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Caledonia is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie MacLean in 1977. [1] The chorus of the song features the lyric "Caledonia, you're calling me, and now I'm going home", [2] the term "Caledonia" itself being a Latin word for Scotland. "Caledonia" has been covered by various artists, and is often dubbed Scotland's "unofficial national ...
The success of the Caldonia gave Jordan's film career a boost, leading to other film roles.Billboard (June 8, 1946) noted: . Louis Jordan's use of the film short, Caldonia, as an exploitation medium, differs from most ork promotional stunts in that it is in itself a direct source of revenue…
As well, the song may have been of some influence on the later Rock and roll genre. Little Richard often spoke of being influenced by Louis Jordan; Caldonia was the first non-gospel song he learned. The shriek on the Jordan record "sounds eerily like the vocal tone Little Richard would adopt" in addition to the "Jordan-style pencil-thin moustache".
A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists. Other significant production and distribution companies included Republic, Monogram and PRC.
Thousands of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The actor Humphrey Bogart made his most renowned films in this decade. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's Citizen Kane were released. Citizen Kane made use of matte paintings, miniatures and optical printing techniques. [1] The film noir genre was ...
March 1, 1940 The Ghost Comes Home: March 15, 1940 Young Tom Edison: April 5, 1940 And One Was Beautiful: April 12, 1940 Dr. Kildare's Strange Case: 4th entry in the Dr. Kildare film series April 19, 1940 Two Girls on Broadway: April 26, 1940 Forty Little Mothers: May 3, 1940 20 Mule Team: May 10, 1940 Edison, the Man: May 17, 1940 Waterloo ...
May 24, 1940: The Biscuit Eater: May 31, 1940: Buck Benny Rides Again: June 7, 1940: Hidden Gold: The twenty-ninth Hopalong Cassidy film June 14, 1940: Safari: June 21, 1940: The Ghost Breakers: June 28, 1940: Queen of the Mob: July 5, 1940: The Way of All Flesh: July 12, 1940: Stagecoach War: The thirtieth Hopalong Cassidy film July 14, 1940 ...
It's a Date is a 1940 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, and Walter Pidgeon. [2] [3] Based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block, the film is about an aspiring actress who is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more experienced actress, was hoping to get the same part.