#gene kelly movie club

[theglitterdome]

James Stewart, Gene Kelly, and Henry Fonda on the set of The Cheyenne Social Club - 1969

[gabessquishytum]

Since his imprisonment over a century ago, cinema has changed. Dream knew the camera would always be the next big thing in storytelling and that the movie would become a new medium that the next generation of storytellers would manipulate and mold.

So Hob proposes movie night. They go in order of the decades, from just before he was captured up to the present day. So far Dream has really liked the 1926 rendition of Phantom of the Opera, Gertie the Dinosaur, and the 1939 rendition of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The film for this movie night is Gene Kelly's Singing in the Rain and then afterwards Wizard of Oz, but he's not alone.

Del is still feeling a bit rejected by her family and decides to pop around her siblings to see what they've got going on. Destiny let her get lost in his maze, Death took her into the deep ocean to say good bye to an ancient whale, Desire took her to a club where she made a guy hitting on her dance forever, and Despair just sat around in her own self misery and Del nearly succumbed to boredom. Dream is the only one left to humor her and brings her with him for movie night.

It goes off about as well as to be expected. She loved the film, particularly enjoying Cosmo's Make Them Laugh and Dorothy's Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Dream also liked the film, though it wasn't one of his favorites. Just something bright and colorful to pass the time. But this gives her an idea. Things always seem to work out when people are singing and she just wishes that everything with her family would resolve in something as simple as a song.

So she makes everyone sing. The first victim is Hob who wakes the next day singing to his appliances and every sentence afterward. Which is weird for him, but he can't stop. He can't get through a lesson without making it into a song. Which is becoming disturbing by lecture number three. He goes home and contacts Dream.

Who is having his own issues. The Dreaming and its denizens can't stop singing either. Matthew has turned into a songbird and the music is starting to chafe his nerves. He goes into the Waking and finds all of humanity has joined in a discordant musical number. Lovers sing about the virtues of romance, street punks are dancing in lines and singing about how they're going to cause trouble. A woman screams herself bloody about her lost dreams and passions. He makes his way to Hob's apartment, where he comes down with a song himself.

It's a heart wrenching screed about the loss of time and opportunity. About how he just wants to love and be loved in return. Red-faced, he disappears.

Hob heard every word he said and opened the door too late, leaving them both to scream themselves hoarse about their feelings. A song that perpetuates until Hob passes out from exhaustion and is ferried onto the Dreaming. There they have a heart to heart in the form of a ballad which culminates in a big, sweeping movie musical style kiss.

After the first few deaths from exhaustion, Death comes to her sister. Even she is not immune and through a large musical number, shows Delirium the extent of the damage she's caused. Del doesn't feel bad, until she hears her brothers and sisters sing. The whole universe is in a chorus of pain and misery as they struggle under the weight of her gift. So she removes the curse and sulks. Her sigil dims and she retreats deep into her realm.

Until she hears her siblings collectively calling for her. She appears in Hob's living room. The popcorn is popped, the room is darkened and she can see everyone sitting on the couch or the floor except for one place on the couch, between Death and Hob. Dream is comfortably sitting next to his new human lover, his head on his shoulder. They invite her in as the movie is just about to start. They're watching Meet Me in St. Louis.

- 🤜 anon

MY HEART. Poor darling Del, she certainly meant for it to be a good thing. But nobody really wants to be singing for more than a short amount of time. I wonder what Dream and Hob sound like while singing? If Dream’s singing is as unique as his laughter, I'm sure it was truly... something. But hey, Del unwittingly performed a minor miracle by bringing the idiots together at last. Who knew that all it would take was a romantic ballad after 600 years of pining?

Del enjoys Meet Me in St Louis a lot! She likes the slightly disfunctional family, particularly the little sister who gets into all kinds of shenanigans. The best part is being with her family, though, especially because they're all on their best behaviour! They even have a good ole sing along to the Trolley Song. Delirium revels in the slight chaos and finally feels properly appreciated by her entire family <3

[broadwaydivastournament]

Movie Musical Divas Tournament: Round 1

Catherine Deneuve (1943- ): Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964 - Geneviève Émery) | Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967 - Delphine Garnier)

"There's nothing better than Catherine Deneuve in Jacques Demy musicals. If you've ever seen The Umbrellas of Cherbourg then you know how that love theme stays in your head for good. Otherwise have a look at the video and join the club. I will also say that Catherine still had fantastic musical work in here past the turn of the century, though this form prevents me from being more specific 🤫" -anonymous

Françoise Dorléac (1942-1967): Les demoiselles de Rochefort (1967 - Solange Garnier)

"Unfortunately I can't find her other numbers in high quality, but I love her and Gene Kelly in The Young Girls of Rochefort!" - anonymous

This is Round 1 of the Movie Musical Divas tournament. Additional polls in this round may be found by searching #mmround1, or by clicking the link below. Add your propaganda and support by reblogging this post.

