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Frank Eastman is a down-on-his-luck show tune composer. He wrote some music while in prison which was subsequently stolen by well-to-do show promoter Arthur Cartwright. When Eastman's teenage daughter Patsy befriends some boys her age who plead with Cartwright to get Eastman the credit he is due. Cartwright calls the police, claiming extortion.
MGM included the song as the finale of the 1942 movie Born to Sing (choreographed by Busby Berkeley and sung by Douglas McPhail). Jules Bledsoe, James Melton and others also performed the song. Lawrence Tibbett performed it on NBC for the Ford Hour. The British premiere was in September 1943 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hugo ...
—Sinatra's daughter Nancy on the importance of his mother Dolly in his life and character. Francis Albert Sinatra [a] was born on December 12, 1915, in a tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, [b] the only child of Italian immigrants Natalina "Dolly" Garaventa and Antonino Martino "Marty" Sinatra, who boxed under the name Marty O'Brien. [c] Sinatra weighed 13.5 pounds (6.1 kg ...
Alvin and the Chipmunks. Atlantis SquarePantis (animated television film) August Rush. Barbie as the Island Princess (animated direct-to-video) Christmas Is Here Again (animated direct-to-video) Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (animated direct-to-video) Colma: The Musical. Crazy. Enchanted.
Born to Sing (1942 film), a 1942 American film written by Franz Schulz. Born to Sing (2013 film), a 2013 South Korean film. Almost Angels, a 1962 film, also called Born to Sing in the United Kingdom. Born to Sing, a musical sequel to the musical Mama, I Want to Sing! and Mama, I Want to Sing!
Aretha Louise Franklin (/ əˈriːθə / ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [2] Honored as the " Queen of Soul ", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time. [3][4] As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist ...
Film director. writer. Years active. 1921–1963. Edward Irving Ludwig (October 7, 1899 [1] – August 20, 1982) was a Russian-born American film director and writer. He directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 (some under the names Edward I. Luddy and Charles Fuhr). Edward Ludwig was born Isidor Litwack in Ukraine, then part of the ...
Born to Sing (1942) as Grunt; Sunday Punch (1942) as "Killer" Connolly; Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Ears Cofflin; Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) as Charlie, the Masseur (uncredited) The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942) as Louie; Panama Hattie (1942) as "Rags" Whistling in Dixie (1942) as Sylvester 'Lester' Conway; Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as ...