Now it's step lively to Linate Airport: Tuesday in Paris is chockablock with shows.
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In the musical "Step Lively" (1944), DeHaven gave a young Sinatra his first on-screen smooch.
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She was in the musicals "I Married an Angel" (1942), with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, and "Step Lively" (280), with Frank Sinatra.
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She starred opposite a hot young newcomer, Frank Sinatra, in "Step Lively" (22000), a musical about producing a musical, and with George Murphy and Lena Horne in "Broadway Rhythm" (21944).
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She went on to star in a bevy of musicals – many of them for MGM – in the 1940s and '50s including Two Girls and a Sailor , Step Lively with Frank Sinatra (who had his first onscreen kiss with DeHaven), Summer Holiday and The Doctor and the Girl with Glenn Ford and Nancy Reagan.
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And under the gaze of the inevitable full moon (Ken McKenzie did the set and lighting) these inhabitants of a rural necropolis step forward and step lively to sing the secrets of the grave, many of which are so scandalous that Spoon River starts to sound a lot like ye olde Peyton Place.
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Step Lively is a reissue of Hats Off Step Lively, the fifth studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was released in North America and Europe in September 1981.
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RKO remade the movie in 1944 as Step Lively, starring George Murphy and Frank Sinatra.
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We were having to dig into what we viewed as > archives when we went out of the country. So we were having to promote > Screaming Targets when we already had Hats Off Step Lively out here. It was > at a time of the most intense development of original material in the band's > life so the result was extremely disruptive. – Camilleri In September 1981, a revised version of Hats Off Step Lively was issued in North America, titled simply Step Lively.
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Step Lively is a 1944 American musical film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Sinatra. Step Lively was based on the 1937 play Room Service, by Allen Boretz and John Murray. It was a remake of the 1938 RKO film Room Service, starring the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and Ann Miller.
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Step Lively is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
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New York City conductors were well- known for using the phrase "step lively" to exhort passengers to clear space by the doors of streetcars and subway cars during the early 20th century, dating back to the opening of the subway in 1904. "Step lively" was seen as an overly imperative phrase that "flusters the timid and uncertain and angers those who desire to be courteously treated". The New York Times advocated the use of "press forward" instead of "step lively" in 1908. Early legal precedent in New York held railway operators liable for injuries resulting from overcrowded platforms; since the operator controlled access to the platforms, they could limit the number of passengers on the platform and prevent crowds from pushing and potentially injuring unwilling passengers.
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Hats Off Step Lively is the fourth studio album by Australian blues/rock band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The album was released in August 1980 and peaked at number 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the band's second top twenty album. The band toured the album across Australian throughout August and September 1980. The album was released internationally under the title Step Lively in September 1981, with additional recordings and new cover art.
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Like many American films of the time, Step Lively was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required two views of a quarter to be cut.
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The album featured a selection of tracks from the Hats Off Step Lively and Dexterity albums, augmented by two newly recorded cover tunes ("Gimme Little Sign" and "But It's Alright") produced by H.W. Casey and Rick Finch of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. However, the group had fractured by this point (Young, Power and Wilde all dropped out) and was not available to promote the North American LP release. Step Lively ultimately flopped commercially despite some good reviews. Young and Power joined Rock Doctors, and Wilde formed his own band, Big Kombi.
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Maltin 1970, p. 337 Brown's screen character is usually "Jerry Miles" and Carney's is usually "Mike Strager." The only exceptions are Seven Days Ashore, Step Lively, and Vacation in Reno. Actress Anne Jeffreys appeared in four of Brown and Carney's films.
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In 1981, Australian band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons covered the song, which was released as a single from their Step Lively album.Particulars of "But It's Alright"; Discogs. Retrieved 2017-09-20. The single release included a spoken intro on one side, and the song on the other.
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Particulars of Step Lively; Discogs. Retrieved 2017-09-20. In 1994, the song was covered by Huey Lewis and the News and included on the album Four Chords & Several Years Ago. The Lewis 1994 cover was also released as a single, including both studio and live versions of the song.
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Step Lively, Jeeves! is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde, written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root, and starring Arthur Treacher, Patricia Ellis, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, George Givot and Helen Flint. It is based on P. G. Wodehouse's characters. The film was released on April 1, 1937, by 20th Century Fox.
