09 July 2009
Leaning
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms by Robert Mitchum and Lilian Gish.
Scene taken from The Night of the Hunter. Song written by Anthony J. Showalter (1887).
Motionless Gish awaits the next move from the children hunter. The hunter sings.
Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms
Midway into the song, Gish – the children protector - joins in singing.
Lean on Jesus, lean on Jesus, safe and secure from all alarms
Lean on Jesus, lean on Jesus, leaning on the everlasting arms
A magnificent scene of fearless good facing fearsome evil.
It is the evil that sings the true lines.
The devil has the best tunes.
08 July 2009
Lullaby
Once upon a time
There was a pretty fly
He had a pretty wife
This pretty fly
But one night
She flew away
Flew away
She had two pretty children
But one night
These two pretty children
Flew away
Flew away
Into the sky
Into the moon
A haunting lullaby, opening the scene at 0:30.
The Lullaby, appearing later in the scene at 3:50, is sung by Kitty White. Walter Schumann, the composer, reportedly personally discovered her in a nightclub.
The scene is taken from The Night of the Hunter (1955), a cult film directed by Charles Laughton and starring an unforgettable Robert Mitchum.
And a child shall lead them.
07 July 2009
Crawfish
A startling opening scene of King Creole. Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Crawfish, lazily sung by Elvis Presley and Kitty White.
06 July 2009
King Creole
Elvis performing Trouble in King Creole (1958).
If you’re looking for trouble… you’ve come to the right place…This is a film noir directed by Michael Curtiz. It was filmed years after Curtiz had made Casablanca. The film has… atmosphere… to burn…
Elvis thought King Creole his best film.
03 July 2009
02 July 2009
Tom Waits Continued
What's He Building In There? by Tom Waits. Taken from the Mule Variations album (2004).
01 July 2009
Frank's wild years
A promotion video for the Frank's Wild Years album, by Tom Waits (1987). Live performance by Tom Waits of the title song, Frank's Wild Years, can be seen here (from 0:20 until 2:06).
Labels:
Frank's wild years,
promotion video,
Tom Waits,
Word jazz
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