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Sunday, November 9, 2025

Born on this day – Dorothy Dandridge:


Dorothy Dandridge


Actress

Singer

November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965

Credits:

A Day at the Races (1937); A Jig in the Jungle (1941); A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat (1942); Atlantic City (1944); Bahama Passage (1941); Blackbird Fantasy (1942); Bright Road (1953); Cain's Hundred (1962); Carmen Jones (1954); Cavalcade of Stars (1952); Cow-Cow Boogie (1942); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Drums of the Congo (1942); Easy Street (1941); Easy to Take (1936); Film Fanfare (1956); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Four Shall Die (1940); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Going Places (1938); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Hit Parade of 1943 (1943); Irene (1940); Island in the Sun (1957); It Can't Last Forever (1937); Juke Box Jury (1964); Jungle Jig (1941); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Lazybones (1941); Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954); Lucky Jordan (1942); Malaga (1960); Moo Cow Boogie (1943); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1940); Night in New Orleans (1942); Open House (1964); Paper Doll (1942); Pillow to Post (1945); Pinky and Perky (1964); Porgy and Bess (1959); Pretty Dudes (2016); Private Life (2018); Reflets de Cannes (1955–1957); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Since You Went Away (1944); Sing Your Song (2011); Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938); Songs for Sale (1952); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Sundown (1941); Swing for Your Supper (1941); Tamango (1958); Tarzan's Peril (1951); Teacher's Beau (1935); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1953); The Decks Ran Red (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1961); The George Jessel Show (1954); The Harlem Globetrotters (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Night Before the Divorce (1942); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Yes, Indeed! (1941); You Don't Say (1964).

Monday, March 3, 2025

On this day in movie history - Soundies: A Musical History Hosted by Michael Feinstein (2007)

 


Soundies: A Musical History


documentary directed by Chris Lamson,

written by Chris Lamson and Jennifer Sneider,

was released in the United States on March 3, 2007.

Hosted by Michael Feinstein.

Music by Michael Feinstein.

 
Cast:
Van Alexander, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Mel Blanc, Will Bradley, Les Brown, Cab Calloway, Mark Cantor, Cyd Charisse, Nat 'King' Cole, Dorothy Dandridge, Doris Day, Yvonne De Carlo, Jimmy Dorsey, George Duke, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Frances Faye, Michael Feinstein, Irving Fields, Joe Franklin, Hugh Hefner, Spike Jones, Louis Jordan, Gene Krupa, Liberace, Leonard Maltin, Ginny Mancini, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Martin, The Mills Brothers, Dan Morgenstern, Helen O'Connell, Anita O'Day, Jackie Parton, Les Paul, 'Snub' Pollard, Stan Ridgway, Kay Starr, Claude Thornhill, Mel Tormé, Merle Travis, Fats Waller, Ben Webster, Lawrence Welk.