Ruth Etting

Born: 1896-11-22

From Wikipedia Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – 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. She is 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". In Hollywood, Etting made a long series of movie shorts between 1929 and 1936, and three feature movies in 1933 and 1934. In 1936, she appeared in London in Ray Henderson's Transatlantic Rhythm. Her 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. 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. For her work in films, Etting has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the north side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.


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Broadway's Like That

as Ruth
Released: 1930-03-04

A girl who works in a music store discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her intended...

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Roman Scandals

as Olga
Released: 1933-11-27

A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls...

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Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Ruth Etting
Released: 1934-02-02

Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth...

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Gift of Gab

as Ruth
Released: 1934-09-01

Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

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A Modern Cinderella

as Anita Ragusa
Released: 1932-11-05

Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at...

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Mr. Broadway

as Ruth Etting
Released: 1933-09-12

Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories...

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Roseland

as Helen Leslie
Released: 1930-09-07

A pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy.

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Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies

as Herself
Released: 1929-03-15

Singer Ruth Etting sings two popular tunes of 1929. The whole short is filmed in one take.

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I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

as Self
Released: 1933-01-23

Walter Winchell meets a budding country journalist and shows her around the Biltmore Hotel.

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The Song of Fame

as uncredited
Released: 1934-07-06

A Ruth Etting musical short - The songs "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "I Cried For You", "I Wanna Be...

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One Good Turn

as Ruth Eton
Released: 1930-12-09

Singer Ruth Eton, of the singing team of Eton and Farrell, is told by her agents to get rid of...

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No Contest!

as Ruth
Released: 1934-10-06

Ruth Etting is the star attraction on the Albertson Travel Agency radio show. When her producers...

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