Slog - Comments on Tugboat Annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie I had never before seen a movie or play with the name "Annie" in the title. I imagine this was originally an accident, but then it became a way for me to pretend I didn't know what people were on about when they sang "Tomorrow" at me. And then it became an irrational obsession. Anyway, I broke my decades-long Annie boycott yesterday for Tugboat Annie (1933), which was filmed on Lake Union and on the Seattle waterfront but set in the hybrid town of Secoma. (Yeah, it's too close to "glaucoma" for comfort, but I actually think this is... Copyright 2008 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:00:35 -0800 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:43:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by truthseeker On the left, Wallace Beery, one of my faves.

And look how young Robert "Father Knows Best" Young looks.

]]> truthseeker http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c737967 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c737967 SIFF Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:46:04 -0800 Comment by Matt from Denver I was wondering why this sounded familiar, and I realized that the title is reminiscent of Heart's Dreamboat Annie.

]]> Matt from Denver http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c737968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c737968 SIFF Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:48:39 -0800 Comment by mrobvious Saw the film last night and wish they had showed more of Seattle in it. Lots of shots of Seattle in the far background, but nothing of the Market or Pioneer Square.

]]> mrobvious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738055 SIFF Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:45:40 -0800 Comment by Boomer in NYC Filmed on location in Hell.

]]> Boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738057 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738057 SIFF Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:49:52 -0800 Comment by sealoco @2
Speaking of dreamboat Annie...
.....from the Heart camp:

Heart on Television ~

HD Net - Legendary Albums Live ~ Dreamboat Annie. (check your local cable listings)
For the very first time ever, Heart performed the Dreamboat Annie album track by track in front of a live audience (taped in Los Angeles) at the Orpheum Theater. This amazing performance will be released on DVD later in the year.

VH1 Rock Honors ~ Vh1 honored Heart, along with Ozzy Osborne, ZZ Top and Genesis at a start studded event at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tune in to VH1 or to vh1.com to check out special tribute performances by Alice In Chains (with Gretchen Wilson) and appearances by Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bam Magera (with Ape & Phil), Criss Angel and many others.

Awards ~
EMP's Board of Directors (in Seattle) awarded Heart with the Founders Award, for outstanding contribution to music.

Solo album-- Ann Wilson - "Hope & Glory" will be released on Rounder (Zoe) Records on September 11th, 2007. This is an album of songs that have a message of social conscience. The album features additional performances by many amazing artists.

1. Goodbye Blue Sky ~ featuring Nancy Wilson
2. Where to now St. Peter ~ written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, featuring Elton John
3. Jackson ~ featuring k d Lang
4. We Gotta Get Out of This Place ~ featuring Wynona
5. Immigrant Song
6. Darkness, Darkness ~ featuring Nancy Wilson
7. Bad Moon Rising ~ featuring Gretchen Wilson
8. War of Man ~ featuring Allison Krauss
9. Get Together ~ featuring Nancy Wilson, Deana Carter & Wynona
10. Isolation
11. Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall ~ featuring Rufus Wainwright & Shawn Colvin
12. Little Problems, Little Lies

]]> sealoco http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738060 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738060 SIFF Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:54:39 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus "I had never before seen a movie or play with the name 'Annie' in the title."

You managed to avoid seeing "Annie Hall?"

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738143 SIFF Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:25:41 -0800 Comment by stinkbug random facts:

1) Marie Dressler died a year after Tugboat Annie was released.

2) according to imdb, the film was titled Alkohol (in Austria), Cuori in burasca (in Italy), and Hinaajan kannella (in Finland). Alkohol!

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c738939 SIFF Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:25:43 -0800 Comment by Bill MSN I NIIPET
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]]> Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c741405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/tugboat_annie#c741405 SIFF Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:43:09 -0800