TCM Don Juan & Shorts Screening
Saturday, 01 July 2006
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Category: Film
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Just heard
that
TCM in the US are
screening
Don Juan plus ALL the
shorts that accompanied it on
Sunday night July 2nd from 9.15pm PT
(1215 am ET). These were
all, of course, recorded at the Manhattan
Opera House in New York by young George
Groves.
The shorts are quite rare and open with Will Hays of the MPAA congratulating Warner Brothers for beginning a “new era in motion pictures". The other shorts were mainly classical performances by opera singer Marion Talley, violinist Mischa Elman, Anna Case in 'La Fiesta' and a duet by Zimbalist and Bauer.
However, banjoist Roy Smeck made arguably the biggest impression on the audience and critics, demonstrating that mainstram popular fare was what people really wanted to see.
Hopefully TCM will repeat these and screen them in other parts of the world (especially the UK!).
The shorts are quite rare and open with Will Hays of the MPAA congratulating Warner Brothers for beginning a “new era in motion pictures". The other shorts were mainly classical performances by opera singer Marion Talley, violinist Mischa Elman, Anna Case in 'La Fiesta' and a duet by Zimbalist and Bauer.
However, banjoist Roy Smeck made arguably the biggest impression on the audience and critics, demonstrating that mainstram popular fare was what people really wanted to see.
Hopefully TCM will repeat these and screen them in other parts of the world (especially the UK!).
