(originally published New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1934 -- Penguin Classics Deluxe, shown above). [74], The film's positive reception has continued. But when Rosalind Russell demanded that Walker return to Columbia Pictures to shoot her next film,[52] Walker trained veteran camera operator Joseph Biroc to be his replacement. On October 31, 2006, Paramount released a newly remastered "60th Anniversary Edition". Benny Goodman, Eddie Condon, Coleman Hawkins, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, and Dizzy Gillespie [being] only a few of the many fine jazz musicians who released versions of the tune" (Howard Pollack, George Gershwin: His Life and Work, p. 411). body { [79], Prior to its Los Angeles release, Liberty Films mounted an extensive promotional campaign that included a daily advertisement highlighting one of the film's players, along with comments from reviewers. So many articles are already written about Jungkook's journey as a Global Musician-"talented, charismatic & dedicated" The day we get his biography or autobiography (oh how wonderful it will be to read about Jungkook through 'himself' only) it's going to be best selling book. Theatrically, the film's break-even point was $6.3million, about twice the production cost, a figure it did not come close to achieving on its initial release. Other vocal versions include those of Bing Crosby (recorded in 1954[3] for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009. (Howard Pollack, George Gershwin: His Life and Work, p. 411). The chopped-off rhymes provide a clever preparation for the opposite effect in the refrain, where it is the beginning of the word, not the end, that disappears. video before starting another. Notes: This album contains 24 songs by the 1920s-30s singer-comic Frank Crumit. The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky. 1. Just "'S Wonderful,' 'S Marvelous'." 199-201, Ungar paperback Ed. John O'Hara ), 1952 In 1928, George plans a world tour before college. and Live in Rio (2008), Notes: Both albums and the DVD include a track of "'S Wonderful," live on Live in Paris (DVD and CD) and in the studio for The Look of Love. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. Also on Gower Street was a drugstore that was a favorite for the studio's employees. After it was rejected by several publishers, he had it printed as a 24-page pamphlet and mailed to 200 family members and friends for Christmas 1943. background-color: #FBECD5; Berkeley: Univ. album: I'm with the Band, Notes: I'm with the Band is an hour-long set recorded live at Birdland, New York City, in March 2005. In it, Buster Bunny feels sad after the failure of his play and wishes he had never become a Tiny Toon, so a guardian angel shows Buster what life would have been like without him. Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California between January 5 and August 20, 1959, personnel includes: Ella Fitzgerald (vocals); Nelson Riddle (arranger, conductor); Benny Carter, Ted Nash, Ronnie Lang (alto saxophone); Plas Johnson (tenor saxophone); Pete Condoli, Don Fagerquist, Mannie Klein, Dale McMickle, Shorty Sherock, Cappy Lewis (trumpet); Vincent DeRosa (French horn); Israel Baker, Teddy Pederson (trombone); Karl DeKarske (bass trombone); Ed Gilbert (tuba); Buddy Collette, Jewell Grant, William Green, Champ Webb, Harry Klee (woodwinds); Katherine Julyie (harp); Paul Smith, Loe Levy (piano); Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel (guitar); Joe Mondragon, Joe Comfort, Ralph Pena (bass); Mel Lewis, Alvin Stoller (drums); Larry Bunker, Frank Flynn (percussion). A Biography, p. 145, hardcover Ed.). The name was created from the first syllables of their first names: "Al" + "Vin." In his autobiography Please Don't Hate Me, he called the incident, "an all around scissors job".[45]. The name Gower came from Capra's employer Columbia Pictures, which had been located on Gower Street for many years. 'S marvelous! Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' is one of the most timeless songs of all time. For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of Funny Face, see IBDB song list. [44], In another draft, after he unsuccessfully attempts to consult his father about Mr. Gower and the pills, George considers asking Uncle Billy, but he is on the phone with the bank examiner. Notes: From 1961 through c. 2009, the year this CD set was issued, the 76 tracks on the set (Ella Fitzgerald Twelve Nights in Hollywood) languished without being put into an album. from the revue Americana (1926), perhaps Ira's first use of "syllable clipping" -- e.g. (The two that weren't are on our short list.) and transitions to "'S Wonderful," which concludes the film. The script is published by Playscripts, Inc. Capra's first script had Bailey fall to his knees to recite "The Lord's Prayer" (the script also called for an opening scene with the townspeople in prayer). Paramount (via parent company Viacom's 1998 acquisition of Republic's then-parent, Spelling Entertainment) once again has distribution rights for the first time since 1955. Issac Goldberg The film is a homage to It's a Wonderful Life. "'S Wonderful" has a kind of dance life of its own beyond its original presence as a song in the 1927 Broadway show, Funny Face. