tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post6857970294650438099..comments2024-03-27T23:36:43.408-07:00Comments on Apocalypse Later Film Reviews: Calypso Heat Wave (1957)Hal C. F. Astellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807389103456317098noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38454049.post-53123383193021670392012-07-22T04:28:24.575-07:002012-07-22T04:28:24.575-07:00Thanks for an interesting commnetary on the film &...Thanks for an interesting commnetary on the film "Calypso Heat Wave" (1957). I recently saw it on Antenna TV here in New York City.<br /><br />Maya Angelou was a revelation. And I didn't recognize Alan Arkin and Joel Grey until you pointed out who they are in the film. <br /><br />One point about "The Banana Boat Song" though. According to Wikipedia, it's a folk song. What Alan Arkin wrote is a modified version of that folk song, and not quite the same as what Harry Belafonte sang. Here is the relevant Wikipedia excerpt:<br /><br />"The Tarriers, or some subset of the three members of the group (Erik Darling, Bob Carey and Alan Arkin) are sometimes credited as the writers of the song, perhaps because their version of the song, which mixed in another song, was an original creation."<br /><br />--Larry BoleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com