gårDagens kvinna: Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
Efter att John Brown avrättats för att ha hjälpt slavar till frihet hittade en soldat på texten John Brown’s body till en gammal söndagsskolmelodi. Prästen James Freeman Clarke tyckte att församlingsmedlemmen Julia Ward Howe borde hitta på en mer passande text till melodin. I februarinumret av Atlantic Monthly publicerades Battle hymn of the republic anonymt. Howe fick $5. I övrigt var hon känd för sina skriverier, föreläsningar och kampen för slaveriet avskaffande. Hon blev den första kvinnan som valdes in i American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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* History is made at night – USA 1937 Frank Borzage
* The girl in the show – USA 1930 Edgar Selwyn
* Sex hygiene – USA 1941 John Ford
* Torpedo Squadron – USA 1942 John Ford
Before the battle of Midway a photographer of Ford’s unit took some 16 mm colour footage of the life on a PT Boat. When all but one in this squadron were killed during the battle, Ford edited the footage and reduced it to 8 mm. A copy was delivered by personal messenger to all the families. The film was never used in any other way.
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Gershwin on the Internet
Two songs from Good morning judge, 1919, the second I have found no recording of.
6. I was so young (you were so beautiful)
Lyrics: Irving Caesar & Al Bryan
1st Gershwin song to become popular
Brad Kay and Those Syncopating Songbirds
7. There’s more to the kiss than the X-X-X
Lyrics: Irving Caesar
