Vysotskii & old ballads (cont.)

[Svetlana Grenier]

Well, in that case let's not forget the wonderfully goofy "My Man Godrfrey" (1938?), with William Powell and Carole Lombard, where Mischa Auer plays the crazy mother's "protege" Carlo (is that supposed to be a Russian name?!),who keeps taking cords on the piano and singing the first line of "Ochi chernye".  Higly recommended.

Svetlana Grenier

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From: Eloise Boyle <boyle6 at EARTHLINK.NET>
Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 9:13 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Vysotskii & old ballads (cont.)

> And let's not forget the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers vehicle "Shall We
> Dance," where Fred plays Pete Peterson (from Pittsburgh, PA), 
> masqueradingas the great "Petrov," a Russian ballet dancer.   
> Though he does not sing
> "Ochi chernye," he does walk around declaiming those two words as 
> evidenceof his Russianness.  Hollywood's shorthand for Russians in 
> the 30's and 40's
> is really quite interesting.
> 
> --Eloise Boyle
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