
Birthday:
06-18-1905
Deathday:
07-23-1985 (80 years)
Birthplace:
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Bandleader and radio personality memorable for his "Kollege of Musical Knowledge". Often sporting his trademark mortarboard and gown, he appeared with his band in a few World War II-era movies.
Date of Birth 18 June 1905, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Date of Death 23 July 1985, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (heart attack)
Date of Birth 18 June 1905, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USA
Date of Death 23 July 1985, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (heart attack)
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The Movie Orgy
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1968 star_border 6.5
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Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Africa Squeaks
Act like Cake Icer (voice)
event1940 star_border 5
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Porky Pig goes on a safari in Africa, and runs into an assortment of crazy animals, wacky natives and Kay Kyser giving dance lessons in the middle of the jungle.
Around the World
Act like Kay Kyser
event1943 star_border 5
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Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Thousands Cheer
Act like Kay Kyser
event1943 star_border 6.3
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Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
You'll Find Out
Act like Himself
event1940 star_border 5.4
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The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
Showbiz Goes to War
Act like (archive footage)
event1982 star_border 10
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While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
My Favorite Spy
Act like Kay Kyser
event1942 star_border 5.2
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The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
That's Right – You're Wrong
Act like Kay Kyser
event1939 star_border 5.7
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J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
Swing Fever
Act like Lowell Blackford
event1943 star_border 5
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Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Carolina Blues
Act like Himself
event1944 star_border 5.3
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When he loses his lead singer, bandleader Kay Kyser can't find a replacement he likes.
Playmates
Act like Kay Kyser
event1941 star_border 5.2
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Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser, plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident.
Television: The First Fifty Years
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1999
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Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
Stage Door Canteen
Act like Kay Kyser
event1943 star_border 6.1
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A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Act like Himself
event1941
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Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.
Show-Business at War
Act like Self
event1943 star_border 7
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A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
If I Forget You
Act like Orchestra
event1940 star_border 5.3
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Judy Garland sings the title song, a tribute to Will Rogers.
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
event1941 star_border 6
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Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's country home and goes to the Mocambo. There is also a sequence dedicated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin world premiere of the first short in this series attended by more that a few film stars.
Screen Snapshots (Series 23, no. 3)
Act like Himself
event1943
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Seeing Hollywood, intimate glimpses of your favorite stars, at home, at work, and at play.
G.I. Journal
event1944
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We see them all here including male vocalist Harry Babbitt, comic Ish Kabibble and guest stars like Jerry Colonna, Mel Blanc, Lucille Ball and Linda Darnell.
The Mike Douglas Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5.1
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The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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