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High Society Blues is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler.
Richard Hudson was a member of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, [1] in which he played drums and sitar and sang. In 1970, he and band-mate John Ford joined Strawbs.Hudson and Ford began to co-write material which appeared to be aiming in a slightly different direction to the compositions of Strawbs' main writer, Dave Cousins.
Good News, starring Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards and Penny Singleton and featuring Abe Lyman & his Band; Heads Up, starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Helen Kane. Directed by Victor Schertzinger. High Society Blues, starring Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell and Louise Fazenda; Hit the Deck, starring Jack Oakie, Polly Walker and June Clyde
Smith in 1936. The 1900 census indicates that her family reported that Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in July 1892. [2] [3] [4] The 1910 census gives her age as 16, [5] and a birth date of April 15, 1894, which appears on subsequent documents and was observed as her birthday by the Smith family.
The first Cab Calloway Orchestra comprised Earres Prince on piano; Walter "Foots" Thomas and Thornton Blue on alto saxes; Andrew Brown on tenor sax; Morris White on banjo; Jimmy Smith on tuba; and DePriest Wheeler on trombone; Leroy Maxey on drums; R.Q. Dickerson and Lammar Wright on trumpets.
Under the new name, the band started its professional career in 1929, and made its first recordings in 1930. [6] Lunceford was the first public high school band director in Memphis. After a period of touring, in 1934 the band accepted a booking at the Harlem nightclub The Cotton Club for their revue "Cotton Club Parade" starring Adelaide Hall.
He later worked with Armstrong's touring band, the All Stars, and others. In 1951 Bigard appeared in The Strip with Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Earl "Fatha" Hines (all playing themselves). He again appeared and played in the movie St. Louis Blues (1958), with Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey and Eartha Kitt. [citation needed]
1930 Such Men Are Dangerous: Muriel Wyndham 1930 High Society Blues: Mrs. Divine 1930 Murder Will Out: Aunt Pat Lost film 1930 Holiday: Susan Potter 1930 Let Us Be Gay: Madge Livingston 1930 Our Blushing Brides: Mrs. Weaver 1930 War Nurse: Matron 1931 The Easiest Way: Mrs. Clara Williams Uncredited 1931 The Prodigal: Christine 1931 Men Call It ...