#Frank loesser

[thesobsister]

Marlene Dietrich, “The Boys in the Backroom”

Memorably performed in the film Destry Rides Again by La Dietrich, this tune is an interesting collab between German cabaret songwriter Frederick Hollander, né Friedrich Hollaender, best known for writing“Falling in Love Again” ("Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt") as part of his score for Dietrich’s Der Blaue Engel, and American vernacular songwriter Frank Loesser, who’d already penned such standards as “Heart and Soul” and “Two Sleepy People.”

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[glimeres]

2024 Broadway Backwards - Julie Benko and Ensemble perform Luck Be A Lady from the musical Guys And Dolls

[archivist-crow]

Laufey - “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”

[musicthyme]

The Company Way / Paris Original (Company Party)" from How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1967) Songs by Frank Loesser Arranged by Nelson Riddle

[oooilovethatmovie]

Guys and Dolls

“Now, don't make a spectacle of yourself -- You are a United States citizen in a foreign country, have you no pride in what the rest of the world thinks about Americans?"

A very relatable story for the girlies who were swept off to another country for their first dinner date. And them fellas whose dames just can’t get them down the aisle. And all the sinners who like to shoot the dice underground. Plus there’s singing! And dancing!

Unpopular opinion: this is my favorite Marlon Brando movie and his version of ‘Luck Be A Lady’ in the film is better than Sinatra’s later tracks.

[nubisecretplace]

Sirius: if i bought that shit, i can call it anything

Lily: ...

Sirius: *shows the cup* if i want i can call this cup ASS, BECAUSE I CAN

James: so you're going to take it up your ass?

Sirius:

Frank:

Lily:

Remus: that was quick

[thebrownees]

They wrote the soundtrack of a generation. Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, Harry Warren, Jimmy van Heusen, Victor Young, and more...

[onefootin1941]

TONY AWARD

1949

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL, RAY BOLGER

Where’s Charley? opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre in New York on October 11, 1948 and ran for 792 performances. It was filmed by Warner Brothers in 1952 with Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Horace Cooper repeating their original roles.

[ulrichgebert]

Und endlich, endlich ist auch alles in Ordnung mit der amerikanischen Seele. Wenigstens die Kleinganoven am Broadway sind freundlich und zuverlässig und auf ihr Wort ist Verlass.... Guys and Dolls ist natürlich eines der wunderbarsten und durchgängig am besten funktionierenden Musicals aller Zeiten und in Nicholas Hytners gigantischen, raumfüllenden und die Leute auf den Stehplätzen gnadenlos durch die Gegend scheuchenden Spektakelinszenierung macht es unbedingt großen Spaß, und deshalb wird es auch oft gespielt (Es ist jetzt die vierte Produktion, die wir in London sahen, seit wir das machen, nach der legendären im National Theatre mit Clarke Peters und Imelda Staunton, der glamourösen, schwarzweißen mit Ewan McGregor, sowie der etwas uninspirierten hier.). So schön wie hier war es noch kaum mal, und Marisha Wallace, die dafür die Oklahoma-Produktion verlassen hat (ist mehr Arbeit, macht aber wahrscheinlich auch mehr Spaß), muss die herrlichste Miss Adelaide jemals sein, einschließlich Jane Krakowski. Leider habe ich die Zweitbesetzung von Nicely-Nicely nicht notiert, und kriege es jetzt nicht mehr raus, aber er rockt das Boot natürlich auch.

[mthguy]

This is spectacular!

Daniel Radcliffe, John Larroquette, and the company of the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, perform "The Brotherhood of Man" on the 2011 Tony Awards.

"Your lifelong membership is free,

Keep a-giving each brother all you can.

Oh aren't you proud to be in that fraternity,

The great big brotherhood of man?"

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A flirtatious game between two lovers…and two orchestras! Dance along with the Ted Heath and Edmundo Ros Orchestras as they play a lively arrangement of Frank Loesser’s “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”

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[transfemgeorgecostanza]

I mean. Still. One of the Most Portrayals of all time.

[raynbowclown]

Two Sleepy People

Song lyrics to “Two Sleepy People” (1938) music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Frank Loesser. Two Sleepy People was written for the Bob Hope / Shirley Ross movie, Thanks for the Memory. The song tells of a young couple in love, who despite being sleepy, sit up together until dawn because they do not want to say good night and separate. Continue reading Untitled

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Red Hot and Blue (Red, Hot and Blue) (1949) John Farrow

May 7th 2023