There’s No Business Like Show Business: book review of Betty Hutton’s...
The zany Betty Hutton we love performing her role as Trudy Kockenlocker in “Miracle of Morgan’s Creek” (1944) dragging William Demarest. Bob Hope called her a “Vitamin pill with legs.” Betty Hutton was...
View ArticleYou can’t get a role with a gun: the story behind “Annie Get Your Gun”
I had always read that “Annie Get Your Gun” was a horrible experience for Betty Hutton. Actors and stage workers were cold towards her, she wasn’t invited to the movie premiere and MGM wasn’t the warm...
View ArticleMusical Monday: The Fleet’s In (1942)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this...
View ArticleMusical Monday: The Perils of Pauline (1947)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this...
View ArticleMusical Monday: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Sailor Johnny Webster (Bracken) is home on leave and believes his father William Webster (Moore), a former silent film star, is the head of Paramount Studios. In reality, his father is just a security...
View ArticleMusical Monday: The Stork Club (1945)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this...
View ArticleMusical Monday: Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this...
View ArticleMusical Monday: Here Come the WAVES (1944)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this...
View ArticleMusical Monday: Somebody Loves Me (1952)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this...
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