#rudy vallée

[infiniterichesinalittleroom]

Rudy Vallée. Now that was a lie, that was a downright lie. Rudy Vallée being popular. What kind of people could have dug him? You know, your grandmothers and mothers. But what kind of people were they? He was so sexless. If you want to find out about those times and you listen to his music you’re not going to find out anything about the times. His music was a pipe dream. All escapes. There are no more escapes. If you want to find out anything that’s happening now, you have to listen to the music. I don’t mean the words, although Eve Of Destruction will tell you something about it. The words are not really gonna tell it, not really. You gotta listen to The Staple Singers, Smokey and the Miracles, Martha and the Vandellas. That’s scary to a lot of people. It’s sex that’s involved. It’s not hidden. It’s real. You can overdo it. It’s not only sex, it’s a whole beautiful feeling.

Bob Dylan

[audiemurphy1945]

Miguel Covarrubias, That Evening Sun Goes Down, 1938

[thinkbolt]

Betty Co-Ed (Fleischer, 1931)

NOT Betty Boop, but you'd be forgiven for thinking so. It's Screen Song #43, in which Rudy Vallée leads the audience in singing his 1930 hit song "Betty Co-Ed," which pre-dates Betty Boop altogether. (Personally, we love the extreme off-model look!)

Buy me a coffee!

[randompanimation]

Looney Tunes Song References

Decided to track down some of the song references in the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts.

Book Revue (1946) Stop That Dancing Up There

Long-Haired Hare (1949) When Yuba Plays The Rumba On The Tuba

Little Red Rodent Hood (1952) Rag Mop

Back Alley Oproar (1948)

The song being sung is Angel In Disguise.

But it's in the style of Spike Jones.

[edgarmoser]

rudy vallée 1901 - 1986

rudy vallée - the shadow waltz

1933

[papeldetornasolcosmico]

Mike Patton & David Lynch used the same OPTIGAN TAPE LOOP

SWING IT!

[halloweensongbracket]

Halloween Song Bracket

Please listen to both songs before voting.

Anything Can Happen on Halloween

With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm

[gogmstuff]

Images of 1913 Fashion -

Left 1913 (August) Juliette Rudy in dress by Buzenet, Les Modes, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/17 730X1920.

Center 1913 (August) Juliette Rudy in ensemble by Buzenet, Les Modes, Les Modes - photo by Talbot. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/17; fixed bigger spots & flaws w Pshop 762X1920.

Right 1913 (August) Les Modes Racing ensembles by Drecoll. From les-modes.tumblr.com/image/146257484044; fixed larger spots w Pshop 1269X1920.

1913 (August) Les Modes Racing ensembles by Drecoll. From les-modes.tumblr.com/image/146257484044; fixed larger spots w Pshop 1269X1920

Left 1913 (November) Dress and hat by Jeanne Lanvin, Les Modes - photo by Talbot. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/10 1280X1882.

Center 1913 (October) Afternoon dress dress by Beer, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/9 1024X1920.

Right 1913 (September) Suit by Antoine and Hubert, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/10 706X1920.

1913 Anne Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe by Lallie Charles. From Wikimedia 3374X4878.

Left 1913 (November) Evening dress by Zimmerman, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/10 745X1920.

Right 1913 (October) Evening dress by Beer, Les Modes - photo by Félix. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/9; fixed bigger spots w Pshop 1280X1890.

Left 1913 (September) Armand Vallée illustration of Jeanne Lanvin dresses, Les Modes. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/10 1280X1868.

Right 1913 (February isue) Les Modes Cover - Dress, Mantle and Hair-Ornament by Jeanne Paquin - by Armand Vallée. From tumblr.com/mote-historie/731370297852329984/dress-mantle-and-hair-ornament-by-paquin-1913?source=share& 1961X3000

Left 1913 (October) Gaby Deslys in Paquin dress, Les Modes - photo by Talbot. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/9; fixed biggest spots w Pshop 1280X1891.

Right 1913 (October) Gaby Deslys in Paquin dress and another headdress, Les Modes - photo by Talbot. From les-modes.tumblr.com/page/9; fixed biggest spots w Pshop 1270X1920.

1913 Dress worn by comtesse Greffulhe (Palais Galliera, Musee de la mode de la Ville de Paris - Paris France) photo - Pierre Bulloz. From twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-extraordinary-style-of-countess.

1913 Anna de Noailles La condesa Anna de Noailles by Ignacio Zuloaga (Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao - Bilbao Spain). From tumblr.com/random-brushstrokes 1398X1080.

Left 1913 Baroness de Guestre before bas relief sculpture. From the Library of Congress Bain collection 550X899.

Center 1913 Baroness de Guestre climbing stairs (Library of Congress Bain collection). From Wikimedia 1878X2048.

Right 1913 Baroness de Guestre in the garden. From the Library of Congress Bain collection via flickr 553X912.

[freddyfreeman]

So the first episode of the Rudy Vallée show establishes that Charlie McCarthy loves to shoot (everything), and is an alcoholic. Are we certain Chucky isn’t based on this lil guy?

