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17 December 2009 3:46 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Feeling down? Greatpoochini invites you to fluff yourself up and let your imagination take wing to find the best film clips featuring plumes of all kinds

"I'm as light as a feather! I'm as happy as an angel!" Whether inspired by these immortal words, especially when uttered by Alastair Sim's Ebeneezer Scrooge, or perhaps the fine white quills wielded by Scrooge's clerks in A Muppet Christmas Carol, this week we focus on feathers.

But before letting your imaginations take flight, some ground rules. There'll be extra marks for clips that do not feature live birds – especially as depicted in those sub-Attenborough wildlife documentaries, soundtracked by condescending narration, that seem to have been handed down from Hollywood generation to generation. However, in the spirit of Clip joint, some creative exceptions, and the occasional turkey, will of course be accepted.

1) Dumbo's grips his magic feather, spreads his ears, and we all see an elephant fly. »

31 October 2009 3:00 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Come Halloween, all San Francisco will see - and hear -- how the West was sung when the City's only professional musical theatre company, 42nd Street Moon (www.42ndstreetmoon.org) continues its 2009 / 2010 season with the classic western musical Destry Rides Again starring beloved local chanteuse Connie Champagne as "Frenchy", the enticing dance hall girl made famous by Marlene Dietrich in the film version. »

18 January 2009 3:44 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

The '30s weren't exactly a good decade for the western genre. Right at the last minute though, people like John Ford, Henry King and George Marshall came to the rescue. The latter's gunslinging comedy Destry Rides Again, which was a box-office success, wasn't just an entertaining piece of popcorn cinema. »

- Loukas Tsouknidas

3 articles from 2009