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My Blue Heaven (1950 Film)
''My Blue Heaven'' is a 1950 American drama musical film directed by Henry Koster and starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. Plot Kitty Moran (Betty Grable), a radio star, finds out she is pregnant. After she miscarries, Kitty and her husband Jack (Dan Dailey) move their show to television, and become determined to adopt a baby. Cast * Betty Grable as Kitty Moran * Dan Dailey as Jack Moran * David Wayne as Walter Pringle * Jane Wyatt as Janet Pringle * Mitzi Gaynor as Gloria Adams * Una Merkel as Miss Irma Gilbert * Louise Beavers as Selma * Laura Pierpont as Mrs. Johnston * Elinor Donahue as Mary – Bratty Autograph Seeker * Phyllis Coates as Party Girl * Mae Marsh as Maid * Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Bates aka Old Mule Face * Suzanne Ridgeway as Audience Member / Passerby on Street * Barbara Pepper as Susan, Waitress Background ''My Blue Heaven'' was the third film that Grable and Dailey made together, the first two being ''Mother Wore Tights'' in 1947 and '' When My Baby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Koster
Henry Koster (born Hermann Kosterlitz, May 1, 1905 – September 21, 1988) was a German-born film director. He was the husband of actress Peggy Moran. Early life Koster was born to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany. He was introduced to cinema about 1910 when his uncle opened a movie theater in Berlin. Koster's mother played the piano to accompany the films, leaving the young boy to occupy himself by watching the films. After working initially as a short story writer, Kosterlitz was hired by a Berlin movie company as scenarist, becoming an assistant to director Curtis Bernhardt. Bernhardt became sick one day and asked Kosterlitz to take over as director. Career In 1932, Koster directed his first film in Berlin, the comedy ''Thea Roland''. Koster, who was in the midst of directing his second film ''Das häßliche Mädchen'', had been the subject of antisemitism, and knew he had to leave. He lost his temper at an SA officer at his bank during lunch hour and knocked the office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elinor Donahue
Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue, April 19, 1937) is an American actress, best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom ''Father Knows Best''. Early life and career Donahue was born in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Doris Genevieve (née Gelbaugh) and Thomas William Donahue on April 19, 1937. Appearing in dancing-chorus film roles from the age of five, Donahue was at one point a ballet-school classmate of future Fred Astaire partner Barrie Chase. She was a child actress working in vaudeville and had several bit parts in movies as a teenager, including ''Love Is Better Than Ever'' (1952), starring Elizabeth Taylor. She played one of the daughters in ''Three Daring Daughters'' in 1948 and appeared as Mamie Van Doren's sister in '' Girls Town'' (1959). ''Father Knows Best'' Donahue achieved stardom for her role as the elder daughter, Betty, on the television family series ''Fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Films
The year 1950 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1950 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 13 – Three weeks after its world premiere at the Paramount and Rivoli theatres in New York City, Cecil B. DeMille's ''Samson and Delilah'' opens in Los Angeles. The film is a massive commercial success and wins the awards for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design at the 23rd Academy Awards. * February 15 – Walt Disney Studios' animated film ''Cinderella'' debuts. The film is the most successful the studio has made since ''Dumbo'', and saves the studio from four million dollars in debt. * July 19 – Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film ''Treasure Island'' debuts. Awards Top ten money making stars Notable films released in 1950 US unless stated # *'' 47 morto che parla'', starring Totò – (Italy) *''711 Ocean Drive'', starring Edmond O'Brien and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father Knows Best
''Father Knows Best'' is an American sitcom starring Robert Young, Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray and Lauren Chapin. The series, which began on radio in 1949, aired as a television show for six seasons and 203 episodes. Created by Ed James, ''Father Knows Best'' follows the lives of the Andersons, a middle-class family living in the town of Springfield. The state in which Springfield is located is never specified, but it is generally accepted to be located in the Midwestern United States. The television series debuted on CBS in October 1954. It ran for one season and was canceled by CBS but picked up by NBC, where it remained for three seasons. After cancellation by NBC in 1958, the series returned to CBS, where it aired until May 1960. Radio The series began on August 25, 1949 on NBC Radio. Set in the Midwest, it starred Robert Young as the General Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Radio Theatre
''Lux Radio Theatre'', sometimes spelled ''Lux Radio Theater'', a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company BCin 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the ''Lux Video Theatre'' through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand. Broadcasting from New York, the series premiered at 2:30 pm, October 14, 1934, on the NBC Blue Network with a production of '' Seventh Heaven'' starring Miriam Hopkins and John Boles in a fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Binyon
