"Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) ""Love Me or Leave Me"" is a popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play ""Whoopee!"", which opened in December 1928. Ruth Etting's performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play ""Simple Simon"", which opened in February 1930. The original version of the song, the biggest-selling at the time, was recorded by Ruth Etting on December 17, 1928. It was issued by Columbia Records as catalog number"
"Love Me or Leave Me (Doris Day album) Love Me or Leave Me is a Doris Day album based on the soundtrack of the film of the same name. It was released monaurally by Columbia Records as catalog number CL-710 on May 2, 1955, in both LP as well as 45-EP formats and became her best-selling album to date, spending 28 weeks on the Billboard magazine album chart and reaching the #1 position. The best-selling album of Day's career, it ranks #16 of all albums produced between 1955 and 1996. For the 1963 re-release of the picture and subsequent re-release"
"to be happy with the arrangement, even though she had to share credit for songs she wrote herself, being grateful for the break she got in this way. She wrote other songs under her name only, including ""Never Look Back"" in 1954, which Doris Day sang in the film ""Love Me or Leave Me"" and which was a Top 20 hit on one of the U.S. charts. She was married for 65 years to Louisville businessman Robert L. Price, and had a daughter, two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was widowed in 2000. She died in Louisville on January 14,"
"life was the basis for the fictionalized 1955 film, ""Love Me or Leave Me"", which starred Doris Day (as Etting), James Cagney (as Snyder) and Cameron Mitchell (as Alderman). Etting, Myrl Alderman and Moe Snyder all sold their rights to the story to MGM; Snyder was living in Chicago in 1955. Etting expressed sadness that ""the real highlight of my life"", her marriage to Alderman, was omitted from the film. Shortly before her death, Etting said she thought the screen portrayal of her was too tough and that Jane Powell would have been a better choice for the lead. Etting"
"lives. Her fictionalized story was told in the 1955 film ""Love Me Or Leave Me"" with Doris Day as Ruth Etting and James Cagney as Snyder. Etting was born in David City, Nebraska in 1897 to Alfred, a banker, and Winifred (née Kleinhan) Etting. Her mother died when she was five years old and she then went to live with her paternal grandparents, George and Hannah Etting. Her father remarried and moved away from David City and was no longer a part of his daughter's life. Etting's grandfather, George, owned the Etting Roller Mills; to the delight of his granddaughter,"
"Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922) is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. After she began her career as a big band singer in 1939, her popularity increased with her first hit recording ""Sentimental Journey"" (1945). After leaving Les Brown & His Band of Renown to embark on a solo career, she recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967, which made her one of the most popular and acclaimed singers of the 20th century. Day's film career began during the latter part of the Classical Hollywood Film era with the 1948"
"inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2012 it was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically important"" American sound recordings. Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song in 1956 on her Verve double-album ""Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Rodgers and Hart Songbook"". Barbara Stanwyck starred in the film ""Ten Cents a Dance"" (1931), which was inspired by the song. In the MGM biographical film about Etting, ""Love Me or Leave Me"" (1955), the song is performed by Doris Day. The Day recording was also released by Columbia. Michelle Pfeiffer also performs"
"in the late Winter and early Spring of 1955 from which an electronic stereo LP was engineered seven years later. Unlike in the LP and cassette editions, all tracks hereon save those marked with * are original soundtrack performances recorded in Hollywood in mid-to-late 1954. Songs marked with an * are performances recorded in New York in early 1955 and taken from the original monaural LP master. The 2009 download-only album adds the original Finale and Exit Music to the mix. Love Me or Leave Me (Doris Day album) Love Me or Leave Me is a Doris Day album based"
"I'll Never Stop Loving You (1955 song) ""I'll Never Stop Loving You"" is a popular music song, with music written by Nicholas Brodzsky and lyrics by Sammy Cahn for the 1955 film ""Love Me or Leave Me"". The song was published in 1955. The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40505. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on July 23, 1955. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #13; on the Best Seller chart, at #15; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #93 (a misleading figure, because"
