Lorenz Hart

[Teasing the Korean]

Larry Hart is the subject of a new film.  It takes place on the opening night of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's Oklahoma.  Ethan Hawke plays Hart.

 

 

 

[sgcim]

We were just playing "Little Girl Blue"the other night, and I had to look up at the music to see who wrote such incredible lyrics and great music.

Sure enough, it was Rodgers and Hart. Hawke chooses such great roles.

[mikeweil]

I wonder if I ever get to watch this over here.

[Teasing the Korean]

Some of the reviews are saying that Ethan Hawke is miscast.  

[Big Beat Steve]

A small side note about the appreciation of the partners of Richard Rodgers: 

I'm reading "Eddie Condon's Treasury of Jazz " right now (in small instalments), and in the chapter on Lee Wiley (written by George Frazier) there is this:

"To hear Lee at her best, listen to her Storyville LP - the portfolio of Rodgers and Hart. Not Rodgers and that other fellow (who would be Oscar Hammerstein II, who, no disrespect intended, no Larry Hart, he) ..."

I suppose the experts' opinions do differ on the respective merits of Rodgers' partners?