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The McMichael brothers and Cook appeared as a specialty act in Hollywood movies, including 1940's Love Thy Neighbor, and Universal Pictures gave The Merry Macs their own feature-film series in 1941. Their most famous film is Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942), an Abbott and Costello comedy in which The Merry Macs offer musical interludes.
San Antonio Rose is a 1941 American musical comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Jane Frazee, Robert Paige and Eve Arden. [1] Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, the supporting cast features Lon Chaney Jr. and Shemp Howard and the film was also designed as a showcase for the then-popular vocal group The Merry Macs.
It made the pop charts several times, with a version by the Merry Macs reaching No. 1 in March 1944. The song was also a number-one sheet music seller, with sales of over 450,000 within the first three weeks of release. [1] The Merry Macs recording was Decca Records' best-selling release in 1944. [2]
Some time later, Paul brings Alex to Lawford to let him in on the surprise: The college students, aided by name performers such as comedian Groucho Marx, Metropolitan Opera singer Dorothy Kirsten, dancers Marge, and Gower Champion, who portray themselves along with the singing group The Merry Macs, have put on Mr. Music for the benefit of ...
In The Merry Gentlemen, a professional dancer heads home for the holidays to help save her parents' small-town performance venue — by putting on a Chippendales-style dance show. Britt Robertson ...
MGM released the song to record companies even before shooting was finished on the film, and it became an instant hit dominating the airwaves through the summer and fall of 1945, with versions by Bing Crosby with Six Hits and a Miss, Judy Garland and The Merry Macs, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with the Sentimentalists, and, the most popular ...
She has appeared in several holiday movies including A Very Merry Toy Store, Romance at Reindeer Lodge and Christmas Town. Other credits include Criminal Minds, Walke, and Lost. Michael Gross (Stan)
A Merry Scottish Christmas. Almost three decades have passed since Party of Five debuted on Fox. The family drama ran for six seasons and followed five siblings after their parents died in a car ...