Frances Langford
Frances Langford won fame on radio (primarily as Bob Hope's vocalist, later sparring comically with Don Ameche as "The Bickersons"), via recordings and in the movies. In spite of the fact that she played mostly in minor musicals (plus appearing occasionally in "A" productions, including Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), This Is the Army (1943) and The Glenn Miller Story (1954)), she introduced major songs like "I'm in the Mood for Love" in Every Night at Eight (1935), "You are My Lucky Star" and "Broadway Rhythm" in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Cole Porter's "Easy to Love" in Born to Dance (1936) and "Hooray for Hollywood" in Hollywood Hotel (1937).
Date of Birth 4 April 1913, Lakeland, Florida
Date of Death 11 July 2005, Jensen Beach, Florida (congestive heart failure)
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.128 |
| Birthday | 1913-04-04 |
| Place of Birth | Hernando, Florida, USA |
| Also Known As | Julia Frances Newbern-Langford, |
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.01/200
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
1946
People Are Funny
5.2/5
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to...
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People Are Funny
1943
This Is the Army
5.667/21
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son...
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This Is the Army
1938
Hollywood Hotel
5.2/9
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her curre...
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Hollywood Hotel
1936
Born to Dance
6/23
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broad...
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Born to Dance
1954
The Glenn Miller Story
6.9/144
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1...
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The Glenn Miller Story
1940
Too Many Girls
5.7/11
Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The col...
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Too Many Girls
1941
All-American Co-Ed
4.2/10
Fraternity brothers enter one of their own into a scholarship lottery after a women's college insults them. Though the Zeta boys are celebrated for th...
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All-American Co-Ed
1946
The Bamboo Blonde
6/3
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the P...
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The Bamboo Blonde
1944
Career Girl
5/3
Joan Terry, from Kansas City, comes to New York to get a job on the stage. But until she finds an opportunity, she stays at a boarding house where oth...
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Career Girl
1940
Dreaming Out Loud
5.7/3
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
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Dreaming Out Loud
1948
Once Upon a Wintertime
5.4/17
A short segment of the feature film Melody Time, re-released as a separate entity five years afterwards.
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Once Upon a Wintertime
1937
The Hit Parade
4/1
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds f...
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The Hit Parade
1949
Deputy Marshal
6.8/4
A lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.
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Deputy Marshal
1944
Girl Rush
5/1
During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by bringing a girlie show to an all-male western minin...
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Girl Rush
1935
Every Night at Eight
7.5/2
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing,...
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Every Night at Eight
1947
Beat the Band
4/1
Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
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Beat the Band
1936
Palm Springs
0/0
A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.
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Palm Springs
1945
Radio Stars on Parade
0/0
A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.
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Radio Stars on Parade
1948
Melody Time
6.168/294
In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and unf...
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Melody Time
1935
Broadway Melody of 1936
6.278/18
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is t...
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1940
Hit Parade of 1941
5.3/3
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking...
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Hit Parade of 1941
1944
Dixie Jamboree
4.5/4
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
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Dixie Jamboree
1943
Follow the Band
0/0
A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.
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Follow the Band
1941
Swing It Soldier
5/1
In this musical comedy, a pregnant disc jockey misses her husband who is fighting overseas. Stressed out by the situation and her job, she decides to...
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Swing It Soldier
1943
Never a Dull Moment
6/1
Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).
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Never a Dull Moment
1949
Make Mine Laughs
5/5
A kind of filmed vaudeville show, using old material from RKO films and some new.
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Make Mine Laughs
1942
Mississippi Gambler
6/1
A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.
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Mississippi Gambler
1951
Purple Heart Diary
0/0
A trio of singers entertaining hospitalized soldiers during WWII encourage a wounded soldier in his love for a nurse.
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Purple Heart Diary
1943
Combat America
5.4/5
Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through...
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Combat America
2017
This Is Bob Hope...
8/1
During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the ent...
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This Is Bob Hope...
1936
Collegiate
0/0
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
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Collegiate
1943
Cowboy in Manhattan
0/0
Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
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Cowboy in Manhattan
1954
A Star Is Born World Premiere
8/2
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Acade...
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A Star Is Born World Premiere
1944
Memo for Joe
0/0
Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its value to the Allied war effort.
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Memo for Joe
1933
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5
1/1
The Happines Boys Billy Jones and Earnie Hare are invited to a party, but separate themselves from the rest of the guests, so they can not be urged to...
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5
1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6/1
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1/1
Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...
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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1985
That's Dancing!
7/18
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...
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That's Dancing!
1955
Music Land
6/1
Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' an...
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Music Land
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
6/1
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
2002
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
0/0
When the United States entered World War II, President Roosevelt exempted Bob Hope from military service because of the need for entertainers. So bega...
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Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
2003
Winter Wonderland
5.1/16
A look at everyone's favorite Disney characters as they explore the joys of Christmas.
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