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Sep 2, 2009 · "Singin' In The Bathtub" (1929) Winnie Lightner
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Feb 2, 2021 · Winnie Lightner, with ensemble and Bull Montana ("You Were Meant For Me"). Choreographed by Larry Ceballos, Jack Haskell
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The Show of Shows was Warner Bros.' answer to MGM's The Hollywood Revue of 1929, and "Singing in the Bathtub" spoofs Hollywood Revue's song "Singin' in the Rain". In Show of Shows, the number features an enormous bathtub and is performed by Winnie Lightner and a chorus of male performers (some dressed as women) wearing antiquated bathing suits.
Winnie Lightner belted it out in 1929 in a scene from Warner Bros.' All-Singing, All-Dancing pioneer talkie musical effort "Show of Shows" (Michael H. Cleary...
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Winnie Lightner. Actress: Side Show. Winnie Lightner was known as Broadway's "Song a Minute Girl" because she could belt out a song in less than 60 seconds. Her brassy, outgoing style lent itself to Warner's Vitaphone shorts when sound came in, and soon Winnie Lightner was a top Warner star.
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Jan 14, 2013 · Winnie Lightner was born Winifred Reeves on September 17, 1899 in Greenport, New York. She was yet another performer born in the magic year of 1899 similar to other great actors, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, James Cagney and Gloria Swanson. Winnie began her career in vaudeville by joining her sister’s show in 1915 and became a big success ...
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Winnie Lightner (born Winifred Josephine Reeves; September 17, 1899 – March 5, 1971) was an American stage and motion picture actress. [3] Perhaps best known as the man-hungry Mabel in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), Lightner was often typecast as a wise-cracking gold-digger and was known for her talents as a comedian and singer.
