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Adele Rowland
Adele Rowland (born Adele P. Levi; July 10, 1883 – August 8, 1971) was an American actress and singer. Biography She was born on July 10, 1883 as Adele P. Levi in Washington, D.C., the youngest daughter of Abraham D. Levi and Addie (Lloyd) Levi. She had a sister, Mabel Rowland, who was an actress, monologist, producer and director, and a brother, Harmon L. Rowland, a real estate broker in Los Angeles, California. A soprano, Rowland was a standout in musical comedy productions from 1904, specializing in "story songs". In 1914 she created the role of the soubrette Patsy in Victor Herbert's '' The Only Girl''. She was best known for her rendition of the song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag", which she introduced in 1915 in the Broadway production of '' Her Soldier Boy''. Rowland later moved to Los Angeles, where they were a prominent couple. She made a career playing small parts in motion pictures, acting well into the 1950s. Personal life She married actor Charli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Soldier Boy
''Az obsitos'' (''The Soldier on Leave'') is an operetta by Emmerich Kálmán. It has been performed under many different names. Performance history and versions The first version, in Hungarian, with a libretto by Károly von Bakonyi, premiered at the Vígszínház, Budapest, on 16 March 1910. The second, German version, ' (The good comrade), with a libretto revised by Viktor Léon, premiered at the Bürgertheater, Vienna, on 10 October 1911. The location of the operetta was changed from Hungary to Austria. The main roles were sung by , Louise Kartousch, Hubert Marischka and . The third, more nationalistic, version, ' (''I Gave Gold for Iron'') was premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 16 October 1914. This was adapted, with additional music by Sigmund Romberg and words by Rida Johnson Young, as ''Her Soldier Boy'' which was produced on Broadway, at the Astor Theatre, from 6 December 1916 to 26 May 1917, and as ''Soldier Boy'' at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Westmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Washington, D
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Deaths
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blonde From Singapore
''The Blonde from Singapore'' (also released as ''Hot Pearls'') is a 1941 American adventure film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Florence Rice. Cast * Florence Rice as Mary Brooks * Leif Erickson as Terry Prescott * Gordon Jones as 'Waffles' Billings * Don Beddoe as Sgt. Burns * Alexander D'Arcy as Prince Sali * Adele Rowland as Sultana * Lumsden Hare as Reginald Belvin * Richard Terry as Tada * Emory Parnell as Capt. Nelson * Uncredited actors include Filipino Hollywood actor Rudy Robles Rudy Robles (born Pastor Lluviosa Robles, 29 April 1910 – 11 August 1970) was a Filipino film and television actor. He was one of the first Filipino actors to appear in Hollywood movies. Career Robles was born in Tacloban, in the Eastern ... as the servant. References External links * 1941 films 1941 adventure films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward Dmytryk American adventure films Columbia Pictures films 1940s English-language films 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Tragedy At Midnight
''A Tragedy at Midnight'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Isabel Dawn. The film stars John Howard (American actor), John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe Karns, Mona Barrie, Keye Luke and Hobart Cavanaugh. The film was released on February 2, 1942, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *John Howard (American actor), John Howard as Greg Sherman *Margaret Lindsay as Beth Sherman *Roscoe Karns as Det. Lt. Cassidy *Mona Barrie as Alta Wilton *Keye Luke as Ah Foo *Hobart Cavanaugh as Charles Miller *Paul Harvey (actor), Paul Harvey as Landeck *Lilian Bond as Lola *Miles Mander as Dr. Hilary Wilton *William Newell (actor), William Newell as Swanson *Wendell Niles as Show Announcer *Archie Twitchell as Henry Carney References External links * 1942 films 1940s English-language films American comedy films 1942 comedy films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Santley American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{1940s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Legs
''Lucky Legs'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Charles Barton and written by Stanley Rubin and Jack Hartfield. The film stars Jinx Falkenburg, Leslie Brooks, Kay Harris, Russell Hayden, Elizabeth Patterson and William Wright. The film was released on October 1, 1942, by Columbia Pictures. Plot Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. The will causes problems in two places; Racketeer Pinky Connors is mad as the money is his as Dinwiddle was really his absconding bookkeeper, and, in Elmville, Dinwiddle's two spinster sisters, Annabelle Dinwiddle and Henrietta Dinwiddle, learn they are getting $10,000 each. Pinkie's lawyer suggests he get power-of-attorney over Gloria's funds. Henrietta wants to contest the will, hires a local young law school graduate, Jimmy Abercrombie and the trio set off for New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Punch
''The Big Punch'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford. No copy of the film is known to survive in either a public repository or private collection, so it is currently presumed to be a lost film. In France, the film was known under the title ''Un homme libre'' ("A Free Man"). Plot As summarized in a film publication, Buck (Jones) consents to study for the ministry, and before leaving attempts to convince his worthless brother Jed (Curtis) to sober up and stay home with their mother (Lee) during Buck's absence. On the eve of his leaving Buck is implicated in a murder committed by Jed and his gang. Buck serves two years and upon his release completes his study for the ministry before returning home. People ridicule him and laugh at the "jailbird minister," as they call him. During one of his services, his brother and two pals enter the church to hide from the prison officials who are after them. Buck shields them, and they later come to his aid when Flash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For The Love Of Mary
''For the Love of Mary'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, and Jeffrey Lynn. Written by Oscar Brodney, the film is about a young woman who takes a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and soon receives help with her love life from Supreme Court justices and the President of the United States. ''For the Love of Mary'' was the last film by Deanna Durbin, who withdrew from the entertainment business the following year to live a private life in France. Durbin's third husband Charles David said she "hated" making her last three films and that she would watch all her old movies except those three. Plot Mary Peppertree (Deanna Durbin) starts a new job as a telephone switchboard operator at the White House, where her father Timothy has been working as a guard for many years. A former Supreme Court telephone operator, Mary takes her first call from David Paxton ( Don Taylor), an icht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Fury
''The Secret Fury'' is a 1950 American psychological thriller film noir directed by Mel Ferrer and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Ryan and Jane Cowl. Plot A wealthy classical pianist, Ellen, is accused of already being married when she attempts to take her wedding vows; the wedding guests are shocked. They temporarily call off the wedding and the couple tries to investigate why someone would accuse her of already being married. With the help of a lawyer and the district attorney, the couple tracks down and questions the justice of the peace that signed her wedding papers. Even he recognizes her as the woman he married. Frustrated, the couple next visits the man to whom Ellen is accused of being married. In a back room a gunshot fires and Ellen is accused of killing the man. She breaks down after a lengthy trial, is eventually found not guilty due to insanity, and is sent to a mental institution. Meanwhile, her fiance David, still believing her innocence, begins to find clues t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit-Bag
"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile" is the full name of a World War I marching song, published in 1915 in London. It was written by Welsh songwriter George Henry Powell under the pseudonym of "George Asaf", and set to music by his brother Felix Powell. The song is best remembered for its chorus. It was featured in the American show ''Her Soldier Boy'', which opened in December 1916. Performers associated with this song include the Victor Military Band, James F. Harrison, Adele Rowland, Murray Johnson, Reinald Werrenrath, and the Knickerbocker Quartet. A later play presented by the National Theatre recounts how these music hall stars rescued the song from their rejects pile and re-scored it to win a wartime competition for a marching song. It became very popular, boosting British morale despite the horrors of that war. It was one of a large number of music hall songs aimed at maintaining morale, recruiting for the forces, or defending Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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