[Dixielandjazz] Young At Heart

[Steven Holzer]

Bill Haesler wrote:
> Steven Holzer wrote [in part]:
>> ........ there is a speakeasy scene where an unseen trumpet player 
>> gets some nice solo space and a black lady cabaret singer gets screen 
>> time singing a standard Gershwin tune (I forget which one - maybe The 
>> Man I Love).
>
> Dear Steve,
> Some searching confirmed your recall.
> The song was "The Man I Love".
> However, further 'googling' failed to reveal any other musical details.
> (Not even on IMDB.)
> A thing we have come to live with from film credits down the ages.
> Film producers list the star's podiatist, but rarely, if ever, the 
> names of the musicians/bands who contributed to the sound track.
> [Woody Allen is a notable exception. But then, he loves, and carefully 
> selects, his music.]
> "Leatherheads" is not due in Oz until 29 May 2008 but as the subject 
> matter is of little interest to the average Australian, and 
> notwithstanding the presence of the popular George Clooney, I expect 
> the film to last no more than two weeks on the big screens here. If 
> that. We'll then wait two years for it to appear on cable.
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
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I don't recall who it was, but I know the trumpet player got a credit at 
the end of the movie. If anybody really wants to know, they can rent the 
movie when it comes out and pause the credits long enough to read it. It 
probably won't be excessively legible while scrolling on the small screen.

Steve Holzer