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[lazanskywrites]

Glee Was Ahead of It's Time.

You either love or hate Glee there is absolutely zero in-between. It's like the "cilantro soap-tasting gene", you decide whether you like it or not in one try. In my opinion, Glee is a masterpiece and I am prepared to die on this hill. Here are my top five reasons why Glee is one of my favorite shows.

My controversial take though, Glee was only good until halfway through season five. With that being said, the first reason why Glee is my favorite show is because the original cast is iconic. The original Glee Club members slowly fizzle out of the show, having random cameos here and there. This is why, to me, the last seasons are hard to watch. No amount of new characters will top the original characters, they were funnier and had better acting.

The fourth reason Glee is my favorite show is because the comedy was ahead of its time. Countless skits in the show are similar to those in today's comedic world on TikTok or YouTube. But Glee is slowly losing popularity as other shows and movies are produced. The writing and comedic timing of these attached clips are another reason why I and plenty of others still watch Glee.

The third reason I love Glee is for their celebrity cameos. John Stamos, Neil Patrick Harris, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Olivia Newton-John, and Jennifer Coolidge, the list goes on and on. Every celebrity has an important role in the episode or the season they're featured in. For example, John Stamos' character was dating a teacher involved in the Glee Club. Ricky Martin was a Spanish teacher who taught the Glee Club about Latin music. And Olivia Newton-John was alongside Jane Lynch's character in a music video.

The amount of A-list celebrities the directors were able to feature in only six seasons is outstanding. It shows how popular this show became as more episodes were filmed.

Fourthly, Glee would be nothing without the music (literally). Were all the covers good? Absolutely not. But the good covers were good covers. Every character has a handful of songs that were praised in the Glee fandom, but Rachel, Mercedes, and Blaine had hit after hit. As much as I dislike both Rachel Berry and Lea Michelle, she can sing. Rachel's standout song for me was "Don't Rain On My Parade", it perfectly highlights her vocal talent and the attitude her character brings to the show.

Mercedes has just as powerful of a voice as Rachel and Mercedes does not hold back. Her character was hilarious and full of talent, but she often got overshadowed by her peers. There are songs her peers had performed I think she would've performed ten times better. This isn't a solo, but it's my favorite song of hers. The context of the song is hilarious and the music video is pure 2010s vibes.

Finally, Blaine Anderson. On TikTok, there is a joke being spread that any song Blaine has covered in Glee is better than the original. They call it the "Blaine Anderson effect". Similar to the "Kelly Clarkson effect" which is when Kelly Clarkson covers a song and outdoes the original artist. I listen to Blaine's covers like they're originals. I could go on and on about how many good covers he has in Glee. Today, Darren Criss still performs outstanding covers. My favorite Blaine cover has to be "Bills, Bills, Bills".

The fifth and final reason why I love Glee is none other than Jane Lynch. Without fail, she'll always be the funniest character in every episode. What I appreciate about her character is the soft side she tries to cover up with crass jokes towards students and colleagues. Realizing why she is protective and patient with Becky it makes you see her from a different perspective. I love Sue Sylvester so much that I dressed up as her for Halloween.

It takes a certain person to truly enjoy Glee so it's not surprising that I'm one of the only people out of all my friends who enjoy watching an episode or two every night.

You thought I was kidding about the Halloween costume?

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Weddings

Singin' in the Rain (1952) / Cyd Charisse as Dancer

I'm including this dress as a bonus because it's ambiguous whether it's supposed to be a wedding dress or not. It definitely fits the general aesthetic, though. It's part of the "Gotta Dance!" play-within-a-play, where the main character (played by Gene Kelly), having become a successful movie star, is in a club of some kind, where he sees the vamp who fascinated him earlier. But she snubs him and goes off with a wealthy gangster, maybe to marry him?

