- published: 02 Apr 2010
- views: 4328
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Liberace Behind The Music 1988 CBS Sunday Movie Into
Opening the the October 9, 1988 biopic "Liberace: Behind The Music" that aired on the CBS ...
published: 23 May 2011
Liberace Behind The Music 1988 CBS Sunday Movie Into
Opening the the October 9, 1988 biopic "Liberace: Behind The Music" that aired on the CBS Sunday Movie. This followed by one week a similar made for TV movie that aired on ABC in the wake of Liberace's 1987 death.
- published: 23 May 2011
- views: 3672
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Howard Stern/Gilbert Gottfried goof on Liberace 1988
From some time in 1988, Gilbert calls in to congratulate Howard for getting his show on in...
published: 12 Jun 2010
Howard Stern/Gilbert Gottfried goof on Liberace 1988
From some time in 1988, Gilbert calls in to congratulate Howard for getting his show on in DC, then they goof on a Liberace made for tv movie.
- published: 12 Jun 2010
- views: 3532
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Steven Soderbergh on Liberace
The director on his biopic of the flamboyant pianist.
From Ocean's Eleven to Che to thi...
published: 20 Nov 2009
Steven Soderbergh on Liberace
The director on his biopic of the flamboyant pianist.
From Ocean's Eleven to Che to this week's The Informant!, Steven Soderbergh is not a man to find a genre and stick with it. For the release of his new comedy, with Matt Damon starring as an FBI informant with some strange ideas, we sat down to talk to one of America's most interesting directors about how his new film turned into a comedy and what we can expect from his upcoming projects, Knockout and Liberace...
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- published: 20 Nov 2009
- views: 6733
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How to Practice: Romantic piano TREMOLO GLISSANDOS ARPEGGIOS - the Liberace school!! 00081
PRACTICE: tremolo, glissando, stride - "romantic" piano styles!
Wladziu (or Vładziu) Vale...
published: 18 Jul 2012
How to Practice: Romantic piano TREMOLO GLISSANDOS ARPEGGIOS - the Liberace school!! 00081
PRACTICE: tremolo, glissando, stride - "romantic" piano styles!
Wladziu (or Vładziu) Valentino Liberace[1] (/lɪbərˈɑːtʃi/ lib-ər-ah-chee; May 16, 1919 -- February 4, 1987), best known simply as Liberace, was a famous American pianist and vocalist.
In a career that spanned four decades of concerts, recordings, motion pictures, television and endorsements, Liberace became world-renowned. During the 1950s--1970s he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world[2] and embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off the stage.
In a formal classical music competition in 1937, Liberace was praised for his "flair and showmanship".[11] At the end of a traditional classical concert in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1939, Liberace played his first requested encore, "Three Little Fishes", which he played in the style of several different classical composers.[12] The 20-year-old played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on January 15, 1940, at the Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, performing Liszt's Second Piano Concerto under the baton of Hans Lange, for which he received strong reviews. He also toured in the Midwest.
Between 1942 and 1944, Liberace moved away from straight classical performance and reinvented his act to one featuring "pop with a bit of classics" or as he also called it "classical music with the boring parts left out."
Liberace created a very successful publicity machine which helped rocket him to stardom. In 1950, he performed for music-loving President Harry S. Truman in the East room of the White House. Despite his success in the supper-club circuit, where he was often an intermission act, his ambition was to reach larger audiences as a headliner and a television, movie, and recording star. Liberace began to expand his act and made it more extravagant, with more costumes and a larger supporting cast. His large-scale Las Vegas act became his hallmark, expanding his fan base dramatically, and making him wealthy in short order.
The sponsors would obligingly send him complimentary products, including his white Cadillac limousine. He reciprocated enthusiastically, "If I am selling tuna fish, I believe in tuna fish."[26] The critics would have a field day with his gimmicky act, his showy but careful piano playing, his non-stop promotions, and his gaudy display of success, but it was he who always had the last laugh, as preserved by the famous quotation, first recorded in a letter to a critic, "Thank you for your very amusing review. After reading it, in fact, my brother George and I laughed all the way to the bank."[27] He used a similar response to subsequent poor reviews, famously modifying it to "I cried all the way to the bank."[28] In an appearance on The Tonight Show some years later, Liberace re-ran the anecdote to Johnny Carson, and finished it by saying, "I don't cry all the way to the bank any more -- I bought the bank!"
Tributes and notable references
In 1988 a television movie entitled Liberace aired on ABC, starring Andrew Robinson, John Rubinstein, Maris Valainis, Deborah Goodrich, Louis Giambalvo, and Kario Salem.
