Lucille Bremer has her hair done by Florence Erickson during filming of Vincente Minnelli’s YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945). They are in Judy Garland's dressing room on the MGM lot.
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Judy Garland, Lucille Bremer and Marjorie Main on the set of Meet me in St. Louis.
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Judy Garland and Lucille Bremer in Meet Me In St. Louis (1944).
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Lucille Bremer (February 21, 1917 – April 16, 1996)
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Four Flies on Gray Velvet & Till the Clouds Roll By
I wanted to show a friend Dario Argento’s FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET (1971, DVD) on a new DVD I had bought with a better print than the version I had watched (and reviewed) a few years back. To my shock, the better-quality reproduction made the film appear worse, except for some stylish murders and Jean-Pierre Marielle’s over-the-top performance as a gay private eye. With a clearer image, Mimsy Farmer’s inexpressiveness and Michael Brandon’s blankness when not playing comedy are hard to swallow.
So, to make up for it I showed him the musical numbers from the Jerome Kern biopic TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY (1946, TCM, YouTube) from Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney and lots of other directors. We skipped the boring book scenes, which involve Kern’s (Robert Walker) friendship with a fictional character (Van Heflin) whose cute daughter grows up to be a diva (Lucille Bremer) and Kern’s courtship of his wife (Dorothy Patrick), who in the film is so dull I’ve almost forgotten she existed. Not all the musical numbers are good, and Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “Ol’ Man River” ascends to the heights of camp as he sings black dialect about “sweat and strain” while dressed in an immaculate white tux. What’s to treasure are Lena Horne’s versions of “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man of Mine” and “Why Was I Born,” Judy Garland’s “Look for the Silver Lining,” Virginia O’Brien’s “Life Upon the Wicked Stage” and a sadly truncated “A Fine Romance” and Dinah Shore’s impeccable phrasing on “They Didn’t Believe Me.” The biggest surprise is Van Johnson. MGM rarely gave him a chance to flex his musical muscles, but his delivery of “I Won’t Dance” is witty, and his dancing (with Bremer) spry and energetic, even if his double-breasted suit sometimes makes him look like a dancing coffin.
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Yesterday's Movies invites you to Meet Me In St. Louis
Meet me in St. Louis. Metro Goldwyn Meyer 1944.
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Musical Monday: Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
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:
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) – Musical #166
Studio:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director:
Richard Whorf
Vincente Minnelli (Judy…
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