vendredi 20 juin 2008

Pal Joey



Columbia, 1957, Color, 111 minutes

Produced by: Fred Kohlmar
Directed by: George Sidney
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Morris Stoloff
Musical Arrangements: Nelson Riddle
Orchestrations: Arthur Morton
Choreography: Hermes Pan
Gowns by: Jean Louis
Color by Technicolor

Cast:
Rita Hayworth (Vera Simpson),
Frank Sinatra (Joey Evans),
Kim Novak (Linda English),
Barbara Nichols (Gladys)






1. Main Title
2. That Terrific Rainbow
3. I Didn't Know What Time it Was
4. Do it the Hard Way
5. Great Big Town
6. There's a Small Hotel
7. Zip
8. I Could Write a Book
9. Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered
10. The Lady is a Tramp
11. Plant You Now Dig You later
12. My Funny Valentine
13. You Mustn't Kick it Around
14. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (reprise)
15. Strip Number
16. Dream Sequence & Finale


mercredi 18 juin 2008

Tribute to Cyd Charisse



These wonderful, magic, beautiful dances are the best way to no forget her.







dimanche 1 juin 2008

Xanadu



Universal, 1980, Color, 96 minutes

Produced by: Lawrence Gordon
Directed by: Robert Greenwald
Written by: Richard Christian Danus and Marc Reid Rubel
Musical Scoring by: Barry DeVorzon
Choreograpers: Kenny Ortega, Jerry Trent
Costume Designer: Bobbie Mannix

Filmed in Panavision, color by Technicolor

Cast:
Olivia Newton-John (Kira),
Gene Kelly (Danny McGuire),
Michael Beck (Sonny Malone),
James Sloyan (Simpson)



















xanadu





1 - I'm Alive
2 - The Fall
3 - Don't Walk Away
4 - All Over The World
5 - Xanadu
6 - Magic
7 - Sunddenly
8 - Dancin'
9 - Suspended In Time
10 - Whenever You're Away From Me


A Chorus Line



Polygram/Columbia/Embassy, 1985, Color, 118 minutes

Producer: Cy Feuer and Ernest H. Martin
Associate Producer: Joseph Caracciolo
Executive Producer: Gordon Stulberg
Director: Richard Attenborough
Music Director: Ralph Burns
Choreography: Jeffrey Hornaday
Costume Design: Faye Poliakin

Cast:
Michael Douglas (Zach),
Michael Blevins (Mark),
Yamil Borges (Morales),
Sharon Brown (Kim),
Gregg Burge (Richie),
Cameron English (Paul),
Tony Fields (Al),
Nicole Fosse (Kristine),
Vicki Frederick (Sheila),
Jan Gan Boyd (Connie),
Michelle Johnston (Bebe),
Janet Jones (Judy),
Pam Klinger (Maggie)



01 - I Hope I Get It
02 - Who Am I Anyway
03 - I Can Do That
04 - At The Ballet
05 - Surprise, Surprise
06 - Nothing
07 - Let Me Dance For You
08 - Dance: Ten; Looks: Three
09 - One (Rehearsal)
10 - What I Did For Love
11 - One (Finale)







Annie Get Your Gun



MGM, 1950, Color, 107 minutes

Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: George Sidney
Screen Play by: Sidney Sheldon
Music and Lyrics by: Irving Berlin
Musical Numbers Staged by: Robert Alton
Musical Direction: Adolph Deutsch
Women's Costumes by: Helen Rose
Men's Costumes by: Walter Plunkett

Color by Technicolor

Cast:
Betty Hutton (Annie Oakley),
Howard Keel (Frank Butler),
Louis Calhern (Buffalo Bill),
J. Carrol Naish (Chief Sitting Bull),
Edward Arnold (Pawnee Bill),
Keenan Wynn (Charlie Davenport),
Chief Yowlachie (Little Horse)























