The Movie Theater Mall : Academy Awards History(1930s)

These are the unforgettable winners in 1930s:

1929-30
Production (Picture): "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT", "The Big House", "Disraeli", "The Divorcee", "The Love Parade"
Actor: GEORGE ARLISS in "Disraeli", George Arliss in "The Green Goddess", Wallace Beery in "The Big House", Maurice Chevalier in "The Big Pond", Maurice Chevalier in "The Love Parade", Ronald Colman in "Bulldog Drummond", Ronald Colman in "Condemned", Lawrence Tibbett in "The Rogue Song"
Actress: NORMA SHEARER in "The Divorcee", Nancy Carroll in "The Devil's Holiday", Ruth Chatterton in "Sarah and Son", Greta Garbo in "Anna Christie", Greta Garbo in "Romance", Norma Shearer in "Their Own Desire", Gloria Swanson in "The Trespasser"
Director: LEWIS MILESTONE for "All Quiet On The Western Front", Clarence Brown for "Anna Christie", Robert Z. Leonard for "The Divorcee", Ernst Lubitsch for "The Love Parade", King Vidor for "Hallelujah"

1930-31
Production (Picture): "CIMARRON", "East Lynne", "The Front Page", "Skippy", "Trader Horn"
Actor: LIONEL BARRYMORE in "A Free Soul", Jackie Cooper in "Skippy", Richard Dix in "Cimarron", Fredric March in "The Royal Family of Broadway", Adolphe Menjou in "The Front Page"
Actress: MARIE DRESSLER in "Min and Bill", Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco", Irene Dunne in "Cimarron", Ann Harding in "Holiday", Norma Shearer in "A Free Soul"
Director: NORMAN TAUROG for "Skippy", Clarence Brown for "A Free Soul", Lewis Milestone for "The Front Page", Wesley Ruggles for "Cimarron", Josef von Sternberg for "Morocco"

1931-32
Production (Picture): "GRAND HOTEL", "Arrowsmith", "Bad Girl", "The Champ", "Five Star Final", "One Hour With You", "Shanghai Express", "The Smiling Lieutenant"
Actor: FREDRIC MARCH in "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and WALLACE BEERY in "The Champ" (tie), Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman" Actress: HELEN HAYES in "The Sin of Madelon Claudet", Marie Dressler in "Emma", Lynn Fontanne in "The Guardsman"
Director: FRANK BORZAGE for "Bad Girl", King Vidor for "The Champ", Josef von Sternberg for "Shanghai Express"
Special Award: Walt Disney for creating Mickey Mouse

1932-33
Picture: "CAVALCADE", "A Farewell to Arms", "42nd Street", "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang", "Lady for a Day", "Little Women", "The Private Life of Henry VIII", "She Done Him Wrong", "Smilin' Through", "State Fair"
Actor: CHARLES LAUGHTON in "The Private Life of Henry VIII", Leslie Howard in "Berkeley Square", Paul Muni in "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang"
Actress: KATHARINE HEPBURN in "Morning Glory", May Robson in "Lady for a Day", Diana Wynyard in "Cavalcade"
Director: FRANK LLOYD for "Cavalcade", Frank Capra for "Lady For a Day", George Cukor for "Little Women"

1934
Picture: "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT", "The Barretts of Wimpole Street", "Cleopatra", "Flirtation Walk", "The Gay Divorcee", "Here Comes the Navy", "The House of Rothschild", "Imitation of Life", "One Night of Love", "The Thin Man", "Viva Villa!", "The White Parade" Actor: CLARK GABLE in "It Happened One Night", Frank Morgan in "Affairs of Cellini", William Powell in "The Thin Man"
Actress: CLAUDETTE COLBERT in "It Happened One Night", Grace Moore in "One Night of Love", Norma Shearer in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
Director: FRANK CAPRA for "It Happened One Night", Victor Schertzinger for "One Night of Love", W. S. Van Dyke for "The Thin Man"

