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Live Screening & Presentation: Film Forum

“SOUNDIES: AMERICA FOR A DIME”

Background images: Dorothy Dandridge in "A Zoot Suit"
Background images: Dorothy Dandridge in “A Zoot Suit”

For friends in the New York area, on Thursday, February 10 at 6:50 p.m., I’ll be at Film Forum with a program pulled from the full Soundies catalog—part of the series “NYC’s Movie Renaissance 1945-1955.”

 

The program focuses on Soundies shot and set in New York, including many Black-cast Soundies filmed at the old Edison studios in the Bronx. On screen: Duke Ellington, Nat “King” Cole, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, among others, along with a teenage Doris Day and a very young Liberace. Thursday, Feb. 10 at 6:50 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 10 6:50pm
$9.00 Member
$15.00 Regular

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Film Forum

209 West Houston St. west of 6th Ave.
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Box Office: 212-727-8110
Part of the series NYC’S MOVIE RENAISSANCE 1945 – 1955
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Radio Conversation: WBAI

SOUNDIES BOOK on “LOPATE AT LARGE”

Courtesy Muzen Audio

On Friday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m., I’ll be on the WBAI radio show “Lopate at Large,” talking about the book and the upcoming Feb. 10 Soundies program at Film Forum.

 

We’ll be joined by film historian Richard Koszarski, whose terrific new book on postwar New York filmmaking inspired the Film Forum series that my Soundies program is part of: “NYC’s Movie Renaissance 1945–1955.” Should be an interesting conversation!

Missed the conversation? Listen to it in the WBAI archive: https://wbai.org/archive/program/episode/?id=28421

 

Friday, jan. 28             1 pm
WBAI 99.5 FM
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Virtual Book Talk: Dora Maar House

On Sunday, January 23 (11 a.m. NY,  5 p.m. France), I’ll be Zooming with award-winning author Gwen Strauss, director of Dora Maar House—the writing residency where the book got its start. Whatever you might have in your cup—a morning coffee, an evening cocktail—I hope you’ll join us for an hour of conversation and Soundies.

Missed the conversation?  Watch it on the Dora Maar YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDizGbjyPbI

 

SUNDAY, Jan. 23
11 a.m. Eastern
5 p.m. in France
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Info and registration  

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Flash! Soundies Book on Amazon

#1 IN MUSIC RECORDING & SOUND

On Dec. 24, 2021, the Soundies book hit #1 on Amazon’s list of Hot New Releases in Music Recording and Sound–ahead of David Bowie and the Rolling Stones.

It didn’t last–the ratings are updated hourly–but it was a wonderful Christmas Eve gift.

And it happened again today, Dec. 30.

It’s been fun posting the news on social media. Look for the hashtag #beatingbowieforamoment.