Our Choice of the Vid of the Wk for the First Wk. of Sept. 2017 - "Marta Mirska Sings-Hanka Ordonowna-'Milosc Ci Wszystko Wybaczy".

       For the first week of Sept. 2017 - we chose a lovely vid uploaded by Dr. 240252 - our YT - friend - on Oct. 27 - 2009 - titled "Marta Mirska Sings Hanka Ordonowna - Milosc Ci Wszystko Wybaczy," - roughly translated into - "Love Will Forgive You Everything".  This old hit was enormously popular English Waltz from the well-loved Polish movie "Spy in the Mask" from 1939.
       Hanka Ordon Tyszkiewich - more commonly known as Hanka Ordonowna - happily married to Count Tyszkiewich for quite a few years - untill the marriage hit some "rough passages" for a while. It was hard for a talented and beautiful Polish movie star, singer and a versatile performer from 1935 - 1939 - to adjust to demands of a commited marriage. 

       Later in life - however - she did re-unite with her husband - but - in the interim - she suffered a lot of hard passages; nevertheless - she was always loved by Polish people - the affection which was well deserved. You can read her bio on YT. The Polish movie about her life turned out to be a total bomb - in every aspect - according to Dr. 240252. Unfortunately - she died young - in her forties - after suffering from a lung disease - impossible - to treat. However - a lot of her work is available on YT and is well worth checking out.
      We hope that everybody will have a very nice long, Labor Day weekend which officially ends the summer. So far it's been a cool Chicago summer 2017 - which is a positive thing. We will  not be mentioning the consistent crime in the city which has been a problem for a long time. The current mayor tries to blame it on the past administration - a long "dynasty" of mayors.
       Don't forget to click here next Thurs. Sept. 07 - 17 to check out our choice of YT Vid of the Week for the next week.    

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Our Choice for the YT Vid of the Wk. for the last Wk. of August 2017 - "Titina - 'Modern Times'-1936" by theodorin - uploaded on Dec.29-2009.

       Charlie Chaplin sings and dances like a comic virtuoso he really proven himself to be. Paulette Goddard - his long time companion - also shines like a big star - next to him without upstaging his genius.
      If you have a moment you can check out two other vids of Titina with the viewers' comments which will give you a lot of interesting info in an easy manner. Another "Titina's" instrumental version is uploaded by our friend - an enormously erudite - Dr. 240252 on Oct. 03-2012. The comments by the viewers are funny including one by yours truly - not boasting or anything like that - mind you. The vocal version of Titina with funny American lyrics and good vocals by Billy Murray - an 1920's - American jazz crooner was also uploaded by Dr.240252 - this one was uploaded on Aug. 03 - 2007.
     Have a great last week of Aug. 2017 - everybody! As always - do not forget to click on our channel tango3721! Also - check out this column next Thurs. Aug. 31 - 2017 to find out our choice of YT Vid of the Week for the next week!

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For the 4th Wk of Aug. 2017 we picked as YT Vid of the Wk - Genia 106's upload "Marlena-Hallo Kleines Fraulein-Tango-Barnabas Von Geczy-Rudi Schuricke."

          Genia 106 - our sophisticated New Yorker friend who uploads quite a few Tangos and other fun musical works - came up with this fun video on June 19 - 2014. The editor of this column (yours truly) - made a comment in Genia 106 video's comment section - which is absolutely - not to be missed.
        At any rate - Marlena Dietrich - a silver screen goddess and a legend - sings this piece - in her trademark - raspy - voice - as a part of duet with a popular German crooner - Rudi Schuricke. Barnabas Von Geczy's Orchestra performed tons of beautiful Tangos and other popular genres during the nineteen thirties and nineteen forties. Barnabas Von Geczy distinguished himself as a prominent, lasting and popular band leader and arranger. Marlena Dietrich's photos look awesome as always - while her unique singing style - amazes - taking into consideration her evident lack of vocal training and minimal singing voice.
       Have a great week - everybody! Chicago has had a lot of rain - during the week with a firm promise of good weather for this coming weekend - during which several fun fests will take place; it's almost the end of the summer festivals - the little kids as well as the older ones - will be back in school very soon - thank God.

       I told you that all of us here - love the fall season which always goes entirely too fast before the famous Chicago winter - starts. Some of the fierce, windy and snowy winters seem to never end - but let's have an optimistic and positive projections of every kind - for the coming immediate future and in general - everybody!
     Don't forget to click here next week - to check our choice for the YT Video of the Week for next week - which will be the last week of August 2017! We shall meet again right here - a week from today - same place - same time and same channel!

