Paul Goldfinger. Naples, Florida Click once to enlarge.
MATT MONRO “And We Were Lovers” Theme music from the 1966 film “The Sand Pebbles” with Steve McQueen which was nominated for best picture. It was about the US Navy in a turbulent China, 1926.
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Echoes of 1926 China: “The Sand Pebbles”
Posted in Music from the movies, Photography by Paul Goldfinger, Photography: Black and White gallery, tagged Echoes of China 1926 on October 18, 2025| 1 Comment »
Cinema in Ocean Grove: Blogfinger Film Festival #2. 2013.
Posted in Music from the movies, tagged Cinema in the Grove, Woody Allen's Stardust Memories on October 18, 2025| 3 Comments »
Participants: Josh Pomponio (L) Wm. Paterson U.; Katherine Picariello, NYU; Marlee Roberts, NYU; Scott Schuler, NYU; Stephanie Wong, Rutgers; George Itzhak, NYU (missing from the photo: Lindsay Rassmann, Montclair State; Charlie Redd, NYU; Nicole Rosen, Drexel U;) click image for full view. The NYU contingent was from the Tisch School of the Arts. Paul Goldfinger photo Blogfinger.net.
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net. Note comments below:
On Sunday May 5, 2013 we had nine short films screened at the 2nd Annual Blogfinger Film Festival.
Paul introduces the Festival program. 5/5/2013. The NYU hat is to honor professional film makers from that school who made movies in the Grove: Woody Allen, David Chase, and Marlee Roberts. Also the Sopranos and others filmed in OG. Eileen Goldfinger photo.
And given the anticipation of the Festival, how could we not recall the making of a famous movie in the Grove over thirty years ago? It was then that Woody Allen included Ocean Grove in his film “Stardust Memories.” He said that “Stardust” is one of his favorites among his many triumphs.
From Woody Allen—Music From His Movies, Vol 2, here is the Glenn Miller Orchestra (from Stardust Memories) with “Moonlight Serenade.”
Grey Skies in Bradley Beach…
Posted in Jersey Shore gallery, Music from the movies, New Jersey events and photographs, tagged Grey skies in Bradley Beach on September 28, 2025| 1 Comment »
The other side of Bradley Beach. Along Memorial Drive. November 2013. By Paul Goldfinger. © Click to enlarge
Residential project going up in Bradley Beach A similar building is behind this one. Paul Goldfinger photo. And there will be others. Bradley is coming alive, and living near the train station will be a big deal for commuters to New York. September 22, 2025. Click once to enlarge.
Bradley Beach is coming alive with residential construction along the tracks. Above is such a project on Memorial Drive at 9th Avenue. A similar building is under construction behind the one about. Paul Goldfinger photo:
LES PAUL AND MARY FORD. “The Moon of Manakoora” from the soundtrack of Silver Linings Playbook.
Eileen: A portrait.
Posted in Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, tagged Eileen: A Portrait on September 24, 2025| 1 Comment »
Eileen. By Paul Goldfinger
ED NORTON. “Just You, Just Me” From Everyone Says I Love You.
Asbury Avenue, Ocean Grove
Posted in Music from the movies, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photographic Gallery: Ocean Grove, tagged Asbury Avenue, Ocean Grove on September 24, 2025| 1 Comment »
Christ Church. Shrewsbury, New Jersey. Founded 1702.
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Jersey Shore gallery, Music from the movies, tagged Christ Church in Shewsbury on September 18, 2025|
Winter. 2006. By Paul Goldfinger. ©
ALTENBURG BOYS CHOIR. Mozart’s “Ave Verum K618” From the movie Lorenzo’s Oil.
Will he see you in September? Or will he just find somebody else?
Posted in Music from the movies, tagged See you in September on September 4, 2025| 3 Comments »
From American Graffiti
THE HAPPENINGS had the biggest hit with this song in 1966, but the first version in 1959 was by The Tempos, and it is their version that was in American Graffiti. Below are the Happenings because their recording is better.
Modern OG history—2014. Dogs at the beach—nothing new in Ocean Grove.