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world. The song is considered a standard and has been recorded by many artists, especially jazz artists. One of the most optimistic and uplifting songs ever conceived, "What A Wonderful World" was written by Bob Thiele and George Weiss. Bailey Park is a cemetery, where George discovers Harry's grave. "S marvelous! ", Video: in a performance done to accompany his 2012 book, Feinstein chooses background-color: #FBECD5; I watch them bloom for me and you. You may recognize Fred's dancing partner in the clip below -- even though Fred feigns not to. albums: Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) and Twelve Nights in Hollywood (1961). Univ. Bill Charlap Max Gustafson (Walter Matthau) plays the song during a date in a scene from Grumpier Old Men (1995). Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Official Video) Click to load video "What A Wonderful World" was written in 1967 by George David Weiss together with George Douglas, an alias for Bob. Songfacts: "Wonderful World," or " (What a) Wonderful World," was one of Sam Cooke's 29 US Top 40 hits released between 1957 and 1964. "How Long Has This Been Going On" (written for the show but not used in it), 11 on the American Film Institute's 1998 greatest movie list, No. Lyrics Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea And we breathe in the cool salty air You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare Then your lips cling to. } They were going to a Buddy Holly tribute that Paul McCartney put together, and Clapton was in the familiar position of waiting while she tried on clothes. background-color: #FBECD5; [105], Tony Palermo's 2005 stage adaptation has the story presented as actors making a radio-play complete with them making live sounds effects[106], Philip Grecian's 2006 radio play based on the film It's a Wonderful Life is a faithful adaptation, now in its third incarnation, that has been performed numerous times by local theatres in Canada. Ted Gioia understands Alec Wilder's characterization of "'S Wonderful" (See just above.) in the Cafe Songbook Record/Video Cabinet "Films, Audiences and Analyses". video before starting another. Joo Gilberto [N 3][19]. Deena Rosenberg points out that Ira Gershwin had, in fact, introduced a new contraction into written English by clipping the "it" from "it's" and "slurring" the remaining 'S' [into] the remaining word, causing a sibilant effect." The Complete We had the show right [in Wilmington] but we didn't know what we had (Bob Thomas, Astaire, p. 59). This is almost certainly the same track as on the album above. [1], The song is considered a standard and has been recorded by many artists, especially jazz artists. List of Gilmore Girls episodes Season 7 (200607), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%27S_Wonderful&oldid=1149990436, This page was last edited on 15 April 2023, at 17:41. He gets annoyed and "baffled" when any of a number of singers restore what he has taken out by singing "It's Wonderful," "It's Marvellous," etc. He feels, better than an outsider would feel, the very psychology of the music; and, as he points out, words, may suit a specific rhythmic outline and yet be false to the essential meaning of the tune. Submit comments on songs, songwriters, performers, etc. And don't ever let Ira hear you say 'It's Wonderful.' The song mocks the trivia-saturated conversation of a segment of contemporary society as did Sinclair Lewis in his 1922 novel Babbitt and Stacey Kent (vocals) Colin Oxley (guitar), John Pierce (piano) "Stacey Kent pays tribute to Astaire in, Krall & her band perform some of the tunes from Krall's studio recordings, such as 'East of the Sun (West of the Moon)' & 'Devil May Care'. Lyrics to Wonderful Christmastime. [3] It was Mathis' debut single. Capra said, "The Screen Writers' Arbitration committee decided that Hackett and Goodrich and I should get the credit for the writing. "The film has a life of its own now, and I can look at it like I had nothing to do with it. } (from CD Universe product description). Yet the E.U. ), 1985 [38] Capra added a tree-lined center parkway, built a working bank set, and planted 20 full-grown oak trees. I see skies of blue, clouds of white. A third, computer-colorized version was produced by Legend Films in 2007 and has been released on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming services. I swore then and there He writes, "It's verse is a monotony of imitative phrases which no amount of adroit harmony can leaven" and "The tune is memorable, granted--but it is so, I think, because of its association with the lyric," which although overly dependent on a word like "paradise," works for Wilder because Ira Gershwin has freshened it to the colloquial "'S Paradise." Henri (Georges Gutary) sing, whistle and dance to "'S Wonderful" "Immortal" would have surprised the modest Ira but perhaps not as much as the charge of being immoral did when one "proper twenties" critic called his use of the phrase in "'S Wonderful," "feeling amorous," "obscene." So my wife said, 'We're finished right now.' . Before Capra decided on Ward Bond as Bert,[31] he also considered Sam Levene, Barton MacLane, Robert Mitchum, John Alexander and Irving Bacon for the role. (As of 1983, The Alvin was renamed the Neil Simon Theater.). He was amused saying, "Don't those people realize I wrote those songs more than 50 years ago?" Video: View and listen in the center column (this page) to the entire track with Crumit slice show as well as further notes on Crumit's recording. [27], Philip Van Doren Stern said in a 1946 interview, "Incidentally, the movie takes place in Westchester County. Robert Frost. He notes this in his memoir Lyrics on Several Occasions written in 1959, at the same time wondering what the critic would have thought of "these Freedom-of-Four-Letter-Speech days" -- not to mention of these 21st century days (p. 253, paperback