Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Artie Shaw movie, Second Chorus

[Fred Spencer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Spencer" <drjz at bealenet.com>
To: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 12:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Artie Shaw movie, Second Chorus


> Artie Shaw and Johnnie Mercer had to write a number for this movie 
> overnight. He said it was  easy because Astaire's range was an  octave and 
> one note! Cheers.
> Fred
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Romans" <cellblk7 at comcast.net>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:33 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Artie Shaw movie, Second Chorus
>
>
> I watched this movie yesterday...check this out! Fred Astaire's trumpet 
> playing was dubbed by Bobby Hackett. Great shots of Shaw, plus his 
> playing...I bought this movie in a boxed set of four movies.
> 1.The Fabulous Dorseys, (Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and their orchestra, Paul 
> Whiteman, Janet Blair),
> 2. Second Chorus, (Artie Shaw, Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Burgess 
> Meredith),
> 3.Private Buckeroos, (with Harry James, The Andrew Sisters...great!),
> 4.Something To Sing About, (James Cagney, William Frawley, Evelyn Dew).
> Click this to find out about the movie, Second Chorus.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033029/
>
> Warm regards,
> Bob Romans
> Cell Block 7 Jazz Band
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