honeysuckle rose ( also known as on the road again ) is a 1980 american romantic drama film directed by jerry schatzberg , written by john binder , gustaf molander , carol sobieski , gösta stevens , and william d. wittliff , and starring willie nelson , dyan cannon , and amy irving .

honeysuckle rose ( film )

4n1 dvd ballad of little jo . & macon ; county line & pure country & honeysuckle rose . side b - macon county line . side b - honeysuckle rose .
honeysuckle rose
is the nickname of willie nelson ' s concert tour bus .
honeysuckle rose , dyan cannon , willie nelson , 1980 . ( c ) warner brothers
honeysuckle rose , willie nelson , amy irving , 1980 . ( c ) warner brothers
honeysuckle rose is a 1980 romantic drama film directed by jerry schatzberg and starring willie nelson , dyan cannon and amy irving .
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4 film favorites : country westerns ( the ballad of little jo , macon county line , pure country , honeysuckle rose ) . side b - macon county line . side b - honeysuckle rose . side a - the ballad of little jo . . .
the film was screened out of competition at the cannes film festival in 1981 .
4n1 dvd ballad of little jo & macon ; county line & pure country & honeysuckle rose country western collection : ( the ballad of little jo / macon county line / pure country / honeysuckle rose ) note : both . . .
authors : willie nelson , dyan cannon , george strait , lesley ann warren , amy irving , slim pickens , joey floyd . pure country / honeysuckle rose . title : pure country / honeysuckle rose . new : just like it so . . .
2 - disc set . region 1 . wide screen version . honeysuckle rose and pure country are rated pg . little jo and macon county are rated r . honeysuckle rose ( 1980 ) willie nelson , dyan cannon , amy irving , slim . . .
side b - macon county line . side b - honeysuckle rose . disc 2 : side a - the ballad of little jo .
about nine months before this movie debuted stateside , the film ' s title was used for an adult xxx movie starring john holmes [ see : honeysuckle rose ( 1979 ) ] .
western double feature ( pure country / honeysuckle rose ) . title : western double feature ( pure country / honeysuckle rose ) . region : 1 . release date : 2006 - 08 - 22 . theatrical release date : 2006 - 08 - 22 . our . . .
for those of you wanting to know what “honeysuckle rose” has to do with the film , the [ always reliable ] imdb says it’s the nickname of willie nelson’s real - life tour bus .
absolutely love
the last of sheila
. dyan also did a fine job acting and singing in
honeysuckle rose
with willie nelson .
macon county line . complete dvd movie collection includes all 4 full - length films as listed listed honeysuckle rose . country western collection . pure country .
original honeysuckle rose artwork : sticker , postcard , signed copy of script and a big hug ( must be in l . a . to redeem hug ) !
executive producer credit on film , tarot card reading ( 60 minutes ) with anastasia simone , handmade pf soy candle ( prop in film ) , wrap party invitation for four , original honeysuckle rose artwork : sticker , postcard , signed copy of script , and a big hug .
this was the second american music movie in a year to feature the word
rose
in the film ' s title , the picture following on the heels of bette midler ' s the rose ( 1979 ) .
country western collection : ( the ballad of little jo / macon county line / pure country / honeysuckle rose ) . note : both the discs are double - sided . disc 1 : side a - pure country side b - honeysuckle r . . .
based on an untrue story is a 1993 television film directed by jim drake .
in honeysuckle rose ( 1980 ) , willie nelson portrays a character called buck bonham . around four years later , nelson ' s co - star in songwriter ( 1984 ) , kris kristofferson , played a character called blackie buck .
honeysuckle rose / pure country / the ballad of little jo / macon county line . don your favorite cowboy hat , set a spell and enjoy a dadgum great set of four films - all graced with a pure country weste . . .
allie & me is a 1997 film directed by michael rymer . it stars lyndie benson and linda darnell . it won an award at the 1997 riverrun international film festival .
from paramount ' s campy biopic mommie dearest , the film version of christina crawford ' s memoir . this is the film that scarwid is best known for and is probably the highest earning film of her career . left : scarwid turns in an intense performance as christina crawford , with faye dunaway as joan crawford . right : scene from the end of the film
in 1979 martin , a native of chapel hill , tenn . , recorded the guitar parts for nelson’s film honeysuckle rose and shortly afterward joined nelson’s “family” band . the guitarist had a considerable influence on both nelson’s use of the nylon - string guitar and his playing technique . martin remained in the band until he was forced to retire for health reasons in 1994 .
side b - macon county line . side b - honeysuckle rose . side a - the ballad of little jo . side a - pure country . note : both the discs are double - sided . we will work with you to resolve any problem you . . .
this hungarian film is a careful , compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .
shamus is a 1973 american film starring burt reynolds and dyan cannon , directed by buzz kulik .
there is no song on the soundtrack called
honeysuckle rose
. however , it is the name of a 1928 song composed by fats waller with lyrics written by andy razaf . waller ' s 1934 recording of it was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 1999 .
the 1928 fats waller jazz classic that gives the film its title , however , was not included in the picture .
honeysuckle rose
here is simply the name of nelson ' s tour bus . irving and cannon did their own singing . emmylou harris appears as herself , singing
angel eyes
and
so you think you ' re a cowboy
with nelson .
the murder game is a 1965 british crime film starring ken scott , marla landi , trader faulkner , conrad phillips and directed by sidney salkow . the film was distributed by twentieth century - fox .
beverly hills family robinson is a 1997 american walt disney television film based on the novel swiss family robinson by johann david wyss . the film features dyan cannon , martin mull , sarah . . . more
as louise in inside moves . scarwid was nominated for an academy award for her performance in this film
side b - macon county line . side b - honeysuckle rose . side a - the ballad of little jo . side a - pure country . we ' re happy to help . we do not accept p . o . boxes . note : both the discs are double - sided .
the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss , ” a film by daniel peddle .
advance ticket sales automatically cut off 2 hours before the start of the first film in the double feature .
the pickle is a 1993 film produced , written , and directed by paul mazursky , telling the story of a formerly powerful film director whose recent string of flops has forced him to make a . . . more
the rise and fall of legs diamond is a 1960 film directed by budd boetticher . the picture marked the film debut of dyan cannon and was nominated for an academy award for best costume design for . . . more
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
8 heads in a duffel bag is a 1997 black comedy film starring joe pesci , kristy swanson and david spade . it was the directorial debut of screenwriter tom schulman . in 1998 the film won the . . . more
the end of innocence is a semi - autobiographical film from 1990 directed , written by and starring dyan cannon .
this rebel breed is a 1960 american melodrama film directed by richard l . bare and william rowland starring rita moreno , gerald mohr , eugenio martin , dyan cannon , and richard rust . the film is . . . more
such good friends is a 1971 american comedy - drama film directed by otto preminger . the screenplay by esther dale is based on the novel of the same title by lois gould . the film stars dyan . . . more
caddyshack ii is a 1988 golf comedy film and sequel to caddyshack . the film stars jackie mason , dan aykroyd , robert stack , dyan cannon , randy quaid , chevy chase , jonathan silverman , and jessica . . . more
the film chronicles the extraordinary life of anita oday , one of the most legendary female jazz vocalists of all time . it has played in more than two dozen national and international film festivals winning accolades and awards along the way .
heaven can wait is a 1978 american comedy film co - directed by warren beatty and buck henry . it is the second film adaptation of harry segall ' s stageplay of the same name , preceded by here comes . . . more
out to sea is a 1997 romantic comedy film starring jack lemmon , walter matthau , rue mcclanahan , dyan cannon and brent spiner . it was the final film for both donald o ' connor and edward mulhare . . . . more
revenge of the pink panther is the sixth film in the pink panther film series . released in 1978 , it was the last entry released during the lifetime of peter sellers , who died in 1980 . it is also . . . more
that darn cat is a 1997 mystery comedy film starring christina ricci and doug e . doug . it is a remake of the 1965 film that darn cat ! , which in turn was based on the book undercover cat by . . . more
both actresses did their own singing on the film’s soundtrack , and there’s no need to admonish them not to quit their day jobs .
