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Caledonia is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie MacLean in 1977. [1] The chorus of the song features the lyric "Caledonia, you're calling me, and now I'm going home", [2] the term "Caledonia" itself being a Latin word for Scotland. "Caledonia" has been covered by various artists, and is often dubbed Scotland's "unofficial national ...
As well, the song may have been of some influence on the later Rock and roll genre. Little Richard often spoke of being influenced by Louis Jordan; Caldonia was the first non-gospel song he learned. The shriek on the Jordan record "sounds eerily like the vocal tone Little Richard would adopt" in addition to the "Jordan-style pencil-thin moustache".
Astor has its own distrib set up… and can plant the Jordan movie directly ahead of him in practically every town he plays. [5] The stamp issued in 2008 was part of a Postal Service tribute to Vintage Black Cinema. "Vivid reminders of a bygone era stamps issued in that series were based on five vintage movie posters. Whether spotlighting the ...
The following is a list of musical films by year. A musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. 1920s
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks: Drama: Filmed in 1937 All at Sea: Herbert Smith: Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh, John Warwick
A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists. Other significant production and distribution companies included Republic, Monogram and PRC.
Logo used since 2023. The following is a list of films produced, co-produced, and/or distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in 2020–2029. The list does not include Japanese films distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan or distribution of non-US local films in only one or few markets.
Lobby card for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), which used new matte painting techniques for use with Technicolor. By the 1940s, Hollywood's effects specialists had over a decade of studio experience. Technicolor had been especially challenging but faster film introduced in 1939 began to make Technicolor a viable option for studio production.