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Saturday Cinema: Remembering Rooney

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Mickey Rooney took the stage in 2008 at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles.
Mark J. Terrill/AP

Passover and Lent bring out the biblical epic movies on TV. We look at some of the classis: Ben Hur, The Robe, and The Ten Commandments with suitable "epic" scores by Elmer Bernstein, Miklos Rozsa and Alfred Newman.

We'll also pay tribute to Mickey Rooney who passed away earlier this month. We'll hear music from some of his movies includes scores by George Gershwin and Franz Waxman.

Playlist for Saturday, April 19

Biblical Epics

Bernstein: Prelude to The Ten Commandments
Cincinnati Pops
Telarc 80319

Newman: Palm Sunday from The Robe
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/Mauceri
EMI 63735

Rozsa: Parade of the Charioteers from Ben Hur
Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel
Telarc 80168

Remembering Mickey Rooney

Whiting: Hooray for Hollywood
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 422385

Gershwin: Strike Up the Band
BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier
CHandos 9325

Waxman: Captains Courageous
Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel
Telarc 80682

Gold: IT's a Mad, Mad Mad, Mad World
Rykodisc 10704

Gershwin: Girl Crazy Overture
BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier
Chandos 9325

Schwartz: That's Entertainment
Boston Pops
Philips 416499

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