#jane froman

[thursdaymurderbub]

Screenland magazine, January 1936

[vintagestagehotties]

Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 1

Gertrude Lawrence: London Calling! (1923 West End); Tonight at 8.30 (1936 West End); Liza Elliott in Lady in the Dark (1941 Broadway); Anna Leonowens in The King and I (1952 Broadway)

Jane Froman: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934 Broadway); Keep off the Grass (1940 Broadway); Artists and Models (1943 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut

Gertrude Lawrence:

these pictures make me go insane a little. sir that should be me!!

Jane Froman:

so beautiful. a disability hero icon legend

[gatutor]

Jane Froman (University City, Missouri, 10/11/1907-Columbia, Missouri, 22/04/1980).

[rachelbethhines]

Random Disney Song Poll

Round Thirteen

Songs Under the Cut

[groovyinsects]

except for the art of christine, the images do not belong to me, links under the cut

https://www.pexels.com/photo/full-moon-in-night-sky-13592310/

https://www.pexels.com/photo/rose-flower-growing-in-garden-at-night-13239169/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/734227545514996415/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/154107618478411025/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/154107618484707300/

https://visions-of-music.tumblr.com/post/683910786471608320/the-house-is-haunted-jane-froman-1934

https://visions-of-music.tumblr.com/post/178464359370/isnt-it-heavenly-1933

https://visions-of-music.tumblr.com/post/178464383135/there-is-no-greater-love-1936

[thegalleryobscura]

William Crockett

Near Eckerty, Indiana

Coroners Inquest

State of Indiana Crawford county SS

Notice is hereby given that I the undersigned coroner of the county of Crawford state of Indiana was called on the 24th day of June 1893 to view and hold an inquest over the dead body of William Crockett a male citizen of Crawford County Indiana and I examined the following witnesses to wit: Mrs. Crockett and Pearl Crockett and George S Graves, Sherman h. Jones, John Vanclever, Fred Miller and I found by the testimony of the above witnesses that the said WIlliam Crockett came to his death by the disease of the heart that the deceased age 54 years after inquest i returned the body of the deceased together with property found on his person over to friends who took charge of the same.

William C Froman

Coroner of C.C.

This William Crockett is the son of John Crockett and Nancy Smith, he was born in Six Mile Jennings Co Indiana. He fought in the Civil War at the battle of Chickamanga in Tenn. He was a Pvt Co. B 82nd Regt. Ind. Inf. Vol.

Entry 4 Dec 1862 Corporal: reduced to Pvt. 4 Jan 1865

Injured in service Jul 1864 Ga and at Chickamanga 1865.

His first wife was Sarah Meek of Jennings co Indiana they were married 13 Nov 1860 and divorced March 1866..to them were born

Charles- Mary- Lucy and Kate

His second wife was Ellen Fitzgerald Chasteen on 22 Sept 1866 Jennings Co indiana and divorced 5 April 1871 Jennings Co Indiana. to them one daughter was born

Victoria Crockett later adopted by her stepfather.

His third wife was Jane McFarland whom he married in 1883 Crawford Co Indiana. They did have children but as of now it is unclear exactly which are his from Crawford Co.

[thatnumber1sguy]

9. Frankie Laine - I Believe

24th April 1953 - 26th June 1953, 3rd July 1953 - 14th August 1953 21st August 1953 - 11th September 1953

And another song I know! I promise I'll stop pointing that out once that becomes more common.

This was a surprise though, in that I wasn't expecting to know this song. 'I Believe' is a vague enough title that it didn't ring any bells until I started listening to the music. And then it took me back. I love when music does that!

I first heard this through singing with the choir at primary school. This would have been number 1, I'm guessing, during my teacher's childhood (RIP Mr Gentry, who passed away sadly just before he was due to retire ten years ago), and I've heard cover versions since, specifically one that builds up the song even more than good old Frankie Laine does here. Which, admittedly, I was missing (I have no idea which cover that might be, Wikipedia lists loads, including - spoiler alert - a cover that will hit number 1 in the 90s which I'm sure we'll get to in about four years).

Frankie Laine does a good job though, staying just the right side of crooning to give us a very listenable version, which starts off unassuming and builds slowly to a wonderful crescendo. And I love the lyrics, especially 'I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word'. A song for the religious and agnostics alike!

Like the last song, I was curious about the origins, thinking the song itself might have been older than the version listed here, but again I was surprised. It was commissioned by someone called Jane Froman, who wanted a song that offered hope during the troubled times of the Korean War in 1952. This ended up being the first hit song introduced on television which is a pretty nifty record to have!

