Just over 200 years ago, brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their first volume of 86 stories culled from European folk tradition and memories. This collection of fairy tales, criticized as too dark and violent for children even upon its first… Read More ›
Snow White
Let a Chorus Girl Sing Me a Song: St. James Infirmary Blues
Darlings, just a quick song to kick off the final week of September. This is Cab Calloway’s take on “St. James Infirmary Blues” from the 1933 classic Betty Boop cartoon, “Snow White.” The wildly imaginative animation was created by rotoscoping Cab Calloway’s… Read More ›