joel schumacher and blake edwards are among those who have directed dyan cannon at one point or another during their careers in the film industry .
a short film directed by anastasia simone , starring claire woolner ! thanks for your awesome support . we love you ! thank u thank u !
one of three cinema movie collaborations of actor - singer willie nelson and producer - director sydney pollack . the three pictures are [ in order ] : the electric horseman ( 1979 ) ( their first film ) , honeysuckle rose ( 1980 ) ( their second movie ) , and songwriter ( 1984 ) ( their third and final flick ) . nelson appears in all three pictures with lead starring roles in all but the first where nelson had a supporting part . pollack acted in three different capacities on the three films : as a director , an executive producer , and a producer respectively .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
( so if you were expecting the red headed stranger to do a version of the fats waller standard during the film’s running time…sorry to disappoint you . )
from the abc made - for - television film night of the hunter , a remake of the 1956 theatrical release starring robert mitchum . scarwid portrays willa harper
according to allmusic ,
the soundtrack to honeysuckle rose is an anomaly in the genre . it is really a collection of songs by willie nelson and his family band as well as a host of friends like jody payne , johnny gimble , amy irving , hank cochran , jeannie seely , kenneth threadgill , dyan cannon and emmylou harris , all of it set in a concert - like atmosphere and performed live in front of an audience .
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by philip schweier with the recent passing of classic film icon shirley temple , i got to thinking about any of her films i may have s . . .
there’s incredible footage from her incomparable career starting as far back as the 1940s through the recording of her last album , and the joy of hearing a woman do what she did best–sing . we see , and hear anita singing more than 30 songs , including “a nightingale sang in berkeley square , ” “let me off uptown , ” “honeysuckle rose , “tea for two , ” “let’s fall in love” and from her legendary performance at the 1958 newport jazz festival , sweet georgia brown .
the movie featured quite a number of willie nelson ' s self - composed hit songs . nelson can be heard on 15 of the film soundtrack ' s 24 tracks .
a perry mason mystery : the case of the jealous jokester is a 1995 crime - drama film written by gerry conway , erle stanley gardner and directed by vincent mceveety .
( 1980 ; with john savage ) , but the film was not a box office success . accolades aside , scarwid is best known for two of her 1980s films :
in the late 1970s , at the height of his stardom , nelson ventured into feature films and proved a competent actor as well . he played a supporting role with robert redford in the electric horseman ( 1979 ) and went on to play the lead in honeysuckle rose ( 1980 ) , the songwriter ( 1984 ) ( with kris kristofferson ) , and red headed stranger ( 1987 ) . in the western barbarosa ( 1982 ) , with actor gary busey , nelson even earned accolades from vincent canby , film critic of the new york times . television films in which nelson has starred include where the hell’s the gold ( 1988 ) and once upon a texas train ( 1988 ) .
the movie remains resolutely at the level of superficial cliché , resisting any temptation to make a serious statement about the character ' s hard - drinking , self - destructive lifestyle ; this isn ' t a movie like
payday ,
in which rip torn recreated the last days of the dying hank williams .
honeysuckle rose
has the kind of problems that can be resolved with an onstage reconciliation in the last scene : willie and dyan singing a duet together and everybody knowing things will turn out all right .
this was the consecutive film with an adultery theme for director jerry schatzberg who had just examined the same thematic territory in his previous picture the seduction of joe tynan ( 1979 ) .
note : both the discs are double - sided . disc 1 : side a - pure country side b - honeysuckle rosedisc 2 : side a - the ballad of little jo side b - macon county line . - region : region 1 ( u . s . and canada o . . .
coast to coast is a 1980 comedy film starring dyan cannon and robert blake , directed by joseph sargent . the screenplay was written by stanley weiser . the original score was composed by charles . . . more
the anderson tapes is a 1971 american crime film directed by sidney lumet , starring sean connery and featuring dyan cannon , martin balsam , and comedian alan king . the screenplay was written by . . . more
boynton beach club is a 2005 film directed by susan seidelman , a romantic comedy produced by her and her mother florence . based on experiences of florence and her widowed friend david cramer at . . . more
diamond girl is a 1998 canadian - south african romance drama television film directed by timothy bond and starring jonathan cake , joely collins , and kevin otto . written by charles lazer and based . . . more
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the last of sheila is a 1973 mystery film that was directed by herbert ross and written directly for the screen by anthony perkins and stephen sondheim , it starred richard benjamin , dyan cannon , . . . more
the plot of willie nelson ' s
honeysuckle rose
is just a slight touch familiar , maybe because it ' s straight out of your basic country and western song . to wit : the hero , a veteran country singer still poised at the brink of stardom after 25 years on the road , won ' t listen to his wife ' s pleas that he leave the road and settle down with her and their son . meanwhile , the band ' s guitarist , who is also the singer ' s best friend , retires . a replacement is needed , and the singer hires the best friend ' s daughter .
author ! author ! is a 1982 film directed by arthur hiller , written by israel horovitz and is loosely autobiographical . it stars al pacino , dyan cannon and tuesday weld . it concerns the familial . . . more
child under a leaf is a 1974 drama film directed by george bloomfield and starring dyan cannon . the plot follows an abused wife who strikes up an affair with an artist , but their relationship is . . . more
willie nelson wrote the film ' s signature song not long after signing on for the picture . on a plane flight , nelson was asked by executive producer sydney pollack , who had just directed nelson in the electric horseman ( 1979 ) , to write a theme tune for the film about a singer ' s life on the road . reportedly , nelson apparently wrote the song , which features the beat of a train , on a plane paper barf bag .
bob & carol & ted & alice is a 1969 comedy - drama film directed by paul mazursky . it stars natalie wood , robert culp , elliott gould , and dyan cannon . the screenplay was written by . . . more
doctors ' wives is a 1971 american drama film directed by george schaefer and starring dyan cannon , gene hackman , carroll o ' connor , richard crenna , janice rule , john colicos , and rachel roberts . . . . more
the love machine is a 1971 film adaptation of the jacqueline susann novel the love machine . written by samuel a . taylor and directed by jack haley , jr . , it starred john phillip law , dyan cannon , . . . more
this story is totally predictable from the opening scenes of
honeysuckle rose ,
which is a certain disappointment ; the movie is sly and entertaining , but it could have been better . still , it has its charms , and one is certainly the presence of willie nelson himself , making his starring debut at the age of 47 and not looking a day over 60 . he ' s grizzled , grinning , sweet - voiced and pleasant , and a very engaging actor . ( he gave promise of that with a single one - liner in his screen debut in
the electric horseman ,
expressing his poignant desire for the kind of girl who could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch . )
anastasia & claire have teamed up to make a 7 - minute short film with an incredible team of people in los angeles . we will be creating this film come what may ! delays are possible but non - completion is impossible . we will get it done , and if you know us , it ' s true ! we are inspired , challenged and altogether fascinated by what our lives would be without the technology we love to hate . anastasia is simply happy to be working on a project with claire after an extraordinary hiatus - the best and worst times of life all blended together . we are deeply moved by your support and promise to not let you down . we are so excited to share our film once it ' s completed .
the song
on the road again
sung by willie nelson from this film went to no . # 20 on the billboard hot 100 whilst the
honeysuckle rose
album went to no . # 11 on the u . s . billboard 200 chart but chart - topped to the no . # 1 spot on billboard ' s top country albums . the song
on the road again
got oscar nominated and won a grammy award for best country song . in 2004 , rolling stone magazine scored the song at the no . # 471 rank on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time whilst in 2011 , the song was inducted into the grammy hall of fame . the tune was nelson ' s his sixth no . # 1 hit as a solo performer and his ninth no . # 1 country & western hit overall . the track has frequently been used on various soundtracks for films and television series and is considered a music classic .
