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Frances Langford
Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nightingale", an forces sweetheart, American armed-forces sweetheart, who entertained troops by frequently touring with Bob Hope. Discovery Langford originally trained as an opera, opera singer. While a young girl she required a tonsillectomy that changed her soprano range to a rich contralto. As a result, she was forced to change her vocal approach to a more contemporary big band, popular music style. At age 17, she was singing for local dances. Cigar manufacturer Eli Witt heard her sing at an American Legion party and hired her to sing on a local radio show he sponsored. Actor Dan White (actor), Dan White played an important role in her discovery. White and Langford were schoolmates. Langford first sang in public in an amateur show that White s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hernando, Florida
Hernando is a census-designated place in Citrus County, Florida, Citrus County, Florida, United States. The population was 9,284 at the 2020 census, up from 9,054 at the 2010 census. At one time it was a city but it was disincorporated in the 1970s. It is part of the Homosassa Springs, Florida Citrus County, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Hernando is located in northeastern Citrus County at (28.929498, -82.374340). It is bordered by Citrus Springs, Florida, Citrus Springs to the northwest, Pine Ridge, Citrus County, Florida, Pine Ridge to the west, Citrus Hills, Florida, Citrus Hill to the southwest, Inverness Highlands North, Florida, Inverness Highlands North to the south, and Marion County, Florida, Marion County to the north. The eastern edge of the CDP extends into Tsala Apopka Lake, a network of lakes and wetlands that are part of the Withlacoochee River (Florida), Withlacoochee River system. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood Hotel (radio Program)
''Hollywood Hotel'' is an American radio program that was broadcast in the 1930s. It featured Hollywood stars in dramatized versions of then-current movies and "helped to make Hollywood an origination point for major radio programs."Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill (1972). ''The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950''. The Viking Press. SBN 670-16240-x. P. 113. Radio historian John Dunning called the program, sponsored by Campbell Soup Company, "the most glamorous show of its time." The program was the inspiration for the 1937 Warner Brothers movie of the same title, which featured Louella Parsons as herself."Hollywood Hotel" on The instigator of the program was goss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over There
"Over There" is a 1917 war song written by George M. Cohan that was popular with the United States military and the American public during World War I and World War II. Written shortly after the American entry into World War I, "Over There" is a patriotic propaganda song intended to galvanize American men to enlist in the American Expeditionary Forces and fight the Central Powers. The song is best remembered for a line in its chorus: "The Yanks are coming." History According to the Library of Congress, Cohan wrote "Over There" during his commute to work on April 7, 1917, a day after the U.S. officially abandoned their policy of non-interventionism and joined the Allied Powers. Its opening verse is derived from "Johnny, Get Your Gun", an 1886 song written by Monroe Rosenfeld, while its rhythm was based on a three-note bugle call. Cohan personally chose Nora Bayes to premiere "Over There" in June 1917, but the Peerless Quartet recorded it first on June 6 with Columbia Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nora Bayes
Nora Bayes (born Rachel Eleonora "Dora" Goldberg; October 3, 1880March 19, 1928) was an American singer and vaudeville performer who was popular internationally between the 1900s and 1920s. She is credited with co-writing the song " Shine On, Harvest Moon" and performed many successful songs during the First World War, including " Over There". She was also noted for her independent views and unconventional private life, becoming an early media celebrity. She made over 160 recordings. Life and career Early life She was born in 1880 in Chicago, the daughter of Rachel and David Goldberg, a Polish-born saloon keeper. She seems to have been given the traditional family name Rachel at birth but was known as Eleonora, or "Dora" as a nickname. She grew up in a strict Orthodox Jewish household and moved with her parents to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in her teens. In 1899, she married salesman Otto Gressing. They lived in Joliet, Illinois, and in the hope of starting a stage career, she began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cagney
James Francis Cagney Jr. (; July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer. On stage and in film, he was known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. Cagney is remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as ''The Public Enemy'' (1931), ''Taxi!'' (1932), ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), ''The Roaring Twenties'' (1939), ''City for Conquest'' (1940) and ''White Heat'' (1949), finding himself typecast or limited by this reputation earlier in his career. He was able to negotiate dancing opportunities in his films and ended up winning the Academy Award for his role in the musical ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' (1942). In 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him eighth on its list of AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, greatest male stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Orson Welles described him as "maybe the greatest actor who ever appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yankee Doodle Dandy
