Ginger Rogers - Ginger Rogers Virginia Katherine McMath (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995), better known as Ginger Rogers, was an Americann actress and dancer. She is most remembered as Fred Astaire's romantic interest and dancing partner in a series of ten all-singing all-dancing Hollywood musicals, but her acting career spanned over thirty years. Her first roles were in a trio of short films made in 1929 - Night in the Dormitory, A Day of a Man of Affairs, and Campus Sweethearts. In 1939, she played opposite David Niven in Bachelor Mother. In 1940 Ginger Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her starring role in Kitty Foyle. She was a conservative Republican politically, and lived for much of her life with her mother, Lela Owens.
Kitty Foyle - a white-collar girl who falls in love with a young socialite, despite the objections of his family. It stars Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Ernest Cossart and Gladys Cooper. The film was adapted by Dalton Trumbo and Donald Ogden Stewart, from the novel by Christopher Morley. It was directed by Sam Wood. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Rogers won for Best Actress..
Jack Pepper - nightclub manager. One of his early dancing partners, in the team of Ginger and Pepper, was Ginger Rogers, who became Pepper's first wife. By his second wife, Dawn, Jack Pepper was the father of actress Cynthia Pepper, who starred in the television series "My Little Margie," was a regular on "My Three Sons," and co-starred opposite Elvis Presley in "Kissin' Cousins.".
July 16 - Simon & Garfunkel release the album Live In New York City, 1967, a live recording of their 22 January 1967 concert at Philharmonic Hall. 2003 -an Australian research team led by Graham Giles of The Cancer Council published a medical study which concluded that frequent masturbation by males may help prevent the development of prostate cancer, marking the almost complete rehabilitation of the sexual practice from a dangerous health risk to a beneficial preventative health measure. Births 1486 - Andrea del Sarto, painter (+ 1530) 1821 - Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science (+ 1910) 1834 - Franz Adolf Lüderitz, salesman and politician (+ 1886) 1872 - Roald Amundsen, explorer, discovered South Pole (+ 1928) 1888 - Percy Kilbride, actor (Pa Kettle) (+ 1964) 1896 - Trygve Lie, the first United.
Ira Gershwin - World as by Frescobaldi's Chaconne and Passacaglia or Patagonian Bebop." Reserved as he was, Ira never hesitated to set the record straight regarding his brother's work. The pictorial material in the collection includes many photographs of George and Ira and other members of their family and circle of friends. The brothers' skill in the visual arts is generously represented in the collection. Among the photographs are some 20 images taken by George, including exceptional portraits of Irving Berlin and Leonore Gershwin. As well, there are paintings and drawings by both George and Ira, including George's portrait of Arnold Schoenberg and a self-portrait oil painting of each brother. The scrapbooks, which number 34 volumes, record the Gershwin story as it was chronicled by the contemporary press. Book 1 begins in 1913 with.
George Stevens - directing job, the slapstick Kentucky Kernels. His big break came when he directed Katharine Hepburn in Alice Adams in 1935. He went on in the late 1930s to direct several Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies, not only with the two actors together, but on their own. Following World War II, in which he photographed the graphic scenes at the Dachau concentration camp, his films became more dramatic. I Remember Mama in 1948 was the last movie with comic scenes that he made. He was repsonsible for such classic films as A Place in the Sun, Shane, The Diary of Anne Frank, Giant and The Greatest Story Ever Told. Stevens died on his ranch in Lancaster, California. Academy Awards and nominations 1960 - Nominated - Best Director - The Diary of.
Grand Hotel - Garbo delivered her famous "I vant to be alone," in this film. The cast included a series of top names: Lionel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Lewis Stone and Jean Hersholt. Grand Hotel won the Best Picture Oscar, the only one for which it received a nomination. The 1945 Americanized remake Week-End at the Waldorf starring Ginger Rogers is very well forgotten..