Back to Laine's version, this was the biggest-selling song of the year (a fact I'll try and mention each year. Here in my Heart was obviously the biggest-selling song of 1952 but since it was the ONLY song to chart in 1952, that's not quite as impressive! :D) and ties with Here in my Heart at 9 weeks. It then re-entered the charts later on in the year for a further six weeks, and then again for another three weeks! Clearly people needed a bit of hope, and it makes sense. Post World War 2 (and with the Korean War going on, not to mention tensions with Russia which would only escalate from here), I sense the British populace were hoping for peace, for a better life, for music better than the Stargazers (I promise I'll stop picking on them soon!). That's what they got here, and I'm not surprised that it stayed at the top for so long.

[project1939]

Day 22- Film: With a Song in My Heart 

Release date: April 4th 

Studio: 20th Century Fox 

Genre: Musical 

Director: Walter Lang 

Producer: Lamar Trotti, Darryl F. Zanuck 

Actors: Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Una Merkel 

Plot Summary: This is the real life story of popular singer Jane Froman. She came to prominence in radio and on the stage in the 1930s with her distinctive contralto. While on a USO trip in 1943, her plane crashed, leaving her severely injured. Enduring dozens of surgeries trying to save both of her badly broken legs, she fights to sing and perform again. 

My Rating (out of five stars): **** 

I feared this movie would be too much of a weepie melodrama, and I wouldn't like it. Well, I spent the last 30 minutes of the film crying my eyes out. Literally! Every time my eyes were drying and I got control of myself, something would get the tears flowing again. It was a melodrama that made me weep, but it wasn’t the overly saccharine and sentimental melodrama I feared. 

The good: 

Jane Froman herself provided all the vocals for the film. This did mean that Susan Hayword was lip-synching, but it was a lot smoother than I expected. 

Susan Hayward. Her performance was part of the reason the film strayed away from corny and cloying. 

The “real life story” aspect of this made her plane crash and recovery extremely moving. It was chilling to keep reminding yourself that this really happened. 

Thelma Ritter. A super-legend of character actors. If she’s in a film, I always light up and look forward to it. 

Dealing with Froman’s complicated love life. I’m sure the version on film is much more sanitized than what actually happened, but I give credit to it for showing her tortured choice between her husband and another man. 

The “another man” in the movie! Rory Calhoun, as John Burn, is so beautiful I could barely believe he was real. He’s just insanely handsome and turns your knees to jelly. He wasn’t a bad actor, either. 

The realism with makeup. When Jane was shown after the crash and in varying hospital beds, she was often not wearing obvious makeup. This was uncommon in most films of the time. (See Linda Darnell in Island of Desire for example.) 

Jane’s interactions with the U.S. troops she was singing for. This is where I bawled and bawled. The scenes were impressively affecting.

The bad: 

A lot of the musical numbers were not very interestingly staged. They were all of Jane either singing on the radio or in concert halls, so I think the creative team was a little hog-tied by that. Thankfully in the scenes with her and the soldiers, this totally changed. The frequent interaction with the men as she was singing opened things up and made it much more interesting. 

[citizenscreen]

Jane Froman with Susan Hayward who portrayed her in an Academy Award-nominated performance in WITH A SONG IN MY HEART (1952)

[vintage-every-day]

One of the most gifted singers of the 1930s and 1940s was Jane Froman. During World War II she was in an airplane crash that left her in constant pain for the rest of her life.

[vintagestagehotties]

Hot Vintage Stage Actress Round 2

Jane Froman: Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934 Broadway); Keep off the Grass (1940 Broadway); Artists and Models (1943 Broadway)

Claudette Colbert: Peggy Murdock in The Ghost Train (1926 Broadway); Lou in The Barker (1927 Broadway); Content Lowell in The Marriage-Go-Round (1959 Broadway)

Propaganda under the cut

Jane Froman:

so beautiful. a disability hero icon legend

Claudette Colbert:

[gatutor]

Jane Froman-Pat O´Brien "Stars over Broadway" 1935, de William Keighley.

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Jane Froman with a bandaged leg visits Susan Hayward on the set of her biopic With a Song in my Heart (1952). Jane provided all new recordings for Susan to lip sync, and recorded the songs from the movie a second time for an album, as there was no movie soundtrack. It was the number one album on the Billboard chart for 23 weeks May-Oct 1952.

Jane was born in University City, Missouri and has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, for radio, television, and her music recordings. She had five acting credits, from a 1933 short, to a 1960 episode of The Ed Sullivan Show. She must have received her television star for her 19 tv musical performances 1950-60, including 16 episodes of The Jane Froman Show (1952-55).

[alidaisinthevalli]

Jane Froman set aside her professional singing career to be the first artist to volunteer to entertain servicemen during WW II. Despite having suffered a debilitating leg injury in a plane crash, followed by multiple surgeries, and having to wear a leg brace, she carried on with the tours.

The film "With a Song In My Heart", starring Susan Hayward, is about her story.

[oldshowbiz]

1954 - Jane Froman is the biggest pain and awful to look at

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Jane Froman for Stars Over Broadway | 1935

Photographed by Elmer Fryer