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Over the Rainbow: a história de uma canção (1)

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Aug 23, 2019

Over the Rainbow: a história de uma canção Over the Rainbow: the history of a song Há uma grande chance de que você já tenha ouvido esta charmosa música, que é quase uma canção de ninar, sobre um lugar onde pássaros azuis voam e sonhos se realizam, muito antes de ter visto o filme read more

A 'Supernatural' Rainbow on the South Side

Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Aug 2, 2019

Carole Lombard's "enthusiasm" for the hokum that is "Supernatural" is made apparent in this seance scene, where she probably wishes some magic could transport her to a place other than the Paramount lot. Perhaps a few blocks north on Gower Street to Columbia, where Harry Cohn's one-time Poverty Row read more

Musical Monday: Finian’s Rainbow (1968)

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Mar 11, 2019

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Finian’s Rainbow (196 read more

Warner Archive Blu-ray: Musical Stars Go Modern in Finian's Rainbow (1968) and S.O.B. (1981)

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Apr 6, 2017

This month, Warner Archive has released a pair of titles on Blu-ray where classic musical stars adapt themselves to modern times. Fred Astaire abandons the controlled environment of a big studio sound stage for wide open spaces in Finian's Rainbow (1968), while Julie Andrews exposes her raunchy side read more

Over the Rainbow: Land of Oz in North Carolina

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Sep 11, 2016

Though Dorothy Gale and her friends are from Kansas, they also have a home in the mountains of North Carolina. Located in Beech Mountain, N.C., the Land of Oz is a park that opens to the public a limited amount of times per year. For the last 20 years, the Autumn at Oz festival has welcomes thousan read more

In the Vaults #16: The End of the Rainbow (1916)

Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Jun 19, 2014

The End of the Rainbow (1916) Status: Both complete and incomplete 35mm prints held by the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art. Jeanie Macpherson’s reputation has been overshadowed by that of her employer. As Cecil B. DeMill’s go-to brainstormer for story ideas, Macpherson read more

Book Review: Rainbow: The Stormy Life of Judy Garland

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Dec 3, 2013

Judy Garland: a high-profile personality profiled in countless biographies, articles and documentaries over the last few decades. Like James Dean, Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando, she has remained in the limelight long after her death. Ever since her untimely death in 1969 at the age of 47, Garlan read more

The Dark Side of the Rainbow

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Apr 10, 2013

One of the most pervasive rumors about The Wizard of Oz is that if you play Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album while watching the movie, the music synchronizes with the action of the film.  Members of Pink Floyd have always insisted that any connections between Dark Side of the Moon and read more

Over the Rainbow: a história de uma canção (2)

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001

Over the Rainbow: a história de uma canção Over the Rainbow: the history of a song Há uma grande chance de que você já tenha ouvido esta charmosa música, que é quase uma canção de ninar, sobre um lugar onde pássaros azuis voam e sonhos se realizam, muito antes de ter visto o filme read more