-5 F#7 D9 E7 Fdim A
But still I am ho - ping that to - mor - row won't come.
July 17, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : At Dawn
You’ve been sitting all night, watching the sky and finally found something. Then the dawn comes and such “something” is clear in your mind.
It’s clear because you’re going forth across the doorsill where the night world touches the day world.
The light and breeze at dawn have secrets to tell you. Such secrets can help release your mind. That’s why something is clear.
You may ask the dawn for what you really want.
Someone you still love or someone new.
But....believe me, all you want are in your memories.
Words & Music by Andy Razaf & Eubie Blake, 1930
D Fdim Em7 Edim D Bm7 E7
Waking skies at sunrise, ev - ry sun - set too,
D9 Bm7 Cdim B7 E7 A9 D A7
Seems to be bringing me memories of you.
D Fdim Em7 Edim D Bm7 E7
Here and there, ev - 'ry - where, scenes that we once knew,
D Em7 Cdim B7 E7 A9 D F#7
And they all just re - call mem - o - ries of you.
Bm G7 Bm Bm7-5 E7
How I wish I could forget those happy yes - ter - years;
Bm Bm7/E E7/9 E7 A7 Em7 A7
That have left a ro - sa - ry of tears.
D Fdim Em Edim D Bm7-5 E7
Your face beams in my dreams, in spite of all I do,
D Em7 Cdim B7 E7 A9 D
And ev - 'ry - thing seems to bring mem - o - ries of you.
July 16, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Midnight
It was a very sweet time, isn't it????
Ask yourself! GO Midnight.
Midnight, The Stars and You
Words & Music by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly & Harry Woods
Recorded by The Ray Noble Band, Al Bowly vocal, 1932
DM7 D6 DM7 D6 G GM7 G6 G5
Mid - night, with the stars and you;
A7sus4 A7 Em7 A7 Dalt Fdim(IV) G Gdim
Mid - night, and a ren - dez - vous.
Fdim(IV) G Gdim B7 E7/9 E7
Your eyes held a mes - sage ten - der,
Bm7-5 E7/6 E7 G/B A7 Em7 A7 A7+5
Say - ing, "I sur - ren - der all my love to you."
DM7 D6 DM7 D6 G GM7 G6 G5
Mid - night brought us sweet ro - mance,
A7sus4 A7 Em7 A7 B7 Cdim B7
I know all my whole life through
G9 Gdim Gm7
I'll be re - mem - ber - ing you,
DM7 F#7 B7
What - ev - er else I do,
Em7 A7 Em7 Em7/9 A7 D
Mid - night with the stars and you
July 14, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Count Every Star
And then the night comes. You may hear something in the air. You'll finally find it's your heart. Your heart is singing. But I'm not so sure since sometimes your heart is crying rather than singing, isn't it?
COUNT EVERY STAR
Music and Lyrics by : Bruno Coquatrix / Sammy Gallop / Michel
Sung by : Linda Scott
Count every star in the midnight sky
Count every rose, every firefly
For that's how many times I miss you
Heaven knows I miss you
Count every leaf on a willow tree
Count every wave on a stormy sea
Count every star and darling when you do
You'll know the times I have cried for you
July 11, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Twilight Time
Say a pray for yourself each day to be with your beloved one together again.
July 10, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Somewhere between Sun set and Moon rise
July 7, 2007
The Movie Theater Mall : Walking by the lake
Some movies retain a somewhat timeless appeal and can remain marketable for longer period. Some are only new fresh ones and can’t remain marketable longer than 5 years.
So, please take your time, walking by the lake (with your dearly beloved) and keep your eyes out for the best one somewhere.
Walk along the lake with someone you love.
July 6, 2007
Comment@The Movie Theater Mall
“Some movies must be seen in a theater, on the silver screen. Or they have created such a splash that you'll feel foolish if you wait for them to reach the video rental stores. Other titles look fine on a television screen and don't demand to be seen right away. Learning to distinguish between the two types will save you money, time and aggravation."
July 4, 2007
Words and Music@The Movie Theater Mall



Mickey Rooney ... Lorenz Hart
Tom Drake ... Richard Rodgers
Perry Como ... Eddie Lorrison Anders
Ann Sothern ... Joyce Harmon
Betty Garrett ... Peggy McNeil
Janet Leigh ... Dorothy Feiner
Marshall Thompson ... Herbert Fields
Jeanette Nolan ... Mrs. Hart
Richard Quine ... Bob Feiner, Jr.
