Set in a rundown chicago hotel in 1938, this incredible musical revue focuses on three womens relationships with the same snakeofaman and their interweaving stories told through the torch songs and blues of duke ellington, bessie smith, johnny mercer, harold arlen and alberta hunter among others. He is known for his dynamic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts. Testo canzone blues in the night italiano translatorblues. Rhythm is our business past perfect 1930s 1940s big band duration. The project began filming with the working title hot nocturne, the play upon which it is based, but was eventually named after its principal musical number blues in. Tell johnny he was robbed, oscar hammerstein told a mutual friend on oscar night.
Jigger richard whorf and the gang exhort leo jack carson to show off his chops in a dinner club being blown down by the real jimmie lunceford and his band in anatole litvaks blues in the night, 1941 view the tcmdb entry for blues in the night 1941. Jigger richard whorf and the gang exhort leo jack carson to show off his chops in a dinner club being blown down by the real jimmie lunceford and his band in anatole litvaks blues in the night, 1941. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit and to play blues music. Awhooeeahwhooee ol clicketyclacks aechoin back th blues in the night the evenin breezell start the trees to cryin and the moonll hide its light when you get the blues in the night. Its possible to download the configuration a json file that the authoring tool makes and edit the json yourself. The plot of a scrappy band trying to make their way in the world is pretty standard, but its enlivened by some awesome photography and lively musical numbers. Jul 16, 20 blues in the night was a song written for the 1941 film of the same name, to be sung by a man in jail. The premier site for the history and analysis of the standards jazz musicians play the most. Blues in the night 1941 jigger pine richard whorf is the moody leader of a touring jazz ensemble thats mired in setbacks on the road to success. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for blues in the night 1941. Recorded at the van gelder studio, new jersey on december 7, 1958. Blues in the night is a musical revue conceived by sheldon epps.
Blues in the night 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sonny terry simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Blues in the night 1941 streaming ita ellen cinema. Blues in the night wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. The major characters of the film, a group of young white musicians one of them is played by a young elia kazan. Originally released in 1979 as sonny clark blues in the night. But thats a drive from here, id have to give you directions and we all know how men are about directions. Ray charles blues in the night my mama done tol me. I just wasted my 4 gigs on downloading the mkv version but now it doesnt play right, i mean every video is playing with lag like real lag and also no audio. Blues in the night was a song written for the 1941 film of the same name, to be sung by a man in jail. Blues in the night 1941 movie clip jimmie lunceford youtube.
Apres une bagarre, ils sont jetes en prison en compagnie dun batteur et dun bassiste. Dvd blues in the night the movie, 1941 song introduced by. Blues in the night is a popular blues song which has become a pop standard and is generally considered to be part of the great american songbook. Based on edwin gilberts play, a jazz band meets a fleeing criminal and plays in his roadhouse, but his exgirlfriend makes the bands leader go astray. Italia latinoamerica magyarorszag nederland new zealand norge.
Prince, tom petty, steve winwood, jeff lynne and others while my guitar gently weeps duration. Future directors richard whorf and elia kazan star as, respectively, a neurotic bandleader and a carefree clarinettist. Blues in the night is a 1941 american musical in the film noir style directed by anatole litvak and starring priscilla lane, richard whorf, betty field, lloyd nolan, elia kazan, and jack carson. Starring priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, lloyd nolan. Blues in the night was released in a sweet spot just before the bombing of pearl harbor 22 days prior, to be precise, when studiogovernment saberrattling was ramped up but before american war entry, when rahrah propaganda to support the effort became nearly obligatory. Jigger lane forms a band that includes singer ginger character. Members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their talented leader from dying after he breaks from the. Blues in the night is not necessarily a canonized film, and probably rightly so, but anatole litvaks attempt to capture some jazz lightning in a bottle is an entertaining multireeler. Overview of blues in the night, 1941, directed by anatole litvak, with priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, at turner classic movies. It was available in both mono dl 9240 and simulated stereo dl 79240. Blues in the night 1941 movie clip the dreams on me. Choose from blues night 1941 sheet music for such popular songs as blues in the night. Il pellicola e disaccordo in cipro il 24 dicembre 1983 da topics adventure a proprio variazione nasser, parlato nella luogo foto eccezionale al 82. Jigger lane forms a band that includes singer ginger character powell, wife of the trumpeter leo powell, and nickie haroyen and peppi.
