Tot Seymour
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KITTY FROM KANSAS CITY - SCREEN SONGS - 1931
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Lyricist Tot Seymour found success early-on writing special material for Fannie Brice, Mae West and others. In the early 1930's she teamed up with Vee Lawnhurst, and the two came to be known as "the first successful group of songwriting girls in modern history". The duo's 1934 song Please Keep Me In Your Dreams was the title and basis for a Screen Songs animated short in 1937, performed by Barbara Blake with Henry King and His Orchestra. That year the song was a hit for a young Billie Holiday. In the following years the duo's songs appeared in several other Fleischer cartoons, including No Other One (Screen Songs, 1936), Happy You And Merry Me (Betty Boop, 1936), Play Safe (1936), We'll Have A Bushel Of Fun (Grampy's Indoor Outing, 1936), Abu Hassan (Popeye's Meets Ali Baba and The Forty Theives, 1937), Be Up To Date (Betty Boop, 1938), Hold It (Color Classics, 1938), Off With The Old Job On With The New (Betty Boop, On With The New, 1938), and Sally Swing (Betty Boop, 1938).
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BETTY CO-ED - 1930
SCREEN SONGS 43: BETTY CO-ED
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Rudy Vallee sang fluently in four languages, and he paved the way for crooners like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and others. In 1934 a caricature of Vallee appeared in Betty Boop's color cartoon short Poor Cinderella. In the film Vallee makes a brief appearance singing through a megaphone.
Vallee hosted a wide variety of radio shows throughout the 1930's and 1940's. In 1937, Vallee insisted that his sponsor hire Louis Armstrong to substitute for him while on vacation. It was the first time that an African-American fronted a radio show. In the 1960's, Vallee appeared in 3 episodes of the Batman television series as the villain Lord Marmaduke Flogg. Also, in 1971, he appeared in an episode of the horror television series Night Gallery. In later years he made appearances on numerous other television shows, including Here's Lucy and CHiPS. POOR CINDERELLA - 1934
Rudy Vallee was featured in:
THE STEIN SONG (Screen Songs, 1930) BETTY CO-ED (Screen Songs, 1931) RUDY VALLEE MELODIES (Screen Songs, 1932) KITTY FROM KANSAS CITY (Screen Songs, 1931) POOR CINDERELLA (Betty Boop, 193-) |
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THE STEIN SONG - SCREEN SONGS - 1930
FIRST SCREEN SONG WITH RUDY VALLEE RUDY VALLEE MELODIES (SCREEN SONGS) 1932
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MUSICAL JUSTICE - PART 1 - 1931
RUDY VALLEE AS THE JUDGE
RUDY VALLEE AS THE JUDGE
MUSICAL JUSTICE - PART 2 - 1931
RUDY VALLEE AS THE JUDGE, WITH MAE QUESTEL AS BETTY BOOP
RUDY VALLEE AS THE JUDGE, WITH MAE QUESTEL AS BETTY BOOP
LET'S DO IT (LET'S FALL IN LOVE)
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IF I HAD YOU - 1929
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YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY - 1930
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BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME - 1931
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I'M JUST A VAGABOND LOVER - 1929
from the film GLORIFYING THE AMERICAN GIRL YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER MEMORY - 1929
RUDY VALLEE AND HIS CONNECTICUT YANKEES |
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RUDY VALLEE
AND GREAT TAP DANCERS 1936 |
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RUDY VALLEE
ROYAL GELETIN HOUR 1936 |
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JUST
ANOTHER MEMORY |
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BATMAN:
THE BLOODY TOWER |
ROBIN IS TRAPPED BY THE AFRICAN DEATH BEE'S OF LORD FLOGG
PLAYED BY RUDY VALLEE |
BATMAN:
THE FOGGIEST NOTION |
BATGIRL IS CAPTURED BY LORD FLOGG
PLAYED BY RUDY VALLEE |
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