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The Invisible Man, starring Claude Rains

The Invisible Man [Claude Rains]

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The Invisible Man (1933), starring Claude Rains, directed by James Whale

The signature adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man stars Claude Rains as a scientist who discovers a serum that makes him invisible. Covered by bandages and dark glasses, the scientist arrives at a small English village and attempts to reverse his discovery.

However, the same drug that renders him invisible is slowly driving him insane … And capable of committing acts of terror. Directed by James Whale, the horror classic features groundbreaking special effects by John P. Fulton.

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One of Those Songs

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Song lyrics to One of Those Songs, Songwriters: Alain Albert Boublil, Robert Fourrey, Gerard Calvi

Well, this is one of those songs that you hear now and then,
You don’t know just where and you don’t know just when.
It’s one of those songs that are over and then,
It’s one of those songs that start playin’ again.

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King of the Roaring Twenties

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King of the Roaring ’20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961) starring David Janssen, Mickey Rooney, Dianne Foster

King of the Roaring Twenties. Moving from one scam to another Arnold Rothstein quickly becomes rich, and settles into the life of owning big-town gambling joints. Along the way he falls in loves and marries, makes a life-long enemy of a cop on the take, and gradually becomes hardened even to his closest friends.

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The Way Of Love [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to The Way Of Love, lyrics by Al Stillman, music by Jacques Dieval

The Way of Love was originally written by Jack Diéval with French lyrics by Michel Rivgauche. It was performed on Belgium’s BRT radio station. In June 1965 the English rendering entitled “The Way of Love” was issued in the UK as a single by Kathy Kirby. It became a regional hit in the United States reaching #88 nationally.

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Cowboy From Brooklyn [Dick Powell]

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Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938) starring Dick Powell, Pat O’Brien, Priscilla Lane, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan

In Cowboy from Brooklyn, singing cowboys are satirized in this story about a city crooner on a dude ranch. Once he’s discovered by a talent agent, he has to pretend to be an authentic cowboy … Despite his terror of all animals! Unless hypnosis can help?

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You Are Old, Father William

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You Are Old, Father William” is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, “Advice from a Caterpillar”. Alice informs the Caterpillar that she has previously tried to repeat “How Doth the Little Busy Bee” and has had it all come wrong as “How Doth the Little Crocodile“. The Caterpillar asks her to repeat “You Are Old, Father William”, and she recites:

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