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Un documentaire animalier sur le grand-duc d'Europe est sorti en DVD en mai 2007. Six ans de tournage pour raconter une nuit avec le géant des hibo...
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Un documentaire animalier sur le grand-duc d'Europe est sorti en DVD en mai 2007. Six ans de tournage pour raconter une nuit avec le géant des hiboux aux abords du village de Mourèze, en Languedoc. Beaucoup de poésie dans les images et l'ambiance sonore nocturne magnifiquement restituée, c'est ce qu'a souligné le public à l'occasion d'une projection au cinéma Alain Resnais à Clermont l'hérault.
Toutes les infos sur les projections et 3 minutes d'extraits sur le site :
http://www.le-grand-duc.com/
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Rudy Vallée (July 28,1901 July 3,1986)
was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.
Born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont. ...
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Rudy Vallée (July 28,1901 July 3,1986)
was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.
Born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont. Rudy grew up in Westbrook, Maine. In high school, he took up the saxophone and acquired the nickname "Rudy" after then famous saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft.
Having played drums in his high school band, Vallée played clarinet and saxophone in various bands around New England in his youth. In 1917, he decided to enlist for World War I, but was discharged when the Navy authorities found out that he was only 15. He enlisted in Portland, Maine on March 29, 1917, under the false birthdate of July 28, 1899. He was discharged at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, on May 17, 1917 with 41 days of active service.
From 1924 through 1925, he played with the "Savoy Havana Band" in London. He then returned to the States to obtain a degree in Philosophy from Yale and to form his own band, "Rudy Vallée and the Connecticut Yankees." With this band, which featured two violins, two saxophones, a piano, a banjo and drums, he started taking vocals (supposedly reluctantly at first). He had a rather thin, wavering tenor voice and seemed more at home singing sweet ballads than attempting vocals on jazz numbers. However, his singing, together with his suave manner and handsome boyish looks, attracted great attention, especially from young women. Vallée was given a recording contract and in 1928, he started performing on the radio.
Vallée also became the first complete example of the 20th century mass media pop star. Flappers mobbed him wherever he went. His live appearances were usually sold out, and even if his singing could hardly be heard in those venues not yet equipped with the new electronic microphones, his screaming female fans went home happy if they had caught sight of his lips through the opening of the trademark megaphone he sang through.
In 1929, Vallée made his first feature film, The Vagabond Lover for RKO Radio. His first films were made to cash in on his singing popularity.
Vallée's recording career began in 1928 recording for Columbia Records' cheap labels (Harmony, Velvet Tone, and Diva). He signed to Victor in February 1929 and remained with them through to late 1931, leaving after a heated dispute with company executives over title selections. He then recorded for the short-lived, but extremely popular "Hit of the Week" label (which sold records laminated onto cardboard). In August 1932, he signed with Columbia and stayed with them through 1933; he returned to Victor in June 1933. His records were issued on Victor's new budget label, Bluebird, until November 1933 when he was moved up the full-priced Victor label. He stayed with Victor until signing with ARC in 1936, who released his records on their Perfect, Melotone, Conqueror and Romeo labels until 1937 when he returned to Victor.
Along with his group, The Connecticut Yankees, Vallée's best known popular recordings included: "The Stein Song" (aka University of Maine fighting song) in the early part of the decade and "Vieni, Vieni" in the latter 1930s. Remarkably for an American, Vallée sang fluently in three Mediterranean languages, and always varied the keys, thus paving the way for later pop crooners such as Dean Martin, Andy Williams and Vic Damone.
Vallée's last significant hit song was the 1943 reissue of the melancholy ballad "As Time Goes By", popularized in the feature film Casablanca. Eventually he was promoted to Lieutenant and lead the 40 piece band to great success. In 1944 he was placed on the inactive list and he returned to radio.
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Deep Night (1929)
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Rudy Vallée (July 28,1901 July 3,1986)
was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.
Born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont. ...
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Rudy Vallée (July 28,1901 July 3,1986)
was an American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer.
Born Hubert Prior Vallée in Island Pond, Vermont. Rudy grew up in Westbrook, Maine. In high school, he took up the saxophone and acquired the nickname "Rudy" after then famous saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft.
Having played drums in his high school band, Vallée played clarinet and saxophone in various bands around New England in his youth. In 1917, he decided to enlist for World War I, but was discharged when the Navy authorities found out that he was only 15. He enlisted in Portland, Maine on March 29, 1917, under the false birthdate of July 28, 1899. He was discharged at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, on May 17, 1917 with 41 days of active service.
From 1924 through 1925, he played with the "Savoy Havana Band" in London. He then returned to the States to obtain a degree in Philosophy from Yale and to form his own band, "Rudy Vallée and the Connecticut Yankees." With this band, which featured two violins, two saxophones, a piano, a banjo and drums, he started taking vocals (supposedly reluctantly at first). He had a rather thin, wavering tenor voice and seemed more at home singing sweet ballads than attempting vocals on jazz numbers. However, his singing, together with his suave manner and handsome boyish looks, attracted great attention, especially from young women. Vallée was given a recording contract and in 1928, he started performing on the radio.
Vallée also became the first complete example of the 20th century mass media pop star. Flappers mobbed him wherever he went. His live appearances were usually sold out, and even if his singing could hardly be heard in those venues not yet equipped with the new electronic microphones, his screaming female fans went home happy if they had caught sight of his lips through the opening of the trademark megaphone he sang through.
In 1929, Vallée made his first feature film, The Vagabond Lover for RKO Radio. His first films were made to cash in on his singing popularity.
Vallée's recording career began in 1928 recording for Columbia Records' cheap labels (Harmony, Velvet Tone, and Diva). He signed to Victor in February 1929 and remained with them through to late 1931, leaving after a heated dispute with company executives over title selections. He then recorded for the short-lived, but extremely popular "Hit of the Week" label (which sold records laminated onto cardboard). In August 1932, he signed with Columbia and stayed with them through 1933; he returned to Victor in June 1933. His records were issued on Victor's new budget label, Bluebird, until November 1933 when he was moved up the full-priced Victor label. He stayed with Victor until signing with ARC in 1936, who released his records on their Perfect, Melotone, Conqueror and Romeo labels until 1937 when he returned to Victor.
Along with his group, The Connecticut Yankees, Vallée's best known popular recordings included: "The Stein Song" (aka University of Maine fighting song) in the early part of the decade and "Vieni, Vieni" in the latter 1930s. Remarkably for an American, Vallée sang fluently in three Mediterranean languages, and always varied the keys, thus paving the way for later pop crooners such as Dean Martin, Andy Williams and Vic Damone.
Vallée's last significant hit song was the 1943 reissue of the melancholy ballad "As Time Goes By", popularized in the feature film Casablanca. Eventually he was promoted to Lieutenant and lead the 40 piece band to great success. In 1944 he was placed on the inactive list and he returned to radio.
Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees - Deep Night (1929)
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Fragmento del final de la película Familia, de Fernando León. (1996)
"Es mucho mejor estar mal acompañado que solo. Y quien diga lo contrario e...
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Fragmento del final de la película Familia, de Fernando León. (1996)
"Es mucho mejor estar mal acompañado que solo. Y quien diga lo contrario es que nunca ha estado solo"
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Descobri seu deslumbrante canal agora, o felicito pela atmosfera que criou em teus videos... Inspirador.
Saudações desde Floripa,
¨¨Renata,
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