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Ivy Scott
Ivy Scott (1886 - 3 February 1947) was an Australian stage actress and opera singer. She was born at sea off the coast of Java, "her christening robe was the Union Jack" and the birth was registered on Thursday Island. Her Scottish parents were migrating to Australia and they had wanted the baby born in North Queensland, where her father was hired to be the inspector of schools. She was raised in the Croydon, Queensland gold fields. She made her theatrical debut in Hans, the Boatman. She came to the United States in 1910. She was with the National Broadcasting Company since 1925 and for seven years had her own radio program. She sang on all of NBC's light opera and Gilbert and Sullivan shows. She was the original Mrs. Hudson in NBC's Sherlock Holmes series, and the Madam Louise in The Goldbergs radio show. She had a Broadway career from 1932 to 1946. In 1942 she was living on Staten Island. She had a son, Harry E. Walker (1920–1998), who was a chemical engineer with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Scott (cropped)
Ivy Scott (1886 - 3 February 1947) was an Australian stage actress and opera singer. She was born at sea off the coast of Java, "her christening robe was the Union Jack" and the birth was registered on Thursday Island. Her Scottish parents were migrating to Australia and they had wanted the baby born in North Queensland, where her father was hired to be the inspector of schools. She was raised in the Croydon, Queensland gold fields. She made her theatrical debut in Hans, the Boatman. She came to the United States in 1910. She was with the National Broadcasting Company since 1925 and for seven years had her own radio program. She sang on all of NBC's light opera and Gilbert and Sullivan shows. She was the original Mrs. Hudson in NBC's Sherlock Holmes series, and the Madam Louise in The Goldbergs (broadcast series), The Goldbergs radio show. She had a Broadway theatre, Broadway career from 1932 to 1946. In 1942 she was living on Staten Island. She had a son, Harry E. Walker (1920†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shell Oil
Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. It is one of the oil and gas "supermajors" and by revenue and profits is consistently one of the largest companies in the world. Measured by both its own emissions, and the emissions of all the fossil fuels it sells, Shell was the ninth-largest corporate producer of greenhouse gas emissions in the period 1988–2015. Shell was formed in 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company of the Netherlands and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company of the United Kingdom. The combined company rapidly became the leading competitor of the American Standard Oil and by 1920 Shell was the largest producer of oil in the world. Shell first entered the chemicals industry in 1929. Shell was one of the " Seven Sisters" which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Deaths
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higher And Higher (film)
''Higher and Higher'' is a 1944 musical film starring Michèle Morgan, Jack Haley, and Frank Sinatra, loosely based on a 1940 Broadway musical written by Gladys Hurlbut and Joshua Logan. The film version, written by Jay Dratler and Ralph Spence with additional dialogue by William Bowers and Howard Harris, diverges significantly from its source. The film has songs by Jimmy McHugh (music) and Harold Adamson (lyrics), as well as one song by Rodgers and Hart, "Disgustingly Rich", that remains from the stage production. Plot The household staff of millionaire piano manufacturer Cyrus Drake hasn't been paid for seven months when his bankruptcy and impending foreclosure is announced. With the wife and daughter of Cyrus on a long trip abroad, a scheme is formed to pass off the attractive young scullery maid Millie as the socialite daughter, Pamela Drake, and marry her off to a rich man so there will be money for all. The valet, Mike O'Brien, helps with the transformation, unaware t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Girls (film)
''Too Many Girls'' is a 1940 American musical film, musical comedy film directed by George Abbott, who had also directed the hit Broadway musical on which it was based, which ran for 249 performances."Too Many Girls" Internet Broadway Database The film's screenplay is by John Twist, and it stars Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson (actor), Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford, Desi Arnaz and Hal Le Roy. It was released on October 8, 1940, by RKO Pictures. Both Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball credited the production for bringing them together. They married on November 30, 1940, less than two months after the film's release. Plot Connie Casey (Lucille Ball), an energetic celebrity heiress, wants to go to Pottawatomie College in Stop Gap, New Mexico, her father's ''alma ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Norway
