Four new documentaries pull back the curtain on noteworthy stage and screen performers you might have only thought you knew — or didn’t know at all.
Kaye Ballard never achieved above-the-title status in Hollywood, but she was a major musical-comedy figure for decades. The singer-comedian-actor worked with the great names of the pop/jazz vocal era. She was funny and brassy. But what really made her special was her: She could go from Ethel Merman howitzer to Judy Garland tender. One wonders, with all that talent and some notable projects , why she never quite reached the summit of stardom.
A slew of legends pay tribute in Dan Wingate’s “Kaye Ballard: The Show Goes On!” including Woody Allen, Carol Channing, Ann-Margret, Jerry Stiller and Michael Feinstein . Though the stories tend to be too brief, it’s fun to hear Ballard reminisce about Marlon Brando and others. And it’s dizzying to contemplate her many TV, film, theater and nightclub projects from the 1940s to the 20-teens.Unfortunately, that proves too much to pack into a 90-minute movie. Names and stories fly by.
Ballard died last year at 93. Perhaps, despite its lack of structure, the film will inspire a new generation to investigate this funny lady who could sing the lights out.
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