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Johnnie Davis is a Actor American born on 11 may 1910 at Brazil (USA)
Johnnie Davis, also billed as Johnny Davis and Johnnie "Scat" Davis, (April 11, 1910 – October 28, 1983) was an American actor, singer and trumpeter.
Born John Gustave Davis in Brazil, Indiana, into a family of musicians, Davis developed an interest in music during his childhood. He learned to play the trumpet and by the age of 13 was performing with his grandfather's band. After graduating from high school he worked as a musician for several orchestras, including theater orchestras in nearby Terre Haute, Indiana such as Paul Johnson's orchestra and the Leo Baxter Orchestra. Art Davis, his younger also worked for Leo Baxter.
By 1933 was living in New York City. He formed his own trio and recorded several songs with them. From the mid-1930s he worked with Fred Waring as a musician and vocalist, and his success during this time led him to Hollywood.
He appeared in his first film in 1937, and the same year appeared in the film Hollywood Hotel, where he introduced the Johnny Mercer song "Hooray for Hollywood". His lively rendition became popular and became closely associated with the film industry. He appeared in fifteen films including "Campus Cinderella" (1938), Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938), Brother Rat (1938), "Mr Chump" (1938),'A Child Is Born (1939) and Sarong Girl (1943).
Davis continued to work in the music industry throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and spent several years in Detroit, Michigan where he was a popular television performer. He eventually settled in Texas, and died in Pecos from a heart attack during a hunting trip.
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Johnnie Davis
Birth name John Gustave Davis
Nationality USA
Birth 11 may 1910 at Brazil (USA)
Death 28 november 1983 (at 73 years) at Pecos (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 11 may 1910 at Brazil (USA)
Death 28 november 1983 (at 73 years) at Pecos (USA)
Born John Gustave Davis in Brazil, Indiana, into a family of musicians, Davis developed an interest in music during his childhood. He learned to play the trumpet and by the age of 13 was performing with his grandfather's band. After graduating from high school he worked as a musician for several orchestras, including theater orchestras in nearby Terre Haute, Indiana such as Paul Johnson's orchestra and the Leo Baxter Orchestra. Art Davis, his younger also worked for Leo Baxter.
By 1933 was living in New York City. He formed his own trio and recorded several songs with them. From the mid-1930s he worked with Fred Waring as a musician and vocalist, and his success during this time led him to Hollywood.
He appeared in his first film in 1937, and the same year appeared in the film Hollywood Hotel, where he introduced the Johnny Mercer song "Hooray for Hollywood". His lively rendition became popular and became closely associated with the film industry. He appeared in fifteen films including "Campus Cinderella" (1938), Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938), Brother Rat (1938), "Mr Chump" (1938),'A Child Is Born (1939) and Sarong Girl (1943).
Davis continued to work in the music industry throughout the 1940s and 1950s, and spent several years in Detroit, Michigan where he was a popular television performer. He eventually settled in Texas, and died in Pecos from a heart attack during a hunting trip.
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What a Way to Go! (1964)
, 1h51Directed by John Flynn, J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Black comedy, Romance
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Robert Cummings
Rating68%
In a dream-like pre-credit sequence, Louisa May Foster (Shirley MacLaine), dressed as a black-clad widow, descends a pink staircase in a pink mansion. As she reaches the bottom, she is followed by pall-bearers carrying a pink coffin. As they round the bend in the staircase, the pallbearers drop the coffin, which sleds down the stairs, leading into the opening titles.
You Can't Ration Love (1944)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marjorie Weaver, Johnnie Davis, Marie Wilson, Bill Edwards, Jean Wallace, Bobby Barber
Roles Kewpie
Rating63%
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
, 1h25Directed by Harry Joe Brown
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Shelley Winters, Otto Kruger, Ernest Cossart
Roles Tenpin
Rating52%
Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
Directed by William C. McGann
Genres Comedy
Actors Sivaji Ganesan, Marie Wilson, Vanisri, Johnnie Davis, Aachi Manorama, Deepa Unnimary
Roles Mark Downey
Rating56%
Sweepstakes Winner (1939)
, 59minutesDirected by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Marie Wilson, Johnnie Davis, Allen Jenkins, Jerry Colonna, Vera Lewis, Frankie Burke
Roles Mark Downey
Rating50%
A Child Is Born (1939)
, 1h19Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, Gladys George, Gale Page, Spring Byington, Johnnie Davis
Roles Ringer Banks
Rating60%
Jed Sutton (Jeffrey Lynn) arrive à la maternité d'un grand hôpital pour rendre visite à sa femme Grace (Geraldine Fitzgerald), une meurtrière condamnée libérée de prison pour pouvoir donner naissance à son enfant. Peu après, M West (Spring Byington) arrive également à la maternité pour donner naissance à son septième enfant, et est accueillie par M Bowers (Gale Page), l'infirmière en chef. Sont également présents dans la salle d'attente, Florette Laverne (Gladys George), une danseuse enceinte de jumeaux et qui ne veut pas d'enfant parce que son mari Harry l'a menacé de la quitter ; Gladys Norton (Nanette Fabray), 18 ans, qui est secrètement mariée et craint la réaction de sa mère ; M Kempner (Gloria Holden), qui veut désespérément un enfant même si les médecins lui ont dit qu'elle ne pourra jamais en porter un ; et M Helen Banks (Jean Sharon), dont le mari arpente la salle d'attente.