''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 American biographical musical drama film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed by Sally Sweetland. The film was written by Robert Buckner and Edmund Joseph, and directed by Michael Curtiz. According to the special edition DVD, significant and uncredited improvements were made to the script by the twin brothers Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. The film was a major hit for Warner Brothers, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three. In 1993, ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and in 1998, the film was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Many Girls (film)
''Too Many Girls'' is a 1940 American 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" The film's screenplay is by John Twist, and it stars , Richard Carlson, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Born To Dance
''Born to Dance'' is a 1936 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Eleanor Powell, James Stewart and Virginia Bruce. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The score was composed by Cole Porter. Plot While on leave, sailor Ted Barker meets Nora Paige at the Lonely Hearts Club, which is owned by Jenny Saks, the wife of fellow sailor Gunny Saks. Ted instantly falls in love with Nora. Ted later meets Broadway star Lucy James aboard a submarine while she's on a publicity tour. Her Pekingese dog falls overboard, Ted rescues it, and Lucy falls in love with him. Though Ted has already scheduled a date with Nora, he is ordered by his captain, Dingby, to meet Lucy in a nightclub. Nora, who lives with Jenny and her daughter, Sally, aspires to become a Broadway dancer. However, her newfound career is in serious jeopardy when she inadvertently comes between Lucy and her boss McKay. Nora distances herself from Ted after seeing pictures of him and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Melody Of 1936
''Broadway Melody of 1936'' is a musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1935. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. In New York, the film opened at the Capitol Theatre, the site of many prestigious MGM premieres. It was a follow-up of sorts to the successful '' The Broadway Melody'', which had been released in 1929, although, there is no story connection with the earlier film beyond the title and some music. The film was written by Harry W. Conn, Moss Hart, Jack McGowan and Sid Silvers. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and starred Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, June Knight, Frances Langford, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen and Vilma Ebsen (in their film debut). It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Plot Irene Foster ( Eleanor Powell) tries to convince her high school sweetheart, Broadway producer Robert Gordon ( Robert Taylor), to give her a chance to star in his new musical, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm In The Mood For Love
"I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song published in 1935. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, with the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie '' Every Night at Eight'' released that year. It became Langford's signature song. Bob Hope, who frequently worked with Langford entertaining troops in World War II, later wrote that her performance of the song was often a show-stopper. Other notable recordings * 1935 Little Jack Little * 1935 Louis Armstrong * 1935 Leo Reisman and his Orchestra with vocals by Frank Luther. * 1940 Vera Lynn * 1946 Billy Eckstine — this single release reached No. 12 in the Billboard charts. * 1951 Erroll Garner — instrumental (earlier informal recording in 1944) * 1957 Fats Domino * 1961 The Chimes — reached No. 38 in the Billboard charts. * 1965 Lord Tanamo recorded a ska version of the song ("I'm in the Mood for Ska") for Ska Beat label. This version reached number 58 on the UK Singles Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Night At Eight
''Every Night at Eight'' is a 1935 American comedy musical film starring George Raft and Alice Faye and made by Walter Wanger Productions Inc. and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker, Bert Hanlon and Gene Towne based on the story ''Three On a Mike'' by Stanley Garvey.Everett Aaker, ''The Films of George Raft'', McFarland & Company, 2013 p 62-63 The song " I'm in the Mood for Love" was introduced in this film by Frances Langford. "I Feel a Song Coming On" was performed by Harry Barris and a band and reprised by Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly, and also sung by James Miller with chorus. Pioneer scat singer and songwriter Harry Barris, formerly of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys along with Bing Crosby and Al Rinker, has a small role as "Harry." Plot The film involves a trio of young female singers trying to break into show business. Three young women working in an agency named Dix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bickersons
''The Bickersons'' was a series of radio and television comedy sketches which began in 1946 on NBC radio. The show's married protagonists, portrayed by Don Ameche (later by Lew Parker) and Frances Langford, spent nearly all their time together in a relentless verbal war. Radio origins ''The Bickersons'' was created by Philip Rapp, the one-time Eddie Cantor writer who had also created the Fanny Brice skits (for '' The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air'' and '' Maxwell House Coffee Time'') that grew into radio's '' Baby Snooks''. Several years after the latter established itself as a long-running favorite, Rapp developed and presented John and Blanche Bickerson, first as a 15-minute situational sketch as part of the 1946 half-hour radio program '' Drene Time'', then as a short sketch on ''The Old Gold Show'' and later, on '' The Chase and Sanborn Hour'' (the show that made stars of Edgar Bergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy). ''Drene Time'' was a variety show starring Don Amec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