Similar to andy kirk, jimmie luncefords family moved to denver, co. This account has reached the download cap, additional downloads subject to agreement overage terms. Jazz standards songs and instrumentals blues in the night. The 26 hot and torchy numbers that tell of the sweet, sexy and sorrowful experiences that three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong will leave you energized, inspired and ready to wail. Nickie elia kazan tells pianoplayer jigger pine richard whorf he wants to play clarinet. Print instantly, or sync to our free pc, web and mobile apps. Harold arlen blues in the night sheet music piano solo. You will a complete description of blues in the night below original title. Priscilla lane as character performing the harold arlenjohnny mercer standard the dreams on me leading into drama featuring richard whorf, howard da silva and wallace ford, in blues in the night, 1941. Song information for blues in the night rosemary clooney on allmusic. The dedication isnt paying off in money and, while riding the. Their jazz band travels from one smalltime gig to another, always hoping for their big break but always denied fame thanks to their own personal demons. The soul of the blues wails out full and strong in blues in the night, a scorching, tonynominated musical.
Blues in the night my mama done tol me my mama done tol me, when i was in kneepants my mama done tol me, son a womanll sweet talk. The timing might help explain the films looseleash oddnessthe unique mashing of genres noir. In 1941 litvak also directed blues in the night, an ambitious but ultimately inadequate drama about the stressful lives of jazz musicians and their girlfriends. It actually sounds better sung by a woman about a man whos a twoface, a worrisome thing whollleave you to sing the blues in the night. Well in 1941 a happy father had a son and by 1944 the father walked right out the door and in 45 the mom and son were still alive discovered using shazam, the music discovery app. Blues in the night is a 1941 american musical in the film noir style directed by anatole litvak and starring priscilla lane, richard whorf, betty field, lloyd nolan. The song blues in the night was written in 1941 published and ed sept. Blues in the night rosemary clooney song info allmusic. In the movie blues in the night, william gillespie, playing one of several imprisoned black men, gives the title song its premier. Sylvia came on the air that night, she opened with, oh, rise and shine and give.
With priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, lloyd nolan. Members of a traveling jazz band try to keep their talented leader from dying after he breaks from the band and begins drinking and taking drugs. Blues in the night 1941 movie picture download mm52. Blues in the night 1941 blues in the night 1941 user. The bigband mystique of the 1940s was explored by blues in the night. The music was written by harold arlen, the lyrics by johnny mercer, for a 1941 film begun with the working title hot nocturne, but finally released as blues in the night. The dedication isnt paying off in money and, while riding the rails in a boxcar, they. Priscilla lane, betty field, richard whorf, imdb rating. Other articles where blues in the night is discussed. What blues in the night has going for it are songs by harold arlen and johnny mercer, including one great song, this time the dreams on me and one they knocked out of the ball park, perhaps the best popular blues song ever written, blues in the night.
Future directors richard whorf and elia kazan star as, respectively. Here is a newspaper from 1941, chicago tribune publisher col. Blues in the night 1941 africanamerican baritone william gillespies original. Sonny terry 24 october 1911 in greensboro, georgia 11 march 1986 in mineola,new york was a blind american blues musician. Her voice and face gave him mixed signals part humor, part challenge. Print and download blues in the night sheet music composed by harold arlen arranged for piano. Blues in the night by justin stewart on february 1, 2017 blues in the night was released in a sweet spot just before the bombing of pearl harbor 22 days prior, to be precise, when studiogovernment saberrattling was ramped up but before american war entry, when rahrah propaganda to support the effort became nearly obligatory. The project began filming with the working title hot nocturne, the play upon which it is based, but was eventually named after its principal musical number blues. Blues in the night unique mixes of the best in classic and contemporary blues, soul and zydeco.
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