i couldn’t warm up to it the first time around because it’s a character - driven film ( i was all about cleverly - plotted movies at that point in my cinematic education ) and i thought with maturity , maybe it plays a little better .
a seven - time grammy award winner , willie nelson has received numerous accolades including american music awards , academy of country music awards , country music association awards and others . he is a co - founder of farm aid , an annual series of fundraising events which began as an all - star benefit concert in 1985 to raise money for american family farmers . he continues to lobby against horse slaughter and produces his own blend of biodiesel fuel . an old - school road - dog troubadour with new school wheels , willie plays concerts year - round , tirelessly touring on honeysuckle rose iii ( he rode his first two buses into the ground ) , taking his music and fans to places that are always worth the ride .
the dvd is double sided . they ' re singing the songs . and living them . george strait already had 25 chart - topping hits when he made his film debut in pure country ( side a ) . he plays dusty , who ditches hi . . .
first leading role in a major motion picture for singer turned actor willie nelson who was 47 years old when he debuted in a starring role in this movie . this picture followed nelson ' s feature film debut in a supporting role in the electric horseman ( 1979 ) released the previous year .
fats waller had penned an innumerable number of compositions . some of waller’s works with enthusiastic vocals and popular titles are ‘don’t let it bother you’ , ‘sweetie pie’ , ‘lulu’s back in town’ , ‘truckin’’ , ‘a little bit independent’ , ‘it’s a sin to tell a lie’ , ‘you’re not the kind’ , ‘until the real thing comes along’ , ‘the curse of an aching heart’ , ‘dinah’ , ‘s’posin’ , ‘smarty’ , ‘the sheik of araby’ , ‘hold tight’ and ‘i love to whistle’ . waller had massive hits with specialities such as ‘i’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter’ , ‘when somebody thinks you’re wonderful’ , ‘my very good friend the milkman’ and ‘your feet’s too big’ . he recorded ballads including ‘two sleepy people’ and ‘then i’ll be tired of you’ . some of his other compositions include ‘honeysuckle rose’ and ‘the joint is jumping’ ( co - written with raze and j . c . johnson ) .
for this memorable occasion , willie wears fashion designer john varvatos on the to all the girls… album materials . varvatos is also featuring willie along with his two sons , lukas nelson and micah nelson , in the brand’s fall 2013 campaign , which includes striking black and white images and a short film lensed by danny clinch .
doctors’ wives ( 1971 ) is a trashy soap opera played straight as if it’s a serious drama but cannon’s brief appearance as a nymphomaniac housewife has a lively vulgarity that almost elevates this into the ranks of great kitsch . unfortunately she gets murdered early into the film and her shameless behavior and foul mouth – “god , am i horny ! ” is her opening line – is greatly missed . while the film is no comedy , it comes close to one whenever cannon is onscreen , vowing to sleep with all her friend’s wives and rate them in bed . and it’s not the last time cannon gives a peerless comic performance in a non - comedy .
in september 2013 , legacy recordings will release to all the girls… , a collection of newly recorded duets between willie nelson and a dream list of contemporary pop - country women singers including dolly parton , mavis staples , sheryl crow , loretta lynn , wynonna judd , rosanne cash , alison krauss , miranda lambert , tina rose , carrie underwood , emmylou harris , norah jones , secret sisters , brandi carlile , lily meola , shelby lynne , melonie cannon and paula nelson .
regarded as one of the greatest pianists in the history of jazz music , fats waller was a singer , musician and entertainer of exceptional forte . his amazingly light and flexible touch belies his physical simplicity . waller initiated the use of pipe organ and hammond organ in jazz . calling the pipe organ as the ‘god box’ , he created a world of joy for the music lovers . that is one of the reasons why he is hailed as a genius even years after his death . as an improviser and composer , there were very rare occasions when his invention flagged , adding paradoxically winsome songs like
honeysuckle rose
,
ain ' t misbehavin” ,
keepin ' out of mischief now
,
blue turning grey over you
and the extraordinary
jitterbug waltz
to the jazz inventory . however , in spite of his exuberance and talent , he is best remembered for his comic personality . explore more on this musician’s life in this biography below .
the film got oscar nominated receiving an academy award nomination for best music - original song for willie nelson ' s ballad
on the road again
, the title of which is also one of the movie ' s aka titles . nelson ' s nom for this tune to date [ june 2013 ] still remains nelson ' s only ever oscar nomination .
of all the popular singers who have become movie stars ( e . g . , frank sinatra , elvis presley , cher ) , the unlikeliest of all is probably willie nelson . a long - haired , pot - smoking country singer with a music career stretching back to the mid - 1950s , nelson made his film debut in a supporting role opposite robert redford and jane fonda in
nelson demonstrates a commanding onscreen presence in the film ( his second feature , and first starring role ) and even though his character lets little willie do the thinking of big willie , buck bonham is a sympathetic figure ( the filmmakers also resist the temptation to whitewash what buck has done , instead allowing the audience decide if nelson’s charisma is sufficient absolution for the sins in his marriage ) .
i remember playing the hell out of the soundtrack and seeing this twice in the theatre . weirdly , i ' ve never seen it since ( the summer of 1980 , when i was 12 , had me going to see pretty much everything that was out , and many two or three times ) . my dad loved the urban cowboy film and soundtrack , and played it in his store for months afterward .
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( 2007–2009 ) . after nearly 40 years of films , television , and theatrical performances , scarwid ' s career has slowed in the past few years , but film and television viewers are almost certain to see more of her excellent work in the future . on a personal note , diana scarwid married dr . eric scheinbart on her 23rd birthday , in 1978 . the couple , whose son and daughter were born in the 1980s , parted company in the mid 1990s .
one of nelson’s many creative high - water marks and his first real commercial breakthrough came with the red headed stranger . this 1975 concept album was recorded in a small texas studio on a shoestring budget . some of the executives at columbia records , nelson’s label at this time , balked at releasing it . ( its raw minimalism , to them , suggested a mere demo record . ) yet it ultimately became the first of many million sellers nelson would enjoy during the 1970s . from it also came nelson’s first # 1 single , “blue eyes crying in the rain , ” ironically not a song written by nelson but an ethereal version of a 1945 fred rose composition .
if there ' s an edge of disappointment coming out of the movie , maybe it ' s inspired by that simplicity of approach to complicated problems . willie nelson has lived a long time , experienced a lot and suffered a certain amount on his way to his current success , and my hunch is that he knows a lot more about his character ' s problems in this movie than he lets on . maybe the idea was to film the legend and save the man for later .
reportedly , the character buck bonham that willie nelson played is considered to have borne more than a passing similarity to the actual willie nelson the person in real life . this duality was also displayed in nelson ' s character buck bonham ' s life experience in the film ' s story . this is reflected in the movie ' s tagline that states :
for 20 years , he ' s been singing to the country . but he never figured he ' d be living his own love songs .
