Robert Mitchum...

"Blue" wrote in message

>I might be wrong, but, figure he's the only actor that ever sang
> the title song of the movie he starred in.
>

If you don't count Glen Campbell for TRUE GRIT,

Lon Chaney Jr. for SPIDER BABY,

And of course the never-to-be-forgotten title song to NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNDO
FINE (aka RED ZONE CUBA), sung by John Carradine:
http://www.agonybooth.com/red_zone_cuba/John%20Carradine%20with%20Ray%...regory%

Jim Beaver
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

Always wondered about that choice...
"tomcervo" wrote in message

> On Oct 7, 8:41?pm, "Jim Beaver" wrote:
>> If you don't count Glen Campbell for TRUE GRIT,
>>
>> Lon Chaney Jr. for SPIDER BABY,
>>
>> And of course the never-to-be-forgotten title song to NIGHT TRAIN TO
>> MUNDO
>> FINE (aka RED ZONE CUBA), sung by John
>> Carradine:http://www.agonybooth.com/red_zone_cuba/John%20Carradine%20with%20Ray...
>
> Better that than watching Campbell again--with a slew of much better
> choices for that part buried in the supporting cast.
>
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

On Oct 7, 12:17 am, Blue wrote:
> I might be wrong, but, figure he's the only actor that ever sang
> the title song of the movie he starred in.

Anita Mui sang the theme song for THE HEROIC TRIO (1993), in which she
starred (as Wonder Woman!). (There are probably hundreds of Hong Kong
movies in which one of the stars sings the theme song.)

Last year, Aya Matsuura co-sang the end song for SUKEBAN DEKA:
CODENAME SAKI ASAMIYA with her partner in GAM, Miki Fujimoto. Aya
starred in the movie, which came out on DVD in the U.S. this past
summer under the title, YO YO GIRL COP. (There are probably hundreds
of Japanese movies in which one of the stars sings the theme song.)
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

In article ,
"Frank R.A.J. Maloney" wrote:

> Joe Gillis wrote:
> > On Oct 6, 9:17 pm, Blue wrote:
> >> I might be wrong, but, figure he's the only actor that ever sang
> >> the title song of the movie he starred in.
> >
> > No "might be" about it -- you're extremely wrong.
> >
>
> Giving Blue the benefit of the doubt, it is possible that he or she
> meant "an actor who is not a professional singer, too". Or not.

John Wayne 'sang' Texas is a Woman, the theme from The Sons of Katie
Elder.

And I assume he's leaving out all musicals?

--
"Mmmm, au jus. Not quite gravy, not quite blood . . ."
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

On Oct 9, 1:16 pm, Manfred Polak wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
> >John Wayne 'sang' Texas is a Woman, the theme from The Sons of Katie
> >Elder.
>
> If John Wayne 'sang', than Eugene Pallette '''''sang''''' one line in
> "The Gang's All Here". Oh My God!!!
>
> Manfred



I remember Eugene Pallette singing _Meet me in St Louis_ as he came
down a staicase - May have been in _ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL_ but
I'm not sure.

Dave in Toronto
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

Dave in Toronto wrote:
> On Oct 9, 1:16 pm, Manfred Polak wrote:
>> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>>> John Wayne 'sang' Texas is a Woman, the theme from The Sons of Katie
>>> Elder.
>> If John Wayne 'sang', than Eugene Pallette '''''sang''''' one line in
>> "The Gang's All Here". Oh My God!!!
>>
>> Manfred
>
>
>
> I remember Eugene Pallette singing _Meet me in St Louis_ as he came
> down a staicase - May have been in _ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL_ but
> I'm not sure.
>

Definitely not _Meet Me in St. Louis_. Pallette wasn't in that one.
Mostly he worked at Fox in the 1940s, not MGM.

He was in _One Hundred Man and a Girl_. As to his singing, I can't recall.