"the top-100 list was started by Billboard after the peak of the song's popularity). The song was nominated for the 1955 Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to ""Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing"" from the film of the same name. I'll Never Stop Loving You (1955 song) ""I'll Never Stop Loving You"" is a popular music song, with music written by Nicholas Brodzsky and lyrics by Sammy Cahn for the 1955 film ""Love Me or Leave Me"". The song was published in 1955. The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40505. It"
"Doris Day filmography The filmography of American actress Doris Day consists of 39 feature films released between 1948 and 1968. She began her career as a band singer and eventually won the female lead in a Warner Bros. film ""Romance on the High Seas"" (1948) replacing Betty Hutton. She went on to star in several minor musicals for Warners, including ""Tea for Two"" (1950), ""Lullaby of Broadway"" (1951), ""April in Paris"" (1952), ""By the Light of the Silvery Moon"" (1953), and a hit musical, ""Calamity Jane"", which gave her an Academy Award-winning song, ""Secret Love"" (1953). She ended her contract"
"Doretta Morrow Doretta Morrow (January 27, 1927 – February 28, 1968) was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in stage and television productions during the 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for having created roles in the original productions of three successful Broadway musicals: Kitty Verdun in ""Where's Charley?"" (1948), Tuptim in ""The King and I"" (1951) and Marsinah in ""Kismet"" (1953). She co-starred in the 1952 Hollywood film ""Because You're Mine"", as Mario Lanza's love interest. She appeared in several live television musicals. She retired from performance in 1960 at the age of 33. Morrow was"
"Frances Dade Frances Dade, also known early in her career as Lorelei Lee, (February 14, 1910 – January 21, 1968) was an American film and stage actress of the late 1920s and 1930s. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dade moved to Hollywood, California in the late 1920s to pursue an acting career. She first caught the attention of Samuel Goldwyn as a member of the touring company of ""Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"". He gave her a contract though she later went freelance. Her first film role was in 1928, when she had an uncredited role alongside stars Dorothy Boyd and"
"Streets"" (1950), which was directed by Elia Kazan. In 1995, ""Criss Cross"" was remade as ""The Underneath"" by director Steven Soderbergh, with credit given to Fuchs. ""Love Me or Leave Me"", a biopic about the torch singer Ruth Etting, which won Fuchs an Oscar for Best Story in 1955, featured a performance by James Cagney in the role of a Chicago hoodlum and Doris Day as the beleaguered songstress. Fuchs' short Hollywood novel, ""West of the Rockies,"" was published in 1971, and in 1979 appeared a collection of mostly earlier-written short stories, ""The Apathetic Bookie Joint."" ""The Golden West: Hollywood"
"a film of the same name in 1953, starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The popular songs ""Bye Bye Baby"" and ""Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"" were introduced in this musical. In the 1920s, Lorelei Lee, a blonde from Little Rock, Arkansas, and her friend Dorothy Shaw board the ocean liner ""Ile de France"", to embark for France (""It's High Time""). Lorelei and her boyfriend (who is her ""sugar daddy""), Gus Esmond, are parting for a while (""Bye, Bye Baby""); Gus is going to Little Rock, and Dorothy is Lorelei's chaperone. On the ship, Lorelei has many admirers, including"
"if a death certificate is obligatory. Any persons, private or Press, you shall simply say that I am no longer at this address. ""Gone away. Destination unknown"", and that is the truth. Frances Day Frances Day (born Frances Victoria Schenk; December 16, 1907 – April 29, 1984) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s. Her career began as a nightclub cabaret singer in New York City and London. She made her London stage debut as a double act at the New Cross Empire with the dancer John Mills (later a distinguished"
"Broadway Love Broadway Love is a 1918 American silent romance film directed by Ida May Park and starring Dorothy Phillips, William Stowell, and Lon Chaney. A print of the film survives in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection. The film follows the story of Midge O'Hara, a young woman living in the country, who leaves her home in order to perform on Broadway. She is able to get hired as a chorus girl, and, at her new job, meets Cherry Blow, a party girl and gold digger. Cherry dates one man, staying with him until his cash runs out,"
