My Blue Heaven [song lyrics]
My Blue Heaven (1927) lyrics – performed by Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in The Five Pennies. Music by Walter Donaldson, lyrics by George Whiting When… Read More »My Blue Heaven [song lyrics]
When the Saints Go Marching In
When the Saints Go Marching In lyrics – as performed in The Five Pennies, performed by Louis Armstrong and Danny Kaye, special lyrics by Sylvia Fine
Good Night, Sleep Tight
Good Night, Sleep Tight lyrics – performed by Louis Armstrong in The Five Pennies, words and music by Sylvia Fine
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Lullaby in Ragtime
Lullaby in Ragtime lyrics – performed in The Five Pennies by Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes words and music by Sylvia Fine
Follow that Leader lyrics
Follow that Leader lyrics – performed by Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes and Harry Guardino in The Five Pennies. Words and music by Sylvia Fine
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The Five Pennies lyrics
The Five Pennies lyrics – written by Sylvia Fine, performed in The Five Pennies starring her husband, Danny Kaye
This little penny is to wish on
And make your wishes come true
This little penny is to dream on
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5 Fingers
5 Fingers (1952) starring James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie
Synopsis of 5 Fingers
The valet to the British ambassador in Turkey during WWII decides to improve his lot …. By selling his employer’s top-secret documents to the Nazis. This classic spy film stars James Mason. Based on the true story of Elyesa Bazna, one of the most famous spies of World War II. It was nominated for two Academy Awards®.
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Houdini 1998
Houdini (1998) starring Johnathon Schaech, Stacy Edwards, Mark Ruffalo
Recently, I watched the 1998 Houdini TV biography; I was interested to see how it stood up to other Houdini biographies I’ve seen, such as 1950’s Houdini biography with Tony Curtis, or the more recent Houdini with Adrien Brody. In my opinion, both were entertaining fiction, but very poor biographies. So how did the 1998 version compare?
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The Master Mystery
The Master Mystery (1920) starring Harry Houdini
The Master Mystery stars Harry Houdini as Justice Department agent Quentin Locke, who is investigating a powerful cartel that’s protected by a “menacing” robot (referred to in the film as “the Automaton‘); the cartel is using a gas weapon called “the Madagascar Madness” — and, given that this is an old-time silent film serial, there’s a cliffhanger ending at the end of each chapter. And, since this is a Houdini film, there’s plenty of escape artistry to get out of them. The Master Mystery is available on DVD as part of the DVD collection, Houdini: The Movie Star.
History Channel’s Houdini
Houdini – History Channel biography of Harry Houdini, starring Adrien Brody
Something that comes to mind about the History Channel’s Houdini biography, is actually a comic strip. Once, many years ago in the Bloom County comic strip, Opus the penguin was writing a movie review, which read in part:
Read More »History Channel’s Houdini“This bad film just oozed rottenness from every bad scene –simply bad beyond beyond all dimensions of possible badness. Well, maybe not that bad, but Lord, it wasn’t good.”