Another Fox musical with an unlikely musical moment is _Down Argentine
Way_ when Henry Stephenson tries to sing and dance in the finale.

Both examples are part of the musical tradition that required all the
principals to return for the finale, which was usually a summary of the
entire score.

--
Frank in Seattle
____

Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

Anim8rFSK wrote:

>John Wayne 'sang' Texas is a Woman, the theme from The Sons of Katie
>Elder.

If John Wayne 'sang', than Eugene Pallette '''''sang''''' one line in
"The Gang's All Here". Oh My God!!!

Manfred
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

On Oct 9, 8:45 pm, David Oberman wrote:
> "Frank R.A.J. Maloney" wrote:
>
> >Not as memorable as the scene in which Our Eugene taps dance up and down
> >the staircase with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
>
> That was a cute scene. Frank, can you or Dave help me out here? There
> IS a movie in which Pallette is walking down a staircase, singing "For
> Tonight We'll Merry Merry Be" (whatever that's called -- Farewell to
> Grog, Fochaber's Rant, &c.).
>
> Isn't there? Or am I thinking of Edward Arnold singing it & walking up
> the stairs in something-or-other?
>

The Lady Eve, IIRC.

John Harkness
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:

> Definitely not _Meet Me in St. Louis_. Pallette wasn't in that one.
> Mostly he worked at Fox in the 1940s, not MGM

He was loaned out. The scene of him coming down the stairway singing
"Meet Me in Saint Louis" in duet with Judy Garland was a memorable film
experience.

Oh? The song, but not in the movie of that name?

Well, that's very different.

Never mind.
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

Heynony wrote:
> Frank R.A.J. Maloney wrote:
>
>> Definitely not _Meet Me in St. Louis_. Pallette wasn't in that one.
>> Mostly he worked at Fox in the 1940s, not MGM
>
> He was loaned out. The scene of him coming down the stairway singing
> "Meet Me in Saint Louis" in duet with Judy Garland was a memorable film
> experience.
>
> Oh? The song, but not in the movie of that name?
>
> Well, that's very different.
>
> Never mind.

Not as memorable as the scene in which Our Eugene taps dance up and down
the staircase with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

--
Frank in Seattle
____

Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

"Frank R.A.J. Maloney" wrote:

>Not as memorable as the scene in which Our Eugene taps dance up and down
>the staircase with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

That was a cute scene. Frank, can you or Dave help me out here? There
IS a movie in which Pallette is walking down a staircase, singing "For
Tonight We'll Merry Merry Be" (whatever that's called -- Farewell to
Grog, Fochaber's Rant, &c.).

Isn't there? Or am I thinking of Edward Arnold singing it & walking up
the stairs in something-or-other?







____
Advise your critics to be more intelligent.

-- Beethoven, to Breitkopf & Härtel, publishers, April 1801
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum... 

Harkness wrote:
> On Oct 9, 8:45 pm, David Oberman wrote:
>> "Frank R.A.J. Maloney" wrote:
>>
>>> Not as memorable as the scene in which Our Eugene taps dance up and down
>>> the staircase with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
>> That was a cute scene. Frank, can you or Dave help me out here? There
>> IS a movie in which Pallette is walking down a staircase, singing "For
>> Tonight We'll Merry Merry Be" (whatever that's called -- Farewell to
>> Grog, Fochaber's Rant, &c.).
>>
>> Isn't there? Or am I thinking of Edward Arnold singing it & walking up
>> the stairs in something-or-other?
>>
>
> The Lady Eve, IIRC.

That sounds right. That's the same film where Pallette wants his
breakfast and is being ignored because the staff is busy getting ready
for the visit of the Lady Eve and he's banging the metal dish covers
together like cymbals and being altogether the petulant baby.

--
Frank in Seattle
____

Frank Richard Aloysius Jude Maloney
"Millennium hand and shrimp."
 >> Stay informed about: Robert Mitchum...