Ruth Etting
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.
Broadway's Like That
as RuthA girl who works in a music store discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her intended...
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as OlgaA kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls...
Movie pageHips, Hips, Hooray!
as Ruth EttingHips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth...
Movie pageGift of Gab
as RuthConceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
Movie pageA Modern Cinderella
as Anita RagusaAnita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at...
Movie pageMr. Broadway
as Ruth EttingEd Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories...
Movie pageRoseland
as Helen LeslieA pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy.
Movie pageRuth Etting in Favorite Melodies
as HerselfSinger Ruth Etting sings two popular tunes of 1929. The whole short is filmed in one take.
Movie pageI Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
as SelfWalter Winchell meets a budding country journalist and shows her around the Biltmore Hotel.
Movie pageThe Song of Fame
as uncreditedA Ruth Etting musical short - The songs "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "I Cried For You", "I Wanna Be...
Movie pageOne Good Turn
as Ruth EtonSinger Ruth Eton, of the singing team of Eton and Farrell, is told by her agents to get rid of...
Movie pageNo Contest!
as RuthRuth Etting is the star attraction on the Albertson Travel Agency radio show. When her producers...
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