Burl Ives News

Review by Thumper: Thumps from 1 to 5: Thump of 4.5 The film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is "Ferocious and fascinating.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 11:32 a.m. On a trip to Gadsden this week, I lost the Chattanooga radio station I was listening to, changed to Huntsville and lost that one too.

With his grandfatherly image, Burl Ives parlayed his talent as a folksinger into a wide-ranging career as a radio personality and stage and screen actor.

It`s been difficult for me to disassociate Boulder's Big Daddy Bagels from the 1958 film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Even on a second or third viewing, Spike Lee's Inside Man makes engrossing viewing, with Clive Owen's voice supplying a second layer of scratchy stubble.

Walk around downtown Montpelier on a rainless day, and you might come across street musicians playing Southern old-time music on fiddles and banjos.

Walk around downtown Montpelier on a rainless day, and you might come across street musicians playing Southern old-time music on fiddles and banjos.

Anacortes school Superintendent Chris Borgen, left, accepts a $15,000 donation from the Skagit Community Foundation, in memory of Burl Ives, to complete the sound system at Brodniak Hall.

Anacortes school Superintendent Chris Borgen, left, accepts a $15,000 donation from the Skagit Community Foundation, in memory of Burl Ives, to complete the sound system at Brodniak Hall.

An old LP on the Columbia's "Harmony" label from the 60's I would guess- found at a car boot sale this week for a few pence.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: The first of I-House's month of outdoor Paul Newman screenings finds the late thesp's notoriously blue eyes matched, if not exceeded, by those of Elizabeth Taylor, as they tear through a cleaned-up version of Tennessee Williams' barn-burner. Burl Ives and the always terrifying Judith Anderson play the 'rents. Wed., Aug.

The legendary stripper, Gypsy Rose Lee , makes one of her rare screen appearances in the role of a be-plumed bordello Miami madam.

Long before daytime talk shows, Tennessee Williams filled America's gaping maw with Southern-style degeneracy.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is, without a doubt, one of the greatest plays ever written by an American playwright.

Burl Ives was an Eastern alum who is famous for his music and such roles as Sam the Snowman.

Today is Sunday, June 14, the 165th day of 2009. There are 200 days left in the year.

Many people under 40 likely know little about the man whose life will be celebrated next week at an Illinois festival.

The Associated Press= Today is Sunday, June 14, the 165th day of 2009. There are 200 days left in the year.

There is an old movie titled Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , based on a play by Tennessee Williams and starring Paul Newman, Elizabeth Taylor and Burl Ives.

"It's not the gear, it's the ear." There is no outboard EQ at all, just dbx 160's for vocals, bass, lead guitar and piano.