ZaSu Pitts
from the trailer of Dames (1934)
Born	January 3, 1894(1894-01-03) Parsons, Kansas, USA
Died	June 7, 1963, age 69 Hollywood, California, USA

ZaSu Pitts (January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) (IPA: [ˈzeɪsu pits]) was an American movie actress. She was one of the more popular stars of the early motion picture era. A classic comedienne, ZaSu Pitts was known for her timid, forlorn blue eyes and trademark woebegone vocal pattern and fidgety hands.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the central United States. ... Official language(s) English[2] Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... A reel of film, which predates digital cinematography. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Name and birth date

Her unusual first name was coined from parts of the names "Eliza" and "Susan", female relatives who both wanted Pitts's mother to name the child after them. In many film credits and articles, her name was rendered as Zazu Pitts or Zasu Pitts. Though her name is commonly mispronounced as "Zazz-oo", in her 1930s film shorts with Thelma Todd (see below) it is clearly pronounced on-screen (by Todd) as "ZAY-sue;" her name was also consistently pronounced "ZAY-sue" during her recurrent guest appearances on Fibber McGee and Molly's show in 1939. Thelma Todd cigarette card Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 – December 16, 1935) was a popular American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film. ... Jim and Marian Jordan were featured in 1947 NBC promotional art by Sam Berman. ...

Biography

Born in Parsons, Kansas, to Rulandus and Nellie (Shay) Pitts, ZaSu was the third of four children. Her aged New York-native father, who lost a leg back in the Civil War times, had settled the family in Kansas by the time ZaSu was born, but relocated to Santa Cruz, California, when she was 9, seeking a warmer climate and better job opportunities. She attended Santa Cruz High School and somehow rose above her excessively shy demeanor to join the school's drama department. She went on to cultivate what was once deemed her negative qualities by making a career out of her unglamorous looks and wallflower tendencies in scores and scores of screwball comedy treasures. Parsons is a city in the northern part of Labette County, located in Southeast Kansas, in the central United States. ... Official language(s) English[2] Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... “NY” redirects here. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as the U.S., the Union, the North, or the Yankees; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as the Confederate States of America, the CSA, the Confederacy... Official language(s) English[2] Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Area  Ranked 15th  - Total 82,277 sq mi (213,096 km²)  - Width 211 miles (340 km)  - Length 417 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... |latitude = 36°5819 N |longitude = 122°135 W For other uses, see Santa Cruz. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Pitts made her stage debut in 1915 and was discovered two years later for films by pioneer screenwriter Frances Marion and made her debut in the silent film The Little Princess (1917), starring Mary Pickford. Pitts became a leading lady in Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece Greed (1924); based on this performance, von Stroheim labelled Pitts "the greatest dramatic actress". Von Stroheim also featured her in his films The Wedding March (1928) and Walking Down Broadway (1933), which was re-edited by Alfred L. Werker and released as Hello Sister. Frances Marion Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... The Little Princess (1917) is a silent film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists in 1919. ... Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Greed is a 1924 dramatic silent movie starring Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt and Chester Conklin. ... See also: 1923 in film 1924 1925 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. ... The Wedding March is a 1928 film. ... See also: 1927 in film 1928 1929 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. ... See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events British Film Institute founded. ... Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 - July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. ...

Pitts grew in popularity following a series of Universal one-reeler comedies and earned her first feature-length lead in King Vidor's Better Times (1919). She met and married potential matinée idol Tom Gallery in 1920 and paired up with him in several films, including Bright Eyes (1921), Heart of Twenty (1920), Patsy (1921) and A Daughter of Luxury (1922). Their daughter Ann was born in 1922.

In 1924, the actress, now a reputable comedy farceur, was given the greatest tragic role of her career in Erich von Stroheim epic classic Greed (1924), an over nine-hour picture edited to less than two. The surprise casting initially shocked Hollywood but pointed out that she could draw tears and pathos with her patented doleful demeanor as well as laughs. The movie has grown tremendously in respect over time, having failed initially at the box office due to its extensive cutting. Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Greed is a 1924 dramatic silent movie starring Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt and Chester Conklin. ...

Pitts enjoyed her greatest fame, however, in the 1930s, often starring in B movies and comedy shorts, often teamed with Thelma Todd. She also played secondary parts in many films. Her stock persona (a fretful, flustered, worrisome spinster) made her instantly recognizable and was often imitated in cartoons and other films. She starred in a number of