Sid Silvers
Nascimento : 1901-01-16, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Morte : 1976-08-20
História
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Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer.
Silvers began his career in vaudeville in the early 1920s as a comedy partner of Phil Baker. As part of their act, Silvers would heckle Baker from the audience. The Baker/Silvers act was later used as the basis for the 1951 Martin and Lewis film The Stooge. The duo continued to perform together up through 1928.
In 1925 Silvers made his Broadway debut in the review Artists and Models. He also appeared in the review A Night in Spain in 1927 and contributed lyrics to the musicals The Song Writer (1928) and Pleasure Bound (1929). He wrote the book for the 1931 musical You Said It. He returned to the Broadway stage in 1932 to portray Louie Webb in the musical Take a Chance. He later wrote the music and lyrics to the review New Faces of 1936.
Silvers made his film debut in the 1929 feature The Show of Shows and then went on to play supporting roles in such films as Dancing Sweeties (1930), Bottoms Up (1934), Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), Born to Dance (1936), and Broadway Melody of 1936, notably also serving as a scriptwriter on the latter two films. He often contributed special comedy material to some of the larger MGM productions, including The Wizard of Oz in 1939.
In the 1940s Silvers was mainly active as a performer on the stage and on radio. He made one final film appearance in 1946, playing a featured comic role in Mr. Ace. In the 1960s he was a writer for The Mickey Rooney Show.
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
Story
Em mais um filme da dupla Martin e Lewis, Bill Martin (Dean Martin) é um comediante sem sucesso que, para inovar seu show, coloca o comparsa Ted Rogers (Jerry Lewis) na platéia para interagir com ele durante a apresentação. Mas, rapidamente, Ted começa a se tornar a estrela do espetáculo.
Screenplay
A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.
Screenplay
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Screenplay
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
Screenplay
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
Writer
The story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.
Story
Steve Raleight quer produzir um show na Broadway. Ele já conta, inclusive, com sua atriz principal, a bela Sally Lee. Mas, infelizmente, a peça está passando por muitos problemas financeiros, o que está impedindo sua estreia.
Além disso, Caroline Whipple está forçando Steve a usar uma atriz já veterana em vez de Sally, para que então possa lhe conseguir o dinheiro para o lançamento do show.
Então, para ajudar Steve, Sally compra um cavalo que ela costumava treinar quando era mais nova, quando seus pais possuíam uma fazenda. Com muita garra, Sally o treina para competir, para que assim possa ajudar Steve.
Story
Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway dancer who tries out for a show starring Lucy James. After Ted rescues Lucy's pet dog during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls for him. Ted is ordered to meet Lucy for a date at a night club, who later sees their picture in the newspaper and no longer wants anything to do with him.
'Gunny' Sacks
Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway dancer who tries out for a show starring Lucy James. After Ted rescues Lucy's pet dog during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls for him. Ted is ordered to meet Lucy for a date at a night club, who later sees their picture in the newspaper and no longer wants anything to do with him.
Screenplay
Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway dancer who tries out for a show starring Lucy James. After Ted rescues Lucy's pet dog during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls for him. Ted is ordered to meet Lucy for a date at a night club, who later sees their picture in the newspaper and no longer wants anything to do with him.
Lyricist
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Pirate (uncredited)
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
Screenplay
Dotada de uma voz surpreendente e admirada por seu carisma, Irene Foster (Eleanor Powell), sonha em brilhar nas noites da Broadway.
Seguindo seu instinto e seu coração, Irene se muda para a Broadway na esperança de que seu amor de infância, agora produtor, Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor), a reconheça.
Robert, por outro lado, está muito ocupado com um jornalista fofoqueiro, o colunista Bert Keeler (Jack Benny), e acaba não a notando. Kitty (Una Merkel), secretária de Robert, no entanto, percebe o talento da moça e planeja, junto com Irene, uma situação onde Robert note não só sua voz, mas também todo o seu charme e encanto.
Melodia da Broadway, além de indicado a dois Oscars, Melhor Fotografia e Melhor Roteiro Original, foi vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Direção.
Este filme ainda foi o principal responsável pela grande ascenção da atriz Eleanor Powell em Hollywood, e fez das músicas You Are My Lucky Star e Brodway Rhythm os maiores sucessos da época.
Snoop Blue
Dotada de uma voz surpreendente e admirada por seu carisma, Irene Foster (Eleanor Powell), sonha em brilhar nas noites da Broadway.
Seguindo seu instinto e seu coração, Irene se muda para a Broadway na esperança de que seu amor de infância, agora produtor, Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor), a reconheça.
Robert, por outro lado, está muito ocupado com um jornalista fofoqueiro, o colunista Bert Keeler (Jack Benny), e acaba não a notando. Kitty (Una Merkel), secretária de Robert, no entanto, percebe o talento da moça e planeja, junto com Irene, uma situação onde Robert note não só sua voz, mas também todo o seu charme e encanto.
Melodia da Broadway, além de indicado a dois Oscars, Melhor Fotografia e Melhor Roteiro Original, foi vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Direção.
Este filme ainda foi o principal responsável pela grande ascenção da atriz Eleanor Powell em Hollywood, e fez das músicas You Are My Lucky Star e Brodway Rhythm os maiores sucessos da época.
Shorty
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his flirtations with his old moll, night club singer Sally Marsh, who had agreed for one last night with Lother, to get her younger brother Ned out of the Lother's clutches because he has faked Lother's name on a check to pay his gambling debts. Then there is Sally's new flame Jimmy Brett, a con man and gentlemen thief, who has out-tricked Lother in a fixed poker game, and is, together with shorty, after the ladies jewels. Inspector McKinney suspects Joe Saunders, a recently released convict, who was arrested due to some tips by Lother, but Ned and Sally insist that they committed the crime alone.
Screenplay
Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
Story
Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
Spud Mosco aka Reginald Morris
Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
Maxie
A wealthy young man bets his uncle that he can transform a clumsy cleaning lady into a glamorous fashion plate, then marry her off to his bachelor cousin.
Screenplay
Ed Wynn, a waiter, tries to get hit employers daughter a start on the stage; Ginger Rogers replaces Ethel Merman when Merman is kidnapped.
Ed Wynn, a waiter, tries to get hit employers daughter a start on the stage; Ginger Rogers replaces Ethel Merman when Merman is kidnapped.
Jerry Browne
Bill is a hot shot dancer who partners with Jazzbo, until he sees Molly at the dance. He enters the Waltz with Molly and wins first prize - and they wind up being married that same night. Now they are free of their parents nagging and their own bosses. 24 hours - no dancing as in-laws are visiting. 24 days - the Apartment is finished so off to the Hoffman's Parisian Dance Palace. Molly can only dance the Waltz and not the hot new jazz dance so she leaves and Bill follows. They are both unhappy, Bill has two left feet when it comes to romance.
Writer
A musical parody on prison reform in which a prison warden gives his cellblocks the look of a summer resort in order to stave off reformers.
Al Jolson Impersonator / Introducing Larry Ceballos Black and White Girls Number
It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era to see and for the first time can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appear actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway and of course the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts.
