The Boys in the Back Room (song)
"The Boys in the Back Room" is a song written by Frank Loesser, set to music by Frederick Hollander and performed by Marlene Dietrich in the film, Destry Rides Again (1939).[1][2] It is often referred to as "See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have". Her winking performance was a parody of her vampish roles in earlier films such as The Blue Angel (1930) and Blonde Venus (1932).[3] The song became a standard part of her repertoire, second only to "Lili Marlene". She also sang a German version called "Gib doch den Männern am Stammtisch ihr Gift".[4]
The song appeared in several other movies. It was featured in the Audie Murphy Western, Gunsmoke (1953), sung in the town saloon by Cora Dufrayne, played by Mary Castle. In Rainer Werner Fassbinder's film World on a Wire (1973), Ingrid Caven performs the song. It is often sung by Lieutenant Gruber in 'Allo 'Allo!. It was performed by Alexis Colby (played by Joan Collins) in an episode of Dynasty in 1984. The song also appeared in Call of Duty WW2, on the mission Operation Cobra. If you listen to the radio at the beginning, you will hear this song play.
References[]
- ^ Gerd Gemünden; Mary R. Desjardins (2007-02-28), Dietrich icon, p. 81, ISBN 978-0-8223-3819-2
- ^ John Shipman Springer (1966), All talking! all singing! all dancing!: a pictorial history of the movie musical, p. 249
- ^ Nigel Ryan (28 June – 4 July 2001), The shadows, Al-Ahram Weekly
- ^ Youtube
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