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"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," (Roud 11681) is a 20th-century American folk standard, written in 3 4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1933. A version recorded by The Weavers was a #1 hit in 1950. Pete Seeger of The Weavers has characterized it as Lead Belly's "theme song." [1]
The role of Irene Molloy was given considerably more attention in the film than in earlier Broadway productions. [3] Hello, Dolly! earned McAndrew two Golden Globe nominations in 1969; Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and the since discontinued Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress , as well as ...
"Helena" (alternatively titled "Helena (So Long & Goodnight)") is a song by the American rock band My Chemical Romance from their second studio album, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004). It was released as the album's second single on March 8, 2005.
Irene is a 1940 American musical film produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox. [2] [3] The screenplay by Alice Duer Miller is based on the libretto of the 1919 stage musical Irene by James Montgomery, who had adapted it from his play Irene O'Dare. The score features songs with music by Harry Tierney and lyrics by Joseph McCarthy.
The movie follows a man's search for perfection in a world where life rarely measures up to the idealized images that constantly bombard us. Gary Shaller (), who gained commercial success in the past as the keyboard player in the band "On the One", is in a failing relationship with Dora (Gwyneth Paltrow), and working for his former bandmate Paul (), writing and recording commercial jingles.
Bonham Carter at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. English actress Helena Bonham Carter has been acting since the early 1980s. First appearing in the television series A Pattern of Roses in 1983 before making her film debut playing Lucy Honeychurch in A Room with a View (1985) and the title character in Lady Jane (1986).
The song being performed at the end of the 1929 cartoon Finding His Voice. Charles Ives quoted the song in A Symphony: New England Holidays (1897–1913): I. Washington's Birthday, towards the end of the movement.
"Dee hums "Goodnight Irene" in an episode of Battlestar Galactica." A reference is provided. The episode being referred to is Sometimes a Great Notion, the title and some of the themes of which reflect the novel by Ken Kesey. However, Dualla ('Dee') isn't humming Goodnight, Irene. It seems the melody she's humming was improvised by the actor.