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Sing, Bing, Sing
''Sing, Bing, Sing'' is a 1933 Mack Sennett Star Comedy (No. S3627) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Babe Stafford. It was the fifth of the six short films Crosby made for Mack Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Background Six shorts were made by Crosby for Mack Sennett, of which four were filmed in a three-month period in 1931 and two in 1932. The shorts were: * ''I Surrender Dear'' (released September 1931) * ''One More Chance'' (released November 1931) * ''Dream House'' (released January 1932) *''Billboard Girl'' (released March 1932) *''Sing, Bing, Sing'' (released March 1933) * ''Blue of the Night'' (released January 1933) After filming the first four shorts in 1931, Crosby went to New York and enjoyed great success on the radio and through live appearances at the Paramount Theatre. He was soon signed to make a film called ''The Big Broadcast'' and he returned to Hollywood on June 12, 1932. First of all, he had to fulfil his contract with Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer, musician and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs. His early career coincided with recording innovations that allowed him to develop an intimate singing style that influenced many male singers who followed, such as Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Dick Haymes, Elvis Presley, and John Lennon. ''Yank'' magazine said that he was "the person who had done the most for the morale of overseas servicemen" during World War II. In 1948, American polls declared him the "most admired man alive", ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. In 1948, ''Music Digest'' estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gemora
Carlos Cruz Gemora (June 15, 1903 – August 19, 1961), commonly known as Charles Gemora, was a Hollywood makeup artist renowned as "the King of the Gorilla Men" for his prolific appearances in many Hollywood films while wearing a gorilla suit. Biography Gemora was born on the island of Negros, Philippines, and arrived in San Francisco as a stowaway. He quickly found work on a fruit farm in Colusa, California but later moved to Los Angeles. He earned money doing portrait sketches outside of Universal Studios where his talents were discovered and put to work in the studio's sculpture department for '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1923). Gemora found his 5'4"/163 cm stature made him a natural to wear a gorilla suit, which he did, beginning with ''The Leopard Lady'' (1928). Gemora's study of real gorillas at the San Diego Zoo and his expertise on makeup gave him an extensive career as a gorilla opposite actors including '' Our Gang'' ('' Bear Shooters''), Lon Chaney ('' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Musical Comedy Films
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American Black-and-white Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Short Films
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – " Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to the Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Films
The following is an overview of 1933 in film, including significant events, a list of films released, and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1933 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading news events of the year in North America. * Motion picture industry goes under National Recovery Administration code. * Receivers appointed for Paramount Publix, RKO and Fox Theatres. * Film industry takes eight week salary cut. * Sirovich bill for sweeping probe of film industry is defeated. * John D. Hertz withdraws as Paramount Publix finance chairman and Adolph Zukor appoints George J. Schaefer as general manager. * Sidney Kent effects financial reorganization of Fox Film Corp., averting receivership, and company shows first profit since 1930. * Ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware creates "open market" for sound equipmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Kahn
Gustav Gerson Kahn (November 6, 1886October 8, 1941) was an American lyricist who contributed a number of songs to the Great American Songbook, including "Pretty Baby", " Ain't We Got Fun?", " Carolina in the Morning", " Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)", " My Buddy" " I'll See You in My Dreams", " It Had to Be You", " Yes Sir, That's My Baby", " Love Me or Leave Me", " Makin' Whoopee", " My Baby Just Cares for Me", "I'm Through with Love", "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream". Life and career Kahn was born in 1886 in Bruschied, in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia, the son of Theresa (Mayer) and Isaac Kahn, a cattle farmer. The Jewish family emigrated to the United States and moved to Chicago in 1890. After graduating from high school, he worked as a clerk in a mail order business before launching one of the most successful and prolific careers from Tin Pan Alley. Kahn married Grace LeBoy in 1916 and they had two children, Donald and Iren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry M
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Snuggled On Your Shoulder (Cuddled In Your Arms)
"Snuggled on Your Shoulder (Cuddled in Your Arms)" is a popular song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Joe Young, published in 1932. 1932 recordings *Bing Crosby recorded the song on January 21, 1932 and it was released on Brunswick 6248. His version reached the charts of the day peaking at No. 11. Crosby also featured the song in the 1932 Mack Sennett short Sing, Bing, Sing. *Eddy Duchin and his Central Park Casino Orchestra (vocal: Lew Sherwood). This was the most successful recording of the song reaching No. 7 in the 1932 charts. * Arthur Jarrett *Isham Jones and his orchestra. Their version charted at No. 16 in 1932. *Kate Smith's version reached the charts in 1932, peaking at No. 10. *Al Bowlly recorded with the Savoy Hotel Orpheans on 11 May 1932 and released on Columbia (UK) CB458. Later recorded versions *Doris Day (album '' The Love Album,'' 1967). *Julie London (album '' Make Love to Me,'' 1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (song)
"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" is an American popular song published in 1931, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931. It was introduced in the 1931 Cotton Club show ''Rhythmania'' and is now a widely recorded standard. Early hits Joel Whitburn identified the most successful early recordings as being by: # Cab Calloway recorded October 21, 1931 for Brunswick Records (catalogue No. 6209) # Louis Armstrong performed a version featuring a trumpet solo which was recorded on January 25, 1932 and released by Columbia Records, catalogue No. 2600D. # The Boswell Sisters with The Dorsey Brothers (Recorded March 21, 1932, Brunswick Records, No. 6291) Other notable recordings *1930 Jack Payne and his BBC Orchestra included in his album Roamin' Thru' the Roses, Vol. 6. *1932 Kate Smith recorded January 28, 1932 for Columbia Records with Blues in My Heart interpolated. *1935 Benny Goodman and orchestra (July 1, 1935 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Loback
Marvin Loback (November 21, 1896 – August 18, 1938) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1916 and 1935. He was born in Tacoma, Washington and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Follow the Crowd'' (1918) * '' Kicked Out'' (1918) * ''A Small Town Idol'' (1921) * '' Hands Off!'' (1921) * '' White Wings'' (1923) * ''The Soilers'' (1923) * ''Off His Trolley'' (1924) (credited as Marvin Lobach) * '' Smithy'' (1924) * ''Sock and Run'' (1927) * ''Mitt the Prince'' (1927) * ''The Big Shot'' (1927) * ''Sing, Bing, Sing'' (1933) * ''Uncivil Warriors'' (1935) * ''Three Little Beers ''Three Little Beers'' is a 1935 short subject directed by Del Lord starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 11th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starring the ...'' (1935) External links * 1896 births 1938 deaths American male film actors American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
