The Miss America Organization has hit a bum note with the widow of the man who wrote its signature tune. Phyllis Wayne, whose late husband Bernie Wayne wrote the song "Miss America" (popularly known as "There She Is Miss America"), filed suit against the Miss America Organization, claiming that it has been using his husband's song without the proper license for the last couple of years. Also read: Tim Tebow's Tumble Good News for "Miss America Pageant" Ratings According to the suit, the pageant organization has traditionally obtained "synchronization licenses" to use...
- 4/23/2012
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Second #188
Jeffrey’s father has just suffered a stroke while watering his front yard, and has fallen to his back, writhing in pain, the hose that he still holds—in a sad and funny and helpless way—spraying water all around. That shot is followed by this one, as the camera pans slowly down, the background a blur, capturing the water in mid-air as Bobby Vinton sings “Blue Velvet,” which he had released in 1963, several months before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The song, written by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris, dates back to 1950. Wayne was a prolific composer, who wrote at least two other songs with Lynchian resonance: “A Patch of Blue” (with Jerry Goldsmith) from the movie of the same name and the jingle “Chock Full O’Nuts is the Heavenly Coffee,” which would have been right at home in Twin Peaks. This frame at second #188 is...
Jeffrey’s father has just suffered a stroke while watering his front yard, and has fallen to his back, writhing in pain, the hose that he still holds—in a sad and funny and helpless way—spraying water all around. That shot is followed by this one, as the camera pans slowly down, the background a blur, capturing the water in mid-air as Bobby Vinton sings “Blue Velvet,” which he had released in 1963, several months before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The song, written by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris, dates back to 1950. Wayne was a prolific composer, who wrote at least two other songs with Lynchian resonance: “A Patch of Blue” (with Jerry Goldsmith) from the movie of the same name and the jingle “Chock Full O’Nuts is the Heavenly Coffee,” which would have been right at home in Twin Peaks. This frame at second #188 is...
- 8/15/2011
- by Nicholas Rombes
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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