Monday, July 28, 2008

Download Orson Welles' Mecury Theater for Free

Orson Welles' Mercury Theater Company (renamed the Campbell Theater Company after Campbell Soup took up its sponsorship) produced the infamous "War of The Worlds" 1938 broadcast, and dozens more, which are available for free here: http://www.mercurytheatre.info/

The following titles are available, about one hour each:

Dracula
Treasure Island
The 39 Steps
Three Short Stories: I'm a Fool, The Open Window, and My Little Boy
Abraham Lincoln
The Affairs of Anatol
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Immortal Sherlock Holmes
Hell on Ice
Seventeen
Around the World in 80 Days
The War of the Worlds
Heart of Darkness / Life with Father
A Passenger to Bali
The Pickwick Papers
Rebecca
A Christmas Carol
Counselor-at-Law
Mutiny on the Bounty
I Lost My Girlish Laughter
Arrowsmith
The Green Goddess
The Glass Key
Beau Geste
Showboat
The Patriot
Private Lives
Wickford Point
Our Town
The Bad Man
Things We Have
Victoria Regina
Peter Ibbetson
Ah, Wilderness
What Every Woman Knows
The Count of Monte Cristo
Algier
Liliom
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Hurricane
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Garden of Allah
Dodsworth
Lost Horizon
Venessa
There's Always a Woman
A Christmas Carol
Vanity Fair
Theodora Goes Wild
The Citadel
It Happened One Night
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Dinner at Eight
Only Angels Have Wings
Rabble in Arms
Craig's Wife
Huckleberry Finn
June Moon

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Take Your Mama

This is a great jukebox song in the Elton John tradition - although the "Scissor Sisters" began in effect as a practical joke, and the singer claims he wasn't really familiar with Elton John until after the song was recorded