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Drake often presented herself as Mexican and went by the names Una Novella [1] and Rita Novella. As Rita Rio , she led a touring all-girl orchestra in the early 1940s, also known as "Dona Drake and her Girl Band", [ citation needed ] among other names for her musical and dance acts.
Eunice Westmoreland, under the name Rita Rio, led an all-girl band appearing on NBC Radio and in short subjects for Vitaphone and RKO before changing her career to acting and her professional name to Dona Drake, appearing in numerous 1940s movies. Ivy Benson's "All Girls Band" was the BBC's resident dance band in 1943 and toured until the 1980s.
Dangerous Millions is a 1946 American drama film directed by James Tinling and written by Irving Cummings Jr. and Robert G. North.The film stars Kent Taylor, Dona Drake, Tala Birell, Leonard Strong, Rex Evans and Robert Barrat.
Hot Rhythm is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring Robert Lowery, Dona Drake, and the radio and vaudeville team of Tim and Irene (Tim Ryan and Irene Ryan). Plot
Strike Me Pink is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, starring Eddie Cantor and Ethel Merman, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.. Cantor plays a nebbishy employee of an amusement park, forced to assert himself against a gang of slot-machine racketeers.
Alfred Drake: Alfred Capurro 1914-1992 American actor Charles Drake: Charles Ruppert 1917-1994 American actor Dona Drake: Eunice Westmoreland 1914-1989 American singer, dancer and actress Frances Drake: Frances Dean 1912-2000 American actress Simon Drake: Simon Alexander 1957- English magician Tom Drake: Alfred Alderdice 1918-1982 American ...
Road to Morocco is a 1942 American comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, and featuring Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake. Written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman and directed by David Butler, it’s the third of the "Road to ..." films. It was preceded by Road to Zanzibar (1941) and followed by Road to Utopia (1946). The ...
It stars Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake, Henry Travers and Lois Wilson. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 16, 1949. [2] [3] [4]