Tag: hal roach

Hawks vs. Hunks

In the post right before this one, while discussing the composer Leroy Shield, R. Crumb said that he prefers Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks to the Dutch dance band The Beau Hunks. Let’s do a comparison. First, the Nighthawks…

http://youtu.be/P8y_AglUPR8

… and now the Beau Hunks, with the same three tunes by Leroy Shield.

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June in January

Turner Classic Movies is featuring the truly classic movies of Hal Roach, Tuesdays and Wednesdays this month. Right now they’re showing some “Our Gang” comedies, which were later renamed “The Little Rascals” for TV.

I have a particular fondness for the installments with June Marlowe, as schoolteacher Miss Crabtree, with music by the incomparable Leroy Shield. June’s first three appearances can be thought of as The Miss Crabtree Trilogy. She’s introduced in “Teacher’s Pet”…


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… then “School’s Out” sets up Jackie’s obsessive love…

…and the sequel, that TCM showed tonight, is “Love Business”, with Chubby revealed as Jackie’s rival for Miss Crabtree’s affections.


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