Reviews
Good, Clean Fun: THE DANNY KAYE SHOW
There are some people who believe that Danny Kaye is an acquired taste. I am not one of those people. He wasn’t an acquired taste to the countless millions who made him a top box […]
Danny Kaye
Opinion
A Little Night (Club) Music
Yes, I know it’s a symptom of my having been born in the wrong era, but there’s something about the red orange cigarette glow of a bohemian café in the 1950s that drives me wild. […]
Opinion
Howard Hawks’ A Song is Born, and the Frustrating History of the Hollywood Remake
If you’re like me, your skin tends to crawl at the very word ‘remake.’ All those rumors that have been flying around Hollywood about a remake of The Thin Man? You know as well as […]
Movies
Murder, Mayhem and Musical Comedy: Wonder Man (1945)
The story of an identical twin, possessed by the soul of his murdered brother, on a mission to see his killer brought to justice doesn’t exactly sound like the premise of a musical comedy. But […]
Movies
Danny Kaye’s THE FIVE PENNIES (1959) from Warner Archive
The Warner Archive Collection recently released two box sets of Danny Kaye’s greatest films. During the 1940s, Kaye had an uninterrupted string of critically and financially successful films, four of which are available in Danny […]
Movies
Danny Kaye’s Knockout THE KID FROM BROOKLYN (1946)
The Warner Archive Collection recently released two box sets of Danny Kaye’s greatest films. During the 1940s, Kaye had an uninterrupted string of critically and financially successful films, four of which are available in Danny […]