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in the year 1943 , he starred in the film ‘stormy weather’ . in december , in the same year , while playing the zanzibar room in hollywood , he suffered a bout of influenza . this forced him to cut all his engagements in order to return home . his health suffered badly due to excessive drinking , over work and obesity and influenza added to the complications . on december 15 , 1943 , while travelling in a train back to new york , thomas fats waller passed away near kansas city , at the age of 39 of pneumonia .
i recently revisited a film i had once greatly enjoyed but hadn’t seen since its original release in 1978 – heaven can wait – and was prepared for the worst . it didn’t seem like the sort of movie that would wear well over the years and it certainly wasn’t very original to begin with . after all , it was a remake of 1941’s here come mr . jordan , which falls into that overexposed fantasy genre of spirits or ghosts aiding and complicating the lives of the living as in topper or ghost or all of me or angel on my shoulder and on and on . i’ll dispense with any plot description since you’ve probably seen it or can find a more detailed synopsis elsewhere but i was pleasantly surprised by a second viewing .
despite the completely absurd premise , screenwriters elaine may and warren beatty ( with uncredited contributions from robert towne ) have fun with it , throwing in some wicked black comedy and anti - corporation satire to balance the fantasy elements and the warm romance at the film’s center with beatty and julie christie at their most appealing ( except for the bad ’70s hair day ) . but what really stands out is a scene stealing performance by dyan cannon as beatty’s gleefully venal wife who attempts repeatedly , with the help of her spineless lover charles grodin , to kill beatty for his millions . each failed attempt makes her increasingly hysterical and manic and it’s as much fun to watch as edgar kennedy’s slow burn in duck soup where he dishes out and endures abuse from harpo and chico marx .
apparently you missed boynton beach club when it was released in 2006 . comments on it would have made a perfect ending for your piece . it ' s not a gem but it ' s not bad . dyan stars , along with brenda vacarro , len cariou and sally kellerman , among others . the director was susan seidelman . don ' t be too hard on yourself for missing it . it wasn ' t in release long . i saw it at a pittsburgh multi - plex , where it played for a week . the subject is the social life and romantic entanglements of a group of senior citizens , some who are mourning the loss of loved ones . dyan encounters the perfect man , until she finds out the horrible secret he kept from her . i ' ll let you watch the film to learn what this secret is . don ' t worry . it ' s not that bad . i always liked her in whatever movie she was featured . you ' re right . she was good in
doctors ' wives
and
the last of sheila .
i never cared much for
heaven can wait .
it is far inferior to the classic
here comes mr . jordan .
i ' m not impressed by all the talent involved . i still don ' t like it . avoid
such good friends .
i saw it when it came out and all i remember was it was terrible . incidentally , as far as i know , cary grant and dyan cannon never worked together . when i try to imagine such a screen pairing , it seems to me that they would not have much chemistry together .
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basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .
roger ebert was born on this day in 1942 , and died a little over five years ago . i owe a good part of my success…
a look back at robert zemeckis ' half - animated classic , who framed roger rabbit , on its 30 - year anniversary .
she is a shapely young lady who has had a crush on the singer since she was knee high to a grasshopper . once they go out on the road again , the singer and the best friend ' s daughter start sleeping with one another . this situation causes anguish for the singer , the daughter , the best friend , the wife , the son and the band . but after going down to mexico to slug back some tequila and think it over , the singer returns to his wife and the best friend ' s daughter wisely observes :
anythang that hurts this many people can ' t be right .
the movie also surrounds nelson with an interesting cast : dyan cannon is wonderful as willie ' s long - suffering wife , a sexy 40ish earth - woman with streaked hair and a wardrobe from l . l . bean . she survives the test of her big scene , an archetypal c & w confrontation in which she charges onstage to denounce her husband and his new girlfriend .
amy irving is not quite so well cast as the girlfriend ; she has too many scenes in which she gazes adoringly at willie - who , on the other hand , hardly ever gazes adoringly at her . slim pickens , who should be registered as a national historical place , is great as the best friend . and there is a hilarious bit part , a fatuous country singer , played by ( it says here ) mickey rooney jr .
mercifully , the movie doesn ' t drag out its tale of heartbreak into a c & w soap opera . instead , director jerry schatzberg (
scarecrow
) uses an easy - going documentary style to show us life on the band bus , at a family reunion , and backstage at big concerts . all of these scenes are filled to overflowing with colors ; this is one of the cheeriest , brightest looking movies i ' ve ever seen , starting with willie ' s own amazing costumes and including the spectrum at the concerts , reunions , picnics , etc . half the movie seems to be shot during parties , and although we enjoy the texture and detail we sometimes wonder why so little seems to be happening .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
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that picture ' s director , sydney pollack , obviously saw something special in the diminutive 46 - year - old . he decided to build a movie he was producing around nelson ' s persona and music , and cast him as the lead - - a romantic lead , no less . in
, nelson plays a hard - living country star who is frequently
on the road again
( the debut for his most iconic song ) much to the consternation of his loyal , long - suffering wife ( dyan cannon ) . after one of his band members quits , buck bonham ( nelson ) hires the musician ' s pretty young daughter ( amy irving ) , and romantic complications ensue .
( 1939 ) , in which married concert violinist leslie howard has an illicit affair on tour with pianist ingrid bergman ( her hollywood debut in a remake of her 1936 swedish hit ) . that would explain why the down - home , all - american nelson picture carries story credits for gustaf molander and gosta stevens .
did fine at the box office , schatzberg was not so lucky critically with this one bringing irving an unfortunate golden raspberry ( aka razzie ) award for worst supporting actress . the picture itself did not receive any other
worst
nominations ; bad musicals were already well represented that year by
which is not to say this picture is
bad .
in fact , it has been dubbed the
of country music . while acknowledging a certain
edge of disappointment
coming off the movie , critic roger ebert called it
one of the cheeriest , brightest looking movies i ' ve ever seen
and praised schatzberg for using
an easy - going documentary style to show us life on the band bus , at a family reunion and backstage at big concerts .
nelson fared well with the soundtrack , performing more than a dozen of his self - composed songs .
on the road again
was his sixth # 1 hit as a solo performer and his ninth # 1 country hit overall . it was also an academy award best song nominee and winner of the grammy for best country song . in 2004 ,
magazine ranked it # 471 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time , and in 2011 it was inducted into the grammy hall of fame .
screenplay : john binder , carol sobieski , william d . wittliff ; story by gustaf molander and gosta stevens
editing : aram avakian , norman gay , marc laub , evan a . lottman
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country music star buck bonham ( willie nelson ) has spent a lot of years on the road , but despite his wife viv ' s ( dyan cannon ) entreaties that he stay put , he just can ' t give up the lifestyle . when his guitar player and best friend , garland ramsey ( slim pickens ) , decides to retire , buck replaces him with garland ' s daughter , lily ( amy irving ) , and heads back out on tour . the two begin an affair which viv quickly picks up on , and buck is forced to choose between the two women he loves .
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on with the show ! is a 1929 american pre-code musical film released by warner bros . filmed in two-strip technicolor , the film is noted as the first all-talking , all-color feature length movie , and the second color movie released by warner bros. ; the first was a partly color , black-and-white musical , the desert song ( 1929 ) .

on with the show ! ( 1929 film )

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alan crosland & louis silvers . ( 1929 ) on with the show ! . usa .
overture to
the show of shows
- - a vitaphone / warner bros . film from 1929 .
with the headline : review / film ; naivete and sophistication join in a 1929 silent .
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: herald of summer - the whistle of the show boat just around the bend .
show boat is a 1929 american romantic drama film based on the novel show boat by edna ferber . it is not , as has been often claimed , based on the kern - hammerstein stage musical , although the film does have songs . this version was released by universal in two editions , one a silent film for movie theatres still not equipped for sound , and one a part - talkie with a sound prologue .
the duncan sisters star in the 1929 film
it ' s a great life ,
… ( warner bros . )
with unpaid actors and staff , the stage show phantom sweetheart seems doomed . to complicate matters , the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear . can the show be saved ?
that right continues in the uk beyond december 31 but elsewhere in europe nothing will be owed on any stage performance , film , tv show or book .
with veterans on the mound and rotation all set , this could be . . .
( m - g - m , 1929 ) . image : george eastman house .
several of these films were shot in two - strip technicolor with
on with the show !
being the first all - color musical . however , the color prints of most of these movies don ' t exist .
some of these early musicals were actually terrific , including rouben mamoulian ' s dark 1929
applause
and ernst lubitsch ' s witty 1929
the love parade .
mgm ' s 1929
the broadway melody
about a sister act , won the second best picture oscar .
this week warner archive released 10 of these vintage films with another wave due in the spring . among the titles are 1929 ' s
rio rita ,
on with the show ! ,
sally
and
it ' s a great life
and 1930 ' s
golden dawn .