Gracie Allen - her sensitivity about that was what caused her to retire from television when color television came in, which would have revealed that feature to her fans. She had stopped making films in the early 1940s when color movies came in, too. Filmography Lambchops (1929) (a "short" film) The Big Broadcast (1932) (1st feature film) College Humor (1933) International House (1933) Many Happy Returns (1934) (1st leading rôle) Six Of A Kind (1934) We're Not Dressing (1934) Love in Bloom (1935) Here Comes Cookie (1936) A Damsel in Distress (1937) (1st Fred Astaire movie without Ginger Rogers & 1st in which Burns and Allen danced) College Swing (1938) Honolulu (1939) The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) (without Burns -- a "Philo Vance" mystery by S. S. Van Dyne) Mr. and Mrs. North.
Fred Astaire - film and Broadway ballroom dancer and actor. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made many films. “Astaire” was a name taken by him and his sister Adele for their vaudeville act when they were about 5 years old. It is said to have come from an uncle surnamed “L'Astaire”. During the 1920s, Fred and Adele appeared on Broadway, splitting in 1932 when she married her first husband, Lord Charles Cavendish, a son of the duke of Devonshire. Famously, a studio screen test report on Astaire read simply: "Can't sing. Can't act. Slightly balding. Can dance a little." In the opinion of millions of fans of his popular films, Astaire could actually dance quite a bit. His singing voice was weak, yet Cole Porter wrote a number of.
Dance personalia - - ballroom dancer Merce Cunningham - choreographer Sergei Diaghilev - Russian ballet impressario Isadora Duncan - the Mother of Modern Dance Ginger and Fred are Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Martha Graham - American dancer and choreographer Arthur Murray - a famous dance instructor and businessman, known for Arthur Murray Dance Studios franchise. Vaslav Nijinsky - Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Ginger Rogers - American film ballroom dancer and actress, most remembered as partner of Fred Astaire. Anna Pavlova - Russian ballet dancer Eleanor Powell - American actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing. Paul Taylor - American choreographer Twyla Tharp - American dancer and choreographer.
1930s - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (United States) President W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State) President Eamon de Valera (Irish Free State) Taoiseach Eamon de Valera (Éire) Entertainers Louis Armstrong Fred Astaire Duke Ellington Judy Garland Katharine Hepburn Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi The Marx Brothers Edward G. Robinson Ginger Rogers Fats Waller Alice Brady\n.
1995 - In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop) are hanged by government forces. November 14 - A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the United States Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and run most government offices with skeleton staff. November 17 - Public Radio International's radio program This American Life broadcasts its first episode, "New Beginnings" November 21 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 5,000 (5,023.55) for the first time. November 28 - US President Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit. December 16 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraqi scuba divers, under the direction of UNSCOM, dredge the Tigris.
1939 in music - is Dead" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen "Do I Love You?" w.m. Cole Porter "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" w. Ted Koehler m. Rube Bloom "Faithful Forever" w. Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger "Flyin' Home" w. Sid Robin m. Lionel Hampton & Benny Goodman "Frenesi" w. (Eng) Ray Charles & Bob Russell m. Alberto Dominguez "The Gaucho Serenade" w.m. James Cavanaugh, John Redmond & Nat Simon "Give A Little Whistle" w. Ned Washington m. Leigh Harline "Give Him The Ooh-La-La" w.m. Cole Porter "Give It Back To The Indians" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "Go Fly A Kite" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "God Bless America" w.m. Irving Berlin "Good Morning" w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown "Goodnight, Children Ev'rywhere" w.m. Gabby Rogers & Harry Phillips "Hang Your Heart On A Hickory Limb" w. Johnny Burke m. James V. Monaco "Heaven.
1939 in film - Top Grossing Films of the Year Gone with the Wind, starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire and Bela Lugosi The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle, starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver and Walter Brennan Births January 10 - Sal Mineo, actor (+ 1976) February 3 - Michael Cimino, director February 9 - Janet Suzman, actress February 23 - Peter Fonda, actor March 5 - Samanth Eggar, actress March 26 - James Caan, actor April 7 - Francis Ford Coppola, director, producer, writer April 12 - Alan Ayckbourn, writer April 13 - Paul Sorvino, actor May 13 - Harvey Keitel, actor May 19 - Nancy Kwan, actress.