1935
Picture: "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY", "Alice Adams", "The Broadway Melody of 1936", "Captain Blood", "David Copperfield", "The Informer", "Lives of a Bengal Lancer", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Les Miserables", "Naughty Marietta", "Ruggles of Red Gap", "Top Hat" Actor: VICTOR MCLAGLEN in "The Informer", Clark Gable in "Mutiny on the Bounty", Charles Laughton in "Mutiny on the Bounty", Franchot Tone in "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Actress: BETTE DAVIS in "Dangerous", Elisabeth Bergner in "Escape Me Never", Claudette Colbert in "Private Worlds", Katharine Hepburn in "Alice Adams", Miriam Hopkins in "Becky Sharp", Merle Oberon in "The Dark Angel"
Director: JOHN FORD for "The Informer", Michael Curtiz for "Captain Blood", Henry Hathaway for "Lives of a Bengal Lancer", Frank Lloyd for "Mutiny on the Bounty"

1936
Picture: "THE GREAT ZIEGFELD", "Anthony Adverse", "Dodsworth", "Libeled Lady", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", "Romeo and Juliet", "San Francisco", "The Story of Louis Pasteur", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Three Smart Girls"
Actor: PAUL MUNI in "The Story of Louis Pasteur", Gary Cooper in "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", Walter Huston in "Dodsworth", William Powell in "My Man Godfrey", Spencer Tracy in "San Francisco" Actress: LUISE RAINER in "The Great Ziegfeld", Irene Dunne in "Theodora Goes Wild", Gladys George in "Valiant Is the Word for Carrie", Carole Lombard in "My Man Godfrey", Norma Shearer in "Romeo and Juliet"
Supporting Actor: WALTER BRENNAN in "Come and Get It", Mischa Auer in "My Man Godfrey", Stuart Erwin in "Pigskin Parade", Basil Rathbone in "Romeo and Juliet", Akim Tamiroff in "The General Died at Dawn"
Supporting Actress: GALE SONDERGAARD in "Anthony Adverse", Beulah Bondi in "The Gorgeous Hussy", Alice Brady in "My Man Godfrey", Bonita Granville in "These Three," Maria Ouspenskaya in "Dodsworth"
Director: FRANK CAPRA for "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", Gregory La Cava for "My Man Godfrey", Robert Z. Leonard for "The Great Ziegfeld", W. S. Van Dyke for "San Francisco", William Wyler for "Dodsworth"

1937
Picture: THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, "The Awful Truth", "Captains Courageous", "Dead End", "The Good Earth", "In Old Chicago", "Lost Horizon", "One Hundred Men and a Girl", "Stage Door", "A Star is Born"
Actor: SPENCER TRACY in "Captains Courageous", Charles Boyer in "Conquest", Fredric March in "A Star is Born", Robert Montgomery in "Night Must Fall", Paul Muni in "The Life of Emile Zola"
Actress: LUISE RAINER in "The Good Earth", Irene Dunne in "The Awful Truth", Greta Garbo in "Camille", Janet Gaynor in "A Star is Born", Barbara Stanwyck in "Stella Dallas"
Supporting Actor: JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT in "The Life of Emile Zola", Ralph Bellamy in "The Awful Truth", Thomas Mitchell in "The Hurricane", H. B. Warner in "Lost Horizon", Roland Young in "Topper" Supporting Actress: ALICE BRADY in "In Old Chicago", Andrea Leeds in "Stage Door", Anne Shirley in "Stella Dallas", Claire Trevor in "Dead End", May Whitty in "Night Must Fall"
Director: LEO MCCAREY for "The Awful Truth", William Dieterle for "The Life of Emile Zola", Sidney Franklin for "The Good Earth", Gregory La Cava for "Stage Door", William Wellmann for "A Star is Born"

