
Allan Jones
Oyuncu · 1907 – 1992 · Old Forge, Pennsylvania, USA
Allan Jones, 14 Ekim 1907 tarihinde Old Forge, Pennsylvania, ABD'de dünyaya gelmiştir. Galli göçmen bir ailenin oğlu olan Jones, babası ve büyükbabası gibi madenci olma yolunda ilerlerken, sahip olduğu olağanüstü tenor sesi sayesinde farklı bir kariyer rotası çizdi. Gençliğinde kısa bir süre madenlerde çalışsa da, müziğe olan yeteneği onu New York Üniversitesi'nde ses eğitimi almaya ve ardından Paris'te opera çalışmalarına yönlendirdi. Sahne kariyerine Broadway'de adım atan Jones, özellikle 1933 yapımı "Roberta" müzikalindeki performansıyla dikkatleri üzerine çekti ve bu başarısı ona Hollywood'un kapılarını aralayan MGM stüdyosuyla bir sözleşme getirdi. Sinema kariyerindeki en büyük çıkışını, efsanevi komedi ekibi Marx Kardeşler ile birlikte rol aldığı filmlerle yaptı. "A Night at the Opera" (1935) ve "A Day at the Races" (1937) filmlerinde, komik kaosun ortasındaki romantik ve aklı başında karakteri (straight man) canlandırarak izleyicilerin beğenisini kazandı. Ancak oyunculuk kariyerinin zirve noktası ve en ikonik rolü, James Whale'in yönettiği 1936 yapımı klasik müzikal "Show Boat"taki Gaylord Ravenal karakteri oldu. Bu filmdeki performansı ve Irene Dunne ile yakaladığı uyum, onu dönemin aranan müzikal yıldızlarından biri haline getirdi. 1937 yapımı "The Firefly" filminde seslendirdiği "The Donkey Serenade" şarkısı ise dünya çapında bir hit oldu ve kariyeri boyunca onunla özdeşleşen imza şarkısı haline geldi. 1940'ların başında MGM'den ayrılarak Universal Pictures'a geçen Jones, burada bir dizi müzikal komedide rol aldı. Bunlar arasında "The Boys from Syracuse" (1940) ve "One Night in the Tropics" (1940) gibi yapımlar öne çıktı. Ancak müzikal filmlerin popülaritesinin azalmasıyla birlikte sinema kariyeri yavaşladı. Bu dönemden sonra ağırlıklı olarak sahne çalışmalarına, gece kulübü performanslarına ve tiyatro turnelerine odaklandı. Özellikle "Man of La Mancha", "Paint Your Wagon" ve "Guys and Dolls" gibi ünlü müzikallerin sahne prodüksiyonlarında başrol oynayarak tiyatro izleyicisiyle buluşmaya devam etti. Kariyerinin sonraki yıllarında televizyona da geçiş yapan Allan Jones, "The Love Boat" gibi popüler dizilerde konuk oyuncu olarak yer aldı. Ayrıca, kendisi gibi başarılı bir şarkıcı olan Jack Jones'un babasıdır. Klasik Hollywood döneminin "beyefendi şarkıcısı" olarak hatırlanan Jones, güçlü sesi, karizmatik duruşu ve müzikal sinemaya katkılarıyla tanınmaktadır. Aktör 27 Haziran 1992 tarihinde akciğer kanseri nedeniyle New York'ta hayatını kaybetmiştir.
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Film7.4KomediMüzikMilano'da bir kadın avcısı; gurursuz bir yalancı ve dolandırıcı olan Otis B. Driftwood, kadınlara büyük vaatlerde bulunarak, bu sayede paralarını alan sahtekar bir adamdır. Otis'in son numarası da, iltifatlarıyla kandırdığı zengin bir kadındır. Öte yandan, operada şarkıcı olan Rosa, sürekli peşinde olan Lassparri'ye yüz vermez. Genç adamın verdiği çiçekleri de kabul etmeyen Rosa'nın gönlü, mükemmel bir sese sahip olmasına rağmen hakettiği değeri göremeyen mütevazı Ricardo'dadır. Ancak bu aşk, Rosa'nın Amerika'ya gitmesiyle son bulmak zorundadır. Mesleğini Amerika'da devam ettirecek olan Rosa, sözleşmesi gereği operada kalmak zorunda olan Ricardo'dan ayrılmanın üzüntüsü içindedir.
Film7.4BelgeselAileVarious MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
That's Entertainment!
1974 · 73 votes
Film7.0BelgeselMüzikGene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · 45 votes
Film7.1KomediMüzikDoktor kılığında bir veteriner, bir yarış atı sahibi ve arkadaşları, uyumsuz bir yarış atının yardımıyla bir sanatoryumu açık tutmak için mücadele ederler.
Film6.1WesternJames Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within their midst. As they begin to bicker over who should get the biggest cut, the stage is set for a deadly showdown. Claude Akins and John Marley co-star in this Italian Western directed by Vic Morrow.
A Man Called Sledge
1970 · 41 votes
Film6.1RomantikMaceraAn incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
Rose Marie
1936 · 16 votes
Film5.8MüzikKomediJim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
One Night in the Tropics
1940 · 23 votes
Film6.7MüzikRomantikDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Show Boat
1936 · 51 votes
Film6.4WesternAn aging sheriff is put in the position of having to arrest the outlaw father and two sons with whom he was raised.
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964 · 5 votes
Film5.4MüzikRomantikIn his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film's paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer's works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert's most famous compositions are well in evidence, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "March of the Toys" and "Kiss Me Again", the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.
The Great Victor Herbert
1939 · 7 votes
FilmTV MovieMüzikSylvia Fine hosts this musical show featuring some great American singing and dancing stars, featuring music by Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Berlin and Kern.
Film5.1MüzikDramA theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Reckless
1935 · 14 votes
Film8.0KomediMüzikA wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.
True to the Army
1942 · 1 votes
Film5.5MüzikKomediRhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the shooting war. The nonsensical plotline finds hero Tommy (Allan Jones) posing as a native chief. Joan Holton (Jane Frazee), daughter of a millionaire (Ernest Truex), falls in love with Tommy, unaware that he's a charlatan.
Rhythm of the Islands
1943 · 2 votes
Film6.4KomediMüzikThe action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
The Boys from Syracuse
1940 · 7 votes
Film6.5TarihMüzikNina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
The Firefly
1937 · 6 votes
Film7.0By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942 · 2 votes
Film5.3MüzikKomediA former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club.
Larceny with Music
1943 · 3 votes
Film6.0KomediMüzikDetermined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.
Senorita from the West
1945 · 2 votes
Film9.0KomediMüzikA young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.
The Hard-Boiled Canary
1941 · 1 votes
Film5.6KomediBelgeselIn this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · 8 votes
Film3.5KomediMüzikA young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves him, and determines to find a way to keep him.
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943 · 2 votes
Film7.5KomediRomantikBill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · 3 votes
Film5.0MüzikKomediBoisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piece with a modern swing beat. She returns to her dysfunctional home, dejected, but, with the encouragement of her family's cook, Judy decides to follow her dream and audition for a Broadway musical.
Everybody Sing
1938 · 8 votes
Diziler6
Dizi5.8KomediTalk ShowThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · 11 votes
Dizi6.3DramKomediPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
The Love Boat
1977 · 199 votes
Dizi6.8Talk ShowThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · 12 votes
Dizi6.9KomediThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · 13 votes
Dizi7.2SuçDramStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 26 votes
Dizi7.5The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.
MGM Parade
1955 · 2 votes