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The group formed from members of Step Lively, the Waiting Process, and Edna's Goldfish in 2000, and soon after began touring the United States.[ The Reunion Show] at Allmusic.com They released an EP in 2002 and signed to Victory Records a few months later. Their debut full-length, Kill Your Television, arrived late that year.
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"All I Wanna Do" is a pop song written by Lilley/Cook and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B; band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in April 1980 as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980). The song peaked at number 34 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.
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Back home, the singles continued with "Shape I'm In", "Puppet on a String", "I Will Return". In August 1980, the band issued the album Hats Off Step Lively in Australia. In July 1981, Dexterity was released. The band continued touring internationally, but tensions within the group were increasing and in June 1981, Camilleri pulled Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons off the road.
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After their 2000 tour with Rx Bandits and The Gadjits, the band decided to split in order to pursue other interests. Singer Brian Diaz went on to form The Reunion Show with ex-members of Step Lively and The Lightweights. Trombonist Ian McKenzie continued to play with Catch 22. Bass player Kris Baldwin did some session work for Epic Records and then recorded and played with Action Action.
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"Puppet on a String" (sub-titled "Let Her Go") is a pop song written by Joe Camilleri, Jeff Burstin and Tony Faehse and recorded by Australian blues, rock and R&B; band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons. The song was released in July 1980 as the second single from the band's fifth studio album Hats Off Step Lively (1980). The song peaked at number 53 on the Kent Music Report in Australia.
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In 1943, Carney teamed up with Wally Brown as RKO's answer to Abbott and Costello. In addition to their inexpensive starring vehicles, Brown and Carney co-starred in Step Lively, a musical remake of the Marx Brothers film Room Service. Wally played Chico's part, while Alan Carney filled in for Harpo; the "Groucho" role was essayed by George Murphy. The comedy team was also featured on a live USO tour arranged by the studio.
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Most of their films had connections to other films. Brown and Carney's third film Step Lively was based on the same play that inspired the Marx Brothers film Room Service. Zombies on Broadway is a semi-sequel to the Val Lewton film I Walked with a Zombie, in which Sir Lancelot reprises his role as a singer. Their film Radio Stars on Parade is notable for having appearances by several popular radio personalities of the time: Don Wilson, Ralph Edwards and Skinnay Ennis.
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In the 1937 film Step Lively, Jeeves, Jeeves, portrayed by Arthur Treacher, states his first name to be Rupert. However, Wodehouse had nothing to do with the script of that film, and Treacher's Jeeves character is so unlike Wodehouse's Jeeves that the viewer could easily believe him to be a different Jeeves altogether. In the club book of Jeeves's club, the Junior Ganymede, all members must record the foibles of their employers to forewarn other butlers and valets. Bertie wants Jeeves to destroy his section.
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John Murray (October 12, 1906 – June 17, 1984) was an American playwright best known for writing the 1937 play Room Service with Allen Boretz. Murray was born in New York and attended DeWitt Clinton High School, City College of New York, and Columbia University. His 1937 play, Room Service ran for 500 performances on Broadway and was turned into two films, the first, Room Service, starred the Marx Brothers, the second, Step Lively, starred Frank Sinatra. The play was also adapted for two television productions.
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Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons released their fifth Studio album Hats Off Step Lively in Australian in August 1980. The album peaked at number 17 on the Australian Kent Music Report NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The band began touring internationally including performances in The Bottom Line club in New York, and at the Montreux Jazz & Blues Festival. Increased tensions within the group led to members Gary Young and John Power leaving the band by June 1981.
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In the 1980s, Solley began writing TV jingles for clients including British Airways, BMW, and Coca-Cola, and he became a record producer. His credits include albums for the Australian bands Sports (Don't Throw Stones) and Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons (Screaming Targets, Hats Off Step Lively) and the 1982 Jo Jo Zep album Cha, featuring the novelty salsa-rock hit "Taxi Mary" with duet vocals by Jane Clifton. Solley's best-known production is the 1980 single "What I Like About You" by The Romantics. He also produced the Grammy nominated album, 1916 by Motörhead.
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Four of the eight movies the duo made together at RKO Radio Pictures as a team were released in a DVD collection entitled "The RKO Brown & Carney Comedy Collection" in January 2015 by Warner Archive. This two-disc set includes Adventures of a Rookie, Rookies in Burma, Girl Rush, and Genius at Work. The film Step Lively was released on DVD by Warner Home Video in May 2008. Zombies on Broadway is available as part of the “Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics” DVD set, released by Warner Home Video in October 2009.