This movie is set in the 1920s, and the dress dutifully shows a 20s-style dropped waistline. But amusingly, the 1950s waistline is also clearly visible, probably due to her undergarments.

[vintage-every-day]

Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the the 1930s and 40s. She danced at clubs such as The Apollo, Cotton Club, The Zanzibar Club, and on Broadway—with legends including Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

Although she danced in numerous movies, commercials and TV shows, she had never seen any of them, and all of her photographs and memorabilia had been lost over the years.

1) "Chatter" 1943 - Cook and Brown w/ the Sepia Steppers (Alice is on the right)

2)  "Jungle Jamboree" 1943 - Cook and Brown w/ Pauline Bryant and The Jungle Jivesters (Alice is on the right, in the back)

3)  "Toot That Trumpet" (1943) - Cook and Brown, w/ Francine Everett and the Sepia Steppers  (Alice is on the right)

4) "Tain't No Good" - Edna Mae Harris (Alice sits at the lunch counter  and has a full screen single at 9:32)

5) Scenes from "King for a Day - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (Alice is front and center in the doorway at 12:33)

"After years of searching we found three "Soundies" Alice appeared in and were finally able to show them to her — she had never seen herself in motion in her life!

Alice passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016."

[classicfilmfan64]

THE CHEYENNE SOCIAL CLUB (1970). The movie, which co-stars Henry Fonda as Jimmy Stewart’s scruffy sidekick, is a comedy about an aging cowboy who inherits a bordello. Shirley Jones plays the madam. Trivia, Directed By Gene Kelly. James Stewart's son was killed in Vietnam, during the filming, of the movie.

[gracie-bird]

The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market

Estate / Collection: From a Las Vegas Collection. Sold for + 126K dollars.

Prudence "Prudy" Wise Kudner was raised in Jacksonville, Florida and attended Duke before moving to New York City and becoming roommates with Grace Kelly, Sally Parrish, and Carolyn Scott at the Barbizon Hotel for Women. The earliest items in this extensive archive include a photograph of Grace with two of the women, a phone message note on Barbizon stationery, and a note from Grace to Prudy in Jacksonville mentioning both Sally and Carolyn. The first substantial letter is postmarked April 1949, months before her Broadway debut that November, and is eight pages in pencil on a delicate stationery. The letter regales Prudy with the long tale of a dinner introducing a suitor named Don [Richardson] to Grace's parents which went disastrously resulting in the end of their relationship and an argument with her parents, but on the bright side Kelly makes note of the positive theater connections made through Don. Following some successful modeling work and her performance on Broadway in Strindberg's The Father, Grace had her first film role in Twentieth Century Fox's 1951 Fourteen Hours. In early 1952, Kelly answers questions for Prudy regarding her newest suitor Gene [Lyons] and mentions in a postcard that follows seeing a screening of Fred Zinneman's High Noon, her first major film role. High Noon was followed by the filming in Nairobi of John Ford's Mogambo, a role offered to Kelly after Gene Tierney was forced to drop out due to health issues, and two letters are written from Africa, one on fantastic Mogambo stationery. Kelly mentions "after leaving camp two weeks ago, Frank [Sinatra], Ava [Gardner], and Clark [Gable] & I went to Malindi on the coast for 5 wonderful days... there was a terrible champagne binge for about ten days over Christmas ... we all went on the wagon until Rome. Ava and I are now great pals..." before reporting that illness, injuries and deaths had plagued the production and "the old man [Sinatra] is very anxious to leave Africa." Into 1953, Kelly is at the Savoy Hotel in London while Mogambo is edited, she here reports that "Gable and Sam Zimbalist are cutting the picture to pieces which breaks my heart - I'm not speaking to Clark these days and neither is Ava - but don't tell anyone that." For her performance in Mogambo, Kelly won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress and was nominated for her first Academy Award.