In 1988, a Canada-US made-for-TV movie biography, Liberace: Behind the Music was aired.[64] Victor Garber played Liberace, while Saul Rubinek played Seymour Heller. Maureen Stapleton played his mother Frances and Michael Dolan as Scott Thorson. Reviewer Hal Erickson stated, "Liberace: Behind the Music could have descended into tabloidism...but emerges as a work of conspicuous dignity and (reasonably) good taste."[65]
In August 2007, Kashi Kicks announced the release of the Liberace shoe, to honor "the King of Bling".[66] This was done in collaboration with the Liberace Foundation of Las Vegas.
Bobby Crush played Liberace in a show called 'Liberace: Live From Heaven', which began on stage in early 2010. It is based on what happened when Liberace died. His task was to impress the angels (the audience) who would vote if he should go to heaven or hell with their show itinerary booklet which displays heaven and hell on either side of it. The show featured the voices of Stephen Fry as Saint Peter and Victoria Wood as God. The performance reflects upon the events Liberace faced in court, lying on the Bible and defends his homosexuality, claiming that lying was the only way of keeping his career safe.
[edit]Behind the Candelabra
HBO has agreed to film Behind the Candelabra to air on its network.[67] Michael Douglas is to star as Liberace, with Matt Damon playing Scott Thorson, in a story centered on a relationship the two shared and its aftermath. Filming is scheduled for Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Palm Springs during the summer of 2012. The production is to be directed by Steven Soderbergh with screenplay by Richard LaGravenese based on Thorson's book Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace. The score will be by Marvin Hamlisch.[68]
- published: 18 Jul 2012
- views: 914
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Liberace: A Tribute to Mr. Showmanship! curated by Jeffrey Vallance
In 1995, Jeffrey Vallance curated a multimedia exhibition at the Liberace Museum in fabulo...
published: 05 Apr 2011
Liberace: A Tribute to Mr. Showmanship! curated by Jeffrey Vallance
In 1995, Jeffrey Vallance curated a multimedia exhibition at the Liberace Museum in fabulous Las Vegas. Artists represented include Jim Shaw, Cameron Jamie, James Gobel, Doug Harvey, Jeffrey Vallance, Ethan Acres, Jane Callister, Phil Argent, Mary Warner, Jack Hallberg, Wayne Littlejohn and Yek. Video courtesy École des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux.
- published: 05 Apr 2011
- views: 270
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Grand son of Liberace- The boogie
This is a well known performer. Is soon to be on tour as the Rocket Man. (Elton John) Help...
published: 02 Dec 2012
Grand son of Liberace- The boogie
This is a well known performer. Is soon to be on tour as the Rocket Man. (Elton John) Helped Barry Manilow to his success.
Great Job Don!!
- published: 02 Dec 2012
- views: 68
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1988 Orphean Celesta washboard & kazoo (F) Dresden Dixie - Le Grande Lascitle + Tiger Rag
1988/5, Dresden Dixie Fest., Orphense Celestin, France; c,kazoo,ts,bb,wb,,jug,bj: 3:14 En...
published: 17 Sep 2012
1988 Orphean Celesta washboard & kazoo (F) Dresden Dixie - Le Grande Lascitle + Tiger Rag
1988/5, Dresden Dixie Fest., Orphense Celestin, France; c,kazoo,ts,bb,wb,,jug,bj: 3:14 Entertainer / 2:45 Le Grande Lascitle (Everybody Loves my Baby) / 4:28 Tiger Rag Version / GDR-TV,
From my mpg2 files for non-commercial jazz-film-/TV collection for 110 DVDs I have compiled three DVDs-73-75 "Dresden Dixie Festivals 1980-95"; more details uploaded among my RED ALLEN-HIGGINBOTHAM BIO-DISCO parts on www.rainerjazz.de click on the Red Allen photo to come to www.rainerjazz.de/AllenRed.html - and then click on "jazz film and video collection"
- published: 17 Sep 2012
- views: 43
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George Bennett (9) plays Tchaikovsky in the style of Liberace
9 year old George Bennett plays piano like Liberace on his Tyros2 Yamaha Keyboard at The E...
published: 25 Feb 2007
George Bennett (9) plays Tchaikovsky in the style of Liberace
9 year old George Bennett plays piano like Liberace on his Tyros2 Yamaha Keyboard at The Eastbourne Music Festival - Cumberland Hotel
- published: 25 Feb 2007
- views: 2713