' rio rita , ' ' on with the show ! ' and ' it ' s a great life ' are some of the first in the groundbreaking movie genre getting a dvd release .
that was largely silent , with some songs tacked on . it is a curiosity at best . the story differs greatly from the story of the musical , and the majority of the film features actors that had nothing to do with the musical’s creation on broadway .
, other film companies saw the value of promoting theatrical releases with behind - the - scenes footage .
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ethel waters sings am i blue from the 1929 motion picture
on with the show
. this was the first sound movie filmed in color - unfortunately , only black and white copies survive . also co - starring with waters in this film are betty compson , arthur lake and joe e . brown . in the second half of the clip , ms . waters is accompanied by the four emperors of harmony .
film showing the bayshore amusement park in its heyday , preserved by the maryland historical society with nfpf support .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
there are no critic reviews yet for show boat . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
the desert song is a 1929 american pre - code operetta film directed by roy del ruth and starring john boles , louise fazenda , and myrna loy .
these were the years in which film studios were making a transition from silent films to sound films and this version of show boat was made as a silent film . the studio panicked when they realized that audiences might be expecting a sound version of show boat now that sound films had become so popular , and the film was temporarily withheld from release .
with a first - hand perspective on the production , he transformed the unfolding drama of the film’s shoot into material that publications both in the us and abroad turned into news stories .
toronto international film festival the website for the toronto international film festival . check out the latest film news and links to the bell lightbox , the film reference library , cinematheque ontario , sprockets , reel learning , film circuit , canada ' s top ten , and related features .
the first show boat performance depicted happens at night . but when captain andy rushes julie dozier along the deck to get on stage , they are in bright sunlight .
by the 1960s , studios realized that tv networks liked to show promotional featurettes as accompaniments to primetime movies .
harry gray as “parson” with the film’s main character , “zeke , ” played by daniel l . haynes .
the film was long believed to be lost , but most of it has been found and released on laserdisc and shown on turner classic movies . a number of sections of the soundtrack were found in the mid - 1990s on vitaphone records , although the film was made with a movietone soundtrack . two more records were discovered in 2005 .
, created the most controversy . the sex scenes in the film turned it into an overnight sensation . kent went on to direct two more features on the west coast before moving to montréal .
several of the extant parts of the 1929 show boat have been combined and occasionally shown on turner classic movies . fragments of the prologue not included in the tcm showings - both sound and picture - were shown as part of the a & e ' s biography of florenz ziegfeld , and have also turned up on youtube . however , in the tcm version , the visual print of the prologue sequence has been replaced with an
overture
card .
this warner ' s extravaganza isn ' t much different from mgm ' s
the hollywood revue of 1929
, or
paramount on parade ,
or . . .
even for a period adventure film , real locations invested the movie with an air of authenticity . in the pressbook for paramount’s
the eighteen - year - old magnolia meets , falls in love with , and elopes with riverboat gambler gaylord ravenal .
, who performed the necessary sound effects while watching the film on playback . the process is still used on all films made today , and the effects artists who create the needed effects ( such as footsteps , performed in synch with the image ) are known as foley artists .
david cronenberg a profile of celebrated canadian writer and film director david cronenberg . from the toronto international film group .
this was the first film to use foley effects ( specially created sound effects ) on its soundtrack . the technique was named after
on location at wilson plantation in arkansas , two unidentified performers relax with a member of the production crew . historians are still trying to identify many of the men and women featured in the film .
to achieve that , we have to better emphasize and encourage professional training . we need to focus on training with emphasis not only on equipment technology but as much on the artistic use of technology . it is not necessarily about spending more money as being more ef ? cient with money spent .
the 1936 production produced by universal is the great film version of this musical . at the time , universal was known as the horror film studio .
though some performers ' magic didn ' t translate to the screen , waters is a breath of fresh air in
on with the show !
when she introduces
am i blue ? ,
and miller shines in
sally .
the american silent feature film database , which was created in conjunction with the report
the survival of american silent feature films : 1912 - 1929 ,
contains searchable information for nearly 11 , 000 u . s . feature films , including which u . s . and international archives hold materials on the 3 , 300 titles for which film elements are known to exist . the american silent feature film database is a cooperative project of the library . . .
this film is a fairly faithful adaptation of the gaston leroux novel ( except for the ending ) , so most of the tropes on the literature page apply here . tropes particular to the 1925 film are listed below .
on 9th september 1929 , queues of people excitedly await the re - opening of la scala cinema , paisley after extensive refurbishment . the film to be shown is the first talkie presented at la scala , ' show boat ' . shows ordinary people and vip guests including lady blythswood . a local topical made on the occasion of the re - opening of the cinema for the winter season after extensive reconstruction and renovation . see press cuttings . preservation of film funded by donation from bob dickson in memory of his parents isobel and robert .
music is the usual medley of pop dance stuff , with the cabaret set about the best thing in the production . camerawork on close - ups is excellent .
trailers in which a film’s personnel recounted how a movie was made signaled a shift in promotional campaigns , as behind - the - scenes clips and anecdotes began to sell the story of a film’s production , a trend that found an unlikely home on us television . in the late 1950s , when studios such as disney had proven the success of using sneak peeks into new movies and the filmmaking process on its show
great film despite the fact the film was not well - kept . there are some silent parts , that were presumably supposed to be part of the talk part . despite the in / out sound of the version that i watched , it ' s a highly entertaining version of show boat .
i was asked by the organizers of i - rep documentary film festival to speak on the topic : “documentary film and african spirituality and politics , ” but i have taken liberty to slightly alter the topic to read , “documentary film and the projection of african cultural identity , ” with the hope that i shall cover everything encapsulated in the initial topic given to me .
the depression , which began in the fall of 1929 , had virtually ended for the film industry by 1935 . at that time attendance was back to around 80 million a week , only 10 million short the level attained just prior to the depression .
a documentary film usually persuades us to take a stand on a topical issue or to advocate a particular world - view favoured by the filmmaker . in this respect , the success of the work is to be measured in accordance to changes we perceive in our original viewpoint prior to seeing the film which dealt with the subject matter . in the end , we may feel persuaded by the position taken by the filmmaker or feel better educated on the issue as a result of the film .
kodacolor appears to the human eye as black and white images , but the base side of the film is embossed with hundreds of tiny lenses ( called lenticules ) that look like minuscule ridges on the surface of the film base . the lenticules captured the color information from the scene while it was filmed through a color filter with red , green , and blue - violet stripes . in order to see the color the film then had to be projected back through a similar color filter .
kodacolor film debuted in august 1928 , and it looks like plain old black and white film . but when projected through a special filtered lens , called the kodacolor projection filter , the color embedded in the film appears on screen . a post from the national archives explains how it works :
the singing voice of stepin fetchit , who played joe in the film , was provided by jules bledsoe , the original joe of the 1927 stage production of the musical . fetchit mouthed the lyrics to a popular song of the time entitled
the lonesome road
, which , as sung on the soundtrack by bledsoe , served as the film ' s finale instead of a final reprise of ol ' man river , as in the show .
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harlan , russell . “on safari with ‘hatari’ . ” american cinematographer , august 1961 , 470 - 72 , 488 - 89 .
queenie and joe , though secondary characters , are not stereotypes . joe , in fact , moves through the proceedings in the role of greek chorus , wisely commenting on what is happening . he gets the most famous song of the show ,
) and the world’s first movie studio to rely entirely on artificial light ( in new york city ) , it is almost impossible to speak of a canadian film industry at the birth of cinema . the first public screening of a film in canada took place on 28 june 1896 , in
falling chandelier of doom : like in the novel , the phantom sabotages the opera chandelier to drop on the audience .
more recently , some historians have observed how the combination of foreign location shooting with widescreen technologies contributed to the formation of new hollywood film cycles in the postwar era .
