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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Jammin' the Blues (1944)
I have nothing particularly stupid to say this time --'course ya never know 'cause I'm not done yet. This is simply a great video clip. I found out about it from watching a recent release of the WB Humphrey Bogart movie "Passage to Marseille". It's featured amongst a batch of shorts under the "Warner night at the movies" menu on the DVD. I also found this copy on Youtube, as you can see above. The version on the DVD is immaculately remastered. You just want to eat it. [On that note, I realize that the Youtube video doesn't exactly captivate like the DVD, which is silky and detailed. But if you hang in there through the second half, it gets more up-tempo and visually dynamic.]
They were so much cooler then. What the hell are we doing here in 2006 ?!!!
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I wish my parents had had the sense to name me Gjon Mili.
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Mmm, great find, Geritopia! Those jazz shorts were the MTV of their day (you know, when MTV actually used to play music videos).
Goodbye, porkpie hat...
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