The Judge Steps Out is a surprisingly enjoyable drama. A probate court judge (Alexander Knox) is comfortable with his lot in life – but his wife isn’t. She’s far more worried about what “her friends will think” than about her husband. She’s focused on society and position, and their daughter’s upcoming marriage.
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I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles song lyrics, music by John Kellette, lyrics by James Kendis, James Brockman and Nat Vincent, as performed in On Moonlight Bay… Read More »I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles lyrics
Ol’ Man River is a song from the 1927 musical Show Boat that contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River. It is sung from the point of view of a black stevedore on a showboat and is the most famous song from the show. It’s also featured in Till the Clouds Roll By.
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On a Slow Boat to China (1948) lyrics, by Frank Loesser, performed in Neptune’s Daughter There is no verse to this song, ‘Cause I don’t want to… Read More »On a Slow Boat to China lyrics
In Woman’s World, the chairman of a large automobile maker is left to find a new second in command. Believing that an executive’s wife is crucial to her husband’s success he examines each of the men’s spouses to learn about the candidates through their relationships. Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, and Lauren Bacall star in this 1954 classic.
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Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane’s arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl’s daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile. …From the Earth to the Moon
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Oh I come from a land, from a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where it’s flat and immense
And the heat is intense
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again is a popular song from the American Civil War that expressed people’s longing for the return of their friends and family who were fighting in the war. The song or its melody has also been used in many movie soundtracks, including Cavalcade, Gone with the Wind, The Great Dictator, For Me and My Gal, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Stalag 17, The Horse Soldiers, How The West Was Won, Dr. Strangelove, Run, Man, Run, The Crazies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Born on the Fourth of July, Joe Versus the Volcano, Die Hard with a Vengeance The Second Civil War, Antz, and The Majestic.
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Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile is the full name of a World War I marching song, published in 1915 in London. It was written by Welsh songwriter George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of “George Asaf”, and set to music by his brother Felix Powell.
It was featured in the 1916 American show Her Soldier Boy. The song appears in several movies, including Pack Up Your Troubles with Laurel & Hardy, High Pressure, On Moonlight Bay, and The Shopworn Angel. It is also featured in For Me and My Gal starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.Read More »Pack up your troubles lyrics