1. Main Title
2. Colonel Buffalo Bill
3. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
4. The Girl That I Marry
5. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun
6. There's No Business Like Show Business
7. They Say It's Wonderful
8. They Say It's Wonderful (Reprise)
9. There's No Business Like Show Business (Reprise)
10. My Defenses Are Down
11. I'm An Indian, Too
12. European Montage
13. Let's Go West Again (Outtake)
14. The Girl That I Marry (Reprise)
15. I've Got The Sun In The Morning
16. Together Again
17. Anything You Can Do
18. Finale/End Title
19. Colonel Buffalo Bill
20. Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
21. The Girl That I Marry (Unused)
22. You Can't Get A Man With A Gun
23. There's No Business Like Show Business
24. They Say It's Wonderful
25. They Say It's Wonderful (Reprise)
26. I'm An Indian, Too
27. Let's Go West Again (Outtake)
28. The Girl That I Marry (Reprise)
29. I've Got The Sun In The Morning
30. Anything You Can Do
31. There's No Business Like Show Business (Reprise)


Two Weeks With Love



MGM, 1950, 93 minutes

Produced by: Jack Cummings
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Screen Play by: John Larkin and Dorothy Kingsley
Musical Direction: Georgie Stoll
Musical Numbers Staged by: Busby Berkeley
Orchestrations: Leo Arnaud
Vocal Arrangements: Saul Chaplin
Women's Costumes by: Helen Rose
Men's Costumes by: Walter Plunkett

Color by Technicolor

Cast:
Jane Powell (Patti Robinson),
Ricardo Montalban (Demetrio "Demi" Armendez),
Louis Calhern (Horatio Robinson),
Ann Harding (Katherine Robinson),
Debbie Reynolds (Melba Robinson),
Carleton Carpenter (Billy Finley),
Phyllis Kirk (Valerie Stresemann)










Born To Dance



MGM, 1936, B/W, 105 minutes

Produced by: Jack Cummings
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Screen Play by: Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers
Words and Music by: Cole Porter
Musical Director: Alfred Newman
Musical Arrangements: Roger Edens
Orchestrations: Edward Powell
Choral Arrangements: Leo Arnaud
Dance Ensembles: Dave Gould
Gowns by: Adrian

Awards:
Academy Award nominations for Best Song ("I've Got You Under My Skin") and Best Dance Direction (Dave Gould)

Cast:
Eleanor Powell (Nora Paige),
James Stewart (Ted Barker),
Virginia Bruce (Lucy James),
Una Merkel (Jenny Saks),
Sid Silvers ("Gunny" Saks),
Frances Langford ("Peppy" Turner)







The Broadway Melody Of 1938



MGM, 1937, B/W, 111 minutes

Produced by: Jack Cummings
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Screen Play by: Jack McGowan
Music and Lyrics by: Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
Music Direction: Georgie Stoll
Musical Arrangements: Roger Edens
Gowns by: Adrian

Cast:
Robert Taylor (Steve Raleigh),
Eleanor Powell (Sally Lee),
George Murphy (Sonny Ledford),
Binnie Barnes (Caroline Whipple),
Buddy Ebsen (Peter Trot),
Sophie Tucker (Alice Clayton),
Judy Garland (Betty Clayton),
Charles Igor Gorin (Nicki Papaloapas)

Lady Be Good



MGM, 1941, B/W, 110 minutes

Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod
Screen Play by: Jack McGowan, Kay Van Riper and John McLain
Music by: George Gershwin
Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" (by) Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, II
Additional Songs by: Roger Edens and Arthur Freed
Musical Direction: Georgie Stoll
Vocals and Orchestrations: Leo Arnaud, George Bassman, Conrad Salinger
Musical Numbers Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Gowns by: Adrian

