The Gang's All Here
1943 1 hr 43 min
Join us for a night of lively discussion with NPR’s renowned film and art critic, Bob Mondello. Bob has personally selected THE GANG’S ALL HERE to be shown at the Ambler, as it is a film that is considered one of his favorites.
Directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, THE GANG’S ALL HERE is considered a camp classic, and is noted for its use of Technicolor musical numbers with fruit hats and as a star vehicle for Carmen Miranda. The night before his deployment in World War II, a wealthy heir falls in love with a beautiful cabaret singer, but his engagement to a family friend complicates the blossoming relationship.Featuring music from Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
About Bob Mondello: For more than three decades, Bob Mondello has reviewed movies and covered the arts for NPR, seeing at least 300 films annually, then sharing critiques and commentaries about the most intriguing on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine All Things Considered. In 2005, he conceived and co-produced NPR's eight-part series 'American Stages,' exploring the history, reach, and accomplishments of the regional theater movement.Mondello has also written about the arts for USA Today, The Washington Post, Preservation Magazine, and other publications, and has appeared as an arts commentator on commercial and public television stations. He spent 25 years reviewing live theater for Washington City Paper, DC's leading alternative weekly, and to this day, he remains enamored of the stage.
Before becoming a professional critic, Mondello learned the ins and outs of the film industry by heading the public relations department for a chain of movie theaters, and he reveled in film history as advertising director for an independent repertory theater.
Asked what NPR pieces he's proudest of, he points to an April Fool's prank in which he invented a remake of Citizen Kane, commentaries on silent films — a bit of a trick on radio — and cultural features he's produced from Argentina, where he and his husband have a second home. An avid traveler, Mondello even spends his vacations watching movies and plays in other countries. 'I see as many movies in a year,' he says, 'as most people see in a lifetime.'
About Bob Mondello: For more than three decades, Bob Mondello has reviewed movies and covered the arts for NPR, seeing at least 300 films annually, then sharing critiques and commentaries about the most intriguing on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine All Things Considered. In 2005, he conceived and co-produced NPR's eight-part series 'Director Busby Berkeley
Cast Carmen Miranda, Alice Faye, Phil Baker
Country USA
Language English
