Orchestra Wives (1942)

February 12, 2014: From the 1963 graduating class of Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Texas--Happy 100th birthday to a great Paschal alumnus, the late Gordon Lee ("Tex") Beneke! You and Mr. Miller and all your associates did so much to boost the morale and determination of so many Americans during one of our country's darkest times. It was our parents' generation, and in memory of our parents and all other members of their generation--The Greatest Generation--who served the cause of liberty in so many ways, military and civilian alike, during and after that time, so that we might have the opportunity to enjoy the lives we have lived, we proudly salute you! Your wonderful music sounds as good today as ever!

11 years назад

songanddanceman100

What is all this war talk on this posting/messages??

11 years назад

songanddanceman100

@Barry I. GraumanI think this is more a legend than common reality. White southern audiences liked black entertainment, they just didn't want to associate with black people socially.Can you show me any proof of your statement?Thanks!You wrote:In most Southern theaters, exhibitors often deleted the sequence featuring the Nicholas Brothers.... because they preferred not to feature black performers in "mainstream" films

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

Go Tex BENEKE and Marion HUTTON! Go NICHOLAS BROTHERS. Fayard passed on at 92 in 2006... He's got a great interview on YOUTUBE called, I believe "The NICHOLAS BORTHERS and FRED ASTAIR." They were great friends. Skin color in the arts quickly became a forgotten matter: TALENT AND CONTENT OF CHARACTER, NOT SKIN COLOR... or they all acted...

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

I knew French GUYS who enlisted, etc... (this is getting horrendous).

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

Oh! WHERE WERE YOUR GRAND-DADS? Please forgive me for being so verbose. I bet YOU were Military Intel or ONI. Your sentences are short and to the point!

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

...join the US armed forces through ROTC (this was my dream!!!). I arrived in the US at the age of 11. I could not do it because I was NOT a US Citizen. I knew French who enlisted with the US army in exchange of a Permanent Visa back in the Korean War. No longer possible in my time. I wanted to pay my debt of honor. HOW ABOUT YOU? Were you infantry? Air Force? Navy? Marines? Delta? If you were in the Submarines, I'll introduce you to somebody you'll find interesting. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

..bank office as a bunker (fortified walls and underground foundations...no tunneling possible). My dad was armored cav (501st Regiment of the ex-Leclerc Division). He almost went to Indochina but Dien-Bien-Phu surrendered. GOD meant him for another war: being a good father & model grand-father. One grand-father in the resistance, mom too. Other grand father with Leclerc all the way to Berchesgaden. My God Father landed on 08/15/1944in Toulon with the 1st French Army & US forces. I wanted to...

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

I hope you DAD made it back... (this is getting bad, you know).

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

Let me say GREG that it is an honor to know you and your family. I hope made it back from Nam OK and did not go "fugazzi." The treatment we gave our soldiers of the NAM was so unfair! My God Parents were In the first Indochina War. God Father had 2 tours as Artillery (and army intel). God Mother was a Military Social Worker in the hospitals in Hanoi. Worst mutilated cases: Nam Dinh, patrolled by day by the French, but by the Viet Minh by night...WOMEN! Their best soldiers. The French used the...

11 years назад

Gregory May

Dad Vietnam, Grandpas WW2. Uncles were and so was I!

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

On that hard and heart felt tragic note, I do want to say: it's great to know you! Just out of curiosity was your dad or Grand-dad in the service?

11 years назад

Gregory May

I know, I heard.

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

Very much so... In Glenn MILLER's case, it was his transport plane that was bombed... in mid-air as it was flying across an RAF trial bombing zone exercise over the English Channel!!! The same type of miscommunication still occurs today alas! GOD BLESS!

11 years назад

Gregory May

Really sad... as sad as la Bowlly dying in that theatre that was bombed.

11 years назад

Philippe Renaud

My dad and I STAND CORRECTED and I do thank you for this info... I saw this homage movie with Jimmy Stewart long ago and have forgotten this detail. May Maestro Miller rest in peace. They theorized about the causes of his passing... it was horrendous if true.