Klarinet Archive - Posting 000446.txt from 1995/10

From: "Steven M. Gorelick" <SMG@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Paducah, Paducah -- redux
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 10:00:04 -0400

Re: Bad movies about musicians

This list could hardly ignore the horrible "Benny Goodman Story"
with Steve Allen. Ugh!

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sent: Tue, 17 Oct 1995
21:11:24 - 0500 From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.EDU>
Subject: Re: Paducah, Paducah -- redux
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On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> almost everyone who responded agreed that this may have been the
> worst picture ever made after "Glen or Glenda".

I guess "KLARINET" isn't the place for it, but I for one would really
enjoy making a list of the "Worst Movies of all Time which are Supposedly
about Musicians."

A couple of quick nominations: "The Great Waltz," supposedly a biography
of Johann Strauss, and "Song of Norway," which similarly trashed the life
of Grieg.

Ed Lacy
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