1938
Picture: "YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU", "The Adventures of Robin Hood", "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Boys Town", "The Citadel", "Four Daughters", "Grand Illusion", "Jezebel", "Pygmalion", "Test Pilot" Actor: SPENCER TRACY in "Boys Town", Charles Boyer in "Algiers", James Cagney in "Angels With Dirty Faces", Robert Donat in "The Citadel", Leslie Howard in "Pygmalion"
Actress: BETTE DAVIS in "Jezebel", Fay Bainter in "White Banners", Wendy Hiller in "Pygmalion", Norma Shearer in "Marie Antoinette", Margaret Sullavan in "Three Comrades"
Supporting Actor: WALTER BRENNAN in "Kentucky", John Garfield in "Four Daughters", Gene Lockhart in "Algiers", Robert Morley in "Marie Antoinette", Basil Rathbone in "If I Were King"
Supporting Actress: FAY BAINTER in "Jezebel", Beulah Bondi in "Of Human Hearts", Billie Burke in "Merrily We Live", Spring Byington in "You Can't Take it With You", Miliza Korjus in "The Great Waltz" Director: FRANK CAPRA for "You Can't Take It With You", Michael Curtiz for "Angels With Dirty Faces", Michael Curtiz for "Four Daughters", Norman Taurog for "Boys Town", King Vidor for "The Citadel"

1939
Picture: "GONE WITH THE WIND", "Dark Victory", "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", "Love Affair", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", "Ninotchka", "Of Mice and Men", "Stagecoach", "The Wizard of Oz", "Wuthering Heights"
Actor: ROBERT DONAT in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", Clark Gable in "Gone With The Wind", Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights", Mickey Rooney in "Babes in Arms", James Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
Actress: VIVIEN LEIGH in "Gone With The Wind", Bette Davis in "Dark Victory", Irene Dunne in "Love Affair", Greta Garbo in "Ninotchka", Greer Garson in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
Supporting Actor: THOMAS MITCHELL in "Stagecoach", Brian Aherne in "Juarez", Harry Carey in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", Brian Donlevy in "Beau Geste", Claude Rains in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"
Supporting Actress: HATTIE MCDANIEL in "Gone With The Wind", Olivia de Havilland in "Gone With The Wind", Geraldine Fitzgerald in "Wuthering Heights", Edna May Oliver in "Drums Along the Mohawk", Maria Ouspenskaya in "Love Affair"
Director: VICTOR FLEMING for "Gone With The Wind", Frank Capra for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", John Ford for "Stagecoach", Sam Wood for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips", William Wyler for "Wuthering Heights"


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The Movie Theater Mall : Best Movies of All time(3)

These are more of all time best in 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

1970s (21)
M*A*S*H 1970

Patton 1970

Clockwork Orange, A 1971

French Connection, The 1971

Godfather, The 1972

American Graffiti 1973

Day for Night 1973

Amarcord 1974

Chinatown 1974

Godfather, The (Part II) 1974

Nashville 1975

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975

Network 1976

Rocky 1976

Taxi Driver 1976

Annie Hall 1977

Star Wars 1977

Deer Hunter, The 1978

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs 1978

Kramer vs. Kramer 1979

Tin Drum, The 1979

1980s (13)
Ordinary People 1980

Raging Bull 1980

Atlantic City 1981

Pixote 1981

E.T. -- The Extra-Terrestrial 1982

Gandhi 1982

Tootsie 1982

Fanny and Alexander 1983

Terms of Endearment 1983

Amadeus 1984

Ran 1985

Platoon 1986

Story of Women, The 1989

1990s (14)
Dances With Wolves 1990

GoodFellas 1990

Raise the Red Lantern 1991

Silence of the Lambs, The 1991

Unforgiven 1992

Farewell, My Concubine 1993

Schindler's List 1993

Forrest Gump 1994

Pulp Fiction 1994

Red 1994

Wild Reeds 1994

Leaving Las Vegas 1995

Fargo 1996

L.A. Confidential 1997

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The Movie Theater Mall : Best Movies of All Time(2)

Now, I bring you the best of all time in 1950s and 1960s.

