Soundie: Swing Shift Swing

Now here is a soundie I can really dig: Swing Shift Swing.

The Corny Concerto

From the Internet Archive, Warner Brothers' 1943 tribute to/parady of Walt Disney's Fantasia:  The Corny Concerto.

Movie Title Screens

While ambling around the web, I stumbled across Steven Hill's Movie Title Screens Page, which (as its name implies) is simply a collection of motion picture title shots.  I estimated well over a hundred screens just in the 1950's section, and they cover over a century of movie making.  Any movie buff should find this site interesting. 

Playlist for October 7, 2009

Click HERE for the Swing Shift Shuffle playlist from last night's show.

Weekly Hop Plus Lindy Workshop

More Red Hot Lindy Hop dance lesson and session at the Rumba Room, plus an upcoming Lindy Hop Workshop. 

This Friday, October 9, 2009:

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Free admission before 7:00 p.m., $5 after 7:00 p.m.
Free dance lesson at 7:00 p.m. with Mike and Jeska, followed with music by DJ Jeska until 9:30 p.m.  Salsa at 9:30 p.m.

Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main Street

Memphis, TN 38103

Plus, Red Hot Lindy Hop presents Joel Plys and Evita Arce for a Lindy Hop Workshop in Memphis on November 14 and 15.  Cost $50 until October 15, with discounts for students.  See full schedule and register at redhotlindyhop.com. 

Coming Attractions on TCM

There is a nice selection of some excellent films on Turner Classic Movies this week.  I have seen all of them except All Through the Night, but with Bogey and Casablanca co-stars Conrad Veidt and Peter Lorre, plus Jackie Gleason and Phil Silvers, it should be good.  The others are undeniably great.  All times Central. 

Wednesday, October 7

11:00 AM  All Through The Night (1942) A criminal gang turns patriotic to track down a Nazi spy ring.    Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell Dir: Vincent Sherman BW-107 mins, TV-PG

Thursday, October 8
7:00 PM  Sullivan's Travels (1941) A filmmaker masquerades as a hobo to get in touch with the little people.  Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest Dir: Preston Sturges BW-91 mins, TV-G

10:15 PM  My Man Godfrey (1936) A zany heiress tries to help a tramp by making him the family butler.  Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Gail Patrick Dir: Gregory La Cava BW-94 mins, TV-G

Friday, October 9
7:00 AM  The Four Feathers (1939) A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.  Cast: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez Dir: Zoltan Korda C-115 mins, TV-PG

Producing Personalized Pumpkins

What a great Jack-O-Lantern this would make.  In 1938, Modern Mechanix did an item about a farmer who grew custom pumpkins shaped like human faces.  This trick is still around, and you can buy molds to place around various types of produce so they grow into different shapes.  It may be too late to grow yourself a personalized pumpkin for this Halloween, but you can make a note for next year.  As seen on Make. 

Merrie Melodies: Falling Hare

Today we have a 1943 Bob Clampett classic featuring the Rabbit himself, Bugs Bunny, in Falling Hare from the Internet Archive. 

Photos from the Golden Age of Jazz

Another great collection in the Library of Congress American Memory site is the William P. Gottlieb Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz.  This collection has over 1600 photographs of celebrated jazz artists and the jazz scene for the decade from 1938 to 1948.  There are some really neat pictures at this site, including the King of Gypsy Swing,  Django Reinhardt. 

Playlist for September 30, 2009

Click HERE for the Swing Shift Shuffle playlist from last night's show.