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March birthdays

Saturday Cinema - March 23, 2024

Join host Lynne Warfel on the latest episode of Saturday Cinema, celebrating the famous film folks born in March! Hear music from films featuring David Niven, Ron Howard, Cyd Charisse, Barry Fitzgerald, Edward Everett Horton, Liza Minelli, David Lean, Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae and more.

Playlist

Madame Bovary: Waltz
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1056

Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Composer: William Walton
Conductor: Neville Marriner
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Chandos 8870

The Pink Panther Theme
Composer: Henry Mancini
Conductor: Henry Mancini
Orchestra/Ensemble: Mancini Pops Orchestra
RCA 55938

Cocoon: Theme
Composer: James Horner
Conductor: David Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Varese Sarabande Symphony Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 6151155

Carousel Waltz
Composer: Richard Rodgers
Conductor: Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
RCA 63835

Roma
Composer: Nino Rota
Conductor: Derek Wadsworth
Orchestra/Ensemble: Czech Symphony Orchestra
Silva 1024

Wild is the Wind
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cris de Paris Chamber Choir
Alpha 888

Song of Bernadette
Composer: Alfred Newman
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 184

The Magnificent Seven
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 75288

It's A Wonderful Life: Suite
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor: David Newman
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Telarc 88801

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: Main Title and Finale
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1051

My Fair Lady: Why Can't the English
Composer: Frederick Loewe
Conductor: Franz Allers
Orchestra/Ensemble: Original Broadway Cast
Soloists: Rex Harrison, vocals
Sony 89997 

Cabaret: Willkommen
Composer: John Kander/Fred Ebb
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Joel Grey, vocals
MCA 40027

New York, New York: Main Theme
Composer: John Kander
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 411037

The Three Musketeers
Composer: Michel Legrand
Conductor: Michel Legrand
Orchestra/Ensemble: Flemish Radio Orchestra
Reader's Digest 4168

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: Main Theme
Composer: Ernest Gold
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Rykodisc 10704 

The Great Escape
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 75288

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