1932-1962 Dance Project--a brief summary of about 3 decades

Recently in a dance class I am taking, we had to research two consecutive eras and find our information from a provided textbook. Each person in the group had a different task. I always love to be the one making a video if possible, so I had a visual aid. I also did a dance because even though this took about two hours to create, it is under five minutes so it looked like I did nothing. So I danced to the song "Ballin' the Jack" the Bob Crosby orchestra version. I explained to my peers that this song did have lyrics but I found it easier to dance to than the super slow Danny Kaye version or the sped up Gene Kelly and Judy Garland version I have from their movie For Me and My Gal . 
However this clip includes snip its that are not in order. It has snip its of movies, famous people, famous orchestras, and it contains sections of radio programs, and songs. I also have included a snip it or two from movies and television. It is mainly to give a sense of the time, as I assume the point of the assignment was because otherwise we would just dance.

It's Love in Bloom

Alot of things are going to come up in the future. I will be having an interview with the SwingSwinger! Don't know who he is? Then you'll have to tune in. I'll be encouraging all my friends to so that this guy's name is spread just a little farther than it was before. What am I talking about? It's a huge spread! Since he is in the U.K and all my adoring friends are right here in the U.S of A. More delightful interviews later. More movies to gush about? More things to promote?
Nah. Just maybe tell my sister to watch more Looney Tunes. I just realized how much the new generations are depraved children, my sister did not know who Marvin the Martian was. She did not know about Pepe le Pew, Pussyfoot, or Foghorn Leghorn. Thank goodness she knew Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety or I would have had to hurt her.
Oh wait. I do have a thing to promote. You may have guessed that I am a bit of a classic film buff/lover of good media in general (although I'm not much into the action or horror story ones even if they are classic). So I gave the National Film Registry a looking over, and I think that you should to. Whoever you is if you still are reading this. They let the people vote for movies they think are notable in American culture or influential points of film. I promoted Mary Poppins and Anchors Aweigh I believe. Oh, as well as Grease. Just a few notable films that are personal favorites that I was surprised were not already included.

So for my MAIN point. I just got done with my yearly read of Eight Cousins, I am now moving on to Rose in Bloom. To anyone out there who likes Louisa May Alcott. Read this book. If you are in film, do this book. I would if I had the money to pay actors or even get people with enough time to kill to put this together. For me  it would be fun, for others-not so much.
A fake trailer would even be nice. But do my a favor huh? If you rip off this idea, please I would like to see your creative genius. This truly would be a pleasure to work on if I was in the film making business. It's enough to get my creative juices flowing. Who would I send this to though? I would do it for sheer pleasure but not many share this passion. However this book, is a work of art if it were to be applied to film. You would have to know what to do with it. You would have to keep it almost truly aligned with the book. Adjusting by taking out minor events depending on what your focus is on but as of what I have seen in theaters failing, or at least aesthetically, I would recommend the focus not be on childish incidents like the scene of getting her ears pierced. I recommend a focus on male and female contact, hints, and relationships between people. The childish incidents like that may prove some lesson but I believe if made into a movie should be removed because it serves very little in the plot. It is a representation but need not be shown, but when transferred to film, needs to be implied that said event happened but trivial time not wasted on this method. As you can see, I have given it a great deal of thought and boy....I will get part of a trailer out so you can see what I mean but oh this is going to be a dandy! I'm working on not showing faces or costumes so that  my trailer will be easier to make because not many boys will be willing to help with this task. AH! Now I want a film degree! I change my mind every week. God show me a path please before I carry myself away like Charlie, a jack of all trades but useful at none.

The Site I've been looking for

http://www.listology.com/list/1-singles-usa-pre-billboard-hot-100
Top charts before the charts were invented!

Happy Holidays, from Fred Astaire.

From the charming man who brought you Holiday Inn, one of the greatest films of all time, here he is again with another holiday movie-Santa Claus is Coming to Town. I love this song. It was on tonight. By the time I post this though it may not have been. I spent like an hour crying over youtube's stupid new design. Anyway, Fred is always charming and a pleasure, he puts things in prespective so without further ado. The lovely debonair himself, Fred Astaire.

Disney Classics 1930s-1949

Movies
So Dear to my Heart
Bambi
Snow White
Dumbo
(Wind and the Willows-was made into a movie later combined with the Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
Song of the South
Pinnochio
The Three Caballeros
There are NUMEROUS shorts that I know or have seen
Ferdinand the Bull (1938)
Three Blind Musketeers

1. Never seen So Dear to My Heart- I would if they ever put more of it out, right? Ugh. It was one of the very few originals. Why don't they have it out?
2. I love Wind and the Willows combined with Sleepy Hollow, saw it like 2 years ago. 2 words, BING CROSBY!!!!!
3. Song of the South (along with Dumbo it gets a bad rap for being racist BUT, if you do your research- they were just keeping to what you may have found...especially in Dumbo-those crows yips were stuff off of backstage talk of like say Louis Armstrong record)
4. They need to promote more stuff like the Three Caballeros.
5. Blind Musketeers! There is countless others but some unusual ones I noticed. And who knew Ferdinand the Bull?

Singin' in the Rain

My favorite dance in the movie
A!!!!!! Moses!!!!! I'm not going to bore you with Singin' in the Rain facts like Gene Kelly had a 104 degree temperature while dancing to Singin' in the Rain because the jacket kept shrinking so they did the shot a few times or Gene Kelly practiced with Debbie Reynolds till her feet bled (I find the fact that Debbie mentioned this whiny, because Ginger Rogers and all the greats would dance until their feet bled or until someone told them to stop). Or the rumor that Donald disliked Gene's methods or whatever but I mean, everyone put aside  feelings, like the rumor that Bing and Bob Hope disliked each other as well. Who knows? It all depends on whose biography you read. So here is some cool graphics courtesy of thomas destry.

Example of a truly joyful guy

You Can Change the World

It is a Father speaking. Patriotism. This changed my life. It touched me deep inside. For some reason it popped up in my mind on this September 11th. Remember the patriotism and how we all work together when we are hurt.

What's My Line with John Daly (more to come)

     I thought I'd take a moment to honor my favorite game show.

Well, in this video let me give a quick summary. Woody Allen-fake voice that was really good. Bob Hope's is funny because Bob was in a movie with Bing where they were dueling. Bob Hope is reported to not have a good relationship with Bing but they must have put their differences aside because they worked together often. Steve Allen- Johnny actually announces that it's Allen and so Bennett Cerf  says "I'll pretend I didn't hear that." while John returns "you can't" John felt so bad for messing up. Rosalind Russell- so deep of a fake voice she has the panel convinced for a long time she is a man. For Lana they misguessed but then John Daly insulted her! Her area is a very broad one (you don't get it? Think about it for awhile)

For Lucy and Desi, ha ha ha, they seem to know it, then they guess Lucy but not Desi.

Background info: Red considered himself a clown, not a comedian. He had a show that was on at different times at different parts of the country. Back then, everybody stole everyone's stuff... (There is a Burns and Allen show about that with Jack Benny) All the comedians, of course, knew who stole what. Some people got mad but mostly it was a compliment and since everyone did it.... The audience noticed these things too and it was greatly made fun of. Still, Fred's reactions are funny. He knows who it is. When it's over Fred says "I was expecting Clem Kadiddlehopper." Which was one of Red's characters. Fred also jokes that the material that Red stole, Red can still work with it while it still being funny while Fred can't anymore.