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
, 1h49Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Ted Healy, Hugh Herbert
Roles Georgia
Rating63%
Saxophone player and singer Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell), is on his way to Hollywood, having been signed to a ten-week contract by All Star Pictures. At the airport, his former employer, Benny Goodman, and his band give him a big sendoff, performing "Hooray for Hollywood".
Brother Rat (1938)
, 1h29Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Priscilla Lane, Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Johnnie Davis, Jane Bryan
Roles A. Furman Towsend, Jr.
Rating61%
Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
, 1h17Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Western
Themes Sports films, Musical films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane, Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Dick Foran
Roles Jeff Hardy
Rating57%
Singer Elly Jordan, a Brooklyn man who is terrified of animals, ends up broke along with his two musical partners at Hardy's Dude Ranch in Two Bits, Wyoming. The Hardys, Ma and Pop, daughter Jane and son Jeff, hire the men to play for the dudes. Sam Thorne, Jane's self-appointed boyfriend, ranch cowhand and amateur crooner, is jealous of Jane's interest in Elly. Elly is so successful as a cowboy singer, that when theatrical agent Ray Chadwick arrives at the ranch on a vacation and hears him, he signs Elly immediately. Chadwick thinks that Elly is a real cowboy and Jane coaches him to talk like one. In spite of his fear of animals, he gets away with the deception. He makes a successful screen test as a cowboy, using the name Wyoming Steve Gibson, but he and Chadwick, who now knows the truth, fear that the deception will be revealed when the movie people arrive in New York from Hollywood with Elly's contract.
Men Are Such Fools (1938)
, 1h9Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert, Johnnie Davis, Penny Singleton
Roles Tad Turkel
Rating53%
Une femme ambitieuse n'hésite pas à se servir de son mari, une ancienne star du football, pour faire avancer sa carrière. Un homme de radio lui propose son aide...
Garden of the Moon (1938)
, 1h34Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lindsay, John Payne, Johnnie Davis, Melville Cooper, Isabel Jeans
Roles Slappy Harris
Rating58%
Katnip Kollege (1938)
Directed by Cal Howard, Ben Hardaway, Cal Dalton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Actors Johnnie Davis
Roles Johnny Cat (voice)
Rating58%
Au collège Katnip, nous voyons une salle remplie de chats qui suivent un cours de Swingologie. Tout le monde se balance sauf Johnny, qui n'y arrive pas et doit s'asseoir dans le fauteuil de cancre. Miss Kitty Bright lui dit de regarder vers le haut quand il apprend à se balancer. Enfin, à l'écoute de la pendule dans la nuit, Johnny obtient le rythme. Il se précipite à l'endroit où tout le monde joue et chante "Easy As Rollin" extrait d'un morceau de Kitty Bright. Elle le rejoint, il saisit une trompette lors d'une pause instrumentale, avec le groupe au complet. Ils s'accordent tous les deux, elle le couvre de baisers.
Varsity Show (1937)
, 2h1Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dick Powell, Ted Healy, Rosemary Lane, Priscilla Lane, Walter Catlett, Johnnie Davis
Roles Buzz Bolton
Rating60%
Over the Goal (1937)
, 1h3Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors June Travis, William Hopper, Johnnie Davis, Gordon Oliver, Willard Parker, Raymond Hatton
Roles Tiny Waldron
Rating47%
A wealthy alumnus of Carlton College promises to leave his fortune to the school, but only if it can defeat football rival State three consecutive years. After two victories in a row, the alumnus dies. His descendants want his money for themselves, and therefore desperately want Carlton to lose the big game.
I Love to Singa (1936)
Directed by Tex Avery
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Actors Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Johnnie Davis, Martha Wentworth
Roles Owl Jolson (singing voice)
Rating75%
Un hibou professeur de chant nommé Fritz Hibou, détestant le jazz, attend avec sa femme l'éclosion des quatre œufs qu'a pondu cette dernière. Naissent alors quatre petits hiboux musiciens dont le quatrième, nommé Édile Piaf (Owl Jonhson en anglais) est jazzman et chante I Love to Singa d'Al Jolson, ce qui rend fou son père. Ce dernier décide d'apprendre à son fils cadet la mélodie classique. Pendant que sa mère tourne les pages de la partition avant de jouer au piano, Édile en profite pour chanter des passages de sa chanson. Mais la troisième fois, lorsque Fritz vient discrètement le voir chanter la mélodie classique et le surprend, il le jette dehors. Sa mère contacte la police pour retrouver son fils. Édile décide de se promener avant de voir un concours de chant dans une station de radio. La station est présentée par Jack Bunny, un lapin. Tous les candidats échouent jusqu'à ce que le jeune hibou chante I Love to Singa, que Jack apprécie. Sa famille l'entend à la radio et vient à la station. Quand Édile voit son père derrière la fenêtre, effrayé, il chante la mélodie classique chantée plus tôt, ce qui va forcer Jack à l'éliminer, avant que sa famille rentre dans la station. Son père l'autorise alors à chanter du jazz, et le jeune hibou et sa famille finissent par chanter ensemble, Jack Bunny leur donnant le trophée du premier prix.