Ruth Etting

Ruth Etting

From Wikipedia Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film. She is known as "America's sweetheart of song". Her signature tunes were "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "Ten Cents a Dance" and "Love Me or Leave Me". Her other popular recordings included "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Mean to Me", "Exactly Like You" and "Shaking the Blues Away". In Hollywood, Etting made a long series of movie shorts between 1929 and 1936, and three feature movies in 1933 and 1934. In 1936, she appeared in London in Ray Henderson's Transatlantic Rhythm. Her life was the basis for the fictionalized 1955 film Love Me or Leave Me, which starred Doris Day (as Etting), James Cagney (as Snyder) and Cameron Mitchell (as Alderman). Etting, Myrl Alderman and Moe Snyder all sold their rights to the story to MGM. Shortly before her death, Etting said she thought the screen portrayal of her was too tough and that Jane Powell would have been a better choice for the lead. For her work in films, Etting has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located on the north side of the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

  • Popularity : 1.415
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1896-11-22
  • Place of Birth : David City, Nebraska, USA
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Ruth Etting Movies

  • 1933
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    Roman Scandals

    Roman Scandals

    5.9 1933 HD

    A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of...

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  • 1933
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    Mr. Broadway

    Mr. Broadway

    1 1933 HD

    Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.

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  • 1930
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    One Good Turn

    One Good Turn

    1 1930 HD

    Singer Ruth Eton, of the singing team of Eton and Farrell, is told by her agents to get rid of her partner if she wants to advance her career....

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  • 1934
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    No Contest!

    No Contest!

    1 1934 HD

    Ruth Etting is the star attraction on the Albertson Travel Agency radio show. When her producers learn that her recordings are on another program at...

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  • 1936
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    Melody in May

    Melody in May

    1 1936 HD

    A Ruth Etting musical short - The songs - "St. Louis Blues" & "It Had to Be You".

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  • 1933
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    Bye-Gones

    Bye-Gones

    1 1933 HD

    A Ruth Etting musical short. The songs - "Smiles", "I'll Follow You", "My Melancholy Baby" and "When My Baby Smiles at Me".

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    The Song of Fame

    The Song of Fame

    2 1934 HD

    A Ruth Etting musical short - The songs "Shine On, Harvest Moon", "I Cried For You", "I Wanna Be Loved" and "Green Eyes".

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  • 1931
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    Old Lace

    Old Lace

    1 1931 HD

    Old Lace is a 1931 Musical short.

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  • 1930
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    Broadway's Like That

    Broadway's Like That

    3 1930 HD

    A girl who works in a music store discovers, on the eve of her wedding, that her intended husband already has a wife.

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    Hips, Hips, Hooray!

    Hips, Hips, Hooray!

    5.8 1934 HD

    Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.

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  • 1935
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    An Old Spanish Onion

    An Old Spanish Onion

    7 1935 HD

    Ruth Etting sings "Ay, Ay, Ay" in this 1935 film with Mario Álvarez, along with other songs.

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  • 1932
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    A Modern Cinderella

    A Modern Cinderella

    4 1932 HD

    Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at the last minute. The snobbish customer doesn't like the...

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  • 1930
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    Roseland

    Roseland

    3.5 1930 HD

    A pretty dance hall girl is looking for the right guy.

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  • 1929
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    Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies

    Ruth Etting in Favorite Melodies

    2 1929 HD

    Singer Ruth Etting sings two popular tunes of 1929. The whole short is filmed in one take.

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  • 1934
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    Gift of Gab

    Gift of Gab

    1 1934 HD

    Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

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    I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

    I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket

    7 1933 HD

    Walter Winchell meets a budding country journalist and shows her around the Biltmore Hotel.

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  • 1931
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    Words & Music

    Words & Music

    1 1931 HD

    Singer Ruth Eton is looking for some new songs to use in her act. Don Hopkins is a songwriter who wants to break into the business, but knows it is...

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  • 1932
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    A Regular Trouper

    A Regular Trouper

    6 1932 HD

    Ruth Eton (Ruth Etting), a singer with a traveling show troupe, is engaged to the troupe manager, Joe Grant (Edward Leiter), but when Ruth's younger...

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    Artistic Temper

    Artistic Temper

    5 1932 HD

    Ruth Etting shows how she make a perfect three minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes.

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  • 1933
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    Along Came Ruth

    Along Came Ruth

    1 1933 HD

    Miss Etting plays herself, and the clever opening sequence conveys two messages: 1) that she's very much in demand, and 2) that the grind of stardom...

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  • 1931
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    Freshman Love

    Freshman Love

    1 1931 HD

    In this 100% fictional-plot short a fictional freshman, played by an actor named Don Tomkins), becomes smitten with and writes letters to a singer,...

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