Information: - A film director is a person who directs the making of a film. Generally, a film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, production design, and the creative aspects of filmmaking. Under European Union law, the director is viewed as the author of the film. - Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney. - Footlight Parade is a 1933 American, Pre-Code, musical film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell and featuring Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert and Ruth Donnelly. The movie was written by Manuel Seff and James Seymour from a story by Robert Lord and Peter Milne, and directed by Lloyd Bacon, with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The film's songs were written by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics) and Sammy Fain (music) and Irving Kahal (lyrics), and include "By a Waterfall", "Honeymoon Hotel", and "Shanghai Lil". - Frederick Hobart Mertz, played by William Frawley, is a fictional character in the 1950s American sitcom "I Love Lucy". Character. Fred was born and raised on a farm in the midwest (episode #171), probably in or near Steubenville, Ohio (episode #134), although in one episode Ethel claims that Fred's mother comes once a year from Indiana. Fred is of Irish descent (episode #171) and has at least one brother (season 2, episode 29). He toured the country in vaudeville before retiring to New York City. He is a World War I veteran and is married to Ethel Mae Louise Roberta Potter Mertz (Vivian Vance), and they often jokingly make fun of each other. Their wedding anniversary is May 3 (episode #121). Ethel often calls Fred a "fat old goat", and in return Fred calls Ethel the "bottomless pit" due to her voracious appetite. Having been "wiped out" in the Great Depression (episode # 152), he is a penny-pincher and gives Ethel very little money. Nevertheless, Fred always has the money when an investment opportunity comes along (e.g., diner purchase, oil stocks). - I Love Lucy is a landmark American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on CBS. After the series ended in 1957, however, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials; it ran from 1957 to 1960. It was first known as "The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show" and later in reruns as "The LucyDesi Comedy Hour". - Sammy Fain, born Samuel E. Feinberg, (June 17, 1902 December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he was also a popular vocalist. - Irving Kahal (March 5, 1903, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania February 7, 1942, New York City) was a popular song lyricist active in the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his collaborations with composer Sammy Fain which started in 1926 when Kahal was working in vaudeville sketches written by Gus Edwards. Their collaboration lasted 16 years, until Kahal's death in 1942. - A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. - Angels with Dirty Faces is a 1938 American crime film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by John Wexley and Warren Duff, and is based on the story by Rowland Brown. The film chronicles the rise and fall of the notorious gangster William "Rocky" Sullivan. After spending three years in prison for armed robbery, Rocky intends to collect $100,000 from his co-conspirator, Jim Frazier. All the while, Father Jerry Connolly tries to prevent a group of youths from falling under Rocky's influence. - Crime films are a genre of film that focus on crime. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. - Victor L. Schertzinger (April 8, 1888 - October 26, 1941) was an American composer, film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His films include "Paramount on Parade" (co-director, 1930), "Something to Sing About" (1937) with James Cagney, and the first two "Road" pictures "Road to Singapore" (1940) and "Road to Zanzibar" (1941). His two best-known songs are "I Remember You" and "Tangerine", both with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and both featured in Schertzinger's final film "The Fleet's In" (1942). - Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, film producer, film director and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. He was the first actor to portray the private detective Philip Marlowe on screen. - Jeanne Carolyn Cagney (March 25, 1919 December 7, 1984) was an American film and television actress. - James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899March 30, 1986) was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film, though he had his greatest impact in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is best remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in movies such as "The Public Enemy" (1931), "Taxi!" (1932), "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), and "White Heat" (1949), and was typecast or limited by this view earlier in his career. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Orson Welles said of Cagney, "[he was] maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera", and Stanley Kubrick considered him to be one of the best actors of all time. - Time Warner, Inc. (also known as AOL Time Warner from 2001-2003; stylized as TimeWarner) is an American multinational media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is currently the world's third largest entertainment company in terms of revenue, after Comcast and The Walt Disney Company. It was also once the world's largest media conglomerate. Time Warner was first founded in 1990 with the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications. The current company consists largely of the assets of the former Warner Communications (as well as HBO, a Time Inc. subsidiary prior to the merger), and the assets of Turner Broadcasting (which was acquired by the company in 1996). Time Warner currently has major operations in film and