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"Windy" is a pop music song written by Ruthann Friedman and recorded by The Association. Released in 1967, the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July of that year. Later in 1967, an instrumental version by jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery became his biggest Hot 100 hit when it peaked at #44. "Windy" was The Association's second U.S. number-one, following "Cherish" in 1966.
According to rumor, the original lyrics by Ruthann Friedman were about a man and The Association changed them to be about a woman.
"There are many explanations of who Windy actually was in Ruthann's life. She would have you know, she being me, Ruthann Friedman, that none of them are true. Windy was indeed a female and purely a fictitious character who popped into my head one fine day in 1967...
During the recording session the Association members, sure that they were in the middle of recording a hit, called the song writer, me again, in to sing on the fade at the end. I can be heard singing a blues harmony as the song fades out..."
Actors: Michael Bussan (producer), Shannon Brown (actor), Shannon Brown (producer), Shannon Brown (writer), Shannon Brown (writer), Michael Bachochin (writer), Dave McNulty (actor), Dave McNulty (producer), Suzette Lippard (producer), Suzette Lippard (actress), Matt Brassil (producer), Matt Brassil (director), Matt Brassil (writer), Tori Scott (miscellaneous crew), Charles Rasmussen (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Todd Bosley (actor), Robert Berliner (actor), Arielle Singh (producer), Brad Bosley (writer), Brad Bosley (director), Jon Piccirillo (producer), Bryan Hart (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Daws Butler (actor), Daws Butler (actor), Walter Lantz (producer), Homer Brightman (writer), Clarence Wheeler (composer), Paul J. Smith (director),
Plot: After a short history on bees and bee-keeping, we find Windy the bear's attempts to steal honey from a bee hive (he is teaching his son the "right" way to get honey) only to be attacked by the bee inside. Windy tries a number of attempts to outsmart the bee. He floods the hive, dresses as a queen bee, uses a bathroom plunger to trap the bee (only to get it stuck to various parts of his body) and finally tries to dynamite it, only succeeding in blowing himself up. At the hospital, he is served honey and hotcakes in bed... by a male nurse who looks suspiciously like the bee he just tangled with!
Keywords: bear, bee, beekeeping, cartoon-bear, cartoon-bee, cartoon-insect, honey, windy-and-breezy, windy-the-bearActors: Daws Butler (actor), Walter Lantz (producer), Homer Brightman (writer), Clarence Wheeler (composer), Paul J. Smith (director),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Daws Butler (actor), Walter Lantz (producer), Homer Brightman (writer), Clarence Wheeler (composer), Alex Lovy (director), Paul J. Smith (director),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Martin Mooney (writer), Jimmy Aubrey (actor), Jack Perrin (actor), Herbert Rawlinson (actor), Dick Rich (actor), Jack Roper (actor), Cecil Weston (actress), Martin Mooney (writer), Ralph Byrd (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Harry Depp (actor), William Beaudine (director), Frank Hagney (actor), William Halligan (actor),
Plot: In an effort to obtain a true story from Davis, a swindler who had taken the rap to protect some higher-ups, professional football star/reporter Jim O'Brien is sent to State Prison under fake charges. Davis has died but the district attorney and Jim's editor refuse to admit their connections to the frame-up and Jim is forced to remain behind bars. The editor promises Jim a governor's pardon after the next election, and assigns him to do a series of articles on the self-regulation system of Warden Collins. The latter allows him freedom of the prison, which throws Jim into contact with Betty Collins, the warden's daughter.
Keywords: attorney, district-attorney, lawyerActors: Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Vince Barnett (actor), Frank Beal (actor), Noah Beery (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Harry Carey (actor), Christian J. Frank (actor), Tom Keene (actor), Tom Keene (actor), Fuzzy Knight (actor), Bob Kortman (actor), Tom London (actor), Jim Mason (actor), Nelson McDowell (actor), Charles Middleton (actor),
Genres: Western,Actors: Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Charles Brinley (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Billy Franey (actor), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (actor), Sally Blane (actress), Zane Grey (writer), Harold Shumate (writer), Henry Hathaway (director), Vince Barnett (actor), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Merrill McCormick (actor), Lew Meehan (actor),
Plot: Nabb controls the pass and lets all the ranchers through except Holderness and his stolen cattle. When Nabb refuses to sell, Holderness works an his son Snap who has run up gambling debts. There is more trouble when Snap becomes jealous of Judy's attraction to the surveyor Jack. When Holderness has Snap killed, everyone heads to town for the showdown.
Keywords: 1880s, arranged-marriage, bar-shootout, bartender, based-on-novel, bible, blessing, cabin, capture, cattleActors: Wallace Beery (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Cliff Edwards (actor), Clark Gable (actor), John George (actor), Reed Howes (actor), John Kelly (actor), John Miljan (actor), Conrad Nagel (actor), Pat O'Malley (actor), Jack Pennick (actor), Buddy Roosevelt (actor), Alan Roscoe (actor), Landers Stevens (actor), Eric Alden (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance,Actors: Ray Snyder (editor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Roy Bucko (actor), Ben Corbett (actor), Frank Ellis (actor), Paul Fix (actor), Billy Franey (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Buck Jones (actor), Edward Peil Sr. (actor), Jack Townley (writer), Roy William Neill (director), Silver (actor),
Plot: In 1849, Joaquin Murietta, son of a wealthy Spanish grandee, has a bitter street quarrel with three rough prospectors. He later finds the family home in ruins and his father dying---the result of an attack by the same three men; "Black" Kelly, Ike Mason and Al Goss. Joaquin goes to a mining camp to inform his brother, Juan, of the murder and, on his way, he meets Helen Lake, who has come west to teach in the town school. Determined to get possession of the rich Murietta claim, Kelly, Mason and Goss attack the camp, kill Juan and beat Joaquin into unconsciousness. But even with the Murietta claim in their possession these men do not prosper long. A mysterious bandit, known as "The Black Shadow", continually raids the stage coach which carries shipments of their ore. Captain Lake of the United States Army, who is Helen's father, offers a reward of $5,000 for the capture of "The Black Shadow", but Joaquin's disguise is too effective and he eludes capture. He posts a placard in the local saloon threatening Kelly, Mason and Goss with death... and then manages to carry out the threat without committing bloodshed himself; Kelly is inadvertently shot by Goss and Goss also hits Mason while firing wildly at "The Black Shadow." Goss gets his when Joaquin forces him to wear the costume of "The Black Shadow" and is shot down by a mob. Columbia remade this in 1942 as the last entry in the studio's eight-film series starring Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter, with Elliott in the Murietta role and Ritter in a revised version of the "Captain Lake" role, minus the daughter.
Keywords: 1800s, american, arrest, avenger, b-movie, b-western, bandit, bloodshed, brother-brother-relationship, california(Ruthann Friedman)
Who's peeking out from under a stairway
Calling a name that's lighter than air
Who's bending down to give me a rainbow
Everyone knows it's Windy
Who's tripping down the streets of the city
Smiling at everybody she sees
Who's reaching out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it's Windy
And Windy has stormy eyes
That flash at the sound of lies
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds, above the clouds
Who's tripping down the streets of the city
Smiling at everybody she sees
Who's reaching out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it's Windy