Musical Monday: The Vagabond King (1956)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Vagabond King (1956)... Read full article

Musical Monday: The Vagabond Lover (1929)

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “The Vagabond Love... Read full article

Background: "The Vagabond Lover"

Click here to read my review of the 1929 film "The Vagabond Lover." What follows is some background on the movie: Before Bieber, before Timberlake, before Elvis and Sinatra and even before Crosby, there was Vallee. In the late 1920s, Rudy Vallee and his band, the Connecticut Yankees, were hu... Read full article

Background: "The Vagabond Lover"

Click here to read my review of the 1929 film "The Vagabond Lover." What follows is some background on the movie: Before Bieber, before Timberlake, before Elvis and Sinatra and even before Crosby, there was Vallee. In the late 1920s, Rudy Vallee and his band, the Connecticut Yankees, were hu... Read full article

Another Fifteen Minutes for the Vagabond Lover

Have a spare couple million? If so, as has been widely reported this morning, this charming sketch could be yours. The seller claims it's Rudy Vallee, and I suppose there's a resemblence to the crooner and sometime leading man, but much more to the point, he claims that it's by Andy Warhol. ... Read full article