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Today in Musical History: Umbrellas of Cherbourg
On Feb. 19, 1964, the sung-through musical film Les Parapluies de Cherbourg was released in France, premiering in the U.K. that October and in the U.S. that December as The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. It is the second in an informal … Continue reading
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Tagged Jacques Demy, Lena Horne, Michel Legrand, Sheldon Harnick, The Umnbrellas of Cherbourg
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Essential Film Musicals: Yankee Doodle Dandy
“There’s little that’s really original,” Roger Ebert has said of the musical biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy. “The greatness of the film resides entirely in the Cagney performance.” In its 1942 review, Variety similarly noted, “James Cagney does a Cohan of … Continue reading