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Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artistes of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation.
A multimedia star, from 1934 to 1954 Bing Crosby was a leader in record sales, radio ratings and motion picture grosses. His early career coincided with technical recording innovations; this allowed him to develop a laid-back, intimate singing style that influenced many of the popular male singers who followed him, including Perry Como,Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Yank magazine recognized Crosby as the person who had done the most for American G.I. morale during World War II and, during his peak years, around 1948, polls declared him the "most admired man alive," ahead of Jackie Robinson and Pope Pius XII. Also in 1948, the Music Digest estimated that Crosby recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.
David Bowie ( /ˈboʊ.i/ BOH-ee; born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth and eclecticism of his work.
Bowie first caught the eye and ear of the public in July 1969, when his song "Space Oddity" reached the top five of the UK Singles Chart. After a three-year period of experimentation he re-emerged in 1972 during the glam rock era with the flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, spearheaded by the hit single "Starman" and the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Bowie's impact at that time, as described by biographer David Buckley, "challenged the core belief of the rock music of its day" and "created perhaps the biggest cult in popular culture." The relatively short-lived Ziggy persona proved merely one facet of a career marked by continual reinvention, musical innovation and striking visual presentation.
Actors: John Lyde (editor), D.B. Sweeney (actor), Sean Patrick Flanery (actor), Bruce D. Johnson (producer), Michael Kiely (miscellaneous crew), Kieth Merrill (writer), Kieth Merrill (director), Joey Miyashima (actor), Kristin Ludwin (miscellaneous crew), Adam D. Wright (miscellaneous crew), Ken Kragen (producer), Robert Conder (miscellaneous crew), K. Danor Gerald (actor), Steven A. Lee (producer), Dallin Bassett (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Jonathan Margolis (actor), Jonathan Margolis (producer), Jonathan Margolis (director), Jonathan Margolis (editor), Ray Barnhart (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Joseph McConnell (director), Joseph McConnell (writer), Joseph McConnell (producer), Joseph McConnell (actor), John Migdal (actor), Sam Masotto (actor), Hunter Schlesinger (actor), Hunter Schlesinger (actor), Mike Hoffmann (actor), Gina Musumeci (actress), Grace Matias (actress), Leech Ernowetz (composer), Sander Folsom (actor), Robert Weba (actor), Nicholas Greco (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi,Actors: Keith Munden (director), Keith Munden (producer), Keith Munden (writer), Keith Munden (actor), Keith Munden (editor), Rick Davis (writer), Rick Davis (producer), Rick Davis (actor), Richard Buathier (actor), Rob Stanley (writer), Rob Stanley (actor), Shanna Norcross (actress), Nikki Solis (producer), Nikki Solis (actress), Josh Holden (actor),
Plot: Josh Holden plays a hit-man, who is hired to off a scientist who is working on a cell regeneration formula. The hit-man (who Holden later named Angus, and made a side story for him) injects the scientist with his own formula, which kills him. However, neither the hit-man or the greedy company that hired him know the full extent of the formula. We're about to see the results.
Genres: Horror,Actors: Lawrence Dane (actor), James Kidnie (actor), John Huston (actor), Sally Kellerman (actress), Ardon Bess (actor), Mina E. Mina (actor), Stuart Fink (miscellaneous crew), Hadley Kay (actor), Rummy Bishop (actor), Steve Pernie (actor), Wayne Arron (miscellaneous crew), Dan Bradley (actor), Nick Nichols (actor), Sandra Scott (actress), Robert A. Silverman (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: John Gallaudet (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Chet Brandenburg (actor), Bruce Bennett (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), John Butler (actor), Joe DiMaggio (actor), Lawrence Dobkin (actor), King Donovan (actor), Paul Douglas (actor), James Conaty (actor), John Eldredge (actor), Peter Graves (actor),
Plot: A young woman reporter blames the Pittsburgh Pirates' losing streak on the obscenely abusive manager. While she attempts to learn more about him for her column, he begins hearing the voice of an angel promising him help for the team if he will mend his ways. As he does so, an orphan girl who is a Pirates fan and has been praying for the team begins noticing angels on the ballfield. Sure enough, the Pirates start winning, and McGovern tries to turn his life around. But can he keep his temper long enough for the Pirates to win the NL pennant?