Ed.). That you thrill me through body { Benny Goodman not only led one of the most influential big bands in the world, he played classical music like the best of them, and he ushered the 'small combo' movement into jazz. verses and It has only one formidable rival (Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives) as Hollywood's best picture of the year. [16], Dalton Trumbo, Clifford Odets, and Marc Connelly each worked on versions of the screenplay before RKO shelved the project. Joined by special guests John Pisano (acoustic guitar) & Paulinho DaCosta (percussion) for several tracks, including the Gershwin's ''S Wonderful' The Orchestre Symphonique European, conducted by Alan Broadbent with special guest conductor Claus Ogerman, is featured on the upbeat 'Let's Fall in Love' & a haunting interpretation of 'I've Got You Under My Skin'. This is may be the best known version of "'S Wonderful" even though Joo doesn't adhere to Ira Gershwin's colloquial 1920s American pronunciations. video before starting another. [48][49][50], Capra found the film's original cinematographer Victor Milner slow and pretentious, and when Milner became ill, Capra borrowed Joseph Walker from Columbia. On Christmas Eve 1945, the town prepares a hero's welcome for Harry who, as a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, was awarded the Medal of Honor for preventing a kamikaze attack on a troop transport. On November 13, 2007, Paramount released a two-disc "special edition" DVD of the film that contained both the original theatrical black-and-white version, and a new, third colorized version, produced by Legend Films using the latest colorization technology. [88][89][N 7] The film became a perennial holiday favorite in the 1980s, possibly due to its repeated showings each holiday season on hundreds of local television stations. It is in such adaptiveness as this, rather than in the literary quality of the words, that a lyricist shows his mettle. & The Look of Love (both 2001) The exceptions in Crumit's arrangement include changing "boys" to "girls" in a line sung in the show by a female (Adele Astaire as Frankie) and changing the second refrain by replacing its last four lines with a repeat of the first four. The Gershwins who wrote some five, (All but two of the eighteen songs George Gershwin chose for inclusion in his Song-book from the hundreds he had already written by the late 1920s, have also been chosen for inclusion in the, Frank Crumit sings "'S Astonishingly, a flood of 24 songs emanated from the brothers for Smarty/Funny Face of which eleven fell by the wayside by the time the troubled previews were over -- though several of these, including "How Long Has This Been Going On?" Is the piano by George? same track as on album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook referenced above. (The Gershwins, p. 80). Film historian Andrew Sarris in "You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet. refrain1, verse 2 and refrain 2 almost exactly as Ira wrote them and as they were sung by Adele Astaire and Allan Kearns in the original version of Funny Face. background-color: #FBECD5; Video: The audio track on the video is from a London recording dated by the YouTube uploader as November 29, 1928, which was during the run of Funny Face in London. RKO studio chief Charles Koerner urged Frank Capra to read "The Greatest Gift". For the chorus Ira has a sudden inspiration. [104], In 2002, the television film It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie premiered on NBC. body { ), 1977 Capra immediately saw its potential, and wanted it for his first Hollywood film after making documentaries and training films during the war. These recordings are not from piano rolls but are Gershwin himself at the piano; and, according to the liner notes, document "Gershwin's commercial recording career including all his commercial solo piano and piano with orchestra recordings." 1960. Tilly runs in and puts the fire out with a pot of coffee. "ish") and slurrings produced by syllable clipping had been associated with inebriation before Ira wrote "Sunny Disposish" and "'S Wonderful" (apparently he never intended them as such) is unclear, but they were afterward as is illustrated when John O'Hara in his 1934 novel Appointment in Samarra has his main character, who drinks himself to death, listen to three of his favorite phonograph records just before he dies--one of which is bandleader Jean Godkette's 1927 version of Sunny Disposish" (Robert Kimball,The Complete Lyrics Of Ira Gershwin, p. 76). verse1, Diana Krall .". In chapter 26 of her autobiography Ginger: My Story, she questioned her decision by asking her readers: "Foolish, you say?". Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Official Video) Best known as a trumpet player and singer, Louis Armstrong was also a pretty nifty composer, writing many future jazz standards. In the United States, a recording by Johnny Mathis [2] reached number 14 on the Billboard charts. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, when the film was still under public domain status, It's a Wonderful Life was released on VHS by a variety of home video companies. background-color: #FBECD5; George said with regard to this, "Now, in song lyric writing, sound is one of the most important things, and I don't think anybody surpasses my brother, Ira, when it comes to inventing song titles. "I have been through every piece of paper in Frank Capra's diaries, his archives, everything. body { She says, "Potter's here, the bank examiner's coming. Note the spelling difference for "Oddbody". Arrangement by Claus Ogerman. The video also includes some introductory comments by the singer and author about the song. Tiomkin had worked on many of Capra's previous films, but those changes, and others, led to a falling out between the two men. [25] On December 10, 2010, the "It's a Wonderful Life" Museum opened in Seneca Falls, with Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu in the movie, cutting the ribbon. 