Harry Palmer (actor)
Harry Palmer( c.1889-1962) was a vaudeville actor in the 1910s who was the inspiration for the musical film" For Me and My Gal".
Palmer was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1889.
He grew up always wanted to act, and in 1909, at the age of 20, he made his vaudeville debut at the Palace Theater in Chicago.
Just a few years later, Palmer rose to stardom, acting in comedies and musicals by himself, until late 1916 when he teamed up with Joanne' Jo' Hayden.
Their act," Palmer& Hayden", stayed together until they retired from show business in the 1920s.
In mid- 1917, the two became engaged.
In September 1917, Hayden's good friend Danny Metcalf, who was supposed to finish medical school, was drafted into the U.S. Army, and was killed in action in World War I on September 29 of that year.
Shortly after, Palmer was also drafted into the Army, just before he and Hayden were going to play at The Palace in New York City.
Palmer did not want to go to war and purposely damaged his hand so he would not have to go to France.
Hayden was going to leave Palmer if he did not serve, so Palmer tried enlisting, but none of the armed services would accept him because of his hand.
However, Palmer was accepted to the Red Cross ambulance corps and went overseas in early 1918.
Hayden did not leave him or stop the engagement.
Palmer saw action in France at Cantigny, the second Battle of Marne, Soissons, Saint- Mihiel and the Meuse- Argonne.
Palmer was shot in the shoulder, but survived the war and was discharged from service in 1919.
Palmer and Hayden returned to vaudeville in 1919, and also got married that same year, but did not do many shows afterward.
They retired from vaudeville in the early 1920s.
In 1942, Gene Kelly and Judy Garland player Palmer and Hayden in the MGM musical film" For Me and My Gal", directed by Busby Berkeley.
The story of the film closely followed the actual events surrounding Palmer's involvement in the First World War, although some details were changed for dramatic purposes, such as making" Danny" Hayden's brother dying in the war instead of a friend.
Danny's last name was also used for the character" Jimmy Metcalf", the rival for Hayden's affections.
Harry Palmer died in 1962, at the age of 73.
Bobby Connolly
William Harold" Bobby" Connolly( July 4,
1897- February 29, 1944) was an American director and choreographer for both film and the Broadway stage.
Connolly received four Academy Awards nominations, all in the category of Best Dance Direction, for his work on the films" Go Into Your Dance"( 1935)," Broadway Hostess"( 1935)," Cain and Mabel"( 1936), and" Ready, Willing and Able"( 1937).
Other film credits include dance director for" The Wizard of Oz"( 1939) and" For Me and My Gal"( 1942).
Father to William" Bill" Connolly born September 21, 1923( age 97) currently residing in Long Beach, California.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
George W. Meyer
George William Meyer a.k.a. Geo. W. Meyer( January 1, 1884, Boston, Massachusetts – August 28, 1959, New York City) was an American Tin Pan Alley songwriter.
Meyer wrote the music for the song" For Me and My Gal" and many others.
He had a publishing company Geo. W. Meyer Co. located at the Exchange Bldg, 143 West 45th Street, New York City, where he published his songs and the songs of other songwriters as well.
Leni Harper
Leni Harper is a Scottish actress, best known for playing Maddie in" Me And My Girl".
Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer and dancer.
During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage.
Respected for her versatility, she received an Academy Juvenile Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Special Tony Award.
In 1962, Garland won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her 1961 double LP live recording "Judy at Carnegie Hall"—the first woman to win in this category.
She is considered by many to be one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century.
Garland began performing in vaudeville as a child with her two elder sisters and was later signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager.
She appeared in more than two dozen films for MGM, and is best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).
Garland was a frequent on-screen partner of both Mickey Rooney and Gene Kelly and regularly collaborated with director and second husband Vincente Minnelli.
Some of her film appearances during this period include roles in "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944), "The Harvey Girls" (1946), "Easter Parade" (1948), and "Summer Stock" (1950).
Garland was released from MGM in 1950, after 15 years with the studio, amid a series of personal struggles that prevented her from fulfilling the terms of her contract.
Although her film career became intermittent thereafter, two of Garland's most critically acclaimed performances came late in her career: she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "A Star Is Born" (1954) and a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961).
She also made record-breaking concert appearances, released eight studio albums, and hosted her own Emmy-nominated television series,
"The Judy Garland Show" (1963–1964).
At age 39, Garland became the youngest and first female recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in the film industry.
In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and in 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the 10 greatest female stars of classic American cinema.
Garland struggled in her personal life from an early age.
The pressures of early stardom affected her physical and mental health from her teens onward; her self-image was influenced and constantly criticized by film executives who believed that she was physically unattractive.
Those same executives manipulated her onscreen physical appearance.
Throughout her adulthood she was plagued by alcohol and substance abuse, as well as financial instability; she often owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes.
Her lifelong addiction to drugs, including alcohol, ultimately led to her death in London from an accidental barbiturate overdose at age 47.
E. Ray Goetz
Edward Ray Goetz( June 12, 1886 – June 12, 1954) was an American composer, songwriter, author and producer.
He was a charter member of ASCAP in 1914, and was a director until 1917.
Goetz appeared in the films" Somebody Loves Me"( 1952)," The Greatest Show On Earth"( 1952) and" For Me and My Gal"( 1942).
He wrote the songs" Toddling The Todalo" and" For Me and My Gal".
He co-wrote the" 50 Million Frenchmen" musical play with Herbert Fields and Cole Porter which was released as the 1930 Warner Brothers film" Fifty Million Frenchmen".
For Me and My Gal (song)
"For Me and My Gal" is a 1917 popular standard song by George W. Meyer with lyrics by Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz.
Popular recordings of the song in 1917 were by Van and Schenck;
Prince's Orchestra; Henry Burr and Albert Campbell; and by Billy Murray.
This song was used in the 1942 film of the same name, where it is the first song that Jo Hayden (Judy Garland) and Harry Palmer (Gene Kelly) perform together.
The Decca single release of the Garland/Kelly version was a major hit in 1942.
Sinclair Ross
James Sinclair Ross, CM( January 22, 1908 – February 29, 1996) was a Canadian banker and author, best known for his fiction about life on the Canadian prairies.
He is best known for his first novel," As For Me and My House".
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.

Question: What is the cause of death of performer of song For Me And My Gal (Song)?
Answer: barbiturate overdose