A Song is Born, 1948, Movie Glass Slide, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Hugh Herbert

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A Song is Born, 1948, Movie Glass Slide, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Hugh Herbert
A Song is Born, 1948, Movie Glass Slide, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Hugh Herbert
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You are bidding on an ORIGINAL "coming attraction" Movie Glass/Lantern Slide that was designed to promote the theatrical release of the 1948, musical comedy feature, "A Song is Born".
This hand colored glass slide is an ORIGINAL and it is NOT a reproduction. It was created to be projected onto the movie theatre screen before the film was released to promote the "coming attraction". Some people in the movie collectible world have said, that, glass slides are much rarer than the paper poster memorabilia from the same film and are very rare pieces of film history.
Format:
Glass Slide: 3 1/4" x 4"
Plot Summary:
Gangster's moll Honey Swanson goes into hiding when her boyfriend is under investigation by the police. Where better to hide than a musical research institute staffed entirely by lonely bachelors? She gets more than she bargained for when the head of the institute Professor Hobart Frisbee starts to fall for her. Remake of "Ball of Fire" from 1941.
Trivia
:
Howard Hawks had no interest in this movie, and only came to work on it because of the 0,000 salary: "Danny Kaye had separated from his wife [Sylvia Fine], and he was a basket case, stopping work to see a psychiatrist every day. He was about as funny as a crutch. I never thought anything in that picture was funny. It was an altogether horrible experience".
Studio:
RKO Radio Picture
Date:
1948
Genre:
Musical Comedy, Romance
Director(s):
Howard Hawks
Producer(s):
Samuel Goldwyn
Cast
:
Danny Kaye as Professor Hobart Frisbee
Virginia Mayo as Honey Swanson
Benny Goodman as Professor Magenbruch
Tommy Dorsey as Himself
Louis Armstrong as Himself
Charlie Barnet as Himself
Lionel Hampton as Himself
Mel Powell as Himself
Louis Bellson as Himself
Buck and Bubbles
Buck Washington as Buck
John William Sublett as Bubbles
The Page Cavanaugh Trio as Themselves
The Golden Gate Quartet as Themselves
Russo and the Samba Kings as Themselves
Hugh Herbert as Professor Twingle
Steve Cochran as Tony Crow
J. Edward Bromberg
Felix Bressart as Professor Gerkikoff
Ludwig Stossel
O.Z. Whitehead
Esther Dale
More Info on Danny Kaye:
Danny Kaye was a legendary actor, comic, and singer from the 1930s to the 1980s. Some of his movies include: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (in the title role), The Court Jester, Wonder Man, Skokie, White Christmas, The Man from the Diners' Club. He passed away in 1987 at the age of 76.
More Info on Virginia Mayo
:
Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones) was an actress from the 1940s to the 1990s. At 17, she was a member of the St. Louis Municipal Opera, and she was signed to a contract by
Samuel Goldwyn
, but she was far from an overnight success!
David O. Selznick
gave her a screen test, but did not think she had a future in films, and it was not until years later in the early 1940s that she finally got some good roles. But once she had success, she hung onto it for a long time, continuing to have good parts through the 1950s! Some of her mostly Warner Bros. movies include: The Best Years of Our Lives,
White Heat
, Wonder Man, Backfire, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and A Song Is Born. She passed away in 2005 at the age of 84.
More Info on Benny Goodman:
Benny Goodman (known as The King of Swing) was a legendary Big Band leader, who appeared in several movies (usually as himself) including: A Song is Born, The Big Broadcast of 1937, The Gang's All Here, and Make Mine Music. He passed away in 1986 at the age of 77.
More Info on Tommy Dorsey
:
Tommy Dorsey was a jazz musician, trombonist, and bandleader from the 1920s to the 1950s. He was the younger brother of bandleader Jimmy Dorsey and was known as "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing". Some of his works include: Song of India, Maria, and On Treasure Island. He passed away in 1956 at the age of 51.
More Info on Luis Armstrong
:
Louis Armstrong (also known as Satchmo or Pops) was a legendary jazz trumpeter, singer and actor from the 1910s to the 1970s. Some of his songs include: Mack the Knife, Hello Dolly, and St. Louis Blues. He passed away in 1971 at the age of 69.
More Info on Lionel Hampton
:
Lionel Hampton (nicknamed "The Gates of Swing") was a famous black African American jazz musician, who began as a vibraphonist in the 1930s, but also played drums, had his own band (Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra), and acted in later years. In 1930, he was hired by Louis Armstrong, and he is largely responsible for the popularity of the vibraphone in jazz music! Hampton passed away in 2002 at the age of 94.
More Info on Howard Hawks
:
Howard Hawks was a legendary director from the 1920s to 1970. Not only did he have great hits over many decades, but he also made movies in wildly different genres, and he succeeded at all of them! Some of his movies include: His Girl Friday, The Big Sleep, Red River, Rio Bravo, Bringing Up Baby, To Have and Have Not, Scarface, and more! Some of the actors in his movies: Edward G Robinson, Paul Muni, James Cagney, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Cary Grant, Katherine, Rita Hayworth, John Garfield, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Kirk Douglas, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe and others, He passed away in 1977 at the age of 81.
More Info on Samuel Goldwyn
:
Samuel Goldwyn (August 17, 1879 – January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-American film producer. He was best known for being the founding contributor and executive of several motion picture studios in Hollywood. His awards include the 1973 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1947, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1958.
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Slide Condition: EX-NM. Please see the scans for actual condition.
This Movie Glass Slide would make a great addition to your collection or as a Gift (great for Framing in a Shadow Box).
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This glass slide will be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped securely inside a sturdy box.
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