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April birthdays and film anniversaries

Saturday Cinema - April 12, 2025

This week on Saturday Cinema, join host Lynne Warfel to celebrate April birthdays in the world of film — Debbie Reynolds, Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Gregory Peck and Elmer Bernstein — as well as some noteworthy film anniversaries, including Bride of Frankenstein (90th), Pinocchio, Fantasia (85th), Cinderella (75th) and Lady and the Tramp (70th). Listen now!

Playlist

Bride of Frankenstein: Danse Macabre
Composer: Franz Waxman
Conductor: Richard Mills
Orchestra/Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 5257

Inherit the Wind: Main Title
Composer: Ernest Gold
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Primary Wave 500609

Judgement at Nuremburg: Suite
Composer: Ernest Gold
Orchestra/Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Primary Wave 500609

Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 422

Toccata and Fugue
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
EMI 8578605

Singin’ in the Rain: Main Theme
Composer: Nacio Herb Brown
Conductor: John Williams
Orchestra/Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 411037

Singin’ in the Rain: Good Morning
Composer: Nacio Herb Brown
Orchestra/Ensemble: MGM Studio Orchestra
Soloists: Gene Kelly, vocals
Sony 63829

The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Memory Waltz
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Jezebel: Waltz
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: John Mauceri
Orchestra/Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 438685

Now, Voyager: Suite
Composer: Max Steiner
Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
Orchestra/Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 136

Spellbound: Suite
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80708

To Kill a Mockingbird: Main Title
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Erich Kunzel
Orchestra/Ensemble: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Telarc 80708

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

Ghostbusters
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 75288

My Left Foot
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Pops
Denon 75288

The Grifters: The City
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensemble: Studio Orchestra
Varese Sarabande 66460

True Grit: Suite
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Conductor: Paul Bateman
Orchestra/Ensemble: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Silva 1037

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

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