Make Mine Musicals
12 Films on Screen
Make Mine Musicals returns for its third full year as a monthly highlight of Hollywood musicals of days gone by. Author, critic, and long-time host of WXXI’s Fascinatin’ Rhythm radio show Michael Lasser returns with twelve screenings of some of his favorite musicals on the Dryden screen. With an introduction and post-screening discussion hosted by Michael, discover more information than you ever thought you wanted on films that feature the Great American Songbook!
Dates and Titles:
January 9: The Big Broadcast (Frank Tuttle, 1932, 88 min.)
February 13: Good News (Charles Walters, 1947, 93 min.)
March 27: Two Girls and a Sailor (Richard Thorpe, 1944, 124 min.)
April 18: Pennies from Heaven (Norman Z. McLeod, 1936, 81 min.)
May 23: Shine On, Harvest Moon (David Butler, 1944, 112 min., 35mm)
June 13: Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got (Brigitte Berman, 1985, 115 min., DCP)
July 30: Second Chorus (H.C. Potter, 1940, 84 min., 16mm)
August 21: Daddy Long Legs (Jean Negulesco, 1955, 126 min., 16mm)
October 16: Tin Pan Alley (Walter Lang, 1940, 94 min., 16mm)
Events in this Series
Artie Shaw: Time is All You've Got
Make Mine Musicals The film is anchored by an incisive interview with its then 72-year-old subject, looking back on a five-decade career, along with interviews with Shaw’s contemporaries and a wealth of photos and archival film footage. Shaw lived a fascinating life and contributed an incredible legacy to American music across a decade in the 1930s and ‘40s.
Pennies from Heaven - 16mm Print
Make Mine Musicals Ex-con Larry Poole (Bing Crosby) is on a mission: he has made a promise to a dying man to deliver a letter to the Smith family in New Jersey. The family, orphaned Patsy (Edith Fellows) and her grandfather (Donald Meek), are barely getting by, and concerned social worker Susan Sprague (Madge Evans) wants to place Patsy in an orphanage.