Norman Brokenshire

Norman Brokenshire

Born: June 10, 1898
Died: May 4, 1965
in Murchison, Ontario, Canada

Movies for Norman Brokenshire...

Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
Title: Fifty Years Before Your Eyes
Character: Narrator
Released: June 27, 1950
Type: Movie
A documentary about the major events of the first fifty years of the Twentieth Century.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Ma and the Auto
Title: Ma and the Auto
Character: Narrator
Released: April 28, 1936
Type: Movie
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocalist Al Shayne. This film features the original song Back Seat Drivers by Loesser & Herscher.
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The Old Prospector Talks
Title: The Old Prospector Talks
Character: Narrator
Released: April 25, 1935
Type: Movie
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. It features the original song Take Me Home to the Mountain by Loesser & Herscher.
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Early in the Mornin'
Title: Early in the Mornin'
Character: Narrator
Released: April 23, 1935
Type: Movie
Based on the Edgar A. Guest poem of the same name, this is photographic ode to the American South, featuring representative scenery. Mendelsohn's "Spring Song" is the musical theme throughout, and Al Shayne sings an original song based on Guest's poem.
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Soviet Russia Through the Eyes of an American
Title: Soviet Russia Through the Eyes of an American
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 16, 1935
Type: Movie
American engineer Charles Stuart travels through Soviet Russia, showing not just the political but the everyday life of the country.
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Couldn't Live Without You
Title: Couldn't Live Without You
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem. Al Shayne sings the Loesser & Hersher song Don't Grow Any Older.
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Bill and I Went Fishing
Title: Bill and I Went Fishing
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring vocals by Al Shayne.
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Boyhood
Title: Boyhood
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
An Edgar A. Guest Poetic Gem featuring the song Down the Lane to Yesterday with a vocal by Al Shayne.
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After the Storm
Title: After the Storm
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Another entry in the Edgar A. Guest's Poetic Gems Series.
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The Scout Master
Title: The Scout Master
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A poetic Gem from Edgar A. Guest. This film features Al Shayne singing A Real True Pal by Frank Loesser and Lou Herscher.
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Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain
Title: Melody Makers No. 1: Sammy Fain
Character: Announcer
Released: December 9, 1932
Type: Movie
The first in a series of shorts highlighting songwriters of the era. This one features Sammy Fain, supported by Evelyn Hoey and The Eton Boys, singing songs he wrote, including "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "Was That the Human Thing to Do" and "Let a Smile Be Your Unbrella." Follow-up shorts in the series featured songwriters Benny Davis and Cliff Friend.
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Glorifying the American Girl
Title: Glorifying the American Girl
Character: Self (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1929
Type: Movie
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.