1951 Before Capra cast Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy, he also considered Walter Brennan and W. C. Fields for the role. releaseand from the previous year, 1926, and found it amusing. Notes: The tracks from Ella's Gershwin Songbook album appear on any of a number of CD albums, of which this 3 CD set is among the most economical. (not used in Broadway production of Funny Face, for which it was written. " It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year " is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. George turns to Tilly (who, along with Eustace, are his cousins, although not Billy's kids), but she is on the phone with her friend, Martha. below. For example, in the opening scene, Clarence just mentions George having saved his brother Harry after the latter had fallen through the ice.[103]. Kelly Rowland, the singer formerly of Destiny's Child, is part of a younger generation of singers who drew inspiration from Ms. Turner: "Thank you Queen, for giving us your all!" she wrote . Also, unavailable otherwise. Read about its recording. There have also been many instrumental recordings, for example, by Dave Grusin, Ray Conniff, Lee Konitz and Lennie Tristano, Sonny Stitt, and Lionel Hampton with Oscar Peterson. [18], Only two locations from the film survive. Feeling that an overly religious tone undermined the emotional impact of the family and friends rushing to George's rescue, the closing scenes were rewritten. Artisan Entertainment (under license from Republic) took over home video rights in the mid-1990s. [4] With a tender pash. Thiele was a producer for ABC records, and Weiss was a songwriter who helped create the hit version of " The Lion Sleeps Tonight ." The song is about appreciating the beauty of our surroundings. "'S Wonderful" gets performed by Adele Astaire playing Frankie and Allan Kearns playing her romantic interest, Peter Thurston. In Trumbo's draft, George Bailey is an idealistic politician who grows more cynical as the story progresses, then tries to commit suicide after losing an election. We were changing it and changing it, and we really didn't know what we had. (from CD Universe product description). The most successful recordings in 1928 were however by Frank Crumit and by the Ipana Troubadors.[2]. } The bright blessed day and the dark sacred night. Made up of trio and quartet dates, plus a few scattered vocal tracks, this compilation contains some remarkable moments in jazz history. The film was also adapted into a play in two acts by James W. Rodgers. The reviews of Funny Face contained some common strains: the book was eminently forgettable, the Gershwin songs were an asset (an estimate that with hindsight would now certainly seem an understatement), but the key element for the show's eventual success would be the dancing of the Astaires (for whom Funny Face would be their last joint appearance in a musical). It was eventually performed in Washington, DC, by Arena Stage in 1991, and had revivals in the 21st century, including a staged concert version in New York City in 2005 and several productions by regional theatres. One of Ira Gershwin's pet peeves through the portion of his life coming after writing "'S Wonderful" was singers undoing his attempt to create a particular set of sound effects in his lyric for this song. Williams sings "Sunny Disposish" (performance c. 1930), The town has an annual "It's a Wonderful Life Festival" on the second weekend in December. body { [123] As of Christmas 2022, no further developmental plans have since arisen. Many of the scenes from the movie are only alluded to or mentioned in the play rather than actually dramatized. New York: Simon and Schuster, Stewart also starred in the May 8, 1949 radio adaptation presented on the Screen Directors Playhouse. (1926), using some of the profits from them to build the new house. (Posting of comments is subject to the guidelines. "Wonderful World" was originally written by music . ", Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn perform (sing and dance to)"'S Wonderful" in the 'S awful nice! The project went through many hands, including Howard Hughes', who reportedly was interested. Covering 4 acres (1.6 ha), the town consisted of a main street stretching 300yards (three city blocks) with 75 stores and buildings, and a residential neighborhood. This was written by Bob Thiele and George Weiss. The number-one grossing movie of 1947, The Best Years of Our Lives, made $11.5 million. He returned from the shop and. It was one of Stewart's favorite films. I'm proud but it's the kid who did the work. Crumit is accompanied by Jack Shilkret on pipe organ. George Gershwin biographer Edward Jablonski reports that to Ira Gershwin "the show's pre-New York version "looked like a failure." [77] Spielberg once said of the film: "Its a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this Earth matters -- and thats a very powerful message. Diane Schuur Press, 1996. ", adding: "The gauzy, Currier-and-Ives veil Capra drapes over Bedford Falls has prevented viewers from grasping what a tiresome and, frankly, toxic environment it is We all live in Pottersville now. 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