Film Festival: Summertime Blues St. Louis Blues is the 1958 Hollywood version of W. C. Handy’s life, formulated as a vehicle for his music as opposed to an accurate biographical portrayal. However, St. Louis Blues is well worth it because of the music and the fine performances.Although his exact place in the pantheon of blues greats…
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Lisa’s Home Bijou: “The Long, Hot Summer”
Film Festival: Summertime Blues Time to join William Faulkner on the veranda with a washtub full of cold beers icing down in the corner, on a long, hot summer’s day. “Hey. I never move and work in the same day.”—Ben When I think of summer in the South, I inevitably think of William Faulkner and…