- show # 201 - liebling des jahres : uli hoeneß ( 2013 ) . . . ( writer :
humoreske
)
took place at robinson ' s musée on yonge street . the first screening in
many critics immediately acknowledged that hallelujah was a success . in fact , the national board of review named it their best picture of 1929 , the film was included in lists of the 10 best of the year by the new york times and film daily , and king vidor garnered an academy award nomination for best director in 1930 .
at the end of the film the car backs into the truck , just before the impact two barrels of whitewash tip over .
as the germans drop explosive booby - traps on britain in 1943 , the embittered expert who ' ll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol .
throughout the history of the film industry , ingenious minds have sought new , improved ways to push the boundaries of possibility . spanish film director segundo de chomón is believed to have been the first person to put a camera on wheels back in 1907 . this deceptively simple step has had a huge impact on filmmaking . the “
most performing opportunities for opera singers fall into one of two categories : doing the entire show or singing individual arias and duets . so it’s a rarer and slightly offbeat pleasure when you get a chance to hear young artists show off their talents in extended scenes . . . .
with their connections to international publications , the two publicists sent out news stories via various wire services and set up production pieces with magazines and newspapers .
they are minor songs , but it is exciting to know that the creators of the show were still working on it as the movie was being filmed . thus , it is both a reflection of the original , as well as a work in progress .
more than 10 feature films have been based on the story , including hook , starring robin williams , and the more recent finding neverland with johnny depp as barrie .
six decades before memphis became popular with movie - makers , thanks to films like mystery train , great balls of fire , and the firm , hollywood came knocking on our door with a high - profile , big - budget production . the film titled hallelujah was shot in memphis and the mid - south over several months , beginning in 1928 , and when it was released in 1929 , those who saw it had never seen anything quite like it before .
after the successful prosecution of the soviet revolution in 1917 , the soviets started using film as a tool of propaganda in furtherance of the broad aims of the revolution , through the establishment of a film division within the department of education . three types of soviet documentaries emerged in the 1920s : the newsreel - indoctrinational series , the compilation film which dealt with the recent of the russian empire , and soviet epics celebrating contemporary soviet achievements .
the perception change that the continent so desires . with the democratization of ? lmmaking through digital technology , africa is
( 1929 ) . this film was the first all - technicolor all - talking picture but unfortunately it only survives complete in black and white prints . bit - by - bit , however , more and more color footage keeps turning up . approximately fifteen to twenty minutes of the film now exists in color .
every distributor will incur marketing costs to give the film its best chance in the marketplace . the producer will endeavor to secure a sufficient level of commitment on the part of the distributor to promote the film . he or she may also seek to negotiate consultation rights over the shape and direction of the marketing campaign .
jazz on the screen reflects the opinions of its author , david meeker , and not the views of the library of congress .
after the film has been shot it goes to the editing room where the scenes are selected , usually by the film editor , director and composer , to make the best or final cut of the movie . once the film is ready for public viewing , the importance of ip rights to the movie business is again prominent .
it is grouped in the franchise of universal monster films along with its 1943 remake .
in a none - too - prestigious side show in budapest , a performer named cock robin has a jealous lover who plays salome in a decapitation - illusion act . he also has a vicious rival in a quack medicine show entrepreneur who plots to rig the act so to do in robin .
an archivist working at the herbert hoover presidential library has stumbled upon color home movies taken in the late 1920s by former first lady lou hoover . incredibly , this is very likely the first color film to show a us president , the first lady , and the white house .
john grierson also carried the campaign for the sponsorship of the work of the documentary movement to the private sector . in this respect , he was able to persuade shell international on the potential uses of the documentary film . this resulted in the establishment of the shell film unit , which became highly regard for its films on scientific and technological issues . grierson’s protégée , edgar anstey became the first head of the shell film unit . he was succeeded by arthur elton who continued the tradition of producing high quality scientific documentaries .
broadway dance director george randall ( dick powell ) is stuck with staging a broadway show starring peggy revere ( joan blondell ) , a wealthy but untalented performer who is starring only . . . see full summary »
a criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost .
distribution agreements generally contain clauses that ensure the distributor has the legal right to make certain changes to the film for the purposes of distribution . these may include changes to the title , cuts designed to comply with film classification / censorship requirements , dubbing and sub - titling , etc .
( w . s . van dyke , 1931 ) , an adventure picture set in africa . instead of shooting the entire film on jungle sets erected in the studio , the company sent a production crew to africa to obtain location footage , a novel decision worthy of hollywood - style ballyhoo . while this undertaking did receive some attention in the film’s souvenir programs and pressbook , the location shooting was not mentioned on the film’s posters and advertisements .
kern approached ziegfeld with the idea of adapting edna ferber’s epic novel show boat with a book and lyrics by oscar hammerstein ii . amazingly , ziegfeld agreed to gamble on a musical concerned with miscegenation , segregation , wife abuse and alcoholism . it was not only the subject matter that was revolutionary . the style was revolutionary as well . songs grew out of the dramatic situation . true , the operetta roots of show boat are evident in songs such as you are love . however , the way that can’t help lovin’ dat man grows out of the action in the kitchen scene , and how it comments sadly on julie’s situation and foreshadows what lies ahead for magnolia , reveals a new depth for the musical . the light revue had been given a death - blow . the ‘book musical’ would assume prominence from that time forward .
because the terms and conditions that come with some of the sme ? nancing are always beyond the reach of the bene ? ciaries .
the collection consists primarily of kern ' s show music , some holograph sketches ; most are manuscript full and vocal scores of kern ' s orchestrators and arrangers , especially frank saddler and robert russell bennett . film and . . .
however , in the postwar era , the concern with location shooting–especially foreign location shooting–and the difficulties that such work entailed were dramatized in press releases , advertisements and promotional films as a way to provide a dwindling movie audience with proof of a film’s worth and the continuing ingenuity of the cinematic medium .
an amazing moulin rouge style film , with great songs and cameos from myrna loy and beatrice lillie . amazing songs , including
singing in the bathtub
, a good old - fashioned film , vaudeville at its best . it is well produced , and if they had added a storyline , it would have detracted from the entertainment . however , this film is impossible to find on video
half of all american films made before 1950 and over 90 % of films made before 1929 are lost forever . the film foundation supports
hands - on
preservation and restoration to ensure that these films - these works of art , historical records , and essential representations of our culture - will survive for future generations .
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along with using location and making - of information to evoke realism and spectacle , these posters’ promotion of a production’s dramatic execution gave added value to the film .
moving on , a consideration of the second major change brought on by the depression will also show that the theatres of west chester faired reasonably well . while all three west chester theatres did subscribe to the use of promotional devices cited earlier in this paper , they did so only on an occasional basis . the frequency of usage for all theatres diminished throughout 1932 and 1933 , and by 1934 they were barley used at all by both the rialto and warner theatres .
