The article committed a grievous error of omission by failing to mention the song's use in my favorite film. I have emailed the webmaster the following:
Why does your article about Eden Ahbez not mention that "Nature Boy" was used as a title song for the film The Boy with Green Hair in 1948? It was not Nat King Cole's version, but sung by a chorus. The filmmakers actually paid Ahbez more for the rights to use the song than for the story on which the film was based.
30 March 2010, 05:09 PM
Braling II
Now that's a stab from the past! That movie used to be shown on TV a lot in the late '50s and early '60s. Haven't seen it since.
31 March 2010, 02:16 AM
dandelion
For years I knew only the title and thought it was some 1960s thing about race relations or peace or something. I was shocked to learn that such an antiwar film came out so early. There were attempts at the time to suppress it, luckily unsuccessful.