{"id":1875,"date":"2013-04-26T18:45:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T22:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tr10023.com\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2015-06-30T22:22:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T02:22:54","slug":"good-songs-in-cruddy-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tr10023.com\/?p=1875","title":{"rendered":"Good Songs in Cruddy Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve never been any good at finding treasures at flea markets, thrift stores or junk shops. Some people have a remarkable talent for detecting a Rembrandt in the midst of a clutter of paintings of poker-playing dogs and gloomy clowns. Not me: all I see is junk. The same was true about motion pictures until DVDs came along. Only then did I begin to realize that a lot of great songs and routines are to be found in some of the worst musicals and TV shows. Here are seven examples of numbers that I think are much better than their surroundings.<\/p>\n

Thank Your Lucky Stars\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Original poster.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

“Thank Your Lucky Stars” is one of Warner Bros.’ many wartime morale-boosting revues. This one features an exasperating storyline and Eddie Cantor at his most tiresome, twice<\/em>: \u00a0he plays himself and<\/em>\u00a0a schlemiel who looks just like him.\u00a0Oy. Yet there are several good numbers in it that make it worth knowing. Here’s the one I like best, featuring va-va-va-voom Ann Sheridan.<\/p>\n

Love Isn’t Born (It’s Made)<\/h3>\n