Awards: Won Best Song Academy Award for The Last Time I Saw Paris

Cast:
Eleanor Powell (Marilyn Marsh),
Ann Sothern (Dixie Donegan),
Robert Young (Eddie Crane),
Lionel Barrymore (Judge Murdock),
Red Skelton (Joe "Red" Willet),
Virginia O'Brien (Lull),
Dan Dailey, Jr. (Bill Pattison),
Berry Brothers (James Berry, Warren Berry, Nyas Berry, Specialty Dancers),
Doris Day (Debutante)

The Broadway Melody Of 1936



MGM, 1935, Black and White, 101 minutes

Produced by: John W. Considine, Jr.
Directed by: Roy Del Ruth
Screen Play by: Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers
Music and Lyrics by: Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed
Musical Direction by: Alfred Newman
Dance Numbers Created and Staged by: Dave Gould
Orchestrations by: Edward B. Powell
Arrangements by: Roger Edens
Gowns by: Adrian

Cast:
Jack Benny [Bert Keeler],
Eleanor Powell [Irene Foster],
Robert Taylor [Bob Gordon],
Una Merkel [Kitty Corbett],
Sid Silvers [Snoop],
Buddy Ebsen [Ted],
June Knight [Lillian Brent],
Frances Langford












1 Broadway Melody of 1936 Overture: You Are My Lucky Star
2 Broadway Rhythm
3 I've Got a Feeling You're Foolin'
4 On a Sunday Afternoon
5 Sing Before Breakfast
6 You Are My Lucky Star
7 You Are My Lucky Star

Lien
I'm very grateful to Quinlan and all the people from Franklynot. Thanks a lot for sharing all this beautiful music.

Hit The Deck




MGM, 1955, Color, 112 minutes

Produced by: Joe Pasternak
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Written by: Sonya Levien and William Ludwig
Music by: Vincent Youmans
Lyrics by: Leo Robin, Clifford Grey and Irving Caesar
Music Supervised and Conducted by: George Stoll
Orchestral Arrangements: Robert Van Eps and Will Beitel
Musical Numbers Staged by: Hermes Pan
Costumes by: Helen Rose

Filmed in CinemaScope and Eastman Color

Cast:
Jane Powell (Susan Smith),
Tony Martin (Chief Boatswain's Mate William F. Clark),
Debbie Reynolds (Carol Pace),
Walter Pidgeon (Rear Adm. Daniel Xavier Smith),
Vic Damone (Rico Ferrari),
Gene Raymond (Wendell Craig),
Ann Miller (Ginger),
Russ Tamblyn (Danny Xavier Smith)










1 A Kiss Or Two
2 Chiribiribee (Ciribiribin)
3 Hallelujah !
4 I Know That You Know
5 Join The Navy And Loo-Loo
6 Keepin' Myself For You
7 Lady From The Bayou
8 Lucky Bird
9 More Than You Know
10 Sometimes I'm Happy
11 Sometimes I'm Happy 2
12 Why, Oh, Why ?

I'm very grateful to Quinlan and all the people from Franklynot. Thanks a lot for sharing all this beautiful music.

Deep In My Heart



MGM, 1954, Color, 132 minutes

Produced by: Roger Edens
Directed by: Stanley Donen
Screen Play by: Leonard Spigelgass
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Adolph Deutsch
Orchestrations by: Hugo Friedhofer and Alexander Courage
Music: Sigmund Romberg
Choreography by: Eugene Loring
Women's Costumes by: Helen Rose
Men's Costumes by: Walter Plunkett

Cast:
Jose Ferrer (Sigmund Romberg),
Merle Oberon (Dorothy Donnelly),
Helen Traubel (Anna Mueller),
Walter Pidgeon (J. J. Shubert),
Paul Henreid (Florenz Ziegfeld),
Tamara Toumanova (Gaby Deslys),
Rosemary Clooney,
Gene Kelly,
Fred Kelly,
Jane Powell,
Vic Damone,
Ann Miller,
Cyd Charisse,
James Mitchell,
Howard Keel,
Tony Martin,
Russ Tamblyn