Modern Screen (Jul-Dec 1946)

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I met Andre Previn, the 17 -yearold wonder I've told you about before. He's being featured on Frankie's Old Gold show every week, and he's also arranging for Frank and for M-G-M, too, which is phenomenal. A guy can work twenty years some times before getting an arranging job at M-G-M. This Previn is an amazing kid. He barely looks his age, but if you spoke to him over the phone, you'd think he was a mature man in his thirties — because of his speech, his poise, his musical knowledge. I set up a couple of Victor sides with him and Vivien Garry (bass) and her husband, Arv Garrison (guitar) just for kicks. Previn hasn't done much recording, except for an album of Ellington tunes for Sunset. A couple of days later, I went over to see Woody Herman, who was starting work at Republic in the new "Hit Parade" picture. Woody and the band had just got in from San Diego, and the guys were running around town like crazy, trying to find hotel rooms. Not Woody, though. He'd bought Humphrey Bogart's home — way up in the hills at the far end of Hollywood Boulevard. It's a lovely place with a wonderful view, and Woody 's supposed to have paid seventy thousand dollars for it. The only hitch in the whole deal was the question of the washing machine. "We take the washing machine," said the Bogarts. "We need the washing machine," said Woody. Then he decided that he needed a house worse than he needed a washing machine, so the Bogarts won that argument. I spent a couple of afternoons up there with Woody and Charlotte, and we celebrated their beautiful red-headed daughter Ingrid's fifth birthday. Charlotte's beautiful and red-headed too, and Ingrid looks like a good movie bet. If she could stop talking about Roy Rogers for long enough. Woody's breaking his head trying to arrange a meeting with Roy, because Ingrid's driving him crazy. I managed to get over to see Lena Home for a little while— she lives on Horn Avenue — and she was just leaving on a flying trip to New York. She wanted to see her children, and the new home she'd bought out on Long Island. Lena's been doing some personal appearances, and she gave a concert in the Hollywood Bowl, but she hasn't made a movie in some time. She may go into "The Pirates," in November, though. Said goodbye to Lena and went out to hunt for women. Women musicians, that is. I needed 'em for an all-girl jam session— I was doing an all-girl album for Victor. I got Vivien Garry, and the pianist from her trio, Wini Beatty, and I discovered a terrific colored girl named Ginger Smock who plays the electric violin, and sounds a lot like Stuff Smith. We made records from about seven till ten; then I went on to another record session from eleven till two in the morning. This second session was with "The Lamplighters" (Ted Yerxa— whom I've mentioned before) and it was a very informal setup where everybody came wandering in and said, "Well, what tunes shall we make tonight, boys?" And somebody had brought a bottle of sparkling burgundy, and it got spilled all over the control room. Next day, I went out to the Hal Roach studios. An independent producer named Jules Levey was just starting work on a picture called "New Orleans" — vaguely based on the history of jazz in general, and Louis Armstrong in particular. Louis was signed for it, and so were Zutty Singleton, the drummer who worked with Louis on his most famous records eighteen years ago, and Barney Bigard, the great exEllington clarinetist. Billie Holiday's been mentioned for a part, too, and she's out in Hollywood right now. The studio, being desperately accurate, had sent a whole research crew to New Orleans to dig up old recordings and history and music, and when Louis and RECORDS OF THE MONTH Selected by Leonard Feather BEST POPULAR AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT YOU DON'T WANT IT— Dardanelle (Victor) FLA-GA-LA-PA — Timmie Rogers (Majestic), Count Basie (Columbia) FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS— Fran Warren (Cosmo), Ella Fitzgerald (Decca) IT'S A PITY TO SAY GOODNIGHT— Claude Thornhill (Columbia), Ella Fitzgerald (Decca) I'VE GOT TO PASS YOUR HOUSE TO GET TO MY HOUSE— Billy Eckstine (National) PASSE— Tex Beneke (Victor), Ray McKinley (Majestic) , Evelyn Knight (Decca), Phil Brito (Musicraft) MAXINE SULLIVAN ALBUM (International) THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER — Frank Sinatra ( Columb ia ) , Hal Mclntyre (Cosmo). Bing Crosby (Decca) THE WHOLE WORLD IS SINGING MY SONG — Jimmy Dorsey (Decca). Dennis Day (Victor), Harry Cool (Signature), Morton Downey (Majestic) LOVE DOESN'T GROW ON TREES — Benny * Goodman (Columbia) BEST HOT JAZZ GEORGIE AULD — Mo-Mo (Musicraft) COUNT BASIE— The King (Columbia) ROY ELDRIDGE— Hi-Ho Trailus Boot Whip (Decca) LIONEL HAMPTON— Flying Home #2 (Decca) PETE JOHNSON — Housewarming Album (National) JOHN KIRBY— New sextet album (Disc) RAY McKINLEY— Hangover Square (Majestic) BOYD RAEBURN — Album (Jewel) BOBBY SHERWOOD — Sherwood's Forest (Capitol) _ KAY STARR — St. Louis Blues (Lamplighter ) BEST FROM THE MOVIES BREAKFAST IN HOLLYWOOD— It Is Better To Be By Yourself: Bob Crosby ( ^)€CCcl ) BLUE SKIES — Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire Album (Decca). You Keep Coming Back Like a Song: Dennis Day (Victor). Blue Skies: Count Basie (Columbia) DUEL IN THE SUN— Gotta Get Me Somebody To Love: Bing Crosby (Decca), Orrin Tucker (Musicraft), George Paxton (Majestic) IF I'M LUCKY— Title Song: Jimmy Dorse v (Decca) MAKE MINE MUSIC— The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met: Nelson Eddv Album (Victor) OUT CALIFORNIA WAY— Title Song: Sons of the Pioneers (Victor) THE SHOCKING MISS PILGRIM — Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?; Changing Mv Tune: Vaughn Monroe (Victor) THE' TIME. THE PLACE AND THE GIRL— Oh, But I Do: King Cole Trio (Capitol) THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE— You Make Me Feel So Young: Dick Haymes (Decca), Charioteers (Columbia) TO EACH HIS OWN — Title Song. Don Byas (Savoy)