Posted in Music from the movies, Ocean Grove history by Rich Amole, tagged Dog park in Ocean Grove, Dogs at the OG beach on August 29, 2025|
Linen postcard submitted by Rich Amole. Blogfinger staff and Ocean Grove historian.
Paul:
An example of a “Linen” post card is this young lad and his dog enjoying some time at the beach. Linen post cards cards were popular from 1930-1944.
A dog park would be an appropriate year-long place for doggies and their owners to get together; maybe even taking that next post card for all to see in years to come.
This post card could be mailed for two cents postage way back when.
Rich
THE MOUND CITY BLUE BLOWERS 1935-1936. “Thanks a Million” is from a 1935 movie of the same name. Dick Powell starred.
River Seine
Posted in Blogfinger Presents, Music from the movies, tagged Boats on the Seine in Paris, Stardust Memories filmed in Ocean Grove on August 29, 2025|
Boats parked on the River Seine. Paris. By Paul Goldfinger. Click once to enlarge.
DJANGO REINHARDT with “I’ll See You in my Dreams.” From the Woody Allen movie, partly filmed in Ocean Grove, Stardust Memories.
Somewhere in time…
Posted in Music from the movies, Photograph silver gelatin darkroom print, Photographic Gallery, Black and White, Photography Central Park, Photography: New York City Street Series, tagged Central Park ice skating on August 24, 2025|
Central Park. 2013. By Paul Goldfinger. NYC Street Series. © Click image once for larger version.
JOHN BARRY From the motion picture “Somewhere in Time”
Say ah!
Posted in Florida connection on Blogfinger, Gardens, Music from the movies, Photograph by Eileen Goldfinger, tagged Fertility god on Blogfinger on August 4, 2025| 1 Comment »
Fertility god. A replica from a Hindu temple in central Java before the Islamic era. Photographed at the Naples Botanical Garden by Eileen Goldfinger. ©
YUNA —— from the soundtrack to the film Savages
One, two, three: SMILE for Dad
Posted in Asbury Park Connection Photo Gallery, Jersey Shore gallery, Music from the movies, tagged A perfect day for photographs at the shore on June 29, 2025| 1 Comment »
Phone photo on the Asbury Park boards. Paul Goldfinger photo ©
LA TROPICANA ORCHESTRA from My Week With Marilyn. “Uno, Dos, Tres.”
A summer job with a soundtrack, just like a particular movie: Dirty Dancing
Posted in Music from the movies, tagged Love is Strange from "Dirty Dancing.", Mickey and Sylvia on May 30, 2025| 9 Comments »
By Paul GOLDFINGER, MD. Editor, Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove, N. J.
In 1987 the move “Dirty Dancing” became a hit. It starred Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze. Jerry Orbach played the girl’s father, and the film takes place at a Catskill Mountain “borscht belt” resort. Jennifer plays a nice Jewish girl with a beautiful way about her. Guess what? She falls for the dance instructor.
I loved this movie for a bunch of reasons, but especially because I spent two summers “working” at a resort like that, and the depiction was quite accurate. Those were the best summers ever. My job at the Hotel Nemerson in South Fallsburg, New York, was on the athletic staff by day and the nightclub staff by night.
Here I am (tall guy) with members of the athletic staff in front of the handball court at the Hotel Nemerson, South Fallsburg. c. 1960.
All those “mountain” hotels provided a total experience where no one had to leave the grounds. They all had a professional “dance team” who gave ballroom dancing lessons in their studio by the pool and then performed at night in the club, just like the couple in the movie. Did the staff “mingle” with the guests? –you bet they did! 
Every show up there had 3 acts: a singer, a comedian and a dance team. That is why dancing was such an important component in the movie as was music. There was music all around.
Each hotel had a dance/show band and a Latin band. That’s where I learned to play the claves. (sticks you bang together as part of the rhythm section of a Latin band.)
So here is one of the songs from the soundtrack. Actually it was written in the 1950’s and had been recorded by Buddy Holly and Bo Diddly before Mickey and Sylvia got hold of it for this movie. It has a unique feature: a conversation in the middle of the song.
Here are Mickey and Sylvia with “Love is Strange.”