1950s (29)
All About Eve 1950

African Queen, The 1951

American in Paris, An 1951

Place in the Sun, A 1951

Streetcar Named Desire, A 1951

High Noon 1952

Singin' In the Rain 1952

From Here to Eternity 1953

Magnificent Ambersons, The 1953

Shane 1953

Tokyo Story 1953

Ugetsu Monogatari 1953

On the Waterfront 1954

Rear Window 1954

Seven Samurai 1954

Marty 1955

Pather Panchali 1955

Rebel Without a Cause 1955

Around the World in 80 Days 1956

Searchers, The 1956

Strada, La 1956

Bridge on the River Kwai, The 1957

Wild Strawberries 1957

Gigi 1958

Mon Oncle 1958

Vertigo 1958

Ben-Hur 1959

North By Northwest 1959

Some Like It Hot 1959

1960s (19)
Apartment, The 1960

L'Avventura 1960

Psycho 1960

West Side Story 1961

Lawrence of Arabia 1962

Manchurian Candidate, The 1962

8 1/2 (Eight and a Half) 1963

Dr. Strangelove... 1964

My Fair Lady 1964

Shop on Main Street, The 1965

Sound of Music, The 1965

Bonnie & Clyde 1967

Graduate, The 1967

In the Heat of the Night 1967

Persona 1967

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

War and Peace 1968

Midnight Cowboy 1969

Z 1969

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The Movie Theater Mall : Best movies of all time

These are the best movies of all time in 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s

1910s (2)

Birth of a Nation, The 1915

Intolerance 1916

1920s (6)
Greed 1924

Battleship Potemkin 1925

Gold Rush, The 1925

General, The 1927

Jazz Singer, The 1927

Passion of Joan of Arc, The 1928

1930s (19)
All Quiet On the Western Front 1930

Million, Le 1930

City Lights 1931

Frankenstein 1931

Duck Soup 1933

King Kong 1933

It Happened One Night 1934

L'Atalante 1934

Mutiny on the Bounty 1935

Modern Times 1936

Life of Emile Zola, The 1937

Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (A) 1937

Bringing Up Baby 1938

Jour se leve, Le1939

Gone With the Wind 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939

Rules of the Game, The 1939

Wizard of Oz, The 1939

Wuthering Heights 1939

1940s (16)
Fantasia (A) 1940

Citizen Kane 1941

How Green Was My Valley 1941

Maltese Falcon, The 1941

Casablanca 1942

Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942

Ivan the Terrible 1943

Double Indemnity 1944

Brief Encounter 1945

Lost Weekend, The 1945

Best Years of Our Lives, The 1946

It's A Wonderful Life 1946

Louisiana Story (D) 1948

terra trema, La 1948

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The 1948

Bicycle Thief, The 1949

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The Movie Theater Mall : Singin' in the Rain

Nothing to say more about this film. The world has known it too well for years.

But, surprisingly, this great film that was shot for a cost of $2.5 million (about $.5 million over-budget), was basically ignored by film critics when released and treated with indifference (with box-office of $7.7 worldwide). It received only two Academy Award nominations - Best Supporting Actress (Jean Hagen), and Best Musical Score (Lennie Hayton) and didn't win any awards. The film's musical score Oscar nomination lost to Alfred Newman's score for With a Song in My Heart.

Who cares about that? There's another beautiful song in this film. Though widely known for its inclusion in this landmark movie, this song has its roots in another movie made more than 20 years earlier; it was one of the top hits of the the 1929 movie "The Broadway Melody." The main reason for its reappearance is "co-writer Arthur Freed later became head of the musical section of MGM studios and recycled many of his own earlier hits." All were great tunes.

You Were Meant For Me
Words & Music by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown
Recorded by Gene Kelly, 1952
From the movie "Singin' In The Rain"

Em7 A7 G/B A7/9 D D6 B7
You were meant for me,
Em7 A7 G/B A7/9 D D6 Cdim
And I was meant for you.
B7 F#7 D9 D6 Bm7-5 E7
Na - ture patterned you, and when she was done,
Em7 A7 G/B A7
You were all the sweet things
Bm7-5 Cdim A7
Rolled up in one.

Em7 G/B A7 Em7 A7 G/B A7/9 D D6 B7
You're like a plain - tive mel - o - dy
Cdim Em7 A7 G/B A7/9 F#7
That nev - er lets me free,
Cdim B7
For I'm content -- the
Em7 Bm7-5 Edim Cdim Em7 Cdim
An - gels must have sent you and they
Em7 A7 G/B Gdim D Fdim Em7 A7+5
Meant you just for me.


