WORDS AND MUSIC
(M.G.M.) MICKEY ROONEY ‘is the "words" end of the famous Rodgers and Hart song-writing team in the latest musical-comedy extravaganza to assault our battered senses, and although he puts a tremendous amount of energy into his work, about the only permanent impression ws remains after it is all over is that his nose takes on a curious shiny red hue in Technicolor, and that his hair, per the same medium, looks rather peculiar. at times too. Tom Drake ‘comes off a little better as Richard Rodgers, but on the whole the biographical part of this film is not very convincing. Its main enjoyment lies in the singing of a generous number of Rodgers and Hart tunes (A Blue Room, Thou Swell, The Lady is a Tramp, etc.), by Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, and others. The songs have a witty facility abeut them that is quite different from the sort of thing we hear these days.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19490902.2.29.1.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 532, 2 September 1949, Page 17
Word count
Tapeke kupu
162WORDS AND MUSIC New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 532, 2 September 1949, Page 17
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in