Screenland (Feb-Oct 1949)

their products. We'll assume you're completely hep about LP and 45RM and want to know what's what in that department as well as regular 78RPM. Pass me that jewel tone needle, Mirandy! HEAVENLY! South Pacific!! Last month we ranted and raved about the songs by everyone and his brother and sister! Now comes the parents themselves — Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza and the whole original cast — in an album, both regular and LP, that'll leave you gassed! Composer Richard Rodgers watched lovingly over the FRED ROBBINS HYA Chum! Wher'ya from? Well don't be so glum 'Cause we're just starting to hum! AND when we say hum we don't mean at any special revolutionary speed either! 'Cause the biscuits come in all speeds and sizes these days, as you well know if you're keeping up with the wax world. Just like hydromatic, dynaflow, turbojet, supershift — so do the cookies go round and round, with the whole deal in your own lap to clasp to your ear or not as you will. The companies have gone all out to bare all about "The Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend's" Cesar Romero visits Fred's own jazz joint. Freddie Robbins invites his radio show guest, Mel Torme, to "Velvet Fog" for the audience. Bob Sterling and Mary Malone drop in for a visit at Freddie Robbins' Clique Club while in New York recently. Bob's currently starring in RKQ's "Roughshod" with Gloria Crahame. recording sessions and the album, exactly as done on stage, bubbles forth the World War II background story based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning "Tales Of The South Pacific." 'Tis terrific to be specific! All the great songs you've been saturated with from every side by now plus all the others you only hear when you see the show — probably 6 years from now. And "if you'll excuse an expression I use," I'm in love with Mary Martin!!! Whatta darling, edible angel! Grab this album — it's a treasure! (Columbia Set MM 850-7 10-inch records; or one 12-inch LP-MU180) Mel Torme — The climate's delicate, the air most sweet, for the "Velvet Fog" straddles your lucky ears with a couple of gorgeous sides. One is his own composition, "There Isn't Any Special Reason," just one of the many thrilling things young Melvin Howard gives you Torme poisoning with. We've been at many parties with Candy's boy — and the things he's written stamp him as one of our foremost future composers. Watch and see! On the flip — Mel uses that uncanny ear to uncover a beauty that's years old. From the Warner Bros, flicker, "Forty Second Street" — "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" — and watch everyone else record it now. What sustenance this is for your hearing! Just beautiful! ( Capitol) "Baby It's Cold Outside"— Another placement, hole in one or home run as you will — for Frank Loesser, who did pretty well with those little black notes this year! One of the best novelties of the year by the kid who only wrote "Once In Love With Amy," "My Darlin' My Darlin' " and "Slow Boat To China," none of which were cream cheese. This clever cutie's from "Neptune's Daughter" (Frank and his wife used to sing it for friends at parties) and we have it in several different labels, madam. You may choose Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban on MGM— right from the sound track; or Margaret Whiting and Johnny Mercer on Capitol; or Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald on Decca; or Buddy Clark and Dinah Shore on Columbia. Interesting to compare the various performances, but we like Dinah's 52