''Song of Norway'' is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Edvard Grieg and the book by Milton Lazarus and Homer Curran. A very loose film adaptation with major changes to both the book and music was released in 1970. Stage production ''Song of Norway'' was originally developed and presented in Los Angeles by Edwin Lester's Los Angeles Civic Light Opera in 1944, with essentially the same cast as seen later on Broadway. It was also performed in San Francisco. The show opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York on August 21, 1944, and ran for 860 performances. Charles K. Freeman directed while George Balanchine was responsible for the choreography. The sets, costumes, and lighting design was by Lemuel Ayers. while Lawrence Brooks starred as Edvard Grieg. The original Broadway cast featured Irra Petina as a fictional opera singer Louisa Giovanni and Kent Edwards as Elnar. The show featured dances, both ballet and Norwegian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunny River
Sunny is a daytime weather condition. It may refer to: People * Sunny (name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Sunny (singer), member of Girls' Generation * Sunny, of Sue and Sunny, who also recorded as a solo artist Music * ''Sunny'' (musical), a 1925 Jerome Kern musical * ''Sunny'' (Neil Sedaka album), 1979 * ''Sunny'' (Towa Tei album), 2011 * "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb song), a 1966 song by Bobby Hebb, covered by Boney M., José Feliciano and Cher * "Sunny" (Morrissey song), a 1995 song by Morrissey * "Sunny", a song by Brockhampton from '' Saturation II'' * "Sunny", a song by Stereophonics on their 2015 album ''Keep the Village Alive'' Films * ''Sunny'' (1930 film), a film adaptation of the musical * ''Sunny'' (1941 film), a film adaptation of the musical * ''Sunny'' (1984 film), an Indian film directed by Anil Joshi * ''Sunny'' (2008 film), a South Korean film about South Korean entertainers in the Vietnam War * ''Sunny'' (2011 film), a So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Jones
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society from control or oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. In theology, liberty is freedom from the effects of "sin, spiritual servitude, rworldly ties". Sometimes liberty is differentiated from freedom by using the word "freedom" primarily, if not exclusively, to mean the ability to do as one wills and what one has the power to do; and using the word "liberty" to mean the absence of arbitrary restraints, taking into account the rights of all involved. In this sense, the exercise of liberty is subject to capability and limited by the rights of others. Thus liberty entails the responsible use of freedom under the rule of law without depriving anyone else of their freedom. Liberty can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Girls (musical)
''Too Many Girls'' is a Broadway musical comedy which was adapted for a 1940 film version starring Lucille Ball. The original Broadway production is noteworthy for advancing the career of musician Desi Arnaz. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and the book was by George Marion, Jr. Broadway ''Too Many Girls'' opened on Broadway on October 18, 1939, at the Imperial Theatre, running to April 21, 1940, and transferred to the Broadway Theatre on April 22, 1940, closing on May 18, 1940. The cast featured Desi Arnaz, Diosa Costello, Marcy Westcott, Eddie Bracken, Richard Kollmar, Van Johnson, and Hal Le Roy. Directed by George Abbott, the Musical Staging was by Robert Alton, scenery by Jo Mielziner, and costumes by Raoul Pène Du Bois.''Too Many Girls'' ibdb.com, accessed May 15, 2016 The musical takes plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Waltzes
''Three Waltzes'' (French: ''Les trois valses'') is a 1938 French historical musical film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Yvonne Printemps, Pierre Fresnay and Henri Guisol.Diffrient p.55 It is an operetta film, based on music by Oscar Straus. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jean d'Eaubonne Jean d'Eaubonne (March 8, 1903 – July 30, 1971) was a French art director. He received an Oscar nomination in 1951 for his work on Max Ophüls's '' La Ronde''. Selected filmography * '' The Polish Jew'' (1931) * '' Love and Luck'' (1932) * '' ..., Raymond Gabutti and Jacques Gut. Cast References Bibliography * Diffrient, David Scott. ''Omnibus Films: Theorizing Transauthorial Cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2014. External links * 1938 films 1930s historical musical films French historical musical films 1930s French-language films Films directed by Ludwig Berger Films based on operettas Operetta films Films set in France Films s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revenge With Music
''Revenge with Music'' is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz, that opened on Broadway in 1934. This was the first "book" musical by Dietz and Schwartz. Background and productions Dietz, inspired by a trip to Spain, wrote his libretto based on the Spanish novel ''El sombrero de tres picos'' by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. The duo had wanted to write something other than the revues they had been doing. The musical takes place in Spain in 1800, and involves a young Spanish couple, played by Libby Holman, as Maria a young, new bride, and Georges Metaxa as Carlos, her new groom. The story is based on a Spanish folk tale about seduction. Carlos seeks revenge on Don Emilio, the Spanish governor, for his attempt at seducing newly-wed Maria on their wedding night, by seducing the governor's willing wife, Doña Isabella. Produced by Arch Selwyn and Harold B. Franklin, the Broadway production, opened on November 28, 1934, at the New Amsterdam T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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