Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; c. 1885 October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. Self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer",[1] Jolson is credited with being America's most famous and highest-paid star of the 1920s.[2] He was known for his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach",[3] and for popularizing many of the songs he performed.[4] Jolson has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers".[5][6]
Although best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), he starred in a series of successful musical films during the 1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with The Jolson Story (1946), for which Larry Parks played Jolson, with the singer dubbing for Parks. The formula was repeated in a sequel, Jolson Sings Again (1949). In 1950, he again became the first star to entertain GIs on active service in the Korean War, performing 42 shows in 16 days. He died weeks after returning to the U.S., partly owing to the physical exhaustion from the performance schedule. Defense Secretary George Marshall posthumously awarded him the Medal for Merit.[7]
According to music historian Larry Stempel, "No one had heard anything quite like it before on Broadway." Stephen Banfield wrote that Jolson's style was "arguably the single most important factor in defining the modern musical"
David Tynan O'Mahony, known professionally as Dave Allen, was an Irish observational comedian and satirist. Initially becoming known in Australia during 196364, Allen made regular television appearances in the United Kingdom from the later 1960s and until the mid-1980s.
I see Sheba hasn't been on since 29th of march she was in hospital I hope she is OK.
Almost finished with treatment etc., Sandy. One more procedure on the 3rd of next month, then it should be over.
Cheers,
Sheba.
All the best Sheba. Hope all is OK. We miss your presence on the Forum..
Big Gorilla said
01:14 PM May 20, 2021
I know who she is but I'll leave it hoping we can entice some new players or some of our old players to join in.
Tony Bev said
01:51 PM May 20, 2021
Firstly, all the best to Sheba, and hoping for a speedy recovery
Secondly, I seem to recall that lady in the picture from my teenage days (1960's)
I will take a guess, and ask is it Lulu, a singer, who was in the movie, "To Sir with Love", Sandy
sandman55 said
03:42 PM May 20, 2021
Tony Bev wrote:
Firstly, all the best to Sheba, and hoping for a speedy recovery
Secondly, I seem to recall that lady in the picture from my teenage days (1960's)
I will take a guess, and ask is it Lulu, a singer, who was in the movie, "To Sir with Love", Sandy
You are on the track Tony with the era and most of us would remember her and another girl but not Lulu. Think more of scandal.
sandman55 said
06:00 PM May 21, 2021
No takers??? Think Political Scandal
Mobi Condo said
08:40 AM May 22, 2021
If I stick out my tongue, you will be able to see who I think it is, as it is just on the tip of my tongue but brain is not connecting, other than that British Political Scandal linked to a Lord somebody.
sandman55 said
09:31 PM May 22, 2021
Yes it was known as the P...... Affair. I don't remember how the pictured lady was involved but she was associated with the other lady.
EDIT: If you Google what you said Ian you will probably get somewhere.
-- Edited by sandman55 on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 09:35:45 PM
Craig1 said
01:55 PM May 23, 2021
Marylin Davies
sandman55 said
10:20 PM May 24, 2021
You've got her Craig Marilyn Davies AKA Mandy Rice Davies over to you for a pic
Marilyn Davies (21 October 1944 18 December 2014), known as Mandy Rice-Davies, was a Welsh-born model and showgirl best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the Profumo affair, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.
Profumo scandal
At Murray's Cabaret Club she met Christine Keeler, who introduced her to her friend, the well-connected osteopathStephen Ward, and to an ex-lover, the slum landlord Peter Rachman.[6] Rice-Davies became Rachman's mistress and was set up in the house in which he had previously kept Keeler, 1 Bryanston Mews West, Marylebone. Rice-Davies often visited Keeler at the house she shared with Ward at Wimpole Mews, Marylebone, and, after Keeler had moved elsewhere, lived there herself, between September and December 1962. On 14 December 1962, while Keeler was visiting Rice-Davies at Wimpole Mews, one of Keeler's boyfriends, John Edgecombe, attempted to enter and fired a gun several times at the door.[7] His trial brought attention to the girls' involvement with Ward's social set, and intimacy with many powerful people, including Viscount Astor at whose stately home of Cliveden Keeler met the War Minister John Profumo. Profumo's brief relationship with Keeler was the centre of the affair that caused him to resign from the government in June 1963, though Rice-Davies herself never met him.[8]
"Well he would, wouldn't he?"
