Tulip Time: The Rise and Fall of the Trio Lescano
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Tulip Time: The Rise and Fall of the Trio Lescano (2008
) is a documentary film
about the Italian close harmony
group Trio Lescano
, their rise, downfall, and eventual arrest by Italian fascists. After a farewell radio broadcast on September 1, 1945, the trio moved to South America to resume their career.
The film had its U.S. premiere at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
on July 30, 2008. The film was produced by the Netherlands
film production company Memphis Film.
2008 in film
This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008...
) is a documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
about the Italian close harmony
Close harmony
Close harmony is an arrangement of the notes of chords within a narrow range. It is different from open harmony or voicing in that it uses each part on the closest harmonizing note , while the open voicing uses a broader pitch array expanding the harmonic range past the octave...
group Trio Lescano
Trio Lescano
Trio Lescano or Lescano Trio was a vocal trio singing close harmony. The trio became extremely popular in Italy in the 1930s and 1940s. The trio was an Italian version of American groups such as the Andrews Sisters or Boswell Sisters, and was formed by three Dutch sisters Alexandra , Judith , and...
, their rise, downfall, and eventual arrest by Italian fascists. After a farewell radio broadcast on September 1, 1945, the trio moved to South America to resume their career.
The film had its U.S. premiere at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the oldest and largest Jewish film festival in the world. The three-week summer festival is held in San Francisco, California, usually at the Castro Theater in San Francisco and other cinemas in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Rafael, and Palo Alto, and features...
on July 30, 2008. The film was produced by the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
film production company Memphis Film.