In the few years from mid-1953 through her marriage to Prince Rainier in 1956, Grace Kelly starred in some of the best and most stylish films of the period and became a bonafide movie star. The archive is rich in long letters from this period, including several on the stationery of the legendary Chateau Marmont in Hollywood starting in July 1953. It is here that Kelly first mentions that she "met Hitchcock" at the time she was filming Dial M for Murder, the first film in their important collaboration. In the first letter, Kelly mentions her arm is sore from playing tennis - her character is the wife of a professional player - and that "Tomorrow I test my wardrobe and see how it will all turn out in 3D," the medium for which the film was intended although most theaters showed the film in 2D. She also notes in the next letter that "They are still debating the colour of my hair. It comes out bright red in Watener colour and Hitchcock is having a fit." In the next letter, Kelly reports "Sat. night I had dinner with the Hitchcocks. We went to Perino's which was lovely... there are really so few nice places to have dinner here - most of them are flashy eating joints." She closes by noting how on the first anniversary of the Grace Kelly fan club she took time to speak to all 15 girls who attended a party and called her on the phone.

Early the next year, Kelly is preparing to move into her new apartment in New York in the Manhattan House but tells Prudy she is first moving to the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. One short letter is written on Paramount Pictures stationery, possibly during the filming of The Country Girl as in the next letter on Hotel Bel Air stationery Kelly mentions seeing a screening of the film and having spent a day swimming in the pool of the famous costume designer Edith Head. It is in this letter that Grace Kelly first mentions a new suitor, Oleg Cassini, and describes how he procured the typewriter she uses ("the only one in Beverly Hills") and their spectacular outings together, writing "last Saturday we went to a big part at Jack Warners... and the weekend before we went up to Hitch's ranch in Santa Cruz... We had dinner with Bing one night... My father isn't very happy over the prospect of Oleg as a son-in-law ... but the plan now is to be married the first part of October..." This excellent letter closes with a manuscript mention of tickets for Rear Window. 1954 was the most significant year thus far in Grace Kelly's career, having won the Best Actress Oscar for The Country Girl and starred in two Hitchcock features: Dial M for Murder and Rear Window.

We catch up with Grace in early April 1956, just days before her royal wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco who she had met in May 1955. Kelly tells Prudy "it is alright with me if you want to write an account of the wedding as long as it is not on the spot reporting and written afterwards as I am not supposed to have any press on my list of invitations." From the period of the wedding are invitations and printed materials, picture postcards, and envelopes with stamps bearing images of the new couple, all vestiges of Grace's new life as the Princess of Monaco. Many of Grace's letters from here on are written on royal stationery. In August 1956, Kelly asks Prudy "Can you believe that I am pregnant?" and mentions buying maternity clothes in Paris before heading to the U.S. About a week before the arrival of Princess Caroline in January 1957, Kelly expresses anxiety that "I still can't get used to being a wife let alone a mother... it has been so long since I led a normal life that I imagine it will take a while to become completely domesticated..." A very fine item is a picture postcard depicting Prince Rainier standing in uniform next to a gowned Princess Grace holding baby Caroline. In early 1958, Prince Albert was born and Grace glowingly reports "Our little boy is really too sweet for words. He is gaining weight rapidly and will soon be a big fatty. Caroline loves him but gets very upset when he cries. It is really wonderful having two such beautiful babies and one of each!" Grace has included several pictures of her with the children in these letters. Later that year, Grace is stateside and describes a trip to California to meet with Metro Pictures, a trip to Jamaica with Colliers, and her and Rainier's new apartment on Fifth Ave which she will decorate with a "clock from one of the To Catch a Thief sets" gifted to her by Cary Grant.

While the final years of the correspondence is voluminous, most topics include Grace's travels and instructions for when Prudy visits her, news of her children, and her efforts with orphans, the Red Cross, and other organizations. This group of letters offers insight to Grace's day-to-day in a relatively private time in her very public life. In 1958, Prudy married (with Grace as her matron of honor) and settled on a farm in Maryland where the letters continued to reach her from Monaco, Switzerland, Spain and elsewhere. The correspondence in this archive concludes in 1968, this being about the time Prudy began to suffer the leukemia that ended her life at just 42 in 1973. Grace Kelly died in 1982 at just 52 years old from injuries sustained when a cerebral hemmorhrage caused an automobile accident.

This is a remarkable archive that we believe to be unpublished and unknown to biographers. Grace Kelly's rise from her first days as an actress in New York to becoming the Princess of Monaco is a real-life fairy tale. Worthy of collector, institutional, and scholarly interest, we trace no other archive that tracks the career and personal life of Grace Kelly in her own words in such depth

-DOYLE AUCTIONS.