"Ruth Etting Ruth Etting (November 23, 1897 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. Known as ""America's sweetheart of song"", her signature tunes were ""Shine On, Harvest Moon"", ""Ten Cents a Dance"" and ""Love Me or Leave Me"". Her other popular recordings included ""Button Up Your Overcoat"", ""Mean to Me"", ""Exactly Like You"" and ""Shaking the Blues Away"". As a young girl in Nebraska, Etting had wanted to be an artist; she drew and sketched everywhere she was"
"Irene Dunne Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn, December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American film actress and singer of the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. Dunne was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Actress – for her performances in ""Cimarron"" (1931), ""Theodora Goes Wild"" (1936), ""The Awful Truth"" (1937), ""Love Affair"" (1939), and ""I Remember Mama"" (1948). In 1985, Dunne was given Kennedy Center Honors for her services to the arts. Dunne was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Joseph John Dunn (1863–1913), a steamboat inspector for the United States government, and Adelaide Henry"
"exist. Second Choice Second Choice is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white film released by Warner Bros. and starring Dolores Costello and Chester Morris. The film is notable as being the first (and only film) in which Dolores Costello sang. It is a lost film. The film was based on the story by Elizabeth Alexander and was adapted for the screen by Joseph Jackson. Vallery Grove (Costello) is in love with Don Warren (Morris), but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his engagement to Vallery after attending a party"
"Morrow died in London in 1968, aged 41, from lymphoma. She was buried in Putney Vale Cemetery in London. Doretta Morrow Doretta Morrow (January 27, 1927 – February 28, 1968) was an American actress, singer and dancer who appeared in stage and television productions during the 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for having created roles in the original productions of three successful Broadway musicals: Kitty Verdun in ""Where's Charley?"" (1948), Tuptim in ""The King and I"" (1951) and Marsinah in ""Kismet"" (1953). She co-starred in the 1952 Hollywood film ""Because You're Mine"", as Mario Lanza's love interest. She"
"radio format of the mid-1960s. Faith continued to enjoy airplay and consistent album sales throughout the early 1970s, and received a second Grammy award in 1969 for his album ""Love Theme from 'Romeo and Juliet'."" Though best known for his recording career, Faith also occasionally scored motion pictures, and received an Academy Award nomination for his adaptation of the song score for the Doris Day musical feature, ""Love Me or Leave Me"". His other film scores included romantic comedies and dramatic features such as ""Tammy Tell Me True"" (1961), ""I'd Rather Be Rich"" (1964), ""The Third Day"" (1965) and ""The"
"Let's Make Love Let's Make Love is a 1960 musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by George Cukor and produced by Jerry Wald from a screenplay by Norman Krasna, Hal Kanter, and Arthur Miller. It starred Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, and Tony Randall. It would be Monroe's last musical film performance. The plot revolves around billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) who learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue. After going to the theatre, he sees Amanda Dell (Monroe) rehearsing the Cole Porter song ""My Heart Belongs to"
"Second Choice Second Choice is a 1930 American Pre-Code black-and-white film released by Warner Bros. and starring Dolores Costello and Chester Morris. The film is notable as being the first (and only film) in which Dolores Costello sang. It is a lost film. The film was based on the story by Elizabeth Alexander and was adapted for the screen by Joseph Jackson. Vallery Grove (Costello) is in love with Don Warren (Morris), but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his engagement to Vallery after attending a party where"
"Marjorie Main Marjorie Main is the stage name of Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1950s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre and appeared in films classics, such as ""Dead End"" (1937), ""Dark Command"" (1940), ""The Shepherd of the Hills"" (1941), ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944), and ""Friendly Persuasion"" (1956). Mary Tomlinson was born on February 24,"
