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"Shine On, Harvest Moon" is a toy theater style puppet short film with shadow puppetry. Music by the inimitable Janet Klein! janetklein.com
We met Janet at a Virtual Vaudeville hosted by Michael Cumella (Phonographdjmac) and immediately hit it off. Janet is an extraordinary chanteuse with an incredible band: Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys.
Janet hosts a "Hit of the Week: Parlor Party" where we premiered this short film collaboration: youtu.be/AUdPR_SXCRA In addition to the world premiere of our puppet film "Shine On, Harvest Moon," this Parlor Party included a few other short performances, a lively interview, a short puppet history slideshow, and a song by Janet on her glow-in-the-dark Kleinette Firefly Flapper Banjolele. kleinette.com
A brief history about the song! "Shine On, Harvest Moon" was composed in 1908 by Nora Bayes. Nora Bayes was a famous Vaudeville performer once billed as, "The Greatest Single Woman Singing Comedienne in the World." Nora Bayes composed "Shine On, Harvest Moon" in 1908, the same year she married and teamed with Jack Norworth who wrote the lyrics. When they performed together, they were billed as "Nora Bayes, Assisted and Admired by Jack Norworth."
A fateful connection! Michael Cumella, Phonographdjmac, leads tours at Woodlawn Cemetery of the greats of Jazz and Vaudeville. Each stop includes a brief talk about the entertainer plus a 78rpm record played on an antique crank-up Victrola. Michael discovered that Nora Bayes, one of the most famous entertainers of the early 20th century, had an unmarked grave. He played a pivotal role in her finally getting a headstone. nytimes.com/2018/04/15/nyregion/nora-bayes-broadway.html
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"Shine On, Harvest Moon" is a toy theater style puppet short film with shadow puppetry. Music by the inimitable Janet Klein! janetklein.com
We met Janet at a Virtual Vaudeville hosted by Michael Cumella (Phonographdjmac) and immediately hit it off. Janet is an extraordinary chanteuse with an incredible band: Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys.
Janet hosts a "Hit of the Week: Parlor Party" where we premiered this short film collaboration: youtu.be/AUdPR_SXCRA In addition to the world premiere of our puppet film "Shine On, Harvest Moon," this Parlor Party included a few other short performances, a lively interview, a short puppet history slideshow, and a song by Janet on her glow-in-the-dark Kleinette Firefly Flapper Banjolele. kleinette.com
A brief history about the song! "Shine On, Harvest Moon" was composed in 1908 by Nora Bayes. Nora Bayes was a famous Vaudeville performer once billed as, "The Greatest Single Woman Singing Comedienne in the World." Nora Bayes composed "Shine On, Harvest Moon" in 1908, the same year she married and teamed with Jack Norworth who wrote the lyrics. When they performed together, they were billed as "Nora Bayes, Assisted and Admired by Jack Norworth."
A fateful connection! Michael Cumella, Phonographdjmac, leads tours at Woodlawn Cemetery of the greats of Jazz and Vaudeville. Each stop includes a brief talk about the entertainer plus a 78rpm record played on an antique crank-up Victrola. Michael discovered that Nora Bayes, one of the most famous entertainers of the early 20th century, had an unmarked grave. He played a pivotal role in her finally getting a headstone. nytimes.com/2018/04/15/nyregion/nora-bayes-broadway.html