[notebookmusical]

Hi! I hope you have been feeling even better already in the last few days. I finally watched Poor Things this weekend! I liked it and think Emma deserved her Oscar...for her acting from a child to a grown woman but it also wasn't my kind of movie either. But it was funny and entertaining, but then at some point felt almost like another movie and also a bit long. It also made sex a big part of the movie and like it's necessary to being a woman. The Barbie comparisons are pretty funny but it was also almost nothing like Barbie, and the humor is a bit different, but I still liked both. The difference is I wouldn't want or need to watch Poor Things again, even though I still think it's a good movie.

Honestly I never went back and listened to the soundtrack for either one but maybe I will. That sounds like a good plan. The movie and stage musical of Cabaret are pretty different honestly but I would still recommend it. I actually watched a bootleg of it first with Emma Stone as Sally and the movie shortly after, so I was surprised the movie didn't have as many songs. I think the only reference is when Dove Cameron's character working at somewhere like the Kit Kat club though and Ariana Debose Maybe this time ish song. I don't remember the movie Brigadoon very much but I think it's only reference in the plot of the show..a place that comes back every 100 years. I've only seen the Gene Kelly movie though, a long time ago. Almost like Being in Love is my favorite song.

Was it the Aaron bootleg...lol. I think he makes a pretty good Sweeney actually and like his version of Epiphany. Also another fun fact is that Next to Normal was the 2nd bootleg I ever watched...cuz I couldn't find a Newsies one at the time lol even though I watched the Disney movie at that point. Anyway I'm excited for the other Gatsby too..although Isaac Powell seems pretty young to me. That's so interesting about making Nick gay though..I thought the character Jordan Baker was supposed to be his gf...but I haven't read it so idk. Maybe I finally will and try to watch a bootleg of this one eventually. I will watch it for Jeremy and Eva anyway even if it's bad. One of the other songs,I heard, his love song to Daisy, kinda sounded a little like Colors of the Wind, which to me didn't sound that bad. But that's just my opinion..and it's fine to disagree especially if it's something you really love. I hope the next one is even better and will probably have a different tone to it anyway based on what we already know so far. I'm glad you're happy with it. The Outsiders seems alright too and I also just heard a couple songs from Water For Elephants. I hope I can look into it more and listen to some cast recordings if they're out when Tonys get closer.

Do you have anymore or newer favorites from Tortured Poets yet? I like it a lot more now..I think it was just a lot to take in and I hope you were able to listen to it properly now. Haha something similar to me has happened to me before but it's usually because my sister is the one who is too tired to stay up and listen. I think my favorites have stayed the same but I've been appreciating other songs more too. What are your favorites from the Anthology? This week I'm going to play it on shuffle and sometimes that helps me notice my favorites more. When we heard about the Anthology and how many new songs there were, my sister said she was probably gonna add more songs on tour which makes sense. I just think it's hard to predict which songs cuz there's so many and people can have a lot of different favorites. But I could definitely see Fortnight, Tortured Poets or Down Bad, Who's afraid of Little Old Me, maybe But Daddy I Love Him, but it's kinda long and it depends if she is cutting songs. Also definitely I Can Do it with a Broken Heart and/or Clara Bow, if she doesn't wanna sing that one. I think the circus choreography is for Who's afraid of little old me. I'm not sure about the Anthology honestly, but I think for surprise songs since they are mostly acoustic and it seems like a good amount already if she's not cutting songs. I also still think she'll sing Castles Crumbling with Hayley too. It's so cool you're going to another show at the end of the year. I'm sorry if I forgot anything..I wanted to reply since it's been a few days. 🩷

helloooo! i'm feeling a lot better, but have been migraine-plagued for the last two days + still wheezing a bit — victorian child immune system, it's okay. it's been sunny today, i'm excited for the weekend, for warmer weather! how are you friend?

i haven't been watching many movies lately! but i did finally start graceland 🫡 did not watch it in 2013. but here we are in 2024. just incredibly humbling behavior. i feel like a court jester. i was talking to one of my best friends about cabaret, because she likes it a lot, and i was reading about the revival reviews! very interesting to see how different the reception is here, vs. the west end (and similarly, with back to the future). it's been a while (probably like three years, if not longer) since i've felt ... invested? in theatre in this way where i'm looking at reviews + grosses + boards + etc. again. so that's been fun for me! what do you think of the tony nominations? are you rooting for any show, or any person in particular?