Stephen Ward was found guilty of living off immoral earnings (money obtained from Rice-Davies and Keeler among others) the trial having been instigated after the embarrassment caused to the government.
Whilst being cross-examined at Ward's trial, Rice-Davies made a riposte which has since become famous. When James Burge, the defence counsel, pointed out that Lord Astor denied an affair or even having met her, she dismissed this, giggling "Well he would, wouldn't he?"[9] (often misquoted "Well he would say that, wouldn't he?").[10] By 1979, this phrase had entered the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and is occasionally referred to with the abbreviation MRDA ("Mandy Rice-Davies applies").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Rice-Davies
Craig1 said
09:06 AM May 25, 2021
Yep, had to c...t a litttle, was on the tip of my tongue. So easy peezy below
-- Edited by Craig1 on Tuesday 25th of May 2021 09:06:53 AM
Craig1 said
02:27 PM May 27, 2021
Held the highest office
sandman55 said
04:38 PM May 27, 2021
I haven't been looking in as am a bit busy. He looks a bit like PM John Gorton
Craig1 said
08:54 PM May 27, 2021
Not quite as ugly as John, Sandy, did not crash to the best of my knowledge, had a similar role
Craig1 said
05:55 PM May 28, 2021
think trains
The Travelling Dillberries said
07:10 PM May 28, 2021
Bill Wentworth.
Craig1 said
08:09 PM May 28, 2021
right " profession ", wrong bloke
Big Gorilla said
04:31 PM May 29, 2021
Can't tell if it's Tim Fischer or Lyndon B. Johnson !!
sandman55 said
07:41 PM May 29, 2021
I just found it and I reckon BG is going to get the prize
Craig1 said
07:55 PM May 29, 2021
Only allowed one pick, Ken
Big Gorilla said
08:59 AM May 30, 2021
OK, I'm gonna go with LBJ....
Craig1 said
09:27 AM May 30, 2021
By elimination I guess you sort of win. Tim Fischer, one of the few mostly honorable politicians in Australia. This is a metal sculpture just unveiled at Boree Creek NSW at a park named after him. At one stage he was " 2 minute Tim" because he only spoke briefly with out any prevarication. www.miragenews.com/tim-fischer-ac-memorial-sculpture-unveiled-564825/
Big Gorilla said
12:15 PM May 30, 2021
I decided on LBJ because metal sculptures is one American method to honor their people who are well respected for their various activities. Further, the persons in the background are wearing Baseball Caps, which is part of the American dress code, although more Australians are wearing these caps now. If LBJ was not the person, my next guess would be Tim Fischer, so I guess I have won !!! Now, Who is This ?
You have him BG over to you for a pic.
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; c. 1885 October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. Self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer",[1] Jolson is credited with being America's most famous and highest-paid star of the 1920s.[2] He was known for his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach",[3] and for popularizing many of the songs he performed.[4] Jolson has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers".[5][6]
Although best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, The Jazz Singer (1927), he starred in a series of successful musical films during the 1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with The Jolson Story (1946), for which Larry Parks played Jolson, with the singer dubbing for Parks. The formula was repeated in a sequel, Jolson Sings Again (1949). In 1950, he again became the first star to entertain GIs on active service in the Korean War, performing 42 shows in 16 days. He died weeks after returning to the U.S., partly owing to the physical exhaustion from the performance schedule. Defense Secretary George Marshall posthumously awarded him the Medal for Merit.[7]
According to music historian Larry Stempel, "No one had heard anything quite like it before on Broadway." Stephen Banfield wrote that Jolson's style was "arguably the single most important factor in defining the modern musical"
Thank You Sandy. Here's one for you:
That looks like Dave Allen
It is Dave Allen, Sandy. Back to you.
