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Frances Langford in the film This Is the Army (1943)
Frances Langford in the film This Is the Army (1943)

Frances Newbern Langford (April 4, 1913, Lakeland, Florida – July 11, 2005, Jensen Beach, Florida) was an American singer and entertainer who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and also made film appearances over two decades. This Is the Army is a 1943 American Motion picture produced by Hal B Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lakeland is a City in Polk County Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jensen Beach is a Census-designated place (CDP in Martin County, Florida, United States. Old-Time Radio (OTR and the Golden Age of Radio refer to a period of Radio programming lasting from the proliferation of radio broadcasting in the early 1920s until

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Radio

Langford originally trained as an opera singer. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto While a young girl she required surgery on her throat, and as a result, she was forced to change her vocal style to a more contemporary big band, popular music style. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more While singing for radio during the early 1930s, she was heard by Rudy Vallee, who invited her to become a regular on his radio show. Rudy Vallée ( July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986) was an American Singer, Actor, Bandleader, and entertainer From 1935 until 1938 she was a regular performer on Dick Powell's radio show. Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell ( November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American Singer, Actor,

Films

With her film debut in Every Night at Eight (1935) she introduced what became her signature song: "I'm in the Mood for Love". " I'm in the Mood for Love " is a popular Song. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. She then began appearing frequently in films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Born to Dance (1936) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney, in which she performed the popular song "Over There. Broadway Melody of 1936 is a musical film released by MGM in 1935, despite the title Born to Dance ( 1936) is an American Musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and directed by Yankee Doodle Dandy ( is a biographical film about George M Cohan, the actor-singer-dancer-playwright-songwriter-producer-theatre owner-director-choreographer James Francis Cagney Jr ( July 17, 1899 &ndash March 30, 1986) was an Academy Award -winning American Film " Over There " is a 1917 Song popular with United States soldiers in both World wars It was written by George M " In several of these films, such as Broadway Melody, she appeared as herself.

WWII

From 1941, Langford was a regular singer on Bob Hope's radio show. Bob Hope, KBE KCSG ( May 29, 1903 &ndash July 27, 2003) was an American comedian and actor who appeared in During World War II, she joined Hope, Jerry Colonna, and other performers on U. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Jerry Colonna may refer to Jerry Colonna (entertainer, American comedy writer and performer Jerry Colonna (financier, New York City S. O. tours through Europe, North Africa, and the South Pacific, entertaining thousands of G. I. 's throughout the world.

In his memoir, Don't Shoot! It's Only Me!, Bob Hope recalled how Frances Langford got the biggest laugh he had ever heard. At a U. S. O. show in the South Pacific, Langford stood up on a stage to sing before a huge crowd of G. I. 's. When Langford sang the first line of her signature song, "I'm in the Mood for Love," a soldier in the audience stood up and shouted, "You've come to the right place, honey!"

Also, during the war, Langford wrote a weekly column for Hearst Newspapers, entitled "Purple Heart Diary," in which she described her visits to military hospitals to entertain wounded G. I. 's. She used the weekly column as a means of allowing the recovering troops to voice their complaints, and to ask for public support for making sure that the wounded troops received all the supplies and comforts they needed. During the war while on a stint in Italy, Francis danced with George Belt, a serviceman from Ozark, Arkansas. He still brags about it today.

Her association with Hope continued into the 1980s. In 1989 she joined him for a USO tour to entertain troops in the Persian Gulf. "USO" redirects here for other uses see USO (disambiguation The United Service Organizations Inc

Television

She worked for several years in the late 1940s on Spike Jones' show before being teamed with Don Ameche for a short-lived television program, The Frances Langford/Don Ameche Show (1951), a spin-off of their successful radio series The Bickersons in which the duo played a feuding married couple. Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones ( December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specializing in performing Don Ameche (born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31 1908 – December 6 1993) was an American actor The Bickersons was a Radio comedy sketch series that began in 1946 on NBC with Don Ameche and Frances Langford, moving the following Langford was also the host of a variety television program Frances Langford Presents, which lasted one season.

Marriages and later life

Frances Langford married three times. Her first husband, from 1934 until 1955, was actor Jon Hall. Jon Hall ( February 23, 1915 &ndash December 13, 1979) was an American Film Actor. In 1955, she married Outboard Marine Corporation President Ralph Evinrude. The Outboard Marine Corporation ( OMC) was a maker of Evinrude and Johnson boat motors and many different brands of boats based in Waukegan, Ralph S Evinrude ( September 27, 1907 &ndash May 21, 1986) was an American Business magnate best known for being the Chairman They lived on her estate in Jensen Beach, Florida and opened a resort they named The Outrigger, where Langford frequently performed. Jensen Beach is a Census-designated place (CDP in Martin County, Florida, United States. Evinrude died in 1986. In 1994 she married Harold Stuart, who had been an assistant secretary of the United States Air Force under President Harry S. Truman and who survived her. She had no children.

Langford was a supportive member of the Jensen Beach community and constantly donated money to the community. She died at her Jensen Beach home at age 92 from congestive heart failure. Heart failure is a Cardiac condition that occurs when a problem with the structure or function of the Heart impairs its ability to supply In 2006, the Frances Langford Heart Center, made possible by a bequest from her estate, opened at Martin Memorial Health Center in Stuart, Florida. This article is only about the City of Stuart in Martin County Florida [1]

Hollywood Walk of Fame

Although her greatest successes were in radio, her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street, acknowledges her contribution to motion pictures. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Vine is a Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

DVD release

Frances Langford is featured on the DVD Entertaining the Troops with Bob Hope.

References

  1. ^ Martin Memorial Health Systems - Frances Langford Heart Center Celebrates One Year!

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