1935 in film - Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Top Grossing Films of the Year Top Hat, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers The Miracle Rider Tumbling Tumbleweeds, starring Gene Autry Westward Ho, starring John Wayne Births January 8 - Elvis Presley, American singer February 16 - Sonny Bono, singer, actor, United States Representative April 5 - Peter Grant, actor, manager December 1 - Woody Allen, American film director Deaths Other Movies Released Bride of Frankenstein Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone. David Niven and James Cagney also had roles A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring James Cagney and Mickey Rooney Les Misérables, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Anna Karenina.
1933 in film - female actor, Hedy Lamarr is seen naked in the film. Top Grossing Films of the Year I'm No Angel, starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West also wrote the story and screenplay. 42nd Street - starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers - Directed by Lloyd Bacon She Done Him Wrong, starring Cary Grant amd Mae West Peg o' My Heart Going Hollywood, starring Marion Davies and Bing Crosby Births January 18 - John Boorman, director May 20 - Danny Aiello, American actor Deaths January 3 - Jack Pickford, actor, Hollywood's first "bad boy" February 15 - Pat Sullivan, director and producer of animated films, alleged co-creator of Felix the Cat October 5 - Renée Adorée, actress Other Movies Released Cavalcade King Kong Duck Soup.
2003 in television - Dunphy Show bombs, pulling in less than half the Late Late's viewership. The show is axed in December after only 15 shows. Longtime broadcaster on the BBC and ITN, and latterly news anchor on Sky News, Bob Friend retires. Debuts All Grown Up, the Rugrats spinoff The Dunphy Show with Eamon Dunphy Eve Las Vegas Nip/Tuck Queer Eye for the Straight Guy Reno 911 Two and a Half Men Whoopi, with Whoopi Goldberg ''Xiaolin:Showdown Popular Television Shows Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002-present) All My Children (1970-present) American Idol: The Search For A Superstar (2002-present) As Told By Ginger - (2000-present) Braceface (2001-present) Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-present) Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000-present) Cops (1989-present) Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005) The Fairly Oddparents (2001-present) Friends (1994-2004) General Hospital (1963-present) Hey Arnold.
42nd Street - that changed the film musical forever and was so financially successful that it saved Warner Bros studios from bankruptcy. The film is a musical with a large cast, including Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Ned Sparks and Dick Powell, among others. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. See Also: List of movies - List of actors - List of directors - List of documentaries - List of Hollywood movie studios A stage musical version of the story has been created and performed on Broadway. A version was running in 2003..
Academy Award for Best Actress - Ziegfeld Irene Dunne - Theodora Goes Wild Gladys George - Valiant Is the Word for Carrie Carole Lombard - My Man Godfrey Norma Shearer - Romeo and Juliet 1937 Luise Rainer - The Good Earth Irene Dunne - The Awful Truth Greta Garbo - Camille Janet Gaynor - A Star Is Born Barbara Stanwyck - Stella Dallas 1938 Bette Davis - Jezebel Fay Bainter - White Banners Wendy Hiller - Pygmalion Norma Shearer - Marie Antoinette Margaret Sullavan - Three Comrades 1939 Vivien Leigh - Gone With the Wind Bette Davis - Dark Victory Irene Dunne - Love Affair Greta Garbo - Ninotchka Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1940 Ginger Rogers - Kitty Foyle Bette Davis - The Letter Joan Fontaine - Rebecca Katharine Hepburn - The Philadelphia Story Martha.
April 25 - - Oliver Cromwell, statesman († 1658) 1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, composer († 1893) 1849 - Felix Klein, mathematician († 1925) 1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1909 († 1937) 1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1945 († 1958) 1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, mathematician († 1987) 1908 - Edward R. Murrow, journalist († 1965) 1914 - Ross Lockridge Jr, writer († 1948) 1918 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer († 1996) 1918 - Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, astronomer († 1995) 1925 - Sammy Drechsel, journalist, film director and cabaretist († 1986) 1930 - Paul Mazursky, director, writer 1932 - Meadlowlark Lemon, basketball star, member of the Harlem Globetrotters 1933 - Jerry Leiber, composer 1940 - Al Pacino, actor.
