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The Court Jester is a 1955 American historical musical comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury and Cecil Parker.The film was written, produced, and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama for distribution by Paramount Pictures. [2]
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer.
Danny Kaye recorded the soundtrack for Rankin/Bass in New York City, filmed the live-action segments in Aarhus, and visited the "Animagic" studio in Tokyo to see the production of the stop-motion animation. [5] When Kaye toured their studio with Arthur Rankin, Jr., the Japanese animators asked him for "a sample of the Danny Kaye style."
Sylvia Fine Kaye (August 29, 1913 – October 28, 1991) was an American lyricist, composer, and producer. Many of her compositions and productions were performed by her husband, comedian Danny Kaye. [2] [3] [4] Fine was a Peabody Award-winner and was nominated for two Academy Awards and two Emmys during her career. She won an Emmy award in 1976 ...
"Civilization", performed by Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters, is featured on the in-game Galaxy News Radio in the 2008 video game Fallout 3, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic, retro-futurist United States in the year 2277 in the ruins of Washington D.C. [5] The song is also included on Diamond City Radio in Fallout 4, the fifth major ...
Studio X (formerly known as Bad Animals Studio and Kaye-Smith Studios [1]) is a music and media recording studio on 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. Originally part of the Kaye-Smith Enterprises media conglomerate founded by Lester Smith and actor Danny Kaye , the studio was used to record commercials and musicians.
The Danny Kaye Show featured singing, instrumental music, and various kinds of comedy sketches. [2] In Nobody's Fool, Martin Gottfried wrote about the program: "Everything about it was to be top drawer, beginning with Kaye's then record salary of $16,000 a week (compared to the $100 apiece he had been paid for three minor CBS radio shows in 1940)."
Danny Kaye's character was based on the character "The Nervous Wreck" from the play of the same name by Owen Davis, which opened in New York in 1923. The play, which bears little resemblance to the film, was in turn based on the 1921 magazine serial The Wreck by Edith J. Rath and Sam H. Harris, which was published as a novel called The Nervous ...