[asknerdyalastor]

Song recommendation from Alastor:

"Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries"

Written and published in 1931

Composers: Ray Henderson (for the music) and Lew Brown (for the lyrics)

Made popular by the amazing singer: Rudy Vallée

[P.S. The ask box is empty so feel free to send asks]

[citizenscreen]

Rudy Vallée was born on July 28, 1901 #botd

[infiniterichesinalittleroom]

I think I’m much more a singer than I am a crooner. In the days of Russ Columbo and Rudy Vallee I think that they were rightly termed crooners because they had very small, soft voices. They were very good at it but when Bing came along he was more of a singer and I think through the years most of us have begun to execute more singing than we did crooning rather than being nasal, or making cow-like sounds of moos or those utterances, you know.

Sinatra With Walter Cronkite

[lamardeuse]

Tonight I watched Time Out for Rhythm, a mid-tier 1941 musical with Rudy Vallée and Ann Miller as the main romantic leads...and I swear to Christ I didn't make it gay but it is, OH BOY HOWDY IT IS. There's WAY more time spent on the relationship between Vallée's character and Richard Lane's as business partners, and they have a ridiculous amount of chemistry. They start with a cute meet and Lane basically asks Vallée to marry him before he knows his name.

Then later on, they fight because Lane's character is infatuated with - you guessed it - a girl who isn't worthy of him. Vallée is mad about it because he's the only one Lane should be infatuated with. Okay, technically it's because Lane wants to dump all the other talent from their show (including Ann Miller) and feature the girl, but we all know the real reason.

They stand really close and stare deeply and intensely into one another's eyes. So mad.

They fight, they break up, Vallée comes into Lane's office and says "I'll get my stuff out of our apartment tonight." No, I'm not making this up. And then Lane looks at him like this. No, I'm not making that up either.

Vallée heads to the door, turns around. Lane gives him the full on puppy dog eyes.

That tears it: their breakup lasts exactly another five seconds, they make up, Lane leaps up and runs around the desk to get close to Vallée.

I have never seen Richard Lane do a bashful head duck and grin in a movie before. He's not your bashful head duck and grin kind of guy.

But then - because their love story is the driving plot device of this lightweight musical - they break up again just in time for the second act. In the non-musical scenes the other leads (including Vallee's supposed love interest) seem to be there to comment on their relationship. In one scene MIller talks to Allen Jenkins about how Vallée and Lane are "lost without one another" and that they have to get them back together somehow.

Later, she decides to disappear and give up her big break in the show so that she won't come between them and they can reconcile (don't worry, she's back and dancing her heart out in the final number).

Jenkins also gets trapped in the middle of a hilariously awkward divorce scene in a restaurant where Vallée spends the whole time ignoring Lane in the most passive agressive way possible.

By the third act, of course, love wins (actual lines: (Lane, soft) "How you been doing?" (Vallée shakes his head and smiles) "Rotten." (Lane, grinning in relief) "Me, too.")

and the movie finishes not with the romantic leads in a clinch, but with this. I just. I SWEAR I DID NOT MAKE THIS MOVIE QUEER, OKAY. BLAME THESE TWO.

[hooked-on-elvis]

[PICTURES] "LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE" (1968) 🐶📸

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ᐁ THE KING, ELVIS ᐁ

Those guys next to EP are Joe Esposito and Charlie Hodge, El's personal friends (Memphis Mafia guys).

ᐁ Elvis and his leading lady, Michele Carey ᐁ

That one scene above! [LOL] One of those, 'I can't believe she did this!' moments I mentioned on my review of this movie. I actually laugh at all the times they're together. Just the pictures are enough to make me laugh. Bernice is the best! That's the best Elvis movie! 🤣

ᐁ Elvis and co-stars, Michele Carey and Celeste Yarnall ᐁ I love that [BELOW] scene so much!🤣

ᐁ Elvis and Rudy Vallée (Mr. Penlow) ᐁ

ᐁ Elvis and Don Porter (Mike Lansdown) ᐁ

ᐁ Elvis and the West boys, Sonny and Red ᐁ I wonder how much fun Elvis had beating them up, even if just play pretend. What if at times he'd really kicks and slaps them? I wouldn't dare saying it never happened. Boys being boys.🤣

ᐁ Sterling Holloway (The Milkman) ᐁ He's the one I told you about on my review (fun facts section), the actor making all those dubbing acting work leading his voice and talento to such great classic Disney movie characters during his career years! ♥

ᐁ Elvis and Susan Henning ᐁ

THE MOST SPECIAL ONE 🐶 ᐁ Elvis and 'Albert' ᐁ

People are commonly mistaken saying this dog was one of Elvis' own Great Danes (Elvis had three Great Danes: Brutus, Snoopy and Edmund), but Priscilla said it wasn't one of their family dogs. I didn't found his name or info about who he belongs to, tho. :( If I find anything I'll update this post.

Well, I'll stop here just because the "only 30 pictures per post," Tumblr issue [ugh!]

I do have some more pictures I'd like to share with you. I think I might share all of it, really. I can't help it. I just love everything about this movie and I get carried away. 🥹

Until then, If you'd like to read my review (or just see the previous pictures / footage / music videos I shared from this movie): CLICK HERE.

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✦ [UPDATE -January 16, 2024]: MORE PICTURES HERE + BEHIND THE SCENES STORY, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MURDER DURING 'LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE' PRODUCTION. HOW THE CREW REACTED, HERE. ✦

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[the-little-red-queen]

Adieu, adieu, adieu, I can no longer stay with you.

— There is a Tavern in the Town, Rudy Vallée

[goldenradioage]

Alice Faye with Don Ameche, Spencer Tracy, and Rudy Vallée (Radio Mirror, November 1937)