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A sequel, Step Lively, Jeeves!, was released by 20th Century Fox in 1937 with Treacher reprising his role of Jeeves, but without the character of Bertie Wooster. This was because Niven was at the time under contract to Samuel Goldwyn, who typically loaned him out only for a single picture, hence it would have been expensive and difficult to hire him for the sequel. Niven would not appear in another Wodehouse adaptation until he played the titular character in Uncle Fred Flits By, an episode of Four Star Playhouse in 1955.
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Warren Duff (May 17, 1904 – August 5, 1973) was a film and television writer and producer. As a writer, Duff wrote for films including, Fashions of 1934, Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Experiment Perilous (1944), Step Lively (1944), Chicago Deadline (1949) and Appointment with Danger (1951). He worked on television programs including The Rogues (1965), The Invaders, (1967) and Mannix (1967). Duff, the producer of the film noir classic Out of the Past (1947), was once an actor and director on the New York City stage before turning to screenwriting when he entered the film business in 1931.
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Mutual's shows for the 1927-28 season included Band Box Revue, Banner Burlesquers, Bathing Beauties, Big Revue, Bowery Burlesquers, Carrie Finnell's Show, Follies of Pleasure, French Models, Frivolities of 1928, Ginger Girls, Girls from Happyland, Girls from the Follies, Girls of the U.S.A., Happy Hours, Hello Paree, High Flyers, High Life, Hollywood Scandals, Kandy Kids, Jazztime Revue, Laffin' Thru, Moonlight Maids, Naughty Nifties, Nite Hawks, Nite Life in Paris, Parisian Flappers, Pretty Babies, Record Breakers, Red Hot, Social Maids, Speed Girls, Step Lively Girls, Stolen Sweets, Sugar Babies, and Tempters."Burlesque Routes."Variety, Dec. 28, 1927. p. 53.
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Hemsley performed with local groups in Philadelphia before moving to New York to study with Lloyd Richards at the Negro Ensemble Company. Shortly after, he joined Vinnette Carroll's Urban Arts Company appearing in these productions: But Never Jam Today, The Lottery, Old Judge Mose is Dead, Moon on a Rainbow Shawl, Step Lively Boys, Croesus, and The Witch. He made his Broadway debut in Purlie and toured with the show for a year. In the summer of 1972, he joined the Vinnette Carroll musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope ensemble in Toronto, followed a month later in the American Conservatory Theater production at the Geary Theater.
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Next, he was given leading roles in Higher and Higher and Step Lively (both 1944) for RKO. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer cast Sinatra opposite Gene Kelly and Kathryn Grayson in the Technicolor musical Anchors Aweigh (1945), in which he played a sailor on leave in Hollywood for four days. A major success, it garnered several Academy Award wins and nominations, and the song "I Fall in Love Too Easily", sung by Sinatra in the film, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He briefly appeared at the end of Richard Whorf's commercially successful Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), a Technicolor musical biopic of Jerome Kern, in which he sang "Ol' Man River".
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She was under contract to both RKO and Republic Studios during the 1940s, including several appearances as Tess Trueheart in the Dick Tracy series, and the 1944 Frank Sinatra musical Step Lively. She also appeared in the horror comedy Zombies on Broadway with Wally Brown and Alan Carney in 1945 and starred in Riffraff with Pat O'Brien two years later. Jeffreys also appeared in a number of western films and as bank robber John Dillinger's moll in 1945's Dillinger. When her Hollywood career faltered, she instead focused on the stage, playing lead roles on Broadway in productions such as the 1947 opera Street Scene, the 1948 Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate (having replaced Patricia Morison) and the 1952 musical Three Wishes for Jamie.
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AllMusics Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted that with Listen Like Thieves the band "completes its transition into an excellent rock & roll singles band". However "the new configuration only works for three songs", which were its first three singles, "What You Need", "Listen Like Thieves" and "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)". Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, opined that it had "a much harder sound than heard on previous INXS records, but somehow it lacked the pop smarts that had made The Swing so appealing". Rolling Stones Parke Puterbaugh felt the group were "going for the jugular – or is that the groin?" and with Thomas they "forge an unlikely union between the sonic extremism of Led Zeppelin-style crunch rock and the step-lively beat of disco" such that the album "rocks with passion and seals the deal with a backbeat that'll blackmail your feet".
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