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Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the late 1930s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado. It originated as a syncopated form of the danzón, known as danzón-mambo, with a final, improvised section, which incorporated the guajeos typical of son cubano (also known as ...
Film noir (/ n w ɑːr /; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylized Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir.
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1h 34m. Sound. Mono. Color. Black and White. Film Length. 10 reels. A sultry dancer is torn between two men--one a wealthy nobleman who is enamored of her and wishes to help her rise to the top and the other a sleazy, macho type who tries to convince her to bilk the richer man out of his money.
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Apr 3, 2009 · A hot and hummable mambo sets a deceptive tone for Hitchcock’s bleakest and darkest film, the fact-based drama of a financially struggling musician and family man arrested and convicted for a serious of bank robberies he didn’t commit, and of his wife’s resulting descent into mental illness.
House of Bamboo is a 1955 American film noir shot in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color, directed and co-written by Samuel Fuller, [3] and starring Robert Ryan. The other co- screenwriter was Harry Kleiner. The cinematographer was Joseph MacDonald . Plot.
Oct 14, 2021 · “Nothing matters but the music,” is a famous motto from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s dark musical dance melodrama The Red Shoes (1948). 1 In fact, the music was essential to many dark stylish noir productions. Jazz music flourished in ‘musical’ noir films, distinct for smoke, shadows and bluesy nightclub performers. 2 The ...
Nov 2, 2021 · Mambo Music Guide: A History of Mambo’s Cuban Origins. Written by MasterClass. Last updated: Nov 2, 2021 • 2 min read. In the 1940s and ’50s, mambo, a Cuban dance music style, swept through the United States, starting in New York and fanning out across the country.
