On Sinatra's Singing Style

While coming across the following passage in Broadway Babies Say Goodnight   , I discovered another reason why I like Sinatra's singi...

Friday, May 27, 2011
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Win a Free Marlene Dietrich Biography! [Now Closed]

Simon & Schuster is offering a free copy of Marlene: Marlene Dietrich, A Personal Biography to readers of Java's Journey ! This c...

Thursday, May 26, 2011
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Judy Garland v. Deanna Durbin - Two Weddings, Same Article [Update: John Fricke Dubs This Blog Post "Bizarre"]

In the Judy Garland v. Deanna Durbin battle, Durbin seems to win in the following newspaper clipping. The big deal is that film star Durbin...

Thursday, May 19, 2011
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1981 Photo of Deanna Durbin

A post-1940s photo of reclusive megastar Deanna Durbin is rare. I'd seen the famous early '80s photo that she'd sent to Life Mag...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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CMBA Movies of 1939 Blogathon -- Never Say Die

While John Wayne was learning to walk like a girl, while Jimmy Stewart prepared for his Oscar-nominated faint, and while Clark Gable was too...

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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Coming Soon! CMBA Blogathon: Classic Movies of 1939

Well, it's almost here, folks.  Sunday May 15, 2011 marks the first day of a three-day blogathon produced by  Page and Becky and sponso...

Friday, May 13, 2011
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Disney's Topiaries

This is the cutest thing. The Walt Disney empire is famous for its innovative movies and its artistry. This time the creativity is even in t...

Thursday, May 12, 2011
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Refresher

Helping relatives move. Eating sandwiches while sitting on folding chairs. Reminded of Lauren Bacall in Millionaire playing solitaire on a ...

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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