Ruth Etting
Ruth Etting is known for Roman Scandals (1933), Broadway's Like That (1930), Gift of Gab (1934).
Biography
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.
Questions about Ruth Etting
How many Ruth Etting films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 6 films with Ruth Etting, from 1930 to 1997.
What was the first Ruth Etting film?
The first Ruth Etting film in the catalogue is Broadway's Like That, from 1930.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
23 films — 6 in the catalogue
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8.0 Vaudeville
1997 · Self (archive footage)
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8.0
Melody in May
1936 · Ruth Etting
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7.0
An Old Spanish Onion
1935
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8.0 No Contest!
1934 · Ruth
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5.2 Gift of Gab
1934 · Ruth
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6.0 The Song of Fame
1934
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7.0 Hips, Hips, Hooray!
1934 · Ruth Etting
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5.8 Roman Scandals
1933 · Olga
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9.0 Mr. Broadway
1933 · Ruth Etting
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9.0
Knee Deep In Music
1933 · Self
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7.0 Along Came Ruth
1933 · Ruth Etting a.k.a. Ruth Eldridge
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7.0 I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket
1933 · Self
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8.0
Bye-Gones
1933
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5.4 A Modern Cinderella
1932 · Anita Ragusa
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6.0
A Regular Trouper
1932 · Ruth Eton
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7.0
Artistic Temper
1932 · Ruth
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6.5 Words & Music
1931 · Ruth Eton
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10.0
Old Lace
1931
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6.0 Freshman Love
1931 · Ruth Eton
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8.0 One Good Turn
1930 · Ruth Eton
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5.0 Roseland
1930 · Helen Leslie
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3.5 Broadway's Like That
1930 · Ruth
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4.0 Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies
1929 · Herself
People data: TMDb.
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