Les Brown
Also Known As: Lester Raymond Brown, Les Brown and His Orchestra, Les Brown & His Orchestra, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Les Brown & His Band of Renown, Les Brown and his Music
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Reinerton, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: March 14, 1912
Deathday: January 04, 2001
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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My Lost Horizon
Overview: Les Brown and His Orchestra perform "My Lost Horizon" with Doris Day
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-07
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Is It Love or Is It Conscription?
Overview: Doris Day sings "Is It Love or Is It Conscription?" with Les Brown and His Orchestra
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-21
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Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey
Overview: A retrospective documentary on the life and career of Ohio-born actress, singer and TV star Doris Day.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-16
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Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
Overview: Beginning with William Wrigley's acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919, the history of the island is explored with archival footage, stills, interviews of residents, historians and celebrities.
Genres: Documentary Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-12
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Spreadin' the Jam
Overview: A young woman who is unable to pay her rent gets some unexpected help when the other tenants throw a last-minute rent party in her apartment. In the process, they all charm the landlady out of a year's rent. The entire story is told in song (swing music) and dance (Jitterbug, Lindy Hop etc.).
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-10-27
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Rowan & Martin at the Movies
Overview: This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Rockabilly Baby
Overview: The mysterious Mrs. Eleanor Carter moves to Springville with her two teenage children Jimmy and Cathy. Eleanor makes friends with the town's social leader Mrs. Wellington, who supports her idea for a town youth center, and she is aided by Tom Griffith, the high school principal. At the town's annual picnic, to which Eleanor has bought a band, the town busy-body Eunice reveals what she had learned from Eleanor's past.
Genres: Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-30
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Joys
Overview: Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-05
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Musical Merry-Go-Round #4
Overview: Virginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as Block gives a brief history of how they started. O'Brien also recalls her first movie song.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-17
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Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 6
Overview: In this musical short, Tex Beneke, Les Brown, and their Orchestras perform multiple numbers.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-03
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Once Over, Lightly
Overview: Doris Day & Jimmie Palmer have a romantic musical interlude.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-30
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Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
Overview: A two hour celebration of Bob Hope's 25 years of television shows that features highlights starting with his first special that aired in 1950. Between the clips, Hope reminisces with guests Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-24
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