Have you ever heard????


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The Movie Theater Mall : Billy Rose's Jumbo

Stars :

Doris Day ...... Kitty Wonder

Stephen Boyd ...... Sam Rawlins

Jimmy Durante ...... Anthony ('Pop') Wonder

Martha Raye ...... Lulu

Dean Jagger ...... John Noble

Joseph Waring ...... Harry

Lynn Wood ...... Tina Charles

Watts ...... Ellis James

Chandler ...... Parsons

Robert Burton ...... Madison

Wilson Wood ...... Hank

Norman Leavitt ...... Eddie

Grady Sutton ...... Driver

Ron Henon ...... Circus Performer

Billy Barty ...... Circus Performer (as Billy Barton)

In 1962, Doris Day was the top box office star (male or female) in the world. "Billy Rose's Jumbo" opened in New York at Radio City Music Hall during a newspaper strike and a snow storm which made the film suffer at the box office.

It is a wonderful film with great music, good acting and some exciting circus acts.

The story is secondary to the rest of the film. Simply, Doris' father, Jimmy Durante, owner of the Wonder Circus, was in deep financial trouble and about to lose his business. Boyd played the son of the owner of a rival circus who wants to take over the Durante organization including the main attraction, Jumbo, the wonder elephant.

Day, of course, falls in love with Boyd and the rest is music. Doris Day had some wonderful moments. She showed her mettle as a comedienne in a scene where she takes over a crap game from her father to win back the money he has lost.

Although the film was suffered for both box ranking and criticism, the song "My Romance" could help things getting very much better. Doris Day's singing was so sweet. It's still sweet even in these todays' world.

My Romance
Words & Music by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart, 1935
Recorded by Doris Day, 1962, in the movie "Billy Rose's Jumbo"

D9 A7 D DM7
My ro - mance
D6 Bm7 G Em7 A7 D A7
Doesn't have to have a moon in the sky,
G G9 D DM7
My ro - mance
D6 Bm7 G Em7 A7 Bm Bm/E
Doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by;
A7 D G A7 Edim D G A7
No month of may, no twink - ling stars,
Edim Bm Bm7 G A7
No hide away, no soft guitars.

D9 A7 D DM7
My ro - mance
D6 Bm7 G Em7 A7 D A7
Doesn't need a castle ri - sing in Spain,
G G9 D DM7
Nor a dance
D6 Bm7 G Em7 A7 D
To a cons - tant - ly sur - pri - sing re - frain.
A7 D DM7 D6 D9
Wide awake, I can make my most
F# F#7 Bm G
Fantastic dreams come true --
Em7 Edim D B7
My ro - mance
G E7 A Gdim D B7 E7 Edim D6
Doesn't need a thing but you.

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The Movie Theater Mall : Cinderella

Directed by

Clyde Geronimi

Wilfred Jackson

Hamilton Luske

It's an ordinary thing for anyone to say that "This is very easily one of my Disney animated films ever made because it is such a delightful adaptation of the classic fairy tale. The characters are a lot of fun to watch and the story was handled excellently. The songs in the movie are also very good to listen to and fit perfectly into the movie."

Right! Disney's films always provide the best thing for one's heart. On top of that, we can always hear at least one sweet song from such a film.
Cinderella has always given us this sweet and deep meaning song.

Here you are!

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Words & Music by Mack David & Jerry Livingston

Uncredited, from the Walt Disney movie "Cinderella," 1950

G Cdim G9 G

A dream is a wish your heart makes
G B7 C C/B E7

When you're fast asleep;
Am Fdim Am Am+7

In dreams you will lose your heartaches,
D7 Am7 G D+

Whatever you wish for, you keep.

G Cdim G9 G

Have faith in your dreams, and someday
G B7 C C/B

Your rainbow will come smiling through;
Am7 F7

No matter how your heart is grieving,
G Bm7-5 E7

If you keep on believing,

Gdim D7 Am7 D9 G

The dreams that you wish will come true.