"Let's Dance (1950 film) Let's Dance is a 1950 musical romantic comedy Technicolor film starring Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire, and released by Paramount Pictures. A war widow returns to work with her former dancing partner, but her upper class mother-in-law is against that her grandson is being exposed to show business and takes legal steps to gain custody. Buoyed by the great success of MGM teaming Astaire with their biggest female musical star Judy Garland in the 1948 musical blockbuster ""Easter Parade"", Paramount decided to team Astaire with their biggest female musical star (Hutton) hoping that the same box-office"
"comeback single after several years away from the top of the pop singles chart. So popular was the song ""Young at Heart"" that the film was also titled ""Young at Heart"", having had no title until the song's success. The song's popularity led to its being used not only for the title, but also for music over the opening and closing credits. Young at Heart (1955 film) Young at Heart is a 1955 musical film starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra, directed by Gordon Douglas, and featuring a supporting cast including Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Jr., and Dorothy"
"being a featured dancer. Holiday acted in 1960s, 1970s and 1980s film and TV. She has also produced and directed films. In the early 1950s, Holiday (billed as Hope Zee) sang with Ralph Flanagan's orchestra. An August 4, 1950, newspaper column by Dorothy Kilgallen reported, ""Hope Zee ... quit 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' last week to become vocalist with Ralph Flanagan's band ..."" Holiday is the widow of actor Frank Marth. They were married April 9, 1967. Marth died in January 2014. Hope Holiday Hope Holiday (November 30, 1930) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role of Mrs."
"Frances Day Frances Day (born Frances Victoria Schenk; December 16, 1907 – April 29, 1984) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s. Her career began as a nightclub cabaret singer in New York City and London. She made her London stage debut as a double act at the New Cross Empire with the dancer John Mills (later a distinguished actor), billed as ""Mills and Day"". This led to a chorus role in the 1929 West End production of ""The Five O'Clock Girl"" at the Hippodrome, which toured the provinces in 1930."
"Mary Carlisle Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter; February 3, 1914 – August 1, 2018) was an American actress, singer, and dancer, she was best known for her roles as a wholesome ingénue in numerous 1930s musical-comedy films. She starred in more than sixty Hollywood films, moving beyond bit parts after coming to attention, alongside the likes of Gloria Stuart and Ginger Rogers, as one of 15 girls selected by the Western Association of Motion pictures as their WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1932. Her first major role was in the 1933 film ""College Humor"" with Bing Crosby. The two performers worked"
"Lullaby of Broadway (film) Lullaby of Broadway is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film directed by David Butler and released by Warner Bros.. It stars Doris Day as Melinda Howard, an entertainer who travels to New York to see her mother, and Gene Nelson as Tom Farnham, a fellow entertainer and Melinda's love interest. Gladys George appears as Jessica Howard, Melinda's alcoholic mother, in addition to S.Z. Sakall, Billy De Wolfe, Florence Bates, and Anne Triola. Songs from the film were released in an album of the same name. Melinda Howard is an entertainer traveling from England to pay"
"Jill Day Jill Day (Yvonne Page, 5 December 1930, Brighton, England – 16 November 1990, Kingston-Upon-Thames, England) was a successful pop singer and actress in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was born in Brighton and found fame in movies, radio and television. She appeared in the film ""All for Mary"" in 1955, and sung on the soundtrack of ""The Good Companions"" and ""Doctor at Sea"". In 1957, she competed in the heats of the contest to represent the United Kingdom in the 1957 Eurovision Song Contest, eventually losing out to Patricia Bredin. In the early 1960s, Day"
"Monáe performs a song entitled ""Dorothy Dandridge Eyes"" on her album ""The Electric Lady"", with Esperanza Spalding. A character in the 1969 movie ""The Lost Man"" states she named herself after Dandridge, citing that 'I loved her [...] it was a terrible tragedy when she died.' In the February 2016 episode of ""Black-ish"" entitled ""Sink or Swim"", Dre refers to Beyoncé as being the ""Dorothy Dandridge"" of our time, pointing out the star power of Dandridge during her day. Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and"