( john huston , 1956 ) , the film depended on the warner bros . publicity and advertising division and the public relations firm rogers & cowan , which hired ernest anderson , a london - based unit publicist who had a wide array of contacts with the european and us press .
something of a novelty , these media visits became the basis of press releases from the film’s publicists .
it ' s 1929 . the studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can . . . see full summary »
i have seen this film a few times and always think boy they were the good old days . in 1929 , for their first talking film , mgm put together this lavish , all - star revue with absolutely no plot . it contains guest appearances from many of mgm ' s top silent film stars . if you do ever see this you will notice many of them did not make it through the transition of the talking pictures . joan crawford stands out doing her horrible dance and singing routine , but the best is the technicolor singin ' in the rain finale . this is a must for any film buff .
a magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician ' s wife .
in order to feed film trades and the popular press with production stories , a movie company relied on studio publicity departments , public relations firms and unit publicists who worked on location . keeping an ear to the ground , unit publicists could convert the challenges and intricacies of location work into promotional material , which proved especially useful in selling foreign productions . for
the film rights have been optioned to headline pictures , working with bbc films and the uk film council . in the meantime , the peter pan week is designed to raise the profile of mccaughrean ' s book further while also raising more than £300 , 000 to help fund a new renal unit .
cast members pose with a banner reading “welcome home , mr . garrison” — apparently a reference to one of the film’s assistant directors , african - american harold garrison .
cast members enjoy their 1929 visit to california , though the exact location has not been identified . the children are ( left to right ) milton dickerson , walter tait , and robert “bones” couch .
audio - visual archivist lynn smith was working on a preservation project at the library when she realized that seven reels of 16mm film from the hoover collection were not black and white as originally assumed , but an early form of color film known as kodacolor .
reported that zanuck , then head of production at twentieth century - fox , aimed to shoot his studio’s films on foreign locations whenever the subject matter called for it . for zanuck , location shooting was one of the film industry’s means of successfully competing with tv .
redefining film preservation is an action plan to save america ' s motion picture heritage . concluding a two - part process mandated by the national film preservation act of 1992 , it builds from the study film preservation 1993 , submitted to congress in june 1993 , and presents recommendations by the librarian of congress and his advisory national film preservation board .
hallelujah screened in baltimore in 1930 , and it was billed with a large advertisement in that city’s black newspaper , the afro - american . the promotion proclaimed the film as a “daring drama of negro life ! ” that “catches the rhapsody and religion of the colored race” with “earthy and true” dialogue . appearing in a black newspaper rather than one with a white readership , the marketing for hallelujah did not have to hide what it was : a film about and starring african americans .
( for a discussion on québec films of this period , see the cinema of québec . )
in 1937 , grierson resigned from the gpo film unit to establish a central coordinating and advisory agency to link those interested in setting up film units in their companies with members of the british documentary film movement . the services of the film centre included overseeing the promotion of documentaries , and planning production and distribution of such films . the film centre which grierson founded in 1938 , had arthur elton and stuart legg as his assistants . undoubtedly , anybody who is an avid patron of documentary channels such as hbo , the history channel and the discovery channel can attest to the fact that british documentarists dominate many of these channels . besides , one of grierson’s protégée , paul rotha , became a world renowned scholar in the documentary format , with many books on the subject matter to his credit .
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for film producers , shooting a motion picture on the actual geographic location where the story was set became a way to bring audiences striking sights and sounds often captured by new color and widescreen technologies . the emphasis on foreign locales in promotional campaigns proved particularly beneficial at a time when studios were retrenching and when a single successful film could comprise most of a studio’s annual earnings , which meant that the “pre - sell”–the long advance build - up of a film–became crucial .
if the newspapers of 1929 were right about proceeds of £2 , 000 a year , that would be £90 , 000 a year in today ' s money , according to the office for national statistics .
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preserving film heritage when possible , entries in the filmography are illustrated with frames scanned directly from nitrate and safety prints . for some films only fragments and clippings remain , whereas others survive in varying states of completeness due to physical deterioration and the dispersal of prints over time . we were fortunate to work with many colleagues in the field who opened up their collections and shared their knowledge with us . the illustrations are a fascinating window onto the world’s film archives and private collections .
in 2006 the québec comedy bon cop bad cop grossed nearly $ 12 million , making it the most successful canadian film at the domestic box office to date . in 2010 , resident evil : afterlife 3d , a co - production with germany , became the top - grossing canadian film of all time , surpassing porky ' s with a worldwide box office of $ 250 million .
in the late 1920s lantern slides were being used to illustrate lectures on health in nigeria , and it was in this territory , to combat an outbreak of a plague in lagos in 1929 , that film was employed for the first time in any colonial territory as medium of information and education . in the campaign , the film was used to illustrate to africans the way in which rats carry the disease and to enlist the co - operation of africans in killing the plague - bearing rats . the success of the campaign was such that from that time the film was increasingly used in west africa ( as cited in shaka , 2004 , p . 157 ) .
as a filmmaker in a small town , rev . snodgrass developed his own technical solutions . the film’s unusual intertitles were photographed on the sermon board outside his methodist church . indeed , the film restores “amateur” to its root meaning : one who takes to his craft out of love .
it also falls to the producer to identify the right director for a film project and to negotiate a director’s agreement . such agreements cover a range of issues and , depending on the jurisdiction , the director can be identified as an author and joint owner of a film with corresponding rights ; as an employee and paid a salary ; or as both . directors also often receive royalties from film distribution and may in certain jurisdictions , such as in france , be in a position to negotiate a “final cut” provision – which allows the director to decide on the final version of a film shown in cinemas – as an integral part of their moral rights .
these films are all notable for an eerie , gothic atmosphere which can be traced back to the german expressionism which exerted such a huge influence on early ‘serious’ film . the atmospherics are there in
once again , chick double - crosses zeke and runs off with hot shot . zeke follows them into a swamp , where both chick and hot shot are killed . zeke is punished by being placed on a chain gang but returns home soon thereafter a reformed man . the film ends as zeke and missy rose are about to embark on a romantic life together , with the blessing of parson johnson , the family , and , one can surmise , god .
only with a clear chain of title documentation ( proving ownership of underlying rights in a work ) can a producer have any success in securing deals with distributors . producers enter into agreements with distributors against remuneration and the promise of the film’s distribution to key markets . there is no such thing as a standard distribution deal . a producer may be dealing with an integrated company that can release the film in local cinemas , in vcd or dvd formats , or license it to local tv stations or sell it to foreigner buyers at film festivals . or , he may be dealing with different distributors operating in different market segments , e . g . cinema and video , and have to license rights separately .
with few filmmaking resources , rev . snodgrass created a heartfelt response in west virginia , the state beautiful , a feature - length , 16mm amateur documentary . kodak had only introduced the 16mm film six years earlier , as a safe , nonflammable alternative to the 35mm nitrate film used by commercial filmmakers . the 16mm cameras and projectors were portable , lightweight , and easy to operate . amateurs embraced the new gauge and formed cine clubs where they could show their films and trade moviemaking advice .
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, the publicity team invited reporters from london , dublin and paris to the film set in youghal , ireland .
are talking pictures here to stay ? you ' ll know the answer when you see
the squall
( print ad - gazette and bulletin , ( ( williamsport , penna . ) ) 2 july 1929 )
these changes coincided with what denise mann argues was a shift in postwar promotions when studios gave up their hold on film fan magazines and as industry gossip columnists lost their influence in shaping the image of the industry . in their place , she contends that television entertainers offered the public “insider references . ”
this 1929 musical , shot in an early technicolor process , is a mostly lost film . only incomplete copies of the final two reels , plus the complete vitaphone soundtrack , still exist . what does remain gives us a tantalizing glimpse at what was surely an extraordinary example of early sound cinema !