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Our YT Choice for the 3rd Wk of Aug.2017 - "1928 Polish Dance Orchestra - Henryk Gold 'Your Sad Eyes'".

      For the third week of Aug. 2017 - we chose a lovely, melodic old Tango composed by Jakub Kagan - a famous Polish Tango composer who also came up with a famous but morbid, sad and depressing piece called "Golden Panther" which we featured a few months ago in this column.
     Our choice for this week was uploaded on Aug. 03 - 2017 by Dr. 240252 - our erudite YT friend who has uploaded tons of glorious Tangos and other videos for his numerous YT followers - over the last ten years - of his activity on YT platform.
     Henryk Gold's Orchestra - famous in Warsaw and the rest of Europe in the pre-Second World War years - 1928 till 1939 - arranged and composed a lot of fabulous musical and vocal pieces of Tangos and other works. Unfortunately - Henryk Gold was only one of the few who survived the Nazi terror. Gold dies at the ripe old age in the U.S. after a successful string of many long "gigs" - here. A lot of other talented foreign artists could not "translate" their successful formulas to appeal to the American audiences.
      Chicago had a relatively smooth week with only a "few" homicides which needless to say - were a "few" too many - if you compare this city to New York City which has twice the population of Chicago and half of our - homicide rate.
     The fall will be here soon - hurray! Have a super good week - everybody! Also - please - don't forget to click here next week to check out our choice of the YT Vid of the Week for next week!

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For our pick of YT Vid of the Week for the 2nd wk of Aug.2017 - we chose Mr. Jadedtom's Video clip from Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper famous movie "Desire"(1936).

          For this second week of Aug. 2017, we chose a fabulous film clip from the famous movie "Desire" uploaded by new to us - mini video producer - Mr. Jadedtom. It was uploaded on Sept. 27 - 2016 and it's titled "Marlena Dietrich sings 'Awake in a Dream' from 'Desire' (1936)".
        The three-minute movie clip - encapsulates Marlena Dietrich's beauty, charm and a superbly sensuous manner of delivering a song without having any special vocal qualities. In addition - her acting and the presence in front of the movie camera - both emphasize her mastery in knowing how to use the movie camera to her best advantage. 

       The same could be said about an enormously handsome Gary Cooper - except he doesn't sing in this scene - but his movie screen presence and chemistry with Marlena - are both - truly amazing - one could watch those two on the silver screen for a very long time.
       Marlena Dietrich's private life was a subject of many gossips which were exaggerated by various movie studios - for additional publicity. Her private life as a mega star was the subject of her daughter's Maria Siebert Riva's many scandalous exposes - all done after her mother was dead. Maria Riva - herself - on the other hand - other than having a great luck of being a beautiful woman and an only child of a world-famous movie legend - had no other special talents. 
         Certainly - as an only offspring of a global celebrity whose fame lasted for a very long time - Maria Riva had access to lots of "information" which was marketable. Needless to say - Maria Rivas has experienced many extra "perks" connected with her position - however - with that kind of an awesome "territory" also come many disadvantages - as well.
        Marlena Dietrich was heavily promoted by the studios as - at first - "having the most beautiful legs in the world" - I wonder how they measured that. After her daughter Maria Riva gave birth to a baby boy at the very young age - Marlena Dietrich was quickly proclaimed "the most beautiful grandma in the world."
        In this spot of our weekly column we - usually give our audience some "clips" of the important events taking place in Chicago - in a "nutshell" - version. This weekend starting on Thurs. Aug. 03 - 17 - the huge, summer event of a truly gargantuan size - a long festival of rock music - "Lollapalooza" - outdoors - in a lush and enormous - Grant Park - opened - to a stormy night on Thurs. evening; they had to evacuate the wet and unhappy crowds. Friday night also rained but not that much. The tickets went for tons of money. If you gave our editorial staff including yours truly - even a large sum of money - we would not go this "spectacle" of drinking, screaming and "not so discreet" - use of various kinds of semi-legal substances in addition to "rivers" of alcohol being consumed.            

       Several hundred young people had to be sent to the emergency rooms of nearby hospitals. In addition - several dozens of people were arrested for "disorderly conduct" while the pickpockets stole many I-phones - most of which were recovered but the main thief was let go.

      The typical Chicago's - rich liberal leftists - "the bleeding hearts''' - infested - legal system - fueled by the rich and phony Liberals/Socialists - effectively muzzle the police so they can't enforce the laws - the way they are legislated - but nobody is being negative or anything like that - mind you.
        Enjoy the clip - the month of August will end quickly, and the gorgeous fall will be here. Don't forget to click here next week to check our choice for the YT Video of the Week for next week!
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