Saturday, April 30, 2016
So's Your Aunt Emma! (1942) [Comedy] [Crime]
"So's Your Aunt Emma!" is a 1942 American film directed by Jean Yarbrough. The film is also known as "Meet the Mob".
---
Directed by Jean Yarbrough, Produced by Lindsley Parsons (producer) and Barney A. Sarecky (associate producer), written by George Bricker (writer), Edmond Kelso (writer) and Harry Hervey (story "Aunt Emma Paints the Town"), starring Zasu Pitts as Aunt Emma Bates, Roger Pryor as Terry Connors (Globe-Register Reporter), Warren Hymer as Joe Gormley (Hammond Goon), Douglas Fowley as Gus Hammond, Gwen Kenyon as Maris (Terry's Girl), Elizabeth Russell as Zelda Lafontaine, Tristram Coffin as Flower Henderson (Club Savoy Owner), Malcolm Bud McTaggart as Mickey O'Banion, Stanley Blystone as Det. Lt. Miller, Dick Elliott as Evans (Globe- Register Editor), Eleanor Counts as Gracie and Jack Mulhall as Reporter Burns.
Clara Bow
Clara Bow’s Orgies, Affairs, And Bestiality
Beautiful Clara Bow was one of the biggest stars of the 1920s, famous for being one of Hollywood’s first sex symbols. But by 1931, a series of scandalous rumors had erupted around the movie industry’s first It Girl, ruining her career and resigning her to a life of anonymity.
The rumors about Bow were shocking (and ludicrous) even by today’s standards.The Coast Reporter ran a three-week series about the actress’s private life claiming that poor Clara was an irremediable alcoholic, a drug abuser, and a gambler. She was supposedly the mistress of multiple men, had sex in public and threesomes with prostitutes, and would sleep with women when no men were available (or dogs when she couldn’t find a human). The biggest whopper was that she regularly held orgies for the USC football team and would sexually service every player there.
So where did these rumors come from? It all started in 1930 when Bow’s secretary Daisy DeVoe left the star in a fit of anger after an argument, taking piles of the actress’s personal documents with her. DeVoe tried to blackmail Bow, but the star called the police and took DeVoe to court, which ended up backfiring horribly. The trial ensured that all of Bow’s private dalliances became public knowledge, and the actress never had the cleanest record. Her dirty laundry was nowhere near as bad as the tabloids made out, but she did gamble, had taken multiple lovers without marrying them (still shocking in the 1920s), and was guilty of starting some sort of affair with an older married doctor, whose wife named Bow as a cause for “alienation of affection” in the couple’s divorce.
Ultimately, the rumors surrounding Bow were enough for Paramount to cancel her contract with them—the actress’s star was already fading, and it was hard work doing constant damage control on the many allegations surrounding her.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Will Hay
Will Hay
William Thompson Hay was probably one of the most versatile of entertainers. He was not only a character comedian of the first rank, but was also an astronomer of high repute - he discovered the spot on the planet Saturn in 1933 - and a fully qualified air pilot; he was once an engineer.
Born at Stockton on Tees in 1888, he became interested in astronomy at school and carried on his research work in this direction after he had finished his nightly stage entertainments. He was first "on the air" in 1922 and his then comedy sketches of "St. Michaels School" (of which he was the headmaster) proved to be one of the most popular comedy characters on radio at that time.
This character was transfered to film and became equally successful. He worked at Elstree Studios, then Gainsborough, then Ealing; the Gainsborough period was the most consistently successfully, particularly when he worked with the team of Marcel Varnel (director), Val Guest and Marriott Edgar (writers), and Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt (supporting cast).
By the time he made his first film, he was in his mid forties and his last role came less than a decade later. Between 1934 and 1943, he was a prolific and popular film comedian. He was credited on several films as a writer or co-ordinator, and was arguably the dominant 'author' of all the films in which he appeared, in that they were built around his persona and depended on the character and routines he had developed over years on the stage.
In 1918 he joined the Fred Karno comedy troupe. Will Hay played Nosey Parker in the Karno revue Nosey Knows which toured Britain until the end of 1918. Will Hay then starred in the Karno revue Moonstruck which toured Britian from December 1918 to March 1920.Other former members of the Karno troupe include Stan Laurel and Charles Chaplin, both of whom left the company in 1913.