- show no . 8008 ( 2006 ) . . . ( music :
symphony no . 9 ( new world symphony ) - movement 4
- uncredited )
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see and hear al jolson in say it with songs . ( newspaper ad ) .
kxsf , a new radio station with a familiar attitude , is nearly . . .
it was long believed that an entirely new score was written by billy rose for the film , but according to miles kreuger in his book show boat : the story of a classic american musical , this turns out to not be true . rose wrote only one new song for the film , and the broadway score was not dropped because of any suggestion by him , as is often claimed .
digital technologies have also opened up huge opportunities for special effects , fuelling the growth of science fiction and fantasy movies . with digital technology , film - makers now have the tools to the visually depict the imaginary worlds their characters explore .
the canadian cooperation project helps to explain why , during the 1940s and 1950s , there was virtually no feature film production in canada outside of québec ( see the cinema of québec ) . however , thanks to the economic boom in canada following the second world war , a number of small , independent producers began to establish themselves , making primarily industrial films and shorts . in 1941 , nat taylor founded the trade magazine canadian film weekly , and in recognition of the nascent private film sector , the canadian film awards were established in 1949 . ( the canadian film awards would become the genie awards in 1980 and the canadian screen awards in 2012 . ) the inaugural presentation was held in ottawa , and crawley films of ottawa won the first film of the year award for the short film , the loon ' s necklace ( 1949 ) .
a pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on broadway , but matters of the heart complicate the attempt .
from the foregoning , it is clear that nigeria was in the forefront with respect to the use of film as a medium for educating the masses . colonial nigeria equally pioneered the tradition of using free mobile film units as a strategy for reaching people in the countryside who would never have had the opportunity of experiencing this modern medium of storytelling . historically speaking , mobile film units ( mfus ) were first designed and used in nigeria before the expertise was exported to the rest of the world through the activities in the british commonwealth . the british central office of information bulletin no . 3161 , october , 1955 , also confirms the nigerian origin of the mobile film units :
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it ' s 1929 . the studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy , grandiose music comedy revue . but also appear actors and actresses from the first ' talkies ' , stars from broadway and of course the german shepherd rin - tin - tin . frank fay is the host of the more than 70 well - known stars who show various acts .
each entry in the filmography includes a synopsis , cast and crew list , release dates , select bibliography , notes on the use of color , and archival holdings information for surviving technicolor film elements . inventories from the technicolor corporate archive provided internal documentation on the lengths of color footage and number of prints ordered by producers . these resources gave us insight into technicolor’s output , its clients , and the growing acceptance of color in the film industry .
when it comes to securing the necessary funds to produce a film , these ip rights supported by clear chain of title documentation are by far the most valuable assets the producer holds . without a clear chain of title , the sale of a film property can become very difficult , if not impossible . having an agreement with a well - known screenwriter , actor or director can significantly enhance the chances of finding the backing to bankroll the film’s production and distribution .
in czarist russia , a peasant officer , resented by the aristocrats , falls in love with a princess .
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the desire to juxtapose the races in real life dates back to early 19th century . the exhibition in london and paris of “hottentot venus ” whose body was an object of science and show business 1810 – 1815 . sara baartman .
ironically , the beginning of this period was marked by the success of two films of high quality with solid cultural pedigrees . ted kotcheff’s the apprenticeship of duddy kravitz ( 1974 ) , starring richard dreyfuss and based on mordecai richler ’s novel , and ján kadár ' s lies my father told me ( 1975 ) , based on a script by ted allen , went on to become commercial hits and received oscar nominations for their screenplays . but these films proved to be the exception during this period and not the rule . most of the international co - productions and trite commercial vehicles that littered the second half of the 1970s — such as city on fire ( 1979 ) with henry fonda and ava gardner , running ( 1979 ) with michael douglas , and nothing personal ( 1980 ) with donald sutherland and suzanne somers — provided one box office and artistic embarrassment after another .
getting the film made was hard enough for vidor , but getting it screened in theaters would prove to be even more difficult . hallelujah debuted in new york city with an unprecedented pair of concurrent screenings in times square and harlem . the hollywood newspaper variety speculated that it was eva jessye’s idea to debut the film at harlem’s famous lafayette theatre in addition to the embassy on broadway ; the paper argued that showing it there did “something for the race that none of the other directors or producers had ever done . ” harlem was abuzz over the film’s world premiere , a party that featured the cast mainstays along with dignitaries such as oscar depriest , an illinois congressman and the first african american elected to the house of representatives in the twentieth century .
nobleman marries a gypsy woman but when at court he falls in love with a princess .
daniel steinhart is a ph . d . candidate in cinema and media studies at ucla’s school of theatre , film and television , where he is completing a thesis on the internationalization of hollywood production and foreign location shooting in the postwar era . he conducted his thesis research in france on a fulbright fellowship .
one of the most significant events in canadian film history was the establishment of the national film board of canada ( nfb ) . in 1938 , the federal government commissioned scottish filmmaker john grierson — who had coined the term “documentary , ” and had been head of the empire marketing board and the general post office in britain — to study the state of film production in canada . he wrote a report that year that led to the creation of the nfb in may 1939 , and was named the board’s first film commissioner in october 1939 .
the bureau focused on travelogues and industrial films through the 1920s and 1930s , with sporadic attempts at more meaningful projects , such as lest we forget ( 1935 ) and the royal visit ( 1939 ) . the bureau didn’t convert to sound films until 1934 , and was effectively replaced in 1939 by the creation of the national film board ( nfb ) , which officially absorbed the bureau in 1941 .
in some respect also , the newsreel tradition could be said to have started with the film , excursion of the french photographic society to neuville ( louis lumiere , 1895 ) . other works in this category included a film on the crowning of the czar , coronation of nicholas ii ( 1896 ) , the burial rites of the british queen , the funeral of queen victoria ( 1901 ) and films dealing with warfare such as , the assassination of a british sentry ( 1900 ) , attack on a china mission ( 1900 ) , attack on a japanese convoy ( 1904 ) , amongst others . the newsreel in a weekly format was reportedly started by charles pathe of france in 1910 ( ellis and mclane , p . 7 ) . the anthropological tradition in the documentary format was launched by the father of documentary , robert flaherty , in his film , nanook of the north ( 1922 ) , followed by moana ( 1926 ) , and man of aran ( 1934 ) .
marius is faced with a choice whether to fulfill his passion by sailing the seas or stay and marry the woman he loves .
in the postwar era , the hiring of unit publicists and the facilitation of press coverage increased the benefit of doing promotional work during the production phases , rather than waiting until the production finished to sell the film .
these movies also let audiences see some of broadway and vaudeville ' s heralded performers of the time , including marilyn miller (
sally ,
sunny
) , bert wheeler and robert woolsey (
rio rita
) , the duncan sisters (
it ' s a great life
) , vivienne segal (
golden dawn
) and ethel waters (
on with the show !
) .
lucky star ,
which was made in the brief transitional period between silent and sound films , included a few isolated and hastily added lines of dialogue when it opened
on the broadway screen ,
as a 1929 review put it . but it is abundantly clear from this silent version , which was recently located in the vaults of the netherlands film museum in amsterdam , that this dialogue must have sounded superfluous , since the story unfolds so well without it .
( harold daniels , 1957 ) states , “photographed in its entirety on location in the magnificent cajun country . ”
another high value proposition for filmmakers and businesses is product placement – where branded products ( bearing a trademark ) are woven into the storyline of a movie . the earliest example of product placement dates from the movie wings in 1929 , which featured hershey’s chocolate .
the dixie jubilee singers at an unknown memphis location with the rest of the movie cast and production crew . director king vidor is seated front and center . georgia rodgers woodruff , the film’s lead female singer , stands at left , wearing a white hat .
recognizing the importance of film preservation is a relatively recent phenomenon in hollywood . early motion picture film was especially prone to destruction by fire thanks to its nitrate base . and early films that haven ' t yet been destroyed by fire can deteriorate in any number of other ways . in fact , it ' s estimated that over 90 percent of all movies made before 1929 are probably lost forever .
in the early 1980s , the film industry in canada was on shaky ground , almost wholly dependent upon government financing and unable to secure screen time in canadian theatres . francis fox , the liberal federal minister of communications , issued the national film and video policy in 1984 , and the cfdc was transformed into telefilm canada with a $ 35 - million broadcast program development fund to reflect its new dual orientation : funding television programs as well as theatrical feature films .
when marian nixon gets al jolson ' s record of
little pal
out of an album to play for their son davey lee , in the long shot the record is on the real - life victor label , but in the insert closeup the record is on the fictitious
metropolitan
label .