In this 100% fictional-plot short a fictional freshman, played by an actor named Don Tomkins), becomes smitten with and writes letters to a singer, Ruth Etting (Ruth Etting), on a fictional radio ...

To modern bobby-soxers, her name means next to nothing. But it is sweetly nostalgic news to folks in their forties that a trim, silver-haired, fiftyish, blues singer next week begins a new radio ...

From Wikipedia Ruth Etting (November 23, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American singing star and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film ...

Columbia seems to be creating a monopoly on crooning contraltos, what with Kate Smith, Ethel Waters, and, of course, the ineffable Ruth Etting. La Smith’s first contribution to the catalogue is her ...

No Visitors, N. Y. “THIS bit of biography is written by one (my name is Jack) who heard her, saw her, and fell for her. I a m concealing my identity solely to avoid embarrassing so lovely and so ...

Oscar-winning biopic starring Doris Day as Ruth Etting, the 1930s singer whose mobster husband helped propel her to stardom. With James Cagney. Contains flashing images. (1955)(117 mins) ...