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Why the French Love Jerry Lewis: From Cabaret to Early Cinema
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Why the French Love Jerry Lewis
Why the French Love Jerry Lewis
FROM
CABARET TO
EARLY
Rae Beth Gordon
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STANFORD, CALIFORNIA
CINEMA
Stanford University Press Stanford, California
© by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication uppgifter Gordon, Rae Beth Why the French love Jerry Lewis : from cabaret to early cinema I Rae Beth Gordon. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN o (alk. paper)ISBN o (paper: alk. paper) r. Music-halls (Variety theaters, cabarets, etc.)-FranceParis-Historyth century. 2. Hysteria. 3· Hysteria in motion pictures. 4· Lewis, Jerry, Criticism and interpretation. inom. Title. PNC34 G67 ''dc21 Original Printing Last figure below indicates year of this printing: 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03
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List of films about pianists
The following is a list of films about pianists or in which pianists play a significant role.
Documentaries
[edit]Films based on historical pianists
[edit]- Behind the Candelabra (): A teaterpjäs about the last years of the flamboyant pianist and showman Liberace (Michael Douglas) and the secret affair he had with young Scott Thorson (Matt Damon).
- Copying Beethoven (): A fictional take on the final year of composer Beethoven's (Ed Harris) life as he composes his Ninth Symphony.
- Chopin: Desire for Love (): A Polish biopic of Frédéric Chopin starring Piotr Adamczyk.
- The Eddy Duchin Story (): A biopic of Eddy Duchin starring Tyrone Power
- Great Balls of Fire! (): Film that follows the life of pianist and teen idol Jerry Lee Lewis as played by Dennis Quaid. It features many of the artist's hits such as Great Balls of Fire, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On, and Wild One.
- Geliebte Clara (): A biopic about pianist Clara Schuman
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10 Films About Piano Players That You Might Want to See
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32 Short Films About Glenn Gould ()
Although not exactly a household name these days, more than 50 years ago Glenn Gould’s recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations was huge. Gould (played by Colm Feore) was a Canadian classical pianist who could read and play music by the age of four. Early in his career, he gave concerts in Canada and the United States, where Leonard Bernstein was one of his admirers. He became one of the great concert pianists of his time, and then, abruptly in , he gave his last concert and refused to perform in public ever again (foreshadowing the Beatles’ last public concert in ?), focusing on recordings and radio performances.
The film is structured into 32 segments that follow Gould’s life but also reflect the Goldberg Variations’ structure of 32 short movements (at least as played by Gou