who is the equal today of a Gene kelly, or Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Ava Gardner, Leslie Caron, Errol Flynn etc....
The actors and actresses of that era were more than just pretty faces,they actually had talent! Most were owned so to speak by studios so they knew if they gave a sub-par performance they could be sent to the back lots of B- movies. Most also kept their
Archie Rice (Laurence Olivier) is a worse than second-rate entertainer, but he does sing and dance. Also included in this clip is a classic ...
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - At 84, Harry Belafonte doesn't sing publicly anymore. But today his music is no less rich or compelling than before, even delivered in the form of the spoken words he voices lyrically and from his heart.
"What a blessing, what a blessing," he marvels in his distinctive sandy whisper, summing up his life in a recent interview.
Of course, Belafonte has not been the only beneficiary of that busy, blessed life. He has brought pleasure to millions with his singing (earning the first-ever gold record for his 1956 album "Calypso," which produced the inescapable smash single "Banana Boat (Day-O)"). Moreover, he gained international stardom in concert, on TV and film in such movies as "Carmen Jones" (1954), "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" and "Buck and the Preacher." He won a Tony Award in 1954 for his featured role in "John Murray Anderson's Almanac."
And he blended his artistry with activism, playing a key role in the civil rights movement alongside such leaders as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as well as then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy (whom he pushed for more aggressive protection of blacks) and President John F. Kennedy (whom Belafonte schooled as a presidential candidate on the importance of King's mission, while simultaneously advising King on how to work with the Kennedys).
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Spare Times for May 11-17 Museum of the Moving Image: Kovacs/Adams Retrospective and Documentary Screening (Friday through Sunday, Tuesday through Thursday) To viewers of early television, the husband-and-wife team of the comedian Ernie Kovacs and the entertainer Edie Adams was |
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Washington, DC, sites with links to Marvin Gaye Later, he performed there first with the Moonglows in 1960 and then when it was the first stop on the inaugural Motortown Revue in 1962, where he was the opening act. 8 2600 Rhode Island Ave. NE Then home to rock pioneer Bo Diddley in the late '50s, |
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Spring seal pup season starting early In 1960, rioting erupted in Biloxi, Miss., after black protesters staging a "wade-in" at a whites-only beach were attacked by a crowd of hostile whites. In 1970, the People's Republic of China launched its first satellite, which kept transmitting a |
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Patron attacks Auburn children's librarian In 1960, rioting erupted in Biloxi, Miss., after black protesters staging a "wade-in" at a whites-only beach were attacked by a crowd of hostile whites. In 1970, the People's Republic of China launched its first satellite, which kept transmitting a |
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Today in Music History - May 5 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 with "Hot Pastrami," which was a reworked version of "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes," a 1960 recording by "Nat Kendrick and the Swans." In 1997, "Crosby, Stills and Nash" helped mark the 27th anniversary of the Kent State |
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