The Vampire Bat
The Vampire Bat (1933) starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, Robert Frazer
In The Vampire Bat, people are dying in the small German town of Kleinschloss. They are found dead in bed and drained of blood. So, Burgermeister Gustave Schoen (Lionel Belmore) and Dr Otto von Niemann (Lionel Atwill ) think that vampires are at large. But Detective Karl Brettschneider (Melvyn Douglas) thinks otherwise. Suspicion falls on village idiot Herman Gleib (Dwight Frye), known for befriending bats. When the townsfolk attempt to capture him, Herman panics and falls off into a deep well. He is killed, and the townspeople finish the job by driving a stake through his heart. Still, the vampire attacks don’t stop.
The Vampire BatThe Wild and Wooly West [song lyrics]
Song lyric to The Wild and Wooly West, Music by Sammy Fain, Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, performed by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Pat Crowley in Hollywood or Bust
The Wild and Wooly West [song lyrics]Hollywood or Bust song lyrics
Hollywood or Bust song lyrics, Music by Sammy Fain, Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, performed by Dean Martin in the movie of the same name
Land of stardust land of glamour
Hollywood, Hollywood
Land of stardust and land of glamour
Vistavision and Cinerama
Everyone considers it a must
To get to Hollywood or bust
Lazy Countryside [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Lazy Countryside (1947) Written by Bobby Worth, Performed by Dinah Shore in Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free
I love to hang around
The lazy countryside
(Where things are nice and breezy)
With nature’s gang around
The lazy countryside
(Where life is twice as easy)
Where the crickets you don’t hear in the city
Keep a-hummin’ in your ear, oh, so pretty
Say It With a Slap [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Say It With a Slap (1947) Written by Buddy Kaye and Eliot Daniel, Performed by Dinah Shore and Chorus in Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free
[Editor’s note: Say It With a Slap is, frankly, a weird little song. The concept is, when a boy & girl bear fall in love, they slap each other. The hero of the story, Bongo, has been raised in a circus … And doesn’t know this. And his would-be girlfriend is heartbroken that he won’t slap her. As I say, a weird little song …]
Say It With a Slap [song lyrics]My What a Happy Day [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to My What a Happy Day (1947) Written by Bill Walsh and Ray Noble, Performed by Anita Gordon as the Singing Harp in Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free
My, what a happy day
What a sunny sky
Kind of makes you sigh in a happy way
What a very merry day
All the world is gay
When your cares are light
And your heart takes flight
And you’re swept away
My Favorite Dream [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to My Favorite Dream (1947) Written by Bill Walsh and Ray Noble, Performed by Anita Gordon as the Singing Harp in Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free
In my favorite dream
Everyone is so delightful
No one’s mean or spiteful
In my favorite dream
Fun and Fancy Free [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Fun and Fancy Free (1947) Written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss, Performed by Cliff Edwards and Chorus in Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free
Fun, fun, fun and fancy-free
Full of fun and fancy-free
That’s the way I wanna be
I don’t let my troubles trouble me
Fancy free
Full of, full of fun
Got no time to worry none
Too busy singin’ in the sun, sweet sun
