An Evening with Nat King Cole
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Actor: Nat "King" ColeBrand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 47 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of An Evening with Nat King Cole
Movie Review: Excellent performance, even though it is colorized!
Summary: 5 Stars
This show is an excellent representation of a Cole concert lineup from the early 1960's.
This was shot on black and white videotape at BBC in 1963, possibly even early 1964 (not 1961 as the box states). The evidence for this is clear. A good portion of these songs represent Nat's career in the last 3 years of his life. "Ramblin Rose" was a US hit in August of 1962. "Let There Be Love" was a top 10 smash in the UK that year. "Those Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days of Summer" and "That Sunday, That Summer" were both hits in the summer of 1963.
What makes me believe that this may have been taped in '64 is the fact that Nat sings "Day In, Day Out", which was recorded in 1961, but shelved by Capitol Records until the release of Nat's album "Let's Face the Music" in early 1964. Nat was heavily promoting this track and the album throughout that year, performing "Day In" on the Jack Benny Show and The Hollywood Palace. Also that All Star Refugee Fund gold record album that Nat receives midway through the program was released in early 1963.
What we see here pretty much represents Cole's concert line-up between 1963 and the end of his career/life. It mirrors a taped performance he gave in 1963 in Fresno, California and the performances he gave while hosting "Hollywood Palace" in June of '64. The only difference is that a few of the song selections in "An Evening With..." were custom tailored for a British audience: "Aren't You Glad You're You", "Here's That Rainy Day" and "Let There Be Love" were all big hits on the British charts.
The colorization of this program makes it seem a bit garish and mechanical. It's almost like watching a "SIMS" version of Nat King Cole. Much like the "Twilight Zone", I think the black & white actually adds to the original performance. "An Evening With..." was NOT originally taped in color as another reviewer claimed. The BBC wasn't equipped for color in 1963. The original black & white version appeared on VHS in the mid 1990's and has since been deleted. It's that original B&W version that numerous documentarians have drawn from when profiling Cole's career. I'd like to see THAT version resurrected at some future date. Or perhaps put both versions on the DVD and let the viewer choose.
Also, whoever restored this colorized version added computer generated titles to the beginning, causing Nat to pop into frame from out of nowhere. In the original there were no titles, and Nat simply emerged from behind one of the wall props at the right of the screen.
Summary of An Evening with Nat King Cole
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