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Lee And Lyn Wilde
Lee and Lyn Wilde, sometimes billed as The Wilde Twins, were twin sisters, who appeared in films of the early to mid-1940s. Early years Born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Lee was the older of the two, born shortly before midnight of October 10, 1922, with Lyn born in the early hours of the following morning. They began singing with their siblings in church, and by their teens were singing hymns for their local radio station, as well as performing in Illinois and Kentucky. They graduated from East St. Louis Senior High School in 1939. Singing By 1940 they were band singers, and in 1942 they made their film debuts, as vocalists for the Charlie Barnet Band, performing one song in the Harriet Hilliard film ''Juke Box Jenny.'' They also performed with Bob Crosby for a short while. Film The twins' live performances led to another featured film appearance in the Judy Garland film ''Presenting Lily Mars'' in 1942. Joe Pasternak was very impressed by them and signed them to a seven-ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till The Clouds Roll By
''Till the Clouds Roll By'' is a 1946 American Technicolor musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and a fictionalized biopic of composer Jerome Kern, portrayed by Robert Walker (actor, born 1918), Robert Walker. Kern was involved with the production, but died before its completion. It was the first in a series of MGM biopics about Broadway composers. The film is one of the MGM musicals that entered the public domain when MGM failed to renew its copyright. Plot Kern attends the opening night of ''Show Boat'' in 1927, the landmark musical that secured his popularity. Following several of the show's most notable songs, Kern departs to reminisce about his early days as a young songwriter. Kern recounts meeting Jim Hessler, a musical mentor, and Hessler's young daughter Sally. Kern and the Hesslers grow close, and he later visits them in London. Taking Sally to the fair inspires Kern to conceive a stage production for one of his songs. At the Gaiety Theatre, London, London Gai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of The Desert
College of the Desert (COD) is a public community college in Palm Desert, California. COD enrolls about 12,500 students, of which around one third attend college full-time. It serves the Coachella Valley of Riverside County. The college is federally recognized as a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), receiving Title V grants. History College of the Desert was established in 1958 after a decade of planning for a junior college district in the Coachella Valley. Voters approved the formation of the district and funded the building of the COD campus with a bond issue. On September 21, 1962, the new college opened on its site in Palm Desert, and in 1966 it gained accreditation. The Jeane and Justin Hilb student center and the Carol L. Meier Lecture Hall opened in 1998, and Bob and his wife "Mike" Pollock funded the creation of the COD campus's Theatre One in 1999. The Marks Center for the Arts was funded by Don and Peggy Cravens, Bob and Barbara Leberman, and the COD Alumni Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pin-ups Of Yank, The Army Weekly
''Yank, the Army Weekly'' was a weekly magazine published from 1942 through 1945 and distributed to members of the American military during World War II. ''Yank'' included war news, photography, and other features. It had a circulation of more than 2.6 million. One of its most popular features, intended to boost the morale of military personnel serving overseas, was the weekly publication of a pin-up photograph. A feature story in ''Parade (magazine), Parade'' published in 1945 noted: "Excellent war reporting and photography, serious discussions of postwar problems and the now famous ''Sad Sack'' cartoons have made ''Yank'' welcome on far-flung battle lines. But the page most often torn out and tacked up for future reference on barrack walls and foot lockers is the one bearing the official insigne, Yank'' Pin-Up Girl. ''Yank'' pin-ups were distributed to locations worldwide where American soldiers, sailors, and Marines were serving. In 1944, the Associated Press published a repor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Next Door (1953 Film)
''The Girl Next Door'' is a 1953 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Sale and starring June Haver, Dan Dailey, and Dennis Day. It was made and released by 20th Century Fox. Plot A popular performer, Jeannie Laird decides to buy her first house and celebrate with a big party. The guests' enjoyment is interfered with by the happenings at the home of the next door neighbor, Bill Carter. Carter is a comic-strip artist. He prides himself on every story he tells being true to life, including that of 10-year-old son Joey, whom he is raising alone. When a relationship blossoms between Bill and Jeannie after a shaky start, a neglected Joey ends up blabbing to Bill's bosses that the comic strip's adventures have become far more fiction than fact. Cast * Dan Dailey as Bill Carter * June Haver as Jeannie Laird * Dennis Day as Reed Appleton * Billy Gray as Joey Carter * Cara Williams as Rosie Green * Natalie Schafer as Evelyn, the maid * Clinton Sundberg as Samuels, the butl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Belle Of New York (1952 Film)
''The Belle of New York'' is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hollywood musical comedy film set in New York City circa 1900 and stars Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce, Marjorie Main, Gale Robbins, and Keenan Wynn, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The film was directed by Charles Walters. This whimsical (even by Astaire's standards) musical failed at the box office and impressed few critics at the time, mainly due to the nature of the plot which empowers lovers to float free of the influence of gravity - a conceit reprised in the 1999 film '' Simply Irresistible''. Astaire was reluctant to take the project - he was originally supposed to play the role in 1946 but had avoided it through retirement. Clearly stung by its failure, Astaire later claimed that the dance routines - of which there are more than usual - are of a particularly high standard - a rare verdict from such a notoriously self-critical artist. Vera-Ellen is generally viewed as one of Astaire' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (film)
