Mountain Greenery is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical The Garrick Gaieties (1926). It’s also appeared in the movie Words and Music, The Dick Van Dyke Show episode The Sleeping Brother and The Red Skelton Show episode A Taste of Money.
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Baby Face is a popular song from 1926, used in multiple movies, including Casablanca and (of course) Baby Face. It’s been recorded by a wide variety of artists, including (among many others):
Buster Keaton remarked that Battling Butler was his favorite of all his films. Based on a Broadway play, the story revolves around a case of mistaken identity between two Alfred Butlers. One is an effete millionaire (Keaton), the other the heavyweight champion of the world (Francis McDonald). Coincidence brings them to the same backwoods Kentucky neighborhood, where Keaton finds love with a mountain girl. But not before antagonizing Butler-the-brute into a Madison Square Garden grudge match.
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Song lyrics to In a little Spanish Town (1926), music by Mabel Wayne, lyrics by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young In a little Spanish… Read More »In a little Spanish Town [song lyrics]
F. W. Murnau tells the story of Faust – The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man’s soul.
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