almost like being in love is such a beautiful song! ugh i loveeee musical love songs. i've been listening to my musicals playlist a lot lately. which has actually been really fun for me!

and of course it was the aaron bootleg 😔 i actually really liked his take on sweeney, but i am 1) incredibly biased + 2) am not a sweeney person! i can't even remember what the first bootleg i watched was, it's been so long. but next to normal is another show that is very dear to me. i've been meaning to watch the west end boot at some point. i have actually only seen the newsies movie once, but i loveeeee the musical. i have no idea how long you've been following me, but i used to be a Newsies Blog. newsies is just very dear to my heart; it's the first show i saw on broadway.

i'm currently rereading gatsby (albeit slowly) and i love it; i loved my english teacher back then + the discussions we would have and she really helped me further my love of reading + analyzing text, and so gatsby is very special to me! isaac powell is actually closer in age to gatsby in canon than jeremy is — gatsby is 32, isaac is 29, jeremy is 39! i like kerrigan-lowdermilk's stuff (the mad ones, etc) but didn't really care for kait kerrigan's stuff on her own; i like nathan tysen's tuck everlasting but aside from that haven't really loved his stuff. so i was always a little hesitant about this production of gatsby, but think that the show just misses the mark on a lot of the themes in the original text. i hope it finds its audience; i'm clearly just not one of those people! and that's okay!

i'm really intrigued by the outsiders; haven't read the book or seen the musical but i've always wanted to. so since i'm embarking on my english class reading journey maybe i'll pick that up when i'm done with gatsby (or the iliad). i like paul alexander nolan (once, bright star, daddy long legs) so i'm curious about water for elephants but haven't checked it out yet!

the songs from tortured poets that i regularly listen to are: fortnight, down bad, but daddy i love him, guilty as sin?, i can do it with a broken heart, the black dog, i hate it here, i look in people's windows, the prophecy and the manuscript. i've been hearing things about more songs coming and i just ... i don't even know if i want them at this point. there's so many songs already. it is just so much to take in. but tour starts up soon! so that'll be fun to see what she changes and what she does for surprise songs. i'm not going to lie, every time i see "clara bow" i still think of bonnie & clyde haha. i could see her adding but daddy, i can do it with a broken heart, and would be curious if fortnight would not have post malone's verse! i think it'll be fun to see her sing castles crumbling, but i wonder if she'll cut long live :( my friend was really looking forward to hearing long live live :(

hope you're doing well and having a good day! have a good weekend if we don't chat before then! xx

[partlyrobot]

This week Ben is dealing with some critic’s remorse, but Andrew is here to help him process his thoughts and improve his video game assessment method.  After talking about what’s new for each of them, they get right into the definition.  From unwanted Instagram solicitations to well-known Chicagoan movie reviewers… the conversation goes to some strange destinations before settling down upon the task at hand.  Andrew provides his input on Ben’s plan of attack, Ben learns a cool new word to add to his vocabulary, and they end the show with some advice and a silly drink name.

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[dustedmagazine]

Listed: Tomten

Photo: Tony Kay

Tomten are a baroque pop quartet based out of Seattle, Washington. Brian Noyes (vocals, keys, guitar) and Lena Simon (bass, vocals) (Kairos Creature Club, formerly of La Luz) met in 2008 and began demoing each other's songs at Cornish College of The Arts. Their latest album, Artichoke, is less prickly than the name suggests, drawing influence from the acid folk of the Incredible String Band, Bridget St. John and John Martyn, the lushly arranged soul of the Delfonics and the country pop of Gene Clark. Jennifer Kelly wrote about the disc in the last Dust, noting that “Tomten’s songs billow and swell in that frictionless, effortless way that often indicates great care and craft.”

Here Brian Noyes digs deep into the archives via two compilation series. He writes, “There are two compilation labels that have meant a lot to me over the past few years, Grapefruit Records is a subsidiary of Cherry Red and issue primarily British Psych and Folk, and Cairo releases incredible 1960s-1970s soul comps. I decided to pick five of my favorite tracks that Grapefruit and Cairo turned me onto.”

Jackie McAuley — “Turning Green”

I was familiar with Jackie McAuley being the former keyboard player of Them and the other half of the amazing and underappreciated folk pop duo Trader Horne with Judy Dyble (Fairport Convention.) But I wasn’t familiar with any solo work he had done. This song instantly stuck with me. I love the string arrangements and stately piano. In an alternate universe it could’ve been at the end of a 1970s Hal Ashby or Robert Altman movie.