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The Movie Theater Mall : Higher and Higher

Michèle Morgan ........ Millie Pico (as Michele Morgan)

Jack Haley ........ Mike O'Brien
Frank Sinatra ........ Frank

Leon Errol ........ Cyrus Drake

Marcy McGuire ........ Mickey

Victor Borge ........ Sir Victor Fitzroy Victor
Mary Wickes ........ Sandy Brooks

Elisabeth Risdon ........ Mrs. Georgia Keating

Barbara Hale ........ Katherine Keating

Mel Tormé ........ Marty (as Mel Torme)

Paul Hartman ........ Byngham (as Paul)

Grace Hartman ........ Hilda
Dooley Wilson ........ Oscar

Ivy Scott ........ Mrs. Whiffin

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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The Movie Theater Mall : A Countess from HongKong

Produced by Charles Chaplin and Jerome Epstein
Written by Charles Chaplin
Music by Charles Chaplin

Cinematography by Arthur Ibbetson
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date : January 5, 1967
Running time : 120 min
Budget : US$3,500,000 (estimated)

Stars :

Marlon Brando ........ Odgen Mears

Sophia Loren .......... Natascha

Sydney Earle Chaplin ............. Harvey

Tippi Hedren ........... Martha

Patrick Cargill .......... Hudson

Oliver Johnson ........ Clark

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.

Nevertheless,this film is best known for the theme music, written by Chaplin, which became the signature song "This Is My Song " of Petula Clark. Since the film was and remains
almost universally disliked, the success of the song made back the money spent on the film.

This Is My Song

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.

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The Movie Theater Mall : Romance on the high seas

Stars :

Jack Carson ……... Peter Virgil, Private Detective
Janis Paige ……... Mrs. Elvira Kent
Don DeFore ……... Mr. Michael Kent

Doris Day …….. Miss Georgia Garrett
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 has been reviewed as one of the light-hearted conventional movies. Likeable performances (backed by a sterling supporting cast), plus good Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn songs, make it all pleasantly painless.

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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The Movie Theater Mall : Small World

Anywhere, anytime, anyhow

It's a small world of laughter,
It's a small world of tears.

It's a small world of hopes,

It's a small world of fear.

There's so much that we all share that it's time we're aware it's a small world after all.

Small world at your fingertips.

Just "Click as can be Clicked"

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The Movie Theater Mall : The Great Race(1965)

Director: Blake Edwards

STARS :
Jack Lemmon ... ……Professor Fate/Prince Hapnik

Tony Curtis ......... Leslie 'The Great Leslie' Gallant III

Natalie Wood ......... Maggie DuBois

Peter Falk ......... Maximillian 'Max' Meen
Keenan Wynn ……... Hezekiah Sturdy
Arthur O'Connell ......... Henry Goodbody
Vivian Vance ……... Hester Goodbody
Dorothy Provine ……... Lily Olay

Larry Storch ... Texas Jack
Ross Martin ……... Baron Rolfe von Stuppe
George Macready ......... General Kuhster
Marvin Kaplan ……... Frisbee

Hal Smith ……... Mayor of Boracho

These are what critics said about the movie:

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

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.

As the race gets under way, Fate eliminates all the other contestants through nefarious means except for feminist Maggie Dubois. But when her car breaks down, she's forced to ride with Leslie, who has his hands full trying to avoid being obliterated by the artillery-laden Hannibal 8 that carries Fate. After getting into a brawl in the wild West and riding an ice floe across the Bering Strait to Siberia, Fate kidnaps Maggie, and the racing teams make an extended sojourn in Carpania as Edwards parodies THE PRISONER OF ZENDA. Then the dastardly Baron von Shtuppe tries to take advantage of Fate's resemblance to their ruler, Prince Hapnick, to start a revolution. This enjoyable, out-of-control spectacle, loaded with hysterical sight gags and routines from the silent comedy era, features good work from Lemmon, Martin, and Peter Falk as Fate's henchman, Max. The film was the basis for the WACKY RACES animated children's series.

