Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1952)

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Tampax Incorporated, Palmer, Mass. mmm Accepted for Advertising by the Journal of the American Medical Association by leonard feather FROM THE MOVIES AARON SLICK FROM PUNKIN CRICK — I'd Like . To Baby You by Robert Q. Lewis (MGM). Life Is A Beautiful Thing by Evelyn Knight & Perry Botkin (Decca). If you like Robert Q. as a TV personality you'll go for the woy he handles this newlyfashioned ditty with on old-fashioned sound. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS — Love Is Here 1 o Stay by Gene Kelly (MGM); David Rose* (MGM). Still one of the great Gershwin tunes, this opus is given a double-sided break by MGM. On one side is Gene Kelly's version from the film's sound-track; on the reverse is a handsome instrumental treatment by David Rose. BELLE OF NEW YORK — Oops ! by Debbie Reynolds* (MGM). A cute little ditty by Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren, from the new Fred Astaire vehicle. I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS — title song by Doris Day** (Columbia); Leroy Holmes* (MGM); Bmg Crosby* (Decca); Ray Anthony (Capitol); George Siravo (Mercury); Vaughn Monroe (Victor); Hugo Winterhalter (Victor) ; Nick Perito (Coral). Swingiri Doum The Lane by Bing Crosby* (Decca); Ralph Flanagan* (Victor); Lawrence Welk (Coral); Helen Forrest (MGM). / Wish I Had A Girl by Blue Barron (MGM); Doris Day* (Columbia); Al Jolson (Decca). We could run on for columns if we tried to list all the records that have been made of Gus Kahn's songs. A couple of dozen of them are heard in this movie based on his life, with Danny Thomas as the great tunesmith and Doris Day as his wife. If you're curious about how close the film comes to reality, Gus Kahn was born in Coblenz, Germany, Nov. 1836, and died in Beverly Hills ten years ago last October. He went to California in 1933 to write for pictures, after his Broadway musicals Whoopee and Show Girl had scored big hits. He wrote, in our opinion, more great songs than Irving Berlin; among them " Pretty Baby, Carolina In The Morning. My Buddy, Love Me Or Leave Me, It Had To Be You, Chloe, Carioca, I Never Knew, The Hour Of Parting, Yes Sir That's My Baby, The One I Love Belongs To" Somebody Else. What a record! And, as we look through our private col'ection, what records! LENA HORNE— Lena Home Sings** (MGM). Hope you agree with our feeling that Lena Home would be a great and successful singer even if she weren't so beautiful. Anyway, here's the evidence, some of it from soundtracks of her MGM pictures with conductor-husband Lennie Hayton wielding a brilliant baton; and some sides with a band led by pianist Luther Henderson. Titles include Deed I Do (of course!), The Lady Is A Tramp, and the wonderful Can't' Help Lov'm' That Man. TWO TICKETS TO BROAD' /AY — Manhattan by Tony Martin and Dinah Shore* (Victor); Jimmy Dorsey (Columbia); Lee Wiley** (Coiumbio) . Best treatment of this great old Rodgers and Hart song is the warm, intimate Lee Wiley version: but to get it you hove to buy her whole album (or LP) entitled Night In Manhattan. Which, come to think of it, isn't a bad idea. POPULAR NAT (KING) COLE — A Weaver Of Dreams* (Capitol). A warm and sentimental vocal job by Nat on the new ballad by Victor Young and Ned Washington (they wrote Ghost Of A Chance). ALAN DEAN — Blue Moon* (Roost). England's No. I ballad singer, who's won all the polls over there, recently settled in this country. Blue Moon and the backing, So In Love, were made in England. By the time you read this his first American recordings will be out on MGM. He's a really fine singer, combining the best elements of the old Sinatra and touches of Eddie Fisher and Eckstine, plus a personality of his own. BILLY ECKSTINE — Take Me Back* (MGM). A typical ballad for Billy's fans. Incidentally he can now be seen in his longdelayed first mov ie, Skirts Ahoy for MGM. Other side of this disc is another version of the tune mentioned above in the Nat Cole listing, Weaver Of Dreams. RALPH FLANAGAN — J list One More Chance* (Victor). Harry Prime sings a fine old ballad that was a Bing favorite many years ago. Other side is an instrumental called Dixie Jump; a little tepid for us — we'd rather take our Dixie-cups straight. DANNY KAYE — There's a Hole in The Bottom Of The Sea (Decca). This has limited appeal unless you're under eight. Danny's humor needs stronger material when you can't see him. JAZZ LOUIS ARMSTRONG-GORDON JENKINS — Sleepy Time Down South* (Decca). Satchmo's latest version of his theme song, which he first recorded before many of his present-day fans were born, has a fine orchestral setting by Gordon Jenkins. The latest Armstrong movie, by the way, entitled Glory Alley, is reported to give him his best and biggest acting role to date. ERROLL GARNER — Fine And Dandy (Columbia). The nimble keyboard wizard is at his best on this, and hits his mellowest mood with the other side, Sophisticated Lady. GENE KRUPA TRIO — LP record (Mercury). The drumming ace is reunited with his former tenor sax star, Charlie Ventura, to re-record some of their old hits such as Dark Eves, Stomping At The Savoy and The" Man I Love. Pianist Teddy Naooleon rounds out the trio. OSCAR PETERSON— Peterson At Carnegie Hall* (Mercury). One of our favorite pianists in some of his best performances. COUNTRY AND WESTERN COWBOY COPAS — 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered (King). RAY price — Weary Blues (Columbia). HANK WILLIAMS — Baby, We're Really In Love (MGM) ELLIOT LAWRENCE-ROSALIND PATTON-COWBOY COPAS — Don't Leave My Poor Heart Breaking* (King). Interesting combination of Elliot Lawrence's strictly Eastern swing band, his girl singer and a Western vocal favorite.