''Has Anybody Seen My Gal?'' is a 1952 American comedy film distributed by Universal-International, directed by Douglas Sirk, and stars Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, and Gigi Perreau. It is loosely based upon the Eleanor Porter novel ''Oh Money! Money!''. Set in the 1920s, the film leans heavily on period detail, such as flappers, the Charleston and raccoon coats. It is named for the jazz song " Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" which was a hit for The California Ramblers during the 1920s. Though the song is sung during the movie, its lyrics have no particular relation to the plot. Plot In 1928, aging and lonely New York millionaire Samuel Fulton ( Charles Coburn) decides to leave his fortune to the family of the late Millicent Blaisdell, the only woman he has ever been in love with, but did not love him back. Samuel explains to his lawyer Edward Norton (Frank Ferguson) that losing Millicent inspired him to become a wealthy businessman. Fearing the family will spend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singin' In The Rain
''Singin' in the Rain'' is a 1952 American musical romantic comedy film directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds, and featuring Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse in supporting roles. It offers a lighthearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s, with the three stars portraying performers caught up in the transition from silent films to "talkies". Arthur Freed conceived the idea of the film based on the back catalogs of songs written by himself and Nacio Herb Brown. Because many of the songs had been written during the transition from silent films to "talkies", writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green decided that was when the story should be set. When the story morphed into that of a romantic hero with a vaudevillian background surviving the transition period in Hollywood and falling back onto his old song-and-dance habits, Kelly, who was chosen for the lead along with Donen, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Boat (1951 Film)
''Show Boat'' is a 1951 American musical romantic drama film, based on the 1927 stage musical of the same name by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (script and lyrics), and the 1926 novel by Edna Ferber. It was made by MGM, adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin, produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney. Filmed previously in 1929 and in 1936, this third adaptation of ''Show Boat'' was shot in Technicolor in the typical MGM lavish style, while the basic plot remains unchanged. The film stars Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel, with Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, William Warfield, Robert Sterling, Agnes Moorehead and Leif Erickson. Unlike the 1936 film, none of the members of the original Broadway cast of the show appeared in this version. The 1951 ''Show Boat'' was the most financially successful of the film adaptations of the show: one of MGM's most popular musicals, it was the second highest-grossing film of tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheriff Of Wichita
''Sheriff of Wichita'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Robert Creighton Williams. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Lyn Wilde, Clayton Moore and Gene Roth. The film was released on January 22, 1949, by Republic Pictures. Plot Cast *Allan Lane as Sheriff Rocky Lane *Black Jack as Black Jack *Eddy Waller as Nugget Clark *Roy Barcroft as Sam Stark * Lyn Wilde as Nancy Bishop *Clayton Moore as Raymond D'Arcy *Gene Roth as Howard Thornton *Trevor Bardette as Captain Ira Flanders * House Peters, Jr. as Deputy Jack Thorpe *Earle Hodgins as Jess Jenkins *Edmund Cobb as U.S. Marshal James * John Hamilton as Prison Warden *Steve Raines Steve Raines (June 17, 1916 – January 4, 1996) was an American television and film actor. He appeared in many TV Western series. Early years Born in 1916 in Grants Pass, Oregon, Raines was the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs Henry Savage of San ... as Henchman Will *Jack O'Shea a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucson (film)
''Tucson'' is a 1949 American drama film directed by William F. Claxton, written by Arnold Belgard and starring Jimmy Lydon, Penny Edwards, Deanna Wayne, Charles Russell, Joe Sawyer and Walter Sande. It was released on April 27, 1949 by 20th Century-Fox. Plot Carefree University of Arizona student Andy Bryant's preoccupation with training his American Quarter Horse for an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo nearly results in tragedy for his best friend. Shaken by the event, Andy vows to focus on his studies and make amends. Cast * Jimmy Lydon as Andy Bryant * Penny Edwards as Laurie Sherman *Deanna Wayne as Jennifer Johnson * Charles Russell as Gregg Johnson *Joe Sawyer as Tod Bryant * Walter Sande as George Reeves * Lyn Wilde as Gertie Peck *Marcia Mae Jones as Polly Johnson *John Ridgely John Ridgely (born John Huntington Rea, September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968 ) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits. Early years Ridgely was born in Chica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look For The Silver Lining (film)
''Look for the Silver Lining'' is a 1949 American biographical musical film directed by David Butler and written by Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron and Marian Spitzer. A fictionalized biography of Broadway singer-dancer Marilyn Miller, it stars June Haver and Ray Bolger. It was nominated for an Academy Award for best scoring for a musical picture in 1950. Although the film was popular and made a profit, Haver's performance of Marilyn Miller has been somewhat overlooked in comparison to the more memorable portrayal of Miller by Judy Garland in ''Till the Clouds Roll By'', the 1946 MGM musical biography of the composer Jerome Kern. Plot Marilyn Miller is rehearsing for a revival of the musical Sally. She has to stop because of pain or dizziness: She keeps pressing her hands to her head. While she rests in her dressing room, a man from her hometown comes to show her a poster of the Miller family, beginning a flashback to how she joined her parents vaudeville act, even though she is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campus Honeymoon
''Campus Honeymoon'' is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Richard Sale, written by Jerome Gruskin and Richard Sale, and starring Lyn Wilde, Lee Wilde, Adele Mara, Richard Crane, Hal Hackett and Wilson Wood. It was released on February 1, 1948 by Republic Pictures. Plot Twin sisters Skipper and Patricia Hughes are new students at a college where homecoming soldiers Bob Watson and Rick Adams intend to enroll. Unable to find lodging required for enrollment, the foursome is invited by Bessie Ormsbee, a WAC, to take up residence in a veterans' housing facility, mistakenly believing them to be two married couples. Bessie and husband Busby are in charge of the housing facility, which is opposed by Senator Hughes, uncle of the twins, who is trying to curb government funding. Trouble also ensues when their nephew Junior begins to suspect the four aren't married, and the sweethearts of Skipper and Bob show up on campus. Bob proposes a marriage of convenience to Skipper, who dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