But nothing is more interesting than what the "Great" Mancini and Mercer did.

The Sweetheart Tree
Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini

Recorded by Henry Mancini, 1965

From the movie "The Great Race"

G7 C Em Dm7 G

They say there's a tree in the forest,

C Am7 Dm7 G

A tree that will give you a sign;

Fdim Am Em F C

Come along with me to the Sweetheart Tree,

C/B Am D7 Dm7/G G7

Come and carve your name next to mine.

G9 C Em F Dm7/G

They say if you kiss the right sweetheart,

G7 C C7 F Cdim

The one you've been waiting for,

C Gm7 C7 F Cdim

Big blossoms of white will burst into sight

C Dm7 G7 C

And your love will be true evermore.

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The Movie Theater Mall : Every Night At Eight

Producer: Walter Wanger

Director: Raoul Walsh

Screenplay: Gene Towne, Graham Baker and Bert Hanlon(based on the story "Three On a Mike" by Stanley Garvey)

Song Score: Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

Art Director: Alexander ToluboffCostume Design: Helen Taylor

Cinematography: James Van TreesFilm Editing: W. Donn Hayes

Stars :

George Raft as "Tops" Cardona
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

Musical Program:

Take It Easy (Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly)
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)

Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly and Frances Lanford are "The Swanee Sisters," and their friends and co-workers think they're pretty good. They use the boss' dictaphone to make a demo tape, but they get caught in that act and fired. Out of work, they decide it's as good a time as any to pursue their entertainment career. At a local talent contest, they meet up with band-leader, George Raft, who has his own band. They win at last.

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

Recorded by Frances Langford, 1936 (#5 on the Hit Parade)

From the movie "Every Night at Eight"

D G6 A7 D
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.

D G6 A7 D
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!

D G6 A7 D
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:

A7 D A7
I'm in the mood for love.

Last time:

A7sus4 A7 Gdim D Bm7 G Gdim D
I'm in the mood for love.

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The Movie Theater Mall : Hit The Deck

STARS

Jane Powell as Susan Smith
Tony Martin as Chief Boatswain's Mate William F. Clark

Debbie Reynolds as Carol Pace
Walter Pidgeon as RAdm. Daniel Xavier Smith
Vic Damone as Rico Ferrari
Gene Raymond as Wendell Craig

Ann Miller as Ginger
Russ Tamblyn as Danny Xavier Smith

Hit the Deck is the second film version of the same-named 1927 hit Broadway musical. Though updated in 1955, the basic plot remains the same. Sailors Tony Martin, Vic Damone and Russ Tamblyn spend their entire shore leave in pursuit of three beautiful gals. Martin is "that way" about Ann Miller, Damone is stuck on Jane Powell, and Russ Tamblyn only has eyes for Debbie Reynolds. Some fun is extracted from the fact that Tamblyn is the son of by-the-book admiral Walter Pidgeon. Additional comedy relief is provided by Alan King (the same!) and Henry Slate as a pair of dumb-dumb shore patrolmen.

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 Broadway musical "Great Day" (1927)
From the 1930 movie "Hit The Deck" (re-made in 1955)

Recorded by:
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

D7+5 G6 D7 G9
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.

D7+5 G6 D7 G9
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.

D7+5 G6 D7 G9
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.

Coda:

Cdim G
More than I'd show,
E7 A9 D9 G Em Am7 Cm7 G6
More than you'd ev - er know.

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The Movie Theater Mall : Cover Girl

COVER GIRL

A Columbia Picture (1944)

Producer: Arthur Schwartz

Director: Charles Vidor
Screenplay: Virginia Van Upp, Marion Parsonnet, andPaul Gangelin
From story by Erwin Gelsey

The Stars:

Rita Hayworth as Rusty Parker/Maribelle Hicks

Gene Kelly as Danny McGuire

Lee Bowman as Noel Wheaton

Phil Silvers as Genius

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

Recorded by Glenn Miller, 1944

Sung by Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly in the Movie

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!

A6 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 AM7
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.

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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

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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?

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