Throwback Thursdays
It’s Throwback Thursday everyday! This is were you’ll find TV Show Theme Songs, Commercials, Print Ads and Music, all from a time when televisions had knobs, music was on vinyl records, Gas still had lead in it, clocks had to be wound and telephones were in booths.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
1936 - Sing Sing Sing by Benny Goodman
“Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)” is a 1936 song written and composed by Luigi (Louis) Prima, who first recorded it with the New Orleans Gang and released it in March 1936 as a 78, Brunswick 7628, with "It's Been So Long" as the B side. It is strongly identified with the Big Band and Swing eras. Though it has lyrics, which Prima wrote, it was covered as an instrumental by Fletcher Henderson and, most famously, by Benny Goodman.
1936 Bette Davis in "Dangerous"
Dangerous is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Bette Davis in her first Oscar-winning role. The screenplay by Laird Doyle is based on his story "Hard Luck Dame".
Bette Davis initially turned down the script, but Warner Bros. studio production chief Hal B. Wallis convinced her she could make something special out of the character, who had been inspired by one of Davis' idols, actress Jeanne Eagels. She was determined to look like an actress on the skids, and insisted Orry-Kelly design costumes appropriate for a woman who had seen better days. It was for this film Perc Westmore styled her hair in the bob cut she would favor for the rest of her life.
Bette Davis initially turned down the script, but Warner Bros. studio production chief Hal B. Wallis convinced her she could make something special out of the character, who had been inspired by one of Davis' idols, actress Jeanne Eagels. She was determined to look like an actress on the skids, and insisted Orry-Kelly design costumes appropriate for a woman who had seen better days. It was for this film Perc Westmore styled her hair in the bob cut she would favor for the rest of her life.
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