Frances Langford

Frances Langford

Frances Langford won fame on radio (primarily as Bob Hope's vocalist, later sparring comically with Don Ameche as "The Bickersons"), via recordings and in the movies. In spite of the fact that she played mostly in minor musicals (plus appearing occasionally in "A" productions, including Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), This Is the Army (1943) and The Glenn Miller Story (1954)), she introduced major songs like "I'm in the Mood for Love" in Every Night at Eight (1935), "You are My Lucky Star" and "Broadway Rhythm" in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Cole Porter's "Easy to Love" in Born to Dance (1936) and "Hooray for Hollywood" in Hollywood Hotel (1937). Date of Birth 4 April 1913, Lakeland, Florida Date of Death 11 July 2005, Jensen Beach, Florida  (congestive heart failure)

  • Title: Frances Langford
  • Popularity: 3.334
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1913-04-04
  • Place of Birth: Hernando, Florida, USA
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  • Also Known As: Julia Frances Newbern-Langford
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Frances Langford Movies

  • 1942
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    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    7.02 1942 HD

    A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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  • 1946
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    People Are Funny

    People Are Funny

    5.2 1946 HD

    A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to...

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  • 1943
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    This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

    5.7 1943 HD

    In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his...

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  • 1938
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    Hollywood Hotel

    Hollywood Hotel

    5.4 1938 HD

    After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her...

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  • 1936
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    Born to Dance

    Born to Dance

    6.1 1936 HD

    On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established...

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  • 1954
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    The Glenn Miller Story

    The Glenn Miller Story

    6.9 1954 HD

    A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early...

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  • 1940
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    Too Many Girls

    Too Many Girls

    5.7 1940 HD

    Mr. Casey's daughter, Connie, wants to go to Pottawatomie College and without her knowledge, he sends four football players as her bodyguards. The...

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  • 1941
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    All-American Co-Ed

    All-American Co-Ed

    4.2 1941 HD

    Fraternity brothers enter one of their own into a scholarship lottery after a women's college insults them. Though the Zeta boys are celebrated for...

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  • 1946
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    The Bamboo Blonde

    The Bamboo Blonde

    6 1946 HD

    A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the...

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  • 1988
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    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    6 1988 HD

    Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

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  • 1944
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    Career Girl

    Career Girl

    5 1944 HD

    Joan Terry, from Kansas City, comes to New York to get a job on the stage. But until she finds an opportunity, she stays at a boarding house where...

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  • 1940
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    Dreaming Out Loud

    Dreaming Out Loud

    5.7 1940 HD

    Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.

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  • 1948
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    Once Upon a Wintertime

    Once Upon a Wintertime

    5.4 1948 HD

    A short segment of the feature film Melody Time, re-released as a separate entity five years afterwards.

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  • 1937
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    The Hit Parade

    The Hit Parade

    4 1937 HD

    Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds...

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  • 1949
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    Deputy Marshal

    Deputy Marshal

    6.8 1949 HD

    A lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.

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  • 1944
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    Girl Rush

    Girl Rush

    5 1944 HD

    During the California Gold Rush, two down-on-their-luck vaudevillians attempt to become wealthy by bringing a girlie show to an all-male western...

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  • 1935
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    Every Night at Eight

    Every Night at Eight

    7.5 1935 HD

    Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their...

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  • 1940
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    Hit Parade of 1941

    Hit Parade of 1941

    5.3 1940 HD

    In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins...

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  • 1947
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    Beat the Band

    Beat the Band

    4 1947 HD

    Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.

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  • 1936
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    Palm Springs

    Palm Springs

    1 1936 HD

    A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.

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  • 1945
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    Radio Stars on Parade

    Radio Stars on Parade

    1 1945 HD

    A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.

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  • 1948
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    Melody Time

    Melody Time

    6.1 1948 HD

    In the grand tradition of Disney's great musical classics, Melody Time features seven timeless stories, each enhanced with high-spirited music and...

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  • 1941
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    Swing It Soldier

    Swing It Soldier

    5 1941 HD

    In this musical comedy, a pregnant disc jockey misses her husband who is fighting overseas. Stressed out by the situation and her job, she decides to...

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  • 1935
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    Broadway Melody of 1936

    Broadway Melody of 1936

    6.3 1935 HD

    Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is...

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  • 2002
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    Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO

    Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO

    1 2002 HD

    When the United States entered World War II, President Roosevelt exempted Bob Hope from military service because of the need for entertainers. So...

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  • 2003
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    Winter Wonderland

    Winter Wonderland

    4.882 2003 HD

    A look at everyone's favorite Disney characters as they explore the joys of Christmas.

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  • 1944
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    Dixie Jamboree

    Dixie Jamboree

    4.5 1944 HD

    A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.

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  • 1943
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    Follow the Band

    Follow the Band

    1 1943 HD

    A farmer from Vermont travels to New York and becomes a successful singer in a nightclub.

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  • 1943
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    Never a Dull Moment

    Never a Dull Moment

    6 1943 HD

    Nightclub gangsters hire a vaudeville act called the Three Funny Bunnies (Ritz Brothers).

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  • 1949
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    Make Mine Laughs

    Make Mine Laughs

    5 1949 HD

    A kind of filmed vaudeville show, using old material from RKO films and some new.

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  • 1942
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    Mississippi Gambler

    Mississippi Gambler

    6 1942 HD

    A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.

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  • 1936
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    Collegiate

    Collegiate

    1 1936 HD

    A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.

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  • 1943
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    Cowboy in Manhattan

    Cowboy in Manhattan

    1 1943 HD

    Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.

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  • 1951
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    Purple Heart Diary

    Purple Heart Diary

    1 1951 HD

    A trio of singers entertaining hospitalized soldiers during WWII encourage a wounded soldier in his love for a nurse.

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  • 1943
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    Combat America

    Combat America

    5.4 1943 HD

    Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training...

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    This Is Bob Hope...

    This Is Bob Hope...

    8 2017 HD

    During his career, Bob Hope was the only performer to achieve top-rated success in every form of mass entertainment. American Masters explores the...

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  • 1954
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    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    A Star Is Born World Premiere

    8 1954 HD

    Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the...

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  • 1944
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    Memo for Joe

    Memo for Joe

    1 1944 HD

    Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its value to the Allied war effort.

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  • 1933
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    Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5

    Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5

    1 1933 HD

    The Happines Boys Billy Jones and Earnie Hare are invited to a party, but separate themselves from the rest of the guests, so they can not be urged...

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  • 1988
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    6 1988 HD

    Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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  • 1936
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    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

    1 1936 HD

    Winners of the Lucky Stars National Dance Contest - one woman from each state of the United States - are welcomed to Palm Springs. Palm Springs being...

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  • 1985
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    That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

    7 1985 HD

    A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...

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  • 1955
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    Music Land

    Music Land

    6 1955 HD

    Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music'...

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  • 1951
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    Purple Heart Diary

    Purple Heart Diary

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1961
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    The DuPont Show of the Week

    The DuPont Show of the Week

    6 1961 HD

    The DuPont Show of the Week is an American anthology drama series which aired for three seasons on NBC from September 17, 1961 to August 30, 1964.

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  • 1950
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    Star Time

    Star Time

    1 1950 HD

    Star Time is an American variety series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 5, 1950 to February 27, 1951, and starred...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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