Carolanne Pegg — “Open The Door”

I could listen to this song over and over, it’s so fun. I love Carolanne’s vocals on it, kind of shrill and mystical, like proto-Kate Bush. I also love the cosmic banjo rush during the later chorus and the throaty guitars.

Matching Mole — “O Caroline”

I’ve always loved Robert Wyatt, but I’d missed out on his earlier group Matching Mole. This is such a sweet and touching song. I love the mellotron and wah guitar and the line — “if you call this sentimental crap, you’ll make me mad.” Gotta love Robert Wyatt’s wooly little voice.

Robin Williamson — Strings In The Earth and Air

This is the opening track off his 1972 solo record “Myrrh.” Strangely enough, I first heard Dr. Strangely Strange’s cover of it — I love both but prefer Robin’s. Such a haunting and beautiful song. I believe the first half is part of a James Joyce poem. I want it played at my funeral… I also love Mike Heron’s solo record from a year or so earlier, Smiling Men with Bad Reputations. Two over-looked solo efforts from the Incredible String Band.

Heron — “Take Me Back Home”

Tomten has loved Heron for a long time, so much so that we covered their tune “Yellow Roses.” They are all over Grapefruit Comps, so I wanted to include them for that reason. This song is off their second record Twice as Nice & Half the Price and it is my absolute favorite. It’s such a loose and lovely performance. Makes you wish you’d been hanging out in the house with them having some frothy ales.

Bettye Swann — “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”

Bettye Swann has so many killer songs, this one really sticks with me. Great morning song. Love the production and backups too. John Holt has a cool version on A Love I Can Feel as well, but Bettye is best.

Diamonettes — “Don’t Be Surprised”

Great tune from a somewhat obscure Miami group. Classy strings. They also have another tune I love called “Rules Were Made to Be Broken.”

The Raelettes — “Many Rivers To Cross”

A fantastic song and so many good versions, Jimmy Cliff and Nilsson… But I hadn’t heard this version until semi-recently and I love the mood of it — somber smokey horns. The Raelettes were backup singers with Ray Charles for a time, and later changed their name to The Cookies.

Eddie & Ernie — “I’m A Young Man”

I LOVE EDDIE & ERNIE! Their voices together are fabulous, this is one of my favorites. There is an awesome comp called “Time Waits For No One” everyone should go out and buy now!

The Ordells — “Sippin’ a Cup of Coffee”

A good song for ruminating… Eerie, dreamy and gorgeous.

Various Artists — Strange World

On a final note, there is a compilation by a partner label of Cairo, Pyramid Records that did a release called Strange World described as “Cosmic and Earthly Doo Wop and R&B from America and Jamaica” that if you come across you should absolutely purchase. I probably play it at home once a week, hehe.

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Gene Kelly helps Deanna Durbin get dressed on the set of Christmas Holiday

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“The Babbitt and The Bromide” Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire

- Compare and contrast

It’s easy to compare the two famous dancers when they’re side by side. This number was Fred’s idea, so it reflects more of his style.

Fred was slightly taller, more slender and longer limbed so he took advantage of this with his quick feet, almost seeming to glide across the floor in his signature style.

Gene on the other hand was slightly shorter, more muscular, and had a wider stance. A lower center of gravity. He matched steps with Fred in this number by throwing his whole body into it.

They matched steps, but had entirely different ways of doing it. As Cyd Charisse said, “They’re like apples and oranges. They’re both delicious!”

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Gene Kelly Movie Club

Film: "Living in a Big Way" (1947)

Discussion: November 28th - 29th

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.

Leo Gogarty (Kelly) marries Margaud Morgan (McDonald) after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. When he returns, he is surprised to discover not only that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she expects a quick divorce. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gogarty must find their place with or without each other in a society still adjusting to peace.

Access the film here:

Among the many Gene Kelly dance segments are 'Fido and Me', where Mr. Kelly dances with a dog and a statue, and a sequence on a construction site with a number of children.

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Look at this old fashion team!

James Stewart, Gene Kelly, and Henry Fonda on the set of The Cheyenne Social Club - 1969

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Don Lockwood, from Penguin in the Rain