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Sitting Pretty (1924 Musical)
Sitting Pretty or Sittin' Pretty may refer to: Films, stage, and TV *Sitting Pretty (1924 musical), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1924 musical), a Broadway musical produced by Guy Bolton and P.G Wodehouse, with music by Jerome Kern *Sitting Pretty (1933 film), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1933 film), featuring Jack Oakie, Jack Haley and Ginger Rogers *Sitting Pretty (1948 film), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1948 film), starring Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara and Clifton Webb *Sitting Pretty (TV series), ''Sitting Pretty'' (TV series), a British show that ran for two seasons, starting in 1992 *"Sitting Pretty", an episode of ''List of Family Matters episodes#Season 1: 1989–1990, Family Matters'' Books *''Sitting Pretty'', a 1976 novel by Al Young Music *Sittin' Pretty (Bobbie Gentry album), ''Sitting Pretty'' (Bobbie Gentry album) (1971), which consists of all but one song from Gentry's 1968 album ''Local Gentry'' *Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album), ''Sittin' Pretty'' (The Pastels album) (1989) *"Sitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting Pretty (1924 Musical)
Sitting Pretty or Sittin' Pretty may refer to: Films, stage, and TV *Sitting Pretty (1924 musical), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1924 musical), a Broadway musical produced by Guy Bolton and P.G Wodehouse, with music by Jerome Kern *Sitting Pretty (1933 film), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1933 film), featuring Jack Oakie, Jack Haley and Ginger Rogers *Sitting Pretty (1948 film), ''Sitting Pretty'' (1948 film), starring Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara and Clifton Webb *Sitting Pretty (TV series), ''Sitting Pretty'' (TV series), a British show that ran for two seasons, starting in 1992 *"Sitting Pretty", an episode of ''List of Family Matters episodes#Season 1: 1989–1990, Family Matters'' Books *''Sitting Pretty'', a 1976 novel by Al Young Music *Sittin' Pretty (Bobbie Gentry album), ''Sitting Pretty'' (Bobbie Gentry album) (1971), which consists of all but one song from Gentry's 1968 album ''Local Gentry'' *Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album), ''Sittin' Pretty'' (The Pastels album) (1989) *"Sitting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Kern
Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as " Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", " A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Song Is You", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight" and "Long Ago (and Far Away)". He collaborated with many of the leading librettists and lyricists of his era, including George Grossmith Jr., Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg. A native New Yorker, Kern created dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films in a career that lasted for more than four decades. His musical innovations, such as 4/4 dance rhythms and the employment of syncopation and jazz progressions, built on, rather than rejec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting Pretty (1933 Film)
''Sitting Pretty'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical comedy film that tells the story of two aspiring but untalented songwriters played by Jack Oakie and Jack Haley. They are joined by Ginger Rogers and Thelma Todd on their trip from New York City to Hollywood to find their fortune. This film was directed by Harry Joe Brown and featured the Pickens Sisters as themselves. Plot Cast *Jack Oakie as Chick Parker *Jack Haley as Pete Pendleton *Ginger Rogers as Dorothy *Gregory Ratoff as Tannenbaum *Thelma Todd as Gloria Duval *Lew Cody as Jules Clark * Jerry Tucker as Buzz * The Pickens Sisters *The Hundred Hollywood Honeys *Hale Hamilton as Vinton * Walter Walker as George Wilson *Kenneth Thomson as Norman Lubin *William Davidson as Director *Lee Morgan as Assistant director *Harry Revel as Pianist *Mack Gordon as Song publisher * Arthur Jarrett *Virginia Sale Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting Pretty (1948 Film)
''Sitting Pretty'' is a 1948 American comedy film which tells the story of a family who hires Lynn Belvedere, a man with a mysterious past, to babysit their children. It stars Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, and Clifton Webb. The film was adapted by F. Hugh Herbert from Gwen Davenport's 1947 comic novel ''Belvedere''. It was directed by Walter Lang. The character of Belvedere proved so popular, Webb reprised his role in two more movies: ''Mr. Belvedere Goes to College'' (1949) and '' Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell'' (1951). Plot Lawyer Harry King and his wife Tacey have trouble retaining a nanny for their three young, rambunctious boys. When the latest in a string of servants (all women) quits, Tacey advertises for a replacement and hires Lynn Belvedere sight unseen, only to discover upon his arrival that Lynn is a dapper gentleman, one with many skills and achievements. Despite their misgivings (and Belvedere's declaration that he detests children), the Kings reluctantly agree t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitting Pretty (TV Series)
