The Third Man is one of the greatest film noir movies. It will be on TCM this weekend. It has gloomy Vienna post-war atmosphere, great performances by Orson Welles, Alida Valli and Joseph Cotten, and a theme performed on a zither.
It was covered by the Band
“Tomorrow Never Knows” by the Beatles was the last song on Revolver (1966). Los Lobos and others have covered it.
Lawrence Tierney played tough guys and apparently was one in real life, too. Start with Born to Kill and Dillinger.
Ronald Reagan played Hall of Fame pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander in the 1952 film The Winning Team. TCM will broadcast it on March 16 at 6:30 am. I’ve never seen it and I’m going to record it.
Apparently, Reagan confused Alexander with Grover Cleveland who the pitcher was named after.
Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial Association has this in their article on baseball:
The Speaker pointed out that a desk the new President was using belonged to Grover Cleveland. O’Neill wrote that Reagan was thrilled and stated, “Hey, Grover Cleveland! I played him in the movies!”. Reagan was referring to Grover Cleveland Alexander in 1952’s The Winning Team. O’ Neill stated, “No, no, Mr. President. You played Grover Cleveland Alexander, the baseball player”.
I was fortunate to see Sly and the Family Stone twice (in 1969 and again in 1970 or 1971). They were amazing both times. They even made the hockey rink built in to the Spectrum in Philadelphia vibrate. To me, the live shows were even better than the records. The records don’t capture the energy and volume. Try the footage from Woodstock for an idea. By the second show, they could just play extended versions of hit songs for an entire concert. The opening act was Little Sister, which included Sly’s sister, that had two hits.
This has the poster for the 1971 show I saw at the bottom of the page
Trump’s bad response to the virus has caused thousands of needless deaths.
“Hernando’s Hideaway” was originally in the 1954 musical The Pajama Game. Try the Brave Combo cover.
Brandi Carlile peformed John Prine’s “I Remember Everthing” at the Grammys last night.
Sad! 