Ethelind Terry, Star of Ziegfeld Show RIO RITA, performs a popular song from 1930 . With Charles Kaley, Cliff Edwards and Marion Shilling. Ethelind Terry was 30 years old in this clip.
Thank you for your reply, in RUclips, you can find Marilyn Miller, Ruth Etting, Nora Bayes, Fanny Brice and many more performing their best show and that makes you appreciate more Ziegfeld who launched the success of those Great Ladies. Also Ziggy launched Great Gentlemen such as Fred Astaire, Eddie Cantor, Bert Williams, Will Rogers, WC Fields, Leon Erroll and many more.
Love the Art Deco furnishings in this and of course the fashions.......The girl singer leaves a lot to be desired in her rendition too sing-a song for me.........
Great song/singer. I'd love to see the movie, and Rio Rita too, if they filmed the latter. Thanks for posting, I've lost count of all the wonderful artists I've been introduced to because of you.
MGM hired this canary after her triumph on the stage in "Rio Rita". The problem was that she was "wall-eyed". You can see what I mean if you look closely. Great on the stage, but an example of how certain stars of the stage did not exactly "transfer" to the screen's magnification... Ah, the early talkies!... So revealing, so entertaining, for just that reason.
Ethelind Terry didn't translate well to film although she was a huge Broadway star. You can still hear the magic in her voice though in this clip and more especially in The Woman in the Shoe, another song from Lord Byron of Broadway (the latter is in glorious early Technicolor and is up elsewhere on RUclips).
Sad result, this film. Charles Kaley, previously a widely known recording artist on the 'Brunswick' label - tried for Hollywood, bombed in this. Most of the stars of the film were never seen on the screen again - Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards and Benny Rubin being the exceptions. Those stage actors seemed unable to 'hold back' on the e-mote-ing for these films. Terry's attempts to sing around the plum in her mouth do not enchant...
I finally managed to see the movie this is taken from, Lord Byron of Broadway. Fascinating film with some outstanding sequences (The Woman in the Shoe, for instance) but it does illustrate why Ethelind Terry's film career fizzled out so badly after this, her debut movie. She just couldn't adapt her style of acting from Broadway to Hollywood. Sure, this is an early talkie and they're all trying to adapt but just compare the actors ........ cont next post.
It is reported one of the reasons her film career was so short is that she was horrible to work with. No one could stand her, very difficult, demanding, nasty with directors, writers and other actors. In other words she cut her own throat.
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Thanks. I enjoy her style, for some reason. She has gorgeous eyes as well.
Flo has an eye for ladies and it shows.
Thank you for your reply, in RUclips, you can find Marilyn Miller, Ruth Etting, Nora Bayes, Fanny Brice and many more performing their best show and that makes you appreciate more Ziegfeld who launched the success of those Great Ladies. Also Ziggy launched Great Gentlemen such as Fred Astaire, Eddie Cantor, Bert Williams, Will Rogers, WC Fields, Leon Erroll and many more.
As a fan of the father of modern Broadway Shows (Follies) Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. I express my gratitude for sharing this video. Worth an appreciation.
Love the Art Deco furnishings in this and of course the fashions.......The girl singer leaves a lot to be desired in her rendition too sing-a song for me.........
Great song/singer. I'd love to see the movie, and Rio Rita too, if they filmed the latter. Thanks for posting, I've lost count of all the wonderful artists I've been introduced to because of you.
MGM hired this canary after her triumph on the stage in "Rio Rita". The problem was that she was "wall-eyed". You can see what I mean if you look closely. Great on the stage, but an example of how certain stars of the stage did not exactly "transfer" to the screen's magnification... Ah, the early talkies!... So revealing, so entertaining, for just that reason.
Thanks for posting this. Looks like "Lord Byron of Broadway", with Cliff Edwards appearing in this clip.
That was lovely.
Ethelind Terry didn't translate well to film although she was a huge Broadway star. You can still hear the magic in her voice though in this clip and more especially in The Woman in the Shoe, another song from Lord Byron of Broadway (the latter is in glorious early Technicolor and is up elsewhere on RUclips).
Sad result, this film. Charles Kaley, previously a widely known recording artist on the 'Brunswick' label - tried for Hollywood, bombed in this. Most of the stars of the film were never seen on the screen again - Cliff 'Ukelele Ike' Edwards and Benny Rubin being the exceptions. Those stage actors seemed unable to 'hold back' on the e-mote-ing for these films. Terry's attempts to sing around the plum in her mouth do not enchant...
Great room/set
I finally managed to see the movie this is taken from, Lord Byron of Broadway. Fascinating film with some outstanding sequences (The Woman in the Shoe, for instance) but it does illustrate why Ethelind Terry's film career fizzled out so badly after this, her debut movie. She just couldn't adapt her style of acting from Broadway to Hollywood. Sure, this is an early talkie and they're all trying to adapt but just compare the actors ........ cont next post.
It is reported one of the reasons her film career was so short is that she was horrible to work with. No one could stand her, very difficult, demanding, nasty with directors, writers and other actors. In other words she cut her own throat.