Moonlight Bay lyrics
Moonlight Bay lyrics (1912) music by Percy Wenrich, lyrics by Edward Madden, sung by Frank Sinatra in Ship Ahoy, by Doris Day and Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay
[Sailing through the moonlight, sailing on the bay]
Poor You lyrics
Poor You lyrics – music by Burton Lane, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, sung in Ship Ahoy by Frank Sinatra
Poor you, I’m sorry you’re not me
For you will never know what loving you can be
Poor you, you’ll never know your charms
You’ll never feel your warmth, you’re never in your arms
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How About You lyrics
How About You? lyrics (1941) music by Burton Lane, lyrics by Ralph Freed, performed in Ship Ahoy
“How About You?” is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed. It was introduced in the 1941 film Babes on Broadway by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
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The Yellow Cab Man [Red Skelton]
The Yellow Cab Man (1950) starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak
The Yellow Cab Man begins with a very funny title sequence. The accident-prone “Red” Pirdy, portrayed by Red Skelton, falls down stairs and ends up in the hospital. He confides to the audience, “You know this is the best cast I’ve ever been in”. With the various cast members having “signed” his cast. The film proper begins with character actor Charles Lane, an agent for an insurance company, turning Red down for insurance …. Since he’s accident prone.
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Hawaiian War Chant lyrics
Hawaiian War Chant lyrics (Ta-Hu-Wa-Ha-Hai) (1936) music by Johnny Noble and Prince Leleiohoku (based on Prince Leleiohaku’s 1860 song, “Kaua i ka Huahua’i” ( “We Two in the Spray”), performed in Ship Ahoy by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Buddy Rich on drums, Danced by Eleanor Powell and chorus girls
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A Life on the Ocean Wave lyrics
A Life on the Ocean Wave lyrics (1838) music by Henry Russell, lyrics by Epes Sargent, the official march of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, performed in Ship Ahoy
A life on the ocean wave,
A-home on the rolling deep!
Where the scater’d waters rave,
And the winds their revels keep.
Like an eagle caged I pine
On this dull, unchanging shore.
Oh give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest’s roar.
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The Fuller Brush Man [Red Skelton]
The Fuller Brush Man (1948), starring Red Skelton, Janet Blair
In a nutshell, The Fuller Brush Man is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. Red Skelton is at his finest, both in verbal comedy as well as in physical slapstick galore. The basic plot has Red Skelton playing the part of Red Jones, a well-meaning young man … Who keeps getting fired from every job he’s ever held within three weeks. The girl he loves, Ann Elliot (played by Janet Blair) refuses his marriage proposal. Until he matures enough to be able to provide for a family. Red decides to emulate his rival for Ann’s love by becoming a door-to-door salesman for the Fuller Brush company. Unfortunately, this leads him to be the witness to a murder, with the police and gangsters following
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I Dood It [Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell]
movie review of I Dood It! (1943) starring Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, directed by Vincente Minelli
The movie I Dood It! is a musical comedy, dealing with a romance between two unlikely people – stage star Constance Connie Show (played by Eleanor Powell), and pants presser at a hotel Joe Renolds (played by Red Skelton), with lots of comedy and musical numbers in-between.
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Three Little Words
Three Little Words (1950) starring Red Skelton, Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl
Three Little Words is a long-time favorite movie of mine, for several reasons. First, I’m a large fan of the comedy of Red Skelton, and he’s given plenty of room to work his comedy, both physical and verbal. Likewise, I’m a fan of Fred Astaire, and I love to watch him dance. And he has his own very good sense of humor, that plays against Red’s very well. And thirdly, I’m a fan of well-done musicals, and Three Little Words definitely counts in that regard.
