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Neptune's Daughter (1949 Film)
''Neptune's Daughter'' is a 1949 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat and Mel Blanc. It was directed by Edward Buzzell, and features the debut of the Academy Award–winning song "Baby, It's Cold Outside" by Frank Loesser. This was the third movie that paired Williams and Ricardo Montalbán, the other two being '' Fiesta'' (1947) and '' On an Island with You'' (1948), the second Williams film to co-star Red Skelton (after 2nd ''Bathing Beauty''), and the second film in 1949 for Williams to perform with Garrett (''Take Me Out to the Ball Game''). Plot Although she initially rejects an offer by Joe Backett to become his business partner at the Neptune swimming suit design company, aquatic ballet dancer Eve Barrett changes her mind when she considers the publicity potential of the job. One day, Joe learns that a South American polo team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Buzzell
Edward Buzzell (November 13, 1895 – January 11, 1985) was an American film actor and director whose credits include ''Child of Manhattan (film), Child of Manhattan'' (1933); ''Honolulu (1939 film), Honolulu'' (1939); the Marx Brothers films ''At the Circus'' (1939) and ''Go West (1940 film), Go West'' (1940); the musicals ''Best Foot Forward (1943 film), Best Foot Forward'' (1943), ''Song of the Thin Man'' (1947), and ''Neptune's Daughter (1949 film), Neptune's Daughter'' (1949); and ''Easy to Wed'' (1946). Born in Brooklyn, Buzzell appeared in vaudeville and on Broadway, and he was hired to star in the 1929 film version of George M. Cohan's ''Little Johnny Jones'' with Alice Day. Buzzell appeared in a few Vitaphone shorts and the two-strip Technicolor short ''The Devil's Cabaret'' (1930) as Satan's assistant. He wrote screenplays in the early 1930s and later produced the popular ''The Milton Berle Show'', which premiered on television in 1948. In 1926, Buzzell married ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon since 2022. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmaking company, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mann (vaudeville Performer)
George Kline Mann (December 2, 1905 – November 22, 1977) was best known as the taller half of the comedic and acrobatic dance act Barto and Mann. Early life Mann was born in Hollywood, California. His father, George "Mack" Mann, moved to California from Cassopolis, Michigan, in the late 1800s and worked as a construction superintendent of railroad bridges. His mother, Jean (Kline) Mann, was also from Cassopolis. Mack and Jean met and married in Los Angeles, California. George Mann grew up in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, moving to Santa Monica as a teenager with his parents. George was listed as the "Snaps Editor" as well as being responsible for all of the photography in the Athletic section of the Venice Union Polytechnic High High School 1925 Annual, ''The Gondolier''. He was Vice President of the Junior A Class that would graduate in June 1926, but didn't graduate with his class. During his junior year, he was vice-president of the drama club and had a leading r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mazurki
Mike Mazurki (December 25, 1907 – December 9, 1990, born Markiian Yulianovych Mazurkevych) was a Ukrainian-American actor and professional wrestler who appeared in more than 142 films. Although educated as an attorney, his hulking 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) presence, craggy face, and croaking voice had him often typecast as brainless athletes, tough guys, thugs, and gangsters. Memorable roles included Moose Malloy in ''Murder, My Sweet'' (1944), Splitface in ''Dick Tracy'' (1945), Yusuf in ''Sinbad the Sailor'' (1947), and "The Strangler" in '' Night and the City'' (1950). He was the founder and first president of the Cauliflower Alley Club. Early years Mazurki was born Markiian Yulianovych Mazurkevych in the village of Kupczyńce (in present-day Kupchyntsi, Ternopil Raion), near what was then Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ternopil, Ukraine). Mazurki attended high school at the LaSalle Institute in Troy, New York. Upon graduation, he changed his name to "Mike". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted De Corsia
Edward Gildea De Corsia (September 29, 1903 – April 11, 1973) was an American radio, film, and television actor, best remembered for his chilling debut in ''The Lady from Shanghai'' (1947), as the ex-wrestler murderer Willie Garzah in the film ''The Naked City'' (1948), and as a gangster who turned state's evidence in the film '' The Enforcer'' (1951). Early life Career Radio De Corsia was a member of the cast of '' Blackstone Plantation''. He starred in the title role on '' Mike Hammer'' and played Sergeant Velie on '' The Adventures of Ellery Queen''. He also voiced roles on '' Family Theater'', ''The March of Time'', ''Cavalcade of America'', ''Gang Busters'', and ''The Shadow''. Film He made his film debut in Orson Welles' ''The Lady from Shanghai'' (1947) and went on to make a career playing villains and gangsters in 1940s and 1950s films, including ''The Naked City'' (1948), '' The Enforcer'' (1951), '' Crime Wave'' (1954), ''The Big Combo'' (1955), '' The Kill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Harris
Theresa Mae Harris"Harris-Robinson" ''Camarillo Star''. August 25, 1933. p. 3. Retrieved July 8, 2024. (December 31, 1906 – October 8, 1985) was an American television and film actress, singer and dancer. Early life A native of Houston, Harris was one of five children born to Ina and Anthony Harris."Theresa Harris, Someday, Wants to Be a Great Actress"''California Eagle''. January 11, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved July 8, 2024. A "well-known elocutionist," Ina Harris was said to be the source of her daughter's "histrionic talent."Matthews, Ralph (March 31, 1934 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me Out To The Ball Game (film)
''Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film produced in the Arthur Freed unit of MGM. It stars Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold and Jules Munshin, and was directed by Busby Berkeley. The title and nominal theme is taken from the unofficial anthem of American baseball, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Everybody's Cheering''. Plot The fictional vaudeville-era baseball Wolves are newly owned by a woman named K.C. Higgins. Two of the Wolves' players, Eddie O'Brien and Dennis Ryan, are also part-time vaudevillians. Dennis falls for her, and then Eddie as well, while Dennis is the object of the affections of ardent fan Shirley Delwyn. All of them must contend with a number of gangsters led by Joe Lorgan looking to win a big bet by impairing Eddie's play and causing him to be kicked off the team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathing Beauty
''Bathing Beauty'' is a 1944 American Musical film, musical romantic comedy film directed by George Sidney, and starring Red Skelton and Esther Williams. Although this was not Williams' screen debut, it was her first Technicolor musical. The film's working title was ''Mr. Co-Ed'', with Skelton having top billing. However, once MGM executives watched the first cut of the film, they realized that Williams' role should be showcased more, and changed the title to ''Bathing Beauty'', giving her prominent billing and featuring her bathing suit-clad figure on the posters. The film is also Janis Paige's film debut. Afterwards Paige would go to Warner Brothers to make such films as ''Of Human Bondage (1946 film), Of Human Bondage'', ''Hollywood Canteen (film), Hollywood Canteen'', and ''Romance on the High Seas''. In the late 1950s, Paige would return to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a few films. Plot In Los Angeles, songwriter Steve Elliot prepares to marry Caroline Brooks, who has pledged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On An Island With You
''On an Island with You'' is a 1948 American musical Technicolor romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe. It stars Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalbán, Cyd Charisse, Kathryn Beaumont and Jimmy Durante.Miller, Frank"Articles: On an Island with You."''Turner Classic Movies''. Retrieved: July 16, 2024. Plot Rosalind Reynolds, a swimming sensation, is starring in a film set on a Hawaiian tropical island along with her fiancé, Ricardo Montez. A military technical adviser for the film, U.S. Navy Lt. Lawrence Y. Kingslee falls in love with Rosalind. Yvonne Torro, her best friend and fellow movie star, secretly wants Ricardo for herself. Larry, who had met Rosalind three years before on a USO show at his Pacific base, makes it obvious that he is smitten with her. After kissing her on the set, showing up Ricardo, he plans to spirit her away on his aircraft. Later, at the Royal Aloha hotel, the film cast and crew are entertained by real-life orchestra leader Xav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiesta (1947 Film)
''Fiesta'' is a 1947 American Technicolor musical film, musical drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalbán, Mary Astor and Cyd Charisse. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay was written by George Bruce and Lester Cole. The story focuses on Mario Morales (Montalbán), a bullfighter who wants to be a composer, and his twin sister, Maria Morales (Williams), who wants to be a bullfighter even though she is a woman. The film was shot on location in Puebla, Mexico. This was Montalbán's first credited role in a Hollywood film, and resulted in him being offered a contract by the studio. It was also the first of three films pairing Williams and Montalbán, the other two being ''On an Island with You'' (1948) and ''Neptune's Daughter (1949 film), Neptune's Daughter'' (1949). ''Fiesta'' was the first time Williams's name was billed above the title in the marketing, though in the onscreen credits, all the actors are below the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby, It's Cold Outside
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in the 1949 film '' Neptune's Daughter''. While the lyrics make no mention of a holiday, it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song owing to its winter theme. The song was released in eight recordings in 1949—including well-known versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, Hot Lips Page and Pearl Bailey, and by Dean Martin and Marilyn Maxwell—and has been covered numerous times since. History In 1944, Loesser wrote "Baby, It's Cold Outside" to sing with his wife, Lynn Garland, at their housewarming party in New York City at the Navarro Hotel. They sang the song to indicate to guests that it was time to leave. Garland has written that after the first performance, "We became instant parlor room stars. We got invited to all the best parties for years on the basis of 'Baby.' It was our ticket to caviar and truffles. Parties were built around our being the closing act." In 1948, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Original Song
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the Film industry, motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the ''songwriters'' who have composed the best ''original'' song written specifically for a film. The performers of a song are not credited with the Academy Award unless they contributed either to music, lyrics, or both in their own right. The songs that are nominated for this award are typically performed during the ceremony and before this award is presented. The award category was introduced at the 7th Academy Awards, the ceremony honoring the best in film for 1934. Nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers, and the winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Fifteen songs are shortlisted before nominations are announced. Eligibility , the Academy's rules stipulate that "an original song consists of words and music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