Keywords: angel, baseball, catholic-orphanage, catholic-school, convent, convent-school, mother-superior, nun, orphan, priestActors: Treg Brown (editor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Robert McKimson (director), Richard Bickenbach (actor),
Plot: The Disassociated Press wants Bugs Bunny's life story. Got a pencil? "First," says Bugs, "I was born." He quickly learns he is different from the other children: he's a "rabbit in a human world." He grows up to accept repetitive chorus boy jobs in such Broadway revues as "Girl of the Golden Vest," "Wearing of the Grin" and "Rosie's Cheeks." His career hits the skids and he's living on a park bench before he's discovered by that great vaudeville star, Elmer Fudd. Their dual comedy act is a hit, which leads to film roles. Will Bugs Bunny ever have to look back?
Keywords: cartoon-rabbit, celebrity-caricature, hollywood, hungarian-rhapsody-by-liszt, looney-tunes, reference-to-bugs-bunny, reference-to-elmer-fudd, showbiz, surrealism, title-spoken-by-characterActors: Bing Crosby (actor), Kenneth Hutchinson (director), Kenneth Hutchinson (editor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Treg Brown (editor), Kent Rogers (actor), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Sara Berner (actress), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Tex Avery (director), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Kent Rogers (actor), Kent Rogers (actor), Dave Barry (actor), Dave Barry (actor),
Plot: A tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) 'Cary Grant', 'Greta Garbo' (qv) 'Edward G. Robinson' and 'Ann Sheridan' (qv), 'Johnny Weissmuller' (qv), 'James Cagney' (qv), 'Humphrey Bogart' (qv) and 'George Raft' (qv), 'Harpo Marx' (qv), 'Clark Gable', 'Bing Crosby' (qv), 'Leopold Stokowski' (qv), 'James Stewart (I)' (qv) and 'Dorothy Lamour' (qv), 'Tyrone Power (I)' and 'Sonja Henie' (qv), The Frankenstein Monster, 'Larry Fine (I)' (qv), 'Moe Howard (I)' (qv), 'Curly Howard' (qv), 'Oliver Hardy' (qv), 'Cesar Romero (I)' (qv), 'Mickey Rooney (I)' (qv), 'Judy Garland (I)' and 'Lewis Stone (I)' (qv), 'Kay Kyser' (qv), 'Peter Lorre (I)' (qv), 'Henry Fonda' (qv), 'J. Edgar Hoover' (qv), 'Ned Sparks (I)' (qv), 'Jerry Colonna' (qv), and 'Groucho Marx' (qv); many more just get sight gags, such as 'Claudette Colbert', 'Norma Shearer' (qv), 'William Powell (I)' (qv), 'Don Ameche' (qv), 'Wallace Beery' (qv), 'C. Aubrey Smith' (qv), 'Boris Karloff' (qv), 'Arthur Treacher' (qv), 'Buster Keaton' (qv) and 'Mischa Auer' (qv).
Keywords: celebrity, celebrity-caricature, conga, dancing, fan-dancer, horse, hotfoot, merrie-melodies, nightclub, reference-to-jerry-colonnaIn the shadows let me come and sing to you
Let me dream a song that I can bring to you
Take me in your arms and let me cling to you
Let me linger long, let me live my song
In the winter let me bring the spring to you
Let me feel that I mean everything to you
Love's old song will be new
In the shadows when I come and sing to you
Shadows on the wall I can see them fall
Here and there everywhere
Silhouettes in blue dancing in the dew
Here am I, where are you?
In the winter let me bring the spring to you
Let me feel that I mean everything to you
Love's old song will be new
In the shadows when I come and sing to you, dear