The Movie Actors (Part 3): Detectives and Femme Fatales You know those hard boiled gumshoes: Sherlock Holmes and Charlie Chan (well, those two may be a bit soft boiled), as well as Philip Marlowe, played by Bogart and Mitchum...all referred to here in songs from the '60s-early '80s. Also featured: equally hardboiled ladies, as played by Bacall, Dietrich, Hayworth, Crawford and Lamarr. Do they call this radio noir?
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Performer [Composer]
Song
Album [Format]
Misc
Misc –
REQ:Request
BED:Bed
NEW:New Release
( ):Label, Year Rec/Rel
Comment:
Background music, in order: (1) Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - "As Time Goes By" ("Vibrations," Command 1962) (2) Lucky Thompson - "As Time Goes By" ("Happy Days Are Here Again," Prestige (US) / Transatlantic (UK) 1965) (3) Stéphane Grappelli - "As Time Goes By" ("Steff and Slam," Black and Blue (FR) 1975) (4) Mrs. Mills - "As Time Goes By" ("What a Wonderful Party!," Double-Up 1973) (5) Erroll Gardner - "As Time Goes By" ("Now Playing," MGM 1965) (6) Hugo Díaz - "Segun Pasan Los Años ("As Time Goes By") ("Aqui Esta," Music Hall (AR) 1972)
I mentioned that Bogart let a ciggy dangle from his mouth most of the time in films without smoking it. Well, no. Just watched "Casablanca" last night, and he very much inhales. In fact, he died from esophageal cancer.
