Episode 21.2: Easter Parade by Escapades Through the Dream Factory published on 2024-02-15T23:40:43Z It's like we never left! Harry and John proceed to wrap up their discussion of Easter Parade, one of the most successful screen musicals of the Classical Hollywood era. It's a wide ranging discussion of exquisite hats, precision choreography, even when you're not supposed to notice and lighter than air light comic acting. All that and extra Irving Berlin, too! Eight (seven) brand new (old, repurposed) songs! All that, and we get the return of the specialty entertainer, the return of Jeni Le Gon (you remember her, the Sping), and the return of getting to discuss vaudeville in the early 1900s. So, so many, many happy returns. It's an Escapade! It'd have to be, otherwise we'd change the name! Texts Referenced: The World of Entertainment by Hugh Fordin Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louie B Mayer by Scott Eyman Get Happy: The Life and Times of Judy Garland by Gerald Clark Judy Garland: a Biography by Anne Edwards Judy Garland: The Day to Day Chronicle of a Legend by Scott Schecter Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend by Earl J Hess and Pratibha A Dabholkar He's Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly by Cynthia Brideson and Sara Brideson Vincente Minnelli: Hollywood's Dark Dreamer by Emanuel Levy A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente Minnelli by Mark Griffin Charles Walters: The Director Who Made Hollywood Dance by Brent Phillips Puttin' On the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache by Peter Levinson Steps In Time by Fred Astaire As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater by Jeffery Magee Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @adreamescapade Write us a letter: adreamescapade@gmail.com Intro theme performed by Journeyman John Baker (@pos1) Genre Learning