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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rainbow on the River is a sentimental costume drama, dated 1875, in which the cinema's No. 1 boy soprano lifts his clear and bell-like voice through a gamut of songs from Ave Maria to Swanee River, from The Flower Song by Dr. Hugo Reisenfeld to Rainbow on the River by Paul Webster & Louis Alter. When not adroitly playing his own accompaniments on an adult size banjo. Soprano Breen shows himself past master of vaudeville song-plugging technique, including clenched fists, rolling eyes and trembling smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Christmas Waifs | 12/28/1936 | See Source »

...Town, by singing and dancing disguised as a midget mammy. The ingenue role is performed by Grace Herbert, a good-looking local night club entertainer, who delivers some of Composer Phil Charig's imperative tunes, among the best of which is the production's theme song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATRE: Federal Flier | 12/21/1936 | See Source »

...open the program the Glee Club will sing the Bach Choral. "Awake Thou Wintry Earth", followed by the madrigal "Fire, Fire, My Heart" by Morley. Third comes an Italian student song "Nu Semmo Tri Duttur", by Bazchieri...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GLEE CLUB SINGS | 12/12/1936 | See Source »

Today Mr. Rhodcheaver's career is measured in statistics. For 25 years he traveled with Hilly Sunday, the evangelist. He covered 700,000 miles of the grwdust trail, performance in 450 different localities, led 100,000,000 people song. He knows over 500 songs. Showing no of tiring, he is now heard over a radio network and community sing program. Through radio, he believes he has added another, 110,000,000 people to the who have lifted their voices in song under his arms and exhortation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPOTLIGHTER These Names Make News | 12/12/1936 | See Source »

...McGowan & Sid Silvers were not trying to be original even when they made the ship that brings Ted, Mush & Gunny home a submarine instead of the usual dreadnought. Everybody seems satisfied with the plot as they pair off in the Lonely Hearts Club with Hey, Babe, Hey! a novelty song and dance that is the season's high for cinemusical contagion. Frances Langford is a good dancer for a girl who can sing as well as she can and Buddy Ebsen, her foil, has a good comedy voice considering he is also the No. 1 U. S. eccentric...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Dec. 7, 1936 | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

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