Claude Binyon (October 17, 1905 Chicago, Illinois – February 14, 1978 Glendale, California) was a screenwriter and director. His genres were comedy, musicals, and romances. As a Chicago-based journalist for the ''Examiner'' newspaper, he became city editor of the show business trade magazine ''Variety'' in the late 1920s. According to Robert Landry, who worked at ''Variety'' for 50 years including as managing editor, Binyon came up with the famous 1929 stock market crash headline, "Wall Street Lays An Egg." (However, writer Ken Bloom ascribes the headline to ''Variety'' publisher Sime Silverman.) He switched from writing about movies for ''Variety'' to screenwriting for the Paramount Studio with 1932's ''If I Had A Million''; his later screenwriting credits included '' The Gilded Lily'' (1935), '' Sing You Sinners'' (1938), and ''Arizona'' (1940). Throughout the 1930s, Binyon's screenplays were often directed by Wesley Ruggles, including the "classic" ''True Confession'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me Mister (film)
''Call Me Mister'' is a 1951 American Technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The feature was directed by Lloyd Bacon and re-written from the 1946 Broadway play version by Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler with music by Harold Rome that featured cast members from the US armed forces. ''Call Me Mister'' was filmed in Technicolor, and starred Betty Grable and Dan Dailey and co-starred Danny Thomas with supporting players Dale Robertson, Benay Venuta, and Richard Boone. Only a couple Harold Rome numbers were kept in the film. Background Screen version of the Broadway musical ''Call Me Mister'' was one of Grable's final "successful" films as her box-office power was beginning to diminish. This was also Grable's last film with Dan Dailey, with whom she co-starred in several of her previous films. ''Call Me Mister'' was a "moderate success" at the box-office. The finale is a production number of "Love Is Back in Business" staged by Busby Berkeley, ending with four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When My Baby Smiles At Me (film)
''When My Baby Smiles at Me'' is a 1948 musical film directed by Walter Lang and starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey. Released by 20th Century Fox, it is the third film based on the popular 1927 Broadway play '' Burlesque'', the others being ''The Dance of Life'' (1929) and '' Swing High, Swing Low'' (1937). ''When My Baby Smiles at Me'' is the first (and to date, the only) full Technicolor film version of that play; ''The Dance of Life'' had several Technicolor sequences, but they are no longer extant. Dan Dailey received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance, but lost to Laurence Olivier for ''Hamlet''. Plot Bonny Kane and "Skid" Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear on Broadway, while Bonny gets left behind on the road. Things get worse with Skid's increasing drinking problem, and the fact that the press has reported him to be spending a lot of time with his pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Wore Tights
''Mother Wore Tights'' is a 1947 Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers, directed by Walter Lang. This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same name by Miriam Young. It was the highest grossing film of Grable's career up to this time, earning more than $5 million at the box office. It was also 20th Century Fox's most successful film of 1947. Alfred Newman won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Josef Myrow (music) and Mack Gordon (lyrics) were nominated for Original Song ("You Do"), while Harry Jackson was nominated for Color Cinematography. Plot In turn-of-the-century Oakland, California, the teenaged Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) is expected to follow high school by attending a San Francisco business college. Instead, she takes a job performing with a traveling vaudeville troupe, where she meets and falls in love with singer-dancer Frank Burt (Dan Dailey). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Pepper
Barbara Pepper (born Marion Pepper; May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969) was an American stage, television, radio, and film actress. She is best known as the first Doris Ziffel on the sitcom ''Green Acres''. Early life and career Marion Pepper was born in New York City, the daughter of actor David Mitchell "Dave" Pepper, and his wife, Harrietta S. Pepper. At age 16 she started life in show business with Goldwyn Girls, a musical stock company where she met Lucille Ball, with whom she would remain friends, during production of Eddie Cantor's ''Roman Scandals'' in 1933. From 1937 to 1943, Pepper was a prolific actress, appearing in 43 movies, mostly in supporting roles or in minor films, with exceptions being main characters in '' The Rogues' Tavern'' and ''Mummy's Boys'', both feature films released in 1936. Among her later film parts were small roles in ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963) and ''My Fair Lady'' (1964). She also performed radio parts. In 1943, she married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Ridgeway
Suzanne Ridgeway (born Suzanne Parsons; January 27, 1918May 6, 1996) was an American film actress who appeared in approximately 115 films between 1933 and 1959. She was most often credited as Suzanne Ridgway. Other billings included Suzy Marquette and Susan Ridgway. Career Born as Suzanne Parsons, Ridgeway is familiar to modern viewers as the tall, lanky brunette in several Three Stooges short subjects such as ''Rumpus in the Harem'', ''A Missed Fortune'', and ''A Merry Mix Up''. She was also in ''Outpost in Morocco'' (1949). Death Ridgeway died on May 6, 1996, in Burbank, California. Selected filmography * ''The Steel Lady'' (1953) * ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) * ''From Hell It Came ''From Hell It Came'' is a 1957 American science-fiction horror film directed by Dan Milner and written by Richard Bernstein, from a story by Bernstein and Jack Milner. It was released by Allied Artists on a double bill with '' The Disembodied' ...'' (1957) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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