Will and his wife separated in 1935 after 27 years of marriage, but never divorced because she was a Roman Catholic.
In 1942 he became a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), Special Branch, as an instructor on navigation and astronomy to the Sea Cadets Corps. He was awarded a star for his work. He also made the short Go to Blazes (1942) in which he showed how to deal with incendiary bombs.
Buried in Artists Corner of Streatham Cemetery, South London, amongst hundreds of music hall stars.
Off stage he had a great interest in flying and was one of the first private aircraft owners in the United Kingdom.
He kept a launch on Oslo Fjord in Norway.
His love of astronomy since boyhood led to his discovery on August 3rd 1933 of a spot on Saturn which attracted widespread attention at the time. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and a member of the British Astronomy Association. An old friend, Dr. W.H. Steavenson represented the RAS at his funeral.
Father of Will Hay Jr..
1933Know Your Apples (Short)
- IMDb Mini Biography By: <ian@mahsud.powernet.co.uk>
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Jerry Bogan
Jerry Bogan
" Jerry has the type of singing voice that would melt the hearts of a thousand young ladies, instantly! . A real definite for "Journey!" Wayout Radio UK
My producer, Stephen Wrench, sent me this incredible sound track and concept: “Powerful Woman”. I immediately loved it and enlisted my co-writer, Anna Cadle, to help write the lyrics. This is such a fun, uplifting song, we decided to make it the first cut on the new album “Kiss You All The Time”. It will also be the show opener when we get rolling. I am very, very excited about this song, Jerry Bogan.
Residing in West Texas, Jerry Bogan is merging Country and Rock with Adult Contemporary which sounds welcoming and relates to many. And Bogan knows a thing or two about creating original songs since he has hundreds to his name already.
This single, “Let It Rain” is still playing all over the world. Powerful Woman is about just that, empowering women everywhere.
The new album "Kiss You All The Time" will include 10 brand new songs from Jerry Bogan that I’m sure will make his Longhorn state very proud.
Brent Daniels
Brent Daniels
Brent Daniels began singing when he was able to talk and first began playing the guitar at the age of 7. His career path took a different turn towards electronics. However, as Brent would sing on his job sites, he was constantly asked, "Why aren't you pursuing a musical career"?
Brent came to the conclusion that a lot of kind people were behind him that wanted to see his musical aspirations become a reality, “So I put down my voltage meter as an electrician..Picked up a microphone..and dusted off my guitar”.
Then three years ago Brent got a break. Robyn Robins (the founding member of Bob Seger & The silver bullet band) discovered him through one of his best friends at the university. Robyn instantly recognized a different kind of voice.
That's “Something” that couldn’t be heard in many others he had auditioned and produced. Robyn’s advice, "Good singers come and go in this business, but great singers will stand the test of time" was taken to heart and a plan developed to record an album, “Every Road Has A Turn”.
The album was recorded with some of the best players in Nashville including .Lee Hendricks, Eric Church's bass player’; Steve Hinson Steel guitar for Randy Travis and Troy Lancaster…Tim McGraw's guitar player.
This first release on the album "My First Friday Night", was written by hit song writer, Dallas Davidson. Brent instantly felt the personal aspect of this song in the way it related to his first love. His voice brought a special delivery to the song that reaches to the heart.
Brent’s motivation is the joy of making someone smile “when they hear my songs”. He titled the album “Every Road Has A Turn" as it fits the time in his life right now. Brent say, I’m stepping out on a new road..That I always knew was out there”.
Musik Radio Promotions
presents
Brent Daniels
Genre
Country
Location
United States
Label
Independant
Website
Click Here
Songwriter/Publisher
D. Davidson, A. Gorley, K. Lovelace, EMI Blackwood Music Inc, Two Chord Georgia Music BMI, WB Music Corp , Songs of Southside Independant Pub ASCAP, External Combustion Music ASCAP
Friday, April 15, 2016
Texas (1941) - William Holden - Glenn Ford
1941 - Texas - William Holden; Glenn Ford by cldickjr
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers. Written by Alfred Jingle
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)