miliosr Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 The Museum of Modern Art will be holding a Jack Cole movie retrospective: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/arts/dance/all-that-jack-cole-a-homage-to-a-forgotten-choreographer.html?ref=dance Link to comment
sandik Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I'm so sorry I'm missing this. The sessions with Debra Levine should be especially rich. She's a LA based critic, and has really taken dance on film seriously. Link to comment
miliosr Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Here's the link to the list of films: http://www.moma.org/calendar/film/1609?locale=en Over the course of the retrospective, you can see peak Rita Hayworth (Tonight and Every Night [1945], Gilda [1946] and Down to Earth [1947]) and peak Marilyn Monroe (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953], There's No Business Like Show Business [1954] and Let's Make Love [1960]), and get a decent sampling of Mitzi Gaynor (The I Don't Care Girl [1953], There's No Business Like Show Business [1954] and Les Girls [1957]). Marc Platt fans can see him in Tonight and Every Night [1945], Tars and Spars [1946] and Down to Earth [1947]. Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I love "Gesticulate" from Kismet, one of the most accomplished physical performances by a singer on film. I assume that was Cole's work as well. For the last minute and a half of the song there were no changes in camera angle, so Howard Keel was awfully well rehearsed. Link to comment
dirac Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 "Gesticulate" is a great number, isn't it? I've always thought Keel was underrated. Thanks for the heads-up, miliosr. Don't know as I'd call "There's No Business Like Show Business" and "Let's Make Love" peak Monroe, however. I think the "Heat Wave" number is one of the most tasteless things she was ever made to do. Cole did splendidly by her in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," however. Jane Russell, too. Link to comment
miliosr Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Cole did splendidly by her in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," however. Jane Russell, too. He really did, didn't he? But how he got Jane Russell's "Ain't There Anyone Here for Love" by the censors of the day, I'll never know. Link to comment
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