Dave Allen
Almost finished with treatment etc., Sandy. One more procedure on the 3rd of next month, then it should be over.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Nice to hear from you Sheba, All the best, keep on keeping on.
Chris.
Great to hear from you Sheba all the best with your treatment
Now I wonder who remembers this lady
All the best Sheba. Hope all is OK. We miss your presence on the Forum..
I know who she is but I'll leave it hoping we can entice some new players or some of our old players to join in.
Secondly, I seem to recall that lady in the picture from my teenage days (1960's)
I will take a guess, and ask is it Lulu, a singer, who was in the movie, "To Sir with Love", Sandy
You are on the track Tony with the era and most of us would remember her and another girl but not Lulu. Think more of scandal.
No takers??? Think Political Scandal
If I stick out my tongue, you will be able to see who I think it is, as it is just on the tip of my tongue but brain is not connecting, other than that British Political Scandal linked to a Lord somebody.
Yes it was known as the P...... Affair. I don't remember how the pictured lady was involved but she was associated with the other lady.
EDIT: If you Google what you said Ian you will probably get somewhere.
-- Edited by sandman55 on Saturday 22nd of May 2021 09:35:45 PM
You've got her Craig Marilyn Davies AKA Mandy Rice Davies over to you for a pic
Marilyn Davies (21 October 1944 18 December 2014), known as Mandy Rice-Davies, was a Welsh-born model and showgirl best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the Profumo affair, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.
Profumo scandal
At Murray's Cabaret Club she met Christine Keeler, who introduced her to her friend, the well-connected osteopath Stephen Ward, and to an ex-lover, the slum landlord Peter Rachman.[6] Rice-Davies became Rachman's mistress and was set up in the house in which he had previously kept Keeler, 1 Bryanston Mews West, Marylebone. Rice-Davies often visited Keeler at the house she shared with Ward at Wimpole Mews, Marylebone, and, after Keeler had moved elsewhere, lived there herself, between September and December 1962. On 14 December 1962, while Keeler was visiting Rice-Davies at Wimpole Mews, one of Keeler's boyfriends, John Edgecombe, attempted to enter and fired a gun several times at the door.[7] His trial brought attention to the girls' involvement with Ward's social set, and intimacy with many powerful people, including Viscount Astor at whose stately home of Cliveden Keeler met the War Minister John Profumo. Profumo's brief relationship with Keeler was the centre of the affair that caused him to resign from the government in June 1963, though Rice-Davies herself never met him.[8]
"Well he would, wouldn't he?"
Stephen Ward was found guilty of living off immoral earnings (money obtained from Rice-Davies and Keeler among others) the trial having been instigated after the embarrassment caused to the government.
Whilst being cross-examined at Ward's trial, Rice-Davies made a riposte which has since become famous. When James Burge, the defence counsel, pointed out that Lord Astor denied an affair or even having met her, she dismissed this, giggling "Well he would, wouldn't he?"[9] (often misquoted "Well he would say that, wouldn't he?").[10] By 1979, this phrase had entered the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, and is occasionally referred to with the abbreviation MRDA ("Mandy Rice-Davies applies").
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Rice-Davies
So easy peezy below
-- Edited by Craig1 on Tuesday 25th of May 2021 09:06:53 AM
I haven't been looking in as am a bit busy. He looks a bit like PM John Gorton
Bill Wentworth.
Can't tell if it's Tim Fischer or Lyndon B. Johnson !!
I just found it and I reckon BG is going to get the prize
OK, I'm gonna go with LBJ....
www.miragenews.com/tim-fischer-ac-memorial-sculpture-unveiled-564825/
I decided on LBJ because metal sculptures is one American method to honor their people who are well respected for their various activities. Further, the persons in the background are wearing Baseball Caps, which is part of the American dress code, although more Australians are wearing these caps now. If LBJ was not the person, my next guess would be Tim Fischer, so I guess I have won !!! Now, Who is This ?