Summer is officially here, and along with the season the home video hits are heating up. This week, there’s an abundance of huge hits from the golden age of Hollywood taking the spotlight alongside of more recent offerings. Here’s a…
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“In life, there are always two possibilities….” It is quite common to find a film that begins terrifically, loses a bit of its appeal midway through and then flounders at the end. But it is rare to find a film…
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A musical remake of Ball of Fire must have been one of the easiest pitches of all time. After all, the original 1941 comedy–penned by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett–was about a bunch of academics writing an encyclopedia about music….
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Funnyman Danny Kaye made his feature film debut as a hypochondriac who winds up a G.I. in Up in Arms. Guest writer Rick29 falls in for a closer look at the 1944 comedy/musical, which also stars Dinah Shore and Dana Andrews
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On-screen he was a Wonder Man, an Inspector General and a Court Jester. Off-screen he worked tirelessly for charity and humanitarian causes. This week’s poll salutes film funnyman Danny Kaye and asks which of his movie roles is your favorite.
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Comedian-mimic-singer-dancer-actor…there aren’t enough hyphens to cover the the talents of consummate entertainer Danny Kaye, and, in noting the 100th anniversary of his birth, we’ve got an appreciative overview of his long career in stage, film. TV, and recording.
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When I was growing up, some of my absolute favorite movies were Samuel Goldwyn’s Danny Kaye/Virginia Mayo musicals made during the ‘40s. For a twelve year old, the films were bright, breezy, funny and chock-a-block with snappy tunes and zippy…
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