Elephant Boy (1937) Review: The Good, The Bad & How to Watch British Film, Adventure Venice Film Festival, 1937- 2 wins including: Best Director National Board of Review, 1937- Winner: Top Foreign Films Long before CGI could conjure up entire jungles at the click of a button, cinema had to rely on the real deal. In 1937, Robert Flaherty and Zoltan Korda teamed up to deliver Elephant Boy , an adventure film that stands as a fascinating bridge between raw documentary realism and classic Hollywood storytelling. More on Wikipedia or Mubi The Raw Magic of Elephant Boy The movie is adapted from "Toomai of the Elephants," a short story out of Rudyard Kipling’s iconic The Jungle Book . It follows a young, spirited Indian boy who dreams of becoming a great hunter, just like his father and grandfather before him. When a massive elephant hunt is organized, Toomai sets out to prove his worth, forming an unbreakable bond with a legendary, giant elephant named Kala Nag. W...
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Call Me Madam (1953) American Film, Comedy, Romance, Satire, Satire
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Call Me Madam is a 1953 American Technicolor musical film directed by Walter Lang, with songs by Irving Berlin, based on the 1950 stage musical of the same name.
The film, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman, starred Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy DeWolfe, George Sanders, and Walter Slezak. The film replaced "Washington Square Dance" with the older "International Rag", and interpolated "What Chance Have I With Love?" from Berlin's Louisiana Purchase (sung and danced by Donald O'Connor). A soundtrack album was released by Decca
both as a 10-inch LP and as a set of three 7-inch EPs, and was released
on CD in 2004 by Hallmark. The numbers "The Hostess with the Mostest'"
and "You're Just in Love" are included on the Rhino RecordsCD set Irving Berlin in Hollywood. The film was out of circulation for many years but was issued on DVD in 2004.
Merman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Alfred Newman won the Oscar for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, and Irene Sharaff was nominated for her costume design. Lang was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures by the Directors Guild of America and the Grand Prize at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, and Sheekman's screenplay was nominated Best Written American Musical by the Writers Guild of America.
Ethel Merman was unique in the annals of the American Musical Theater
-she was responsible for the success of more shows, and introduced more
songs that became Broadway standards (and by the best composers) than
any other performer - even Mary Martin and Gwen Verdon never quite
de-throned the First Lady of Musical Theater. But Merman is one of those
whose talent didn't quite transcend the big screen, despite several
attempts. Anyone seeing her on the screen today may well wonder what all
the fuss was about, but take it from an eyewitness: Merman was a force
of nature who had to be seen live to be appreciated - when she set foot
on a stage, she OWNED that stage, the scenery, and every seat, patron,
and brick of that theater. More on Wikipedia or Mubi
Cannes Film Festival, 1953- Official Selection Academy Awards, 1954- Winner: Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, Nominee: Best Costume Design, Color Golden Globes, 1954- Winner: Best Actress - Comedy or Musical Trailer
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