You read it right, folks.... western swing. Enjoy
posted by swampgirl
1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,303 views
I Love The '40s
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Ahhhh, the best of the best of Jazz, Swing, and Big Band lives here...there are or will be clips from the Silver Screen as well.
1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,303 views
The very first Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in 1940.
posted by Fjnbk
1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,754 views
posted by swampgirl
1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 4,187 views
1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 4,187 views
Thanks for publishing part one, and to goofball_jones, for his gratuitous down vote!!!
posted by choggie
1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 233 views
Comedic actress and singer Betty Hutton was as Big as Bob during WW2-She was USO mainstay, starred in dozens of films...most remembered for "Annie Get Your Gun" as Calamity Jane-Man, those gams!!
posted by choggie 1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 2,127 views
posted by silvercord
1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 788 views
1 decade 7 years 8 months ago • 788 views
"May I present the mysterious Ross Sisters - Aggie, Maggie and Elmira - in footage from the 1944 MGM musical Broadway Rhythm. As it was described on Metafilter, it's Hee-Haw meets Cirque du Soleil! Stay... continue reading
posted by yoghurt 1 decade 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 5,554 views(1946) The Bikini Atomic Experiments were a series of nuclear and thermonuclear tests conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Bikini Islands. The experiments were part of the United States' research into the... continue reading
posted by gorgonheap
1 decade 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 8,231 views
Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell tap dancing with style. Introduction by Frank Sinatra.
posted by redthing
1 decade 7 years 10 months ago • 2,155 views
Directed by Arthur H. Leonard Writen by Vincent Valentini Release Date: 7 April 1947 That's the Kingfish from Amos n' Andy in drag.......
posted by choggie 1 decade 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 223 views
One of Tex Avery finer cartoons but banned because of the blackface at 5:41. Watch it while you can before it gets yanked.
posted by grspec 1 decade 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 4,640 views
A propaganda film by Disney.
posted by Rhujix 1 decade 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 2,482 views • 6:54
An excellent example of the propaganda-laden training films of the Nazi military.
posted by Farhad2000
1 decade 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 8,432 views • 1:08:21
Including (some of) my all time favorite Astaire Routine... the number at the driving range from 'Carefree' (1938).
posted by raven 1 decade 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 4,298 views
Classic Bugs Bunny.
posted by Deano 1 decade 7 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 5,348 views • 7:00
posted by firefly
1 decade 8 years 3 weeks ago • 11,361 views • 7:34
1 decade 8 years 3 weeks ago • 11,361 views • 7:34
Bloopers from Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Edward G. Robinson, Peter Lorre, Ronald Reagan, Porky Pig and others.
posted by redthing 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,915 views
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Brothers film written and directed by John Huston, based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, and starring Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam... continue reading
posted by michie 1 decade 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 1,781 views
posted by rickegee
1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,809 views
1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,809 views
"In the Mood" is a classic jazz standard made famous by Glenn Miller in 1940. It has since been covered by numerous bands, and is still one of the most recognizable songs from the big band era. This... continue reading
posted by rembar 1 decade 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 4,519 views