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Tag Archives: 1915
Bigger than life: Sinatra’s image at 100
in author commentary, authors, backlist classics, film
Tagged 1915, film, Frank Sinatra, music
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Today our 1915: Whatta Year! series turns to pop culture colossus Frank Sinatra, born on December 12 of that storied year in Hoboken, New Jersey. “Ol Blue Eyes” made his name with his voice, but he was a fixture on the silver screen beginning … Continue reading
Blues you can’t lose
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Tagged 1915, blues, Chicago blues, Give 'Em Soul Richard, music, Richard E. Stamz, Willie Dixon
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Today our 1915: Whatta Year! series turns to musician Willie Dixon, born on this date 100 years ago. Dixon brought the term “Hoochie Coochie man” to the mainstream and, oh, yeah, along with Muddy Waters shaped postwar Chicago blues. The pride of … Continue reading
Orson Welles Week: It was 100 years ago today
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Tagged 1915, childhood, film, film history, film studies, James Naremore, Orson Welles
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Orson Welles. The pride of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Welles dropped into life as the son of inventor-wagon factory owner Richard Welles and musician-suffragette Beatrice Welles (nee Ives). A pampered childhood evolved … Continue reading
Orson Welles Week: Bully for you, chilly for me
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Tagged 1915, James Naremore, Magic World of Orson Welles, Orson Welles, pop culture
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Orson Welles spent his declining years as a pop culture man of all seasons. Hounded by the IRS, desperate to fund the numerous films on his artistic agenda, the director took on all manner of opportunities open to those with a … Continue reading
Orson Welles Week: Twist of Lime
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Tagged 1915, film, film history, film studies, James Naremove, Magic of Orson Welles, Orson Welles
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A large part of the twentieth century was born in 1915. That storied year, an all-star lineup of cultural giants found their way to our reality, and in short order proceeded to make it better while turning it every which … Continue reading