''Sitting Pretty'' is a 1992 BBC television sitcom written by John Sullivan. The series starred Diane Bull, David Ashford and John Cater and was directed by Susan Belbin Susan Jane Belbin (born 20 October 1948) is a retired Scottish television director and producer whose work includes '' Bread'', ''Are You Being Served?'', ''Hi-de-Hi'', ''One Foot in the Grave'', Allo 'Allo'', ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', ''Only ... and Angela De Chastelai Smith. The series followed the travails of a woman whose millionaire husband dies suddenly. She discovers that her husband's will has left her penniless and she is forced to move back in with her parents and sister on their farm. The lead role was originally intended to be played by a male lead, but was changed to become the first Sullivan sitcom to feature a female lead since ''Just Good Friends''. However, it is also remembered as the writer's first notable failure. References 1992 British television series debuts 1993 British tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Young
Albert James Young (May 31, 1939 – April 17, 2021) was an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor. He was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger from 2005 to 2008. Young's many books included novels, collections of poetry, essays, and memoirs. His work appeared in literary journals and magazines including ''Paris Review'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Essence'', ''The New York Times'', ''Chicago Review'', '' Seattle Review'', ''Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature'', ''Chelsea'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''Gathering of the Tribes,'' and in anthologies including the ''Norton Anthology of African American Literature,'' and the ''Oxford Anthology of African American Literature.'' Early life Born May 31, 1939, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, on the Gulf Coast near Biloxi. His maternal grandparents had been sharecroppers. Young attended the "Kingston School for Colored", a segregated school in the South. He graduated in 1957 from Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sittin' Pretty (Bobbie Gentry Album)
''Local Gentry'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. It was released on August 26, 1968, by Capitol Records. The album was produced by Kelly Gordon. Background Following the release of her second studio album, ''The Delta Sweete'', Gentry embarked on ''The Bobbie Gentry Show'', a 10-date concert tour of the United States, in the spring of 1968. It was her first tour with a full band, choreography, and costumes, setting the scene for her future stage productions. Gentry made her Las Vegas debut in August when Howard Hughes booked her at the Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesar's Palace. During these performances Gentry was joined onstage by her sisters, Jesse' Lizabeth and Linda, who were billed as the Local Gentry. The residency was such a success that it was transferred to lake Tahoe in September and would return to Casear's Palace in November. Recording The album was recorded from May to July 1968. The first two tracks to be recorded were "Peaceful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels Album)
''Sittin' Pretty'' is the second album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1989. "Nothing to Be Done" was featured in the soundtrack of 1998's film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel ''The Acid House''. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "while there’s nothing new in ''Sittin’ Pretty''‘s off-key awkwardness and gawky grooves (for the first time, the Pastels sound like they’re consciously trying to sound like themselves), this outing from the monsters of twee is not without its gems." ''The New York Times'' wrote that the album "has melodies as simple as nursery rhymes, cut to shreds by brazen, bullying guitar solos." Martin C. Strong wrote that the album "featured some of the sweetest, juiciest moments in The Pastels’ chequered career." '' The Herald'' called the album "a small but perfectly formed eccentricity in which the spirits of Iggy Pop, Jonathan Richman, and the Velvet Underground combine in wistful splendour." Track listing Personne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabaret (musical)
''Cabaret'' is a 1966 musical theatre, musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. The musical was based on John Van Druten's 1951 play ''I Am a Camera'' which was adapted from ''Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood which drew upon his experiences in the poverty-stricken Weimar Republic and his intimate friendship with nineteen-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. Set in 1929–1930 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as the Nazi Party, Nazis are ascending to power, the musical focuses on the hedonistic nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. A subplot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany, Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Gentry
''Local Gentry'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. It was released on August 26, 1968, by Capitol Records. The album was produced by Kelly Gordon. Background Following the release of her second studio album, ''The Delta Sweete'', Gentry embarked on ''The Bobbie Gentry Show'', a 10-date concert tour of the United States, in the spring of 1968. It was her first tour with a full band, choreography, and costumes, setting the scene for her future stage productions. Gentry made her Las Vegas debut in August when Howard Hughes booked her at the Circus Maximus Theatre at Caesar's Palace. During these performances Gentry was joined onstage by her sisters, Jesse' Lizabeth and Linda, who were billed as the Local Gentry. The residency was such a success that it was transferred to lake Tahoe in September and would return to Casear's Palace in November. Recording The album was recorded from May to July 1968. The first two tracks to be recorded were "Peacefu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
