The Song of Fame (1934)

Director:

Joseph Henabery

Stars:

Ruth Etting, Eddie Bruce, Arthur Donaldson

Cast

Cast overview:
Ruth Etting	...	Ruth Eaton
Eddie Bruce	...	Dave
Arthur Donaldson	...	Silvio Martinetti
Minor & Root	...	Dance Specialty
Judy Canova	...	Judy Canova
Andy Canova	...	Andy Canova
Zeke Canova	...	Zele Canova
Anne Canova	...	Anne Canova

Storyline

---

Plot Keywords:

actress | broadway brevity

---

Genres:

Short | Music

---

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 July 1934 (USA)

Also Known As:

Broadway Brevities: The Song of Fame

Company Credits

Production Co:

Vitaphone Corporation, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

19 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Vitaphone production reels #1690-1691

---

Soundtracks

"I Wanna Be Loved"
(1932)
Written by Billy Rose, Edward Heyman and Johnny Green
Performed by Ruth Etting

User Reviews

The Story of Ruth

Ruth Etting was a Broadway star who made occasional passes at the movies, but they never took. An interesting biopic, LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME, starring Doris Day as Miss Etting and stolen by Jimmy Cagney was made in the mid-fifties at MGM (not Warners). How much truth is involved is a matter of conjecture.

In this one there is a plot as she and her agent try to get her to see an impresario who can give her a break. She sing three songs. There is also one interlude in which the Canova family appears. It is Judy Canova's first screen appearance.

The director of this short film is Joseph Henabery, who basically operated out of the old Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn until it went into war work. One of D.W. Griffith's disciples, he tells a bit of his story in Kevin Brownlow's THE PARADE'S GONE BY.