television, with a limited amount in publishing operations. Among its most popular assets are HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, Warner Bros., CNN, DC Comics, and as of August 2016, Hulu, owning 10%. In the past, other major divisions of Time Warner included Time Inc., AOL, Time Warner Cable, Warner Books and Warner Music Group. All of these operations were either sold to other investors or spun off as independent companies from 2004 to 2014. - Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director he made films in virtually all genres, westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, crime dramas, and was one of the directors at Warner Bros. in the 1930s who helped give that studio its reputation for gritty, fast-paced "torn from the headlines" action films. - Hugh Herbert (August 10, 1885 March 12, 1952) was a motion picture comedian. He began his career in vaudeville, and wrote more than 150 plays and sketches. - Busby Berkeley (born Berkeley William Enos; November 29, 1895 March 14, 1976) was a Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. - Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for their realism, dark humor, unique cinematography, extensive set designs, and evocative use of music. - Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, December 24, 1893 September 22, 1981) was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, "42nd Street", choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films. - Guy Bridges Kibbee (March 6, 1882 May 24, 1956) was an American stage and film actor. - White Heat is a 1949 film noir starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien and featuring Margaret Wycherly and Steve Cochran. Directed by Raoul Walsh from an Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts screenplay, it is based on a story by Virginia Kellogg. Considered one of the classic gangster films, this film was added to the National Film Registry in 2003 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress. - Vera Lewis (June 10, 1873 February 8, 1956) was an American film and stage actress, beginning in the silent film era. She appeared in 183 films between 1915 and 1947. She was married to actor Ralph Lewis. - Film producers fill a variety of roles depending upon the type of producer. Either employed by a production company or independent, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting script, coordinating writing, directing and editing, and arranging financing. During the "discovery stage", the producer has to find and acknowledge promising material. Then, unless the film is supposed to be based on an original script, the producer has to find an appropriate screenwriter. - Taxi! is a 1932 American Pre-Code gangster film starring James Cagney and Loretta Young. The movie was directed by Roy Del Ruth. - "By a Waterfall" is a 1933 song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. It was featured in an extravagant choreographic arrangement in the film "Footlight Parade" by Busby Berkeley that features his trademark human waterfall, with vocal performances by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. It features a water ballet of chorus girls diving and swimming into the water in elaborate geometric and floral patterns. - Great Guy is a 1936 crime film starring James Cagney and Mae Clarke. In the film, an honest inspector for the New York Department of Weights and Measures takes on corrupt merchants and politicians. - George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer, and producer who worked in theatre, radio, and film. He is remembered for his innovative work in all three: in theatre, most notably "Caesar" (1937), a Broadway adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar"; in radio, the legendary 1938 broadcast "The War of the Worlds"; and in film, "Citizen Kane" (1941), consistently ranked as one of the all-time greatest films. - Yankee Doodle Dandy is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, and Vera Lewis. Joan Leslie's singing voice was partially dubbed by Sally Sweetland. - Road to Zanzibar is a 1941 Paramount Pictures comedy film starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour, and marked the second of seven picture in the popular ""Road to "" series made by the trio. - A character actor or character actress is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters. The term, often contrasted with that of leading actor, is somewhat abstract and open to interpretation. In a literal sense, all actors can be considered character actors since they all play "characters", but in the usual sense it is an actor who plays a distinctive and important supporting role. - Rosemary DeCamp (November 14, 1910 February 20, 2001) was an American radio, film, and television actress. - Mae Clarke born Violet Mary Klotz (August 16, 1910 April 29, 1992) was an American actress. She is best remembered for playing Dr. Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth Lavenza, who is chased by Boris Karloff, in "Frankenstein", and also, for having a grapefruit smashed into her face, by James Cagney in "The Public Enemy". Both films were released in 1931. - Something to Sing About , ( 1937 ) , re-released in 1947 as Battling Hoofer , is the second and final film James Cagney made for Grand National Pictures -- the first being Great Guy -- before mending relations with and returning to Warner Bros. It is one of the few films besides Footlight Parade and Yankee Doodle Dandy to showcase Cagney 's singing and dancing talents . It was directed by Victor Schertzinger , who also wrote the music and lyrics of the original songs , as well as the story that Austin Parker 's screenplay is based on . Cagney 's co-stars are Evelyn Daw and William Frawley , and the film features performances by Gene Lockhart and Mona Barrie . The film , which is a satire on the movie industry 's foibles , flopped in theaters , causing the just recently