The Wicked Lady

One of the songs is in the first of the 18th century, or the Regency period anyway, is the Highwaymen Love song.

And you have to explain that in this period, British films were churning out these Gothic thrillers and melodramas, like The Wicked Lady and films like that.

And these highwaymen and bandits, masked bandits, were very popular, so that's probably why they had a story like this as the first section.

And we should mention that this show has music and lyrics by Ivor Novello, and the recording we're going to play, featuring Olive Gilbert with a male chorus singing Highwaymen Love, was actually supervised by Ivor Novello in the studio, I believe.

reception.All right, friends, let's talk about the release and reception of It's a Wonderful Life, which opened in New York City on December 20th, 1946.

Also opening on that weekend, James Mason in The Wicked Lady, Abbey's Irish Rose, and The Overlander.

Uh, also showing in Gotham on that day, The Best Years of Our Lives, which gets a little, little bit of ink in the book.

Um, My Darling Clementine, The Razor's Edge, Henry V, Cross My Heart, Humoresque, Deception, The Verdict, Rome Open City, and of course, Song of the South.