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Do Something (1929 Song)
"Do Something" is a song written by Sam H. Stept and Bud Green for the Paramount Pictures film ''Nothing But the Truth (1929 film), Nothing But the Truth'' (1929), in which the song was performed by Helen Kane. The scene of Kane singing this song is missing from the only known extant print of the movie. Kane also had a hit recording of the song for Victor Records, which she recorded in 1929. The sheet music, bearing Kane's photo, and phonograph record both state that the song is from ''Nothing But the Truth''. The song was also used in the soundtrack of the film ''Syncopation (1929 film), Syncopation'' (1929) where it was sung by Dorothy Lee (actress), Dorothy Lee and Morton Downey. Lyrics The lyrics to the song are as follows: :''Oh honey, oh honey!'' :''Why is it that you act so funny?'' :''When we should be making love?'' :''Oh, I'm willing, I'm so willing,'' :''But nothing that you do seems thrilling.'' :''I long for your pettin';'' :''Where am I gettin'?'' :''There's the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Something (1929) Sheet Music
DoSomething (also known as DoSomething.org) is an international Non-profit organization, nonprofit organization that aims to inspire and engage young people to create positive change in the world, both online and offline, through various campaigns. The organization is led by CEO DeNora Getachew. History The organization was co-founded in 1993 by American actor Andrew Shue and Michael Sanchez. They stated their motivation was to encourage young people to become active citizens and leaders while also making community involvement fun. Overview According to the website, DoSomething.org, the organization has members throughout the United States and in 131 countries. In 2013, DoSomething.org launched TMI, a strategy consultancy that helps brands "drive social change through insights and creative solutions backed by data from millions of young people." Teens for Jeans "Teens For Jeans" was established in 2008 out of a partnership with Aéropostale (clothing), Aéropostale. The camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam H
Sam, SAM or variants may refer to: Places * Sam, Benin * Sam, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso * Sam, Bourzanga, Burkina Faso * Sam, Kongoussi, Burkina Faso * Sam, Iran * Sam, Teton County, Idaho, United States, a populated place People and fictional characters * Sam (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname * Sam (surname), a list of people with the surname ** Cen (surname) (岑), romanized "Sam" in Cantonese ** Shen (surname) (沈), often romanized "Sam" in Cantonese and other languages Religious or legendary figures * Sam (Book of Mormon), elder brother of Nephi * Sām, a Persian mythical folk hero * Sam Ziwa, an uthra (angel or celestial being) in Mandaeism * Sam, Shem in Islam Animals * Sam (army dog) (died 2000) * Sam (horse) (b 1815), British Thoroughbred * Sam (koala) (died 2009), rescued after 2009 bush fires in Victoria, Australia * Sam (orangutan), in the movie ''Dunston Checks In'' * Sam (ugly dog) (1990–2005) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Green
Bud Green (19 November 1897 – 2 January 1981) was an American lyricist especially of Broadway musicals and show tunes Early life and family Green was born Moses David Green in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and immigrated to the United States as an infant. Bud Green (Buddy) grew up in Harlem at 108th & Madison Avenue at the turn of the 20th century, the eldest of seven. He dropped out of elementary school to sell newspapers and help the family. While selling papers, he decided to become a songwriter and started keeping a notebook of poems and rhymes that he thought would be useful someday. His sister, Hannah, was married to the lyricist Bob Russell (1914–1970), who wrote "Brazil", "Frenesi", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore", "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" and many other songs. Career In his early career, he wrote material for vaudevilles. He was a staff writer for music publishers and wrote Broadway stage scores as well as songs for other musicals. By 1928, he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global. It is the sixth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States (behind Universal Pictures), and the sole member of the Major film studio, "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles. In 1916, film producer Adolph Zukor put 24 actors and actresses under contract and honored each with a star on the logo. In 1967, the number of stars was reduced to 22 and their hidden meaning was dropped. In 2014, Paramount Pictures became the first major Hollywood studio to distribute all of its films in digital form only. The company's headquarters and studios are located at 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California. The most commercially successful film franchises from Paramount Pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Kane
Helen Kane (born Helen Clare Schroeder, August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer and actress. Her signature song was " I Wanna Be Loved by You" (1928), featured in the 1928 stage musical ''Good Boy''. The song was written for ''Good Boy'' by the songwriting team Kalmar and Ruby. Kane's voice and appearance were thought to be a source for Fleischer Studios animators when creating Betty Boop. Kane attempted to sue the studio for claims of stealing her signature "boop-oop-a-doop" style, but the judge decided that the proof of this was insufficient, thus dismissing the case. Fleischer Studios later admitted that Kane had been the inspiration for Betty Boop. Early life Kane attended St. Anselm's Parochial School in The Bronx, New York City. She was the youngest of three children. Her father, Louis Schroeder, a German immigrant, was employed intermittently as a wagon driver; her Irish-immigrant mother, Ellen (born Dixon) Schroeder, worked in a laundry. Kane's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do Something In Syncopation 1929