started '' Poverty Row '' independent Grand National , which had gone significantly overbudget making the film , to close its doors in 1940 . When , at 80 years of age , Cagney was asked which of his films -- outside of Yankee Doodle Dandy -- that he 'd like to see again , this was the film he chose . Since the copyright on the film was not renewed in 1965 , the film is now in the public domain in the United States . - A screenplay writer, screenwriter for short, scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media such as films, television programs, comics or video games are based. - Rose Joan Blondell (August 30, 1906 December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in movies and on television for half a century. - Edwin Eugene "Gene" Lockhart (July 18, 1891 March 31, 1957) was a Canadian-American character actor, singer, and playwright. He also wrote the lyrics to a number of popular songs. He became a United States citizen in 1939. - The Public Enemy, released as Enemies of the Public in the United Kingdom, is a 1931 American all-talking Pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Donald Cook, and Joan Blondell. The film relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in prohibition-era urban America. The supporting players include Beryl Mercer, Murray Kinnell, and Mae Clarke. The screenplay is based on a never-published novel by two former street thugs "Beer and Blood" by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon who had witnessed some of Al Capone's murderous gang rivalries in Chicago. - A film studio (also known as movie studio or simply studio) is a major entertainment company or motion picture company that has its own privately owned studio facility or facilities that are used to make films, which is handled by the production company. The majority of firms in the entertainment industry have never owned their own studios, but have rented space from other companies. - A film distributor is responsible for the marketing of a film. The distribution company is usually different from the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film. - Mona Barrie (18 December 1909 27 June 1964) was an English-born actress, active on stage in Australia before establishing a career in the US, and in Hollywood films. - The Fleet's In is a 1942 movie musical produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Schertzinger, and starring Dorothy Lamour and William Holden. Although sharing the title of the 1928 Paramount film starring Clara Bow and Jack Oakie, it was not a remake. It was actually the second film version of the 1933 Kenyon NicholsonCharles Robinson stage play "Sailor, Beware!", enlivened with songs by Schertzinger and lyricist Johnny Mercer. The score includes the popular hits "Tangerine", and "I Remember You". - George Tobias (July 14, 1901 February 27, 1980) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Abner Kravitz on the television sitcom, "Bewitched". - Francis Curray McHugh, known as Frank McHugh (May 23, 1898 September 11, 1981), was an American film and television actor. - Road to Singapore is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope. Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about two playboys trying to forget previous romances in Singapore, where they meet a beautiful woman. Distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film marked the debut of the long-running and popular ""Road to ..."" series of pictures spotlighting the trio, seven in all. The supporting cast features Charles Coburn, Anthony Quinn, and Jerry Colonna. - A composer (Latin "compn"; literally "one who puts together") is a person who creates or writes music, which can be vocal music (for a singer or choir), instrumental music (e.g., for solo piano, string quartet, wind quintet or orchestra) or music which combines both instruments and voices (e.g., opera or art song, which is a singer accompanied by a pianist). The core meaning of the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition of Western classical music through creation of works expressed in written musical notation (e.g., sheet music scores). - William Clement Frawley (February 26, 1887 March 3, 1966) was an American stage entertainer and screen and television actor. Frawley is best known for starring as the landlord, Fred Mertz, in the famous American television sitcom "I Love Lucy". He is also known for playing Bub in the television comedy series, "My Three Sons". - The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. - Paramount on Parade is a 1930 all-star American Pre-Code revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf, Frank Tuttle, and Victor Schertzingerall supervised by the production supervisor, singer, actress, and songwriter Elsie Janis. - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (known professionally as Warner Bros. Pictures, often referred to as Warner Bros. and Warner Brothers and abbreviated as WB) is an American entertainment company, film studio and film distributor that is a division of Time Warner and is headquartered in Burbank, California. It is one of the "Big Six" major American film studios. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'something to sing about ' exhibits the relationship of 'genre'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - abstract - action - american television sitcom - art - blockbuster - comedian - comedy - comic - computer animation - country - crime - crime film - design - dr - dramatic - entertainment - film noir - genre - hardboiled - hbo - history - instrumental - james - law - love - march - marketing - music - musical - musical film - narrative - optical illusion - orchestra - radio - remake - revue - screenplay - silent film - song - space - television - television comedy - traditional animation - variety - vaudeville - video - war - western - william shakespeare
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musical film