UCLA celebrates a century of Universal filmmaking in this series of screenings. On May 19 enjoy a full day of old-time Hollywood at the university's Billy Wilder Theater. At 4 p.m. there's the original film version of Broadway musical "Show Boat" (1936), accompanied by a talk from film historian Miles Kreuger, author of a book on the show. At 7:30 p.m. take in a Rock Hudson double feature: "Pillow Talk" (1959) and "Magnificent Obsession" (1954). Billy Wilder Theatre, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. $10. www.cinema.ucla.edu/programs.
- 5/16/2012
- by help@backstage.com ()
- backstage.com
John Herndon Mercer -- the songwriter-singer and Capitol Records founder popularly known as Johnny Mercer -- was born November 18, 1909. So it's one hundred years since he arrived to write lyrics, music or both to some of the most famous, most lucrative songs of the twentieth century. The winner of four Oscars -- his lyrics for "On the Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe," "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," "Moon River," "The Days of Wine and Roses" -- he could be considered the best lyricist of the last five-score years. Anyone making that argument to me wouldn't meet with much resistance. Particularly considering that as of this moment, whoever held that view could wave as substantiating evidence the just-published -- and appropriately-timed -- Robert Kimball-Barry Day-Miles Kreuger-Eric Davis compilation,...
- 10/23/2009
- by David Finkle
- Huffington Post
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