Comes Over the Mountain which washer theme song, and “God
Bless America the Irving Berlin hit which she first recorded in and which he wrote exclusively for her. Although she had no formal vocal training,
her full, robust soprano voice became one of the most recognized in the entertainment industry, and she recorded more than songs during her long career.
4 During the Depression WC. Fields (born William Claude Dukenfield in 1880) ran away from home at age 11 and within three years had become well-known as a vaudeville juggler. From 1915 to 1921 he performed as a comic juggler in the Ziegfield Follies. He made the transition to the stage in 1923 in
Poppy and by 1931
had moved toHollywood and was writing, directing, and starring in his own films.
One of America’s greatest comedians and masters of timing
and the delayed response, he is remembered for such films as
The Bank Dick(1940),
My Little Chickadee (1940), and
Never Give a Sucker an EvenBreak (1941). He died in 1946.
5 Marie Dressler found Marie Dressler (1869-1934) was one of
Hollywood’s most popular screen personalities in the early s. She
specialized in playing strong, self-sufficient, humorous old women.
Her film debut was in the 1914
Tillie’s Punctured Romance, a Mack
Sennett film in which Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Norman also appeared. Dressler won an Academy Award as best actress for her work in the 1931 film
Min and Bill, which costarred Wallace Beery.
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