Do, DO or D.O. may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Music * ''Do'' (Do album), 2004 * ''Do'' (Psychostick album), 2018 * "Do", a song by the White Stripes from the 1999 album ''The White Stripes'' * C (musical note), or Do ** fixed do and movable do solfège * Do, a type of buk drum in Korean ritual music * The Dø, a French–Finnish indie pop band Other uses in arts, entertainment and media * '' The DO'', an online magazine of the American Osteopathic Association * ''Wazir'' (film), 2016, working title ''Do'' Languages * Do-support, in English grammar, the use of the auxiliary verb do to form questions * ''Do'' (kana), or To, a mora symbol in Japanese writing * ''do.'', abbreviation for ditto People * Do (surname), including a list of people with the surname ** Đỗ, a Vietnamese family name * Do (singer) (Dominique Rijpma van Hulst, born 1981), Dutch singer * D.O. (entertainer) (Doh Kyung-soo, born 1993), South Korean singer and actor * D.O. (rapper) (a.k.a. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Records
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America until late 1968, when it was renamed RCA Records. Established in Camden, New Jersey, Victor was the largest and most prestigious firm of its kind in the world, best known for its use of the iconic "His Master's Voice" trademark, the design, production and marketing of the popular "Victrola" line of phonographs and the company's extensive catalog of operatic and classical music recordings by world famous artists on the prestigious RCA Victor Red Seal, Red Seal label. After Victor merged with RCA in 1929, the company maintained its eminence as America's foremost producer of records and phonographs until the 1960s. History In 1896, Emile Berliner, the inventor of the Phonograph, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syncopation (1929 Film)
''Syncopation'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film directed by Bert Glennon and starring Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson, and Ian Hunter (although top billing went to Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians). It was the second film produced by RKO Radio Pictures and the first to be released by the studio, in March 1929; the company's first produced film, ''Street Girl'', was not released until August 21, 1929. The film was made at the company's New York City studios and is based on the novel ''Stepping High'' by Gene Markey. The film was heavily marketed on its release, being the first film to be broadcast over the radio, and was a significant success. This film was the first made in the RCA Photophone sound-on-film process, and was an important test for Radio Corporation of America, which had invested heavily in the newly created RKO. Plot Benny and Flo are a husband and wife dance team, traveling around the country as part of a revue. The revue gets picked up and taken t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Lee (actress)
Dorothy Lee (born Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap, May 23, 1911 – June 24, 1999) was an American actress and comedian during the 1930s. She appeared in 28 films, usually appearing alongside the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap was the daughter of Homer and Bess Millsap. Her father was an attorney in Los Angeles. She became an actress known as Dorothy Lee. Her first film was ''Syncopation'' (1929)''.'' Lee began her career as a dancer in a stage show, ''Ideas''. When she happened to be watching scenes shot backstage for a film, the director asked her to take a small part in the film because the woman who was supposed to have the part did not show up. She later went to New York for a role in the stage show ''Hello Yourself''. Her work in that production caught the attention of a movie director at RKO Radio Pictures, leading to her being in ''Syncopation'', which was being filmed in New York. At 18, she sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morton Downey
John Morton Downey (November 14, 1901 – October 25, 1985), also known as Morton Downey, was an American singer and entertainer popular in the United States in the first half of the 20th century, enjoying his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Downey was nicknamed "The Irish Nightingale"."The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981–1985, pp. 242–43. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998 Early years John Morton Downey was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, the fourth of six children of James A. and Bessie (Cox) Downey, a well-known family in both Wallingford and Waterbury, Connecticut. The grandson of Irish immigrants, he was known by his middle name because so many of his near relatives were named John. His father was the chief of the Wallingford Fire Department until a near fatal automobile accident necessitated his retirement. Downey began his singing career as a member of the choir of Most Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford. Music Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boop-Oop-a-Doop
''Boop-Oop-a-Doop'' is an animated short film created by Fleischer Studios and released on January 16, 1932, which is part of the Talkartoon series. Plot The film begins with an image of Betty Boop on a flag, which is flying over a circus big top. Soon it shows Betty performing as a lion tamer and then a tightrope walker. Koko the Clown is another of the other circus attractions. While Betty performs on the highwire, the villainous ringmaster lusts for her as he watches from below, singing " Do Something", a song previously performed by Helen Kane Helen Kane (born Helen Clare Schroeder, August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American singer and actress. Her signature song was " I Wanna Be Loved by You" (1928), featured in the 1928 stage musical ''Good Boy''. The song was written for .... As Betty returns to her tent, the ringmaster follows her inside and sensually strokes her legs, surrounds her and threatens her job if she does not submit. Betty begs the ringmaster t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
