Betty Hutton movies (photo: Betty Hutton in The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, with Eddie Bracken) [See previous post: "Betty Hutton Bio: The Blonde Bombshell."] Buddy DeSylva did as promised. Betty Hutton was given a key supporting role in Victor Schertzinger’s 1942 musical comedy The Fleet’s In, starring Dorothy Lamour, William Holden, and Eddie Bracken. “Her facial grimaces, body twists and man-pummeling gymnastics take wonderfully to the screen,” enthused Pm magazine. (Hutton would have a cameo, as Hetty Button, in the 1952 remake Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, and Corinne Calvet.) The following year, Betty Hutton landed the second female lead in Happy Go Lucky (1943), singing Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser’s "Murder, He Says," and stealing the show from fellow Broadway import Mary Martin and former Warner Bros. crooner Dick Powell. She also got co-star billing opposite Bob Hope in Sidney Lanfield’s musical comedy Let’s Face It. Additionally, Paramount’s hugely successful all-star war-effort...
- 6/9/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
By this time Thursday we’ll know if the Decemberists’ critically acclaimed “The Hazards of Love” received a Grammy nod for album of the year, but in the meantime, the concept CD is receiving the video treatment. “Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized” becomes the first full-length video album available on iTunes today. “Here Comes the Waves” recreates “The Hazards of Love” through the creative filters of four filmmakers, Peter Sluszka, Julia Pott, Guilherme Marcondes and Santa Maria, who created animation for segments of the CD. Each auteur took one-fourth of the album and set it to disparate visuals that,...
- 12/1/2009
- Hitfix
Last month, we told you about The Decemberists' plan to wrap up their fall tour with a very special performance of their most recent opus—a four-part animated film called Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized. Featuring the work of Guilherme Marcondes, Julia Pott, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria, it's to be debuted and soundtracked live by the band at an upcoming show in Los Angeles. Cool, right? Right. But also kind of a bummer if, say, you weren't already planning to be in the neighborhood of UCLA's Royce Hall on Oct. 19.
- 10/13/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
The Decemberists are easily one of the most animated bands in rock; Colin Meloy's stage banter and over-the-top literary persona alone prove that. But for the band's final American performance of the full rock epic Hazards of Love, The Decemberists will be animated the good old-fashioned way.
On Oct. 19 at UCLA's Royce Hall, the band will unleash Here Come the Waves: Hazards of Love Visualized, a four-part animated film project that synced to the full performance of Hazards.
On Oct. 19 at UCLA's Royce Hall, the band will unleash Here Come the Waves: Hazards of Love Visualized, a four-part animated film project that synced to the full performance of Hazards.
- 9/16/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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