Clinton Sundberg ... Shoe Clerk
Harry Antrim ... Dr. Rodgers
Ilka Gruning ... Mrs. Rodgers
And
Guest Stars:
June Allyson, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Mel Torme, Vera-Ellen, Dee Turnell, Emory Parnell, Helen Spring, Edward Earl, Allyn McLerie, The Blackburn Twins
Words and Music (MGM 1948) is a biographical musical based on the partnership of Richard Rodgers (played by Tom Drake) and Lorenz Hart (played by Mickey Rooney).Though apparently inaccurate, as are most musical biographies, it is a very enjoyable tribute to the wonderful music of this fabulous duo.
Right! The film doesn’t tell us the story of Rodgers and Hart than that it does. Lorenz Hart was known as a gay dwarf. He was twenty-four when he met sixteen-year-old Richard Rodgers in 1919. He took one look and fell instantly in love, an emotion that was not taken mutually. Rodgers was tall, athletic, and straight. He was a hard worker, aloof and distant. His one real enthusiasm seemed to be earning millions of dollars by writing dozens of great popular songs. Hart, on the other hand, hated working. In fact, Rodger’s real job was getting Hart to work. Hart loved to drink excessively. He died a furious alcoholic at forty-seven; not lying death on the sidewalk as we saw in the film according to pneumonia.
The plot of Words and Music is also deadly. Anyway, when the music starts, the stars come out. At their best, it was believed that Rodgers and Hart was a match for the Gershwins, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin.
There’s a rumor that MGM had not planned on having Judy Garland in Words and Music, the film’s director offered her $50,000 to help with her medical bills if she would guest star for one number. Although she was on the verge of collapse, her performance was so well received that the director offered her another $50,000 to film an encore number.
This was the last time Judy and Mickey would appear in a film together. The duo sings and dances “I Wish I Were in Love Again”.
This was Mickey's last film for MGM, too.
Some other highlights are Perry Como and Allyn McLerie in "Mountain Greenery," June Allyson's "Thou Swell," Lena Horne’s “Where or When” and Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen's interpretive ballet, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."
Although many critics have attacked the film because it refuses to pay attention to the facts, we’d have to accept that this is a lovely tribute to the old time musical.
Another highlight is
There's A Small Hotel
Words & Music by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers
DM7 D6 DM7 D D6 A7 DM7 D D9
There's a small ho - tel with a wish - ing well,
Em7 Em7sus4 A7 A DM7/9 Bm7 G6 Edim
I wish that we were there to - geth - er;
DM7 D6 DM7 D D6 A7 DM7 D D9
There's a bri - dal suite, one room bright and neat,
Em7 Em7sus4 A7 A Am7 D9 Am7 D7
Com - plete for us to share to - geth - er.
G Em Am7 D7
Looking through the win - dow,
G6 Edim Am7 B7
You can see a dis - tant stee - ple
Em B7 Em B7 C Em Bbm7-5 A7
Not a sign of peo - ple -- who wants peo - ple?
DM7 D6 DM7 D D6 A7 DM7 D D9
When the stee - ple bell says, "Good night, sleep well,"
Em7 Em7sus4 A7 A Am7 D9 Am7 D7
We'll thank the small ho - tel to - geth - er.
July 2, 2007
Mardi Gras@The Movie Theater Mall
Tommy Sands - Barry Denton
Sheree North - Eadie
Gary Crosby - Tony Runkle
Please consider the following plot description:
“The plot is set in motion when a group of Virginia Military Institute cadets organize a raffle: the "prize" is French movie star Michelle Marton (Christine Carere), queen of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. On his own, cadet Pat Newell (Pat Boone) meets and falls in love with Michelle, not knowing her true identity. The cause of True Romance is nearly compromised by the raffle and by Hollywood publicity hacks, but by film's end everything works out fine. ”
One might think this film is great for young girls. It has a lot of morals in it, which may not meet with the today’s life. It is fun to watch as well as listen to good music.
However, I think it’s a grade B musical with a difficult to believe plot. It’s so boring even I’m trying to cheer myself up according to Pat Boone. The only one thing left for us all is the sweet song “I’ll remember to night”. Just only one! Believe me!
Here you are!
I’ll Remember Tonight
Music & Lyrics by Sammy Fain and Paul Webster
Sung by Pat Boone
I'll remember tonight
That lovely melody we danced to
The sweet confusion when we met
We never spoke a word
And yet we knew
I'll remember your smile
The way it warmed me in the moonlight
The way my heart began to melt
The strange affection that I felt for you
To think that only a moment ago
We were no more than strangers
And now my heart tells me that we are strangers no more
So what ever be false
Our little world of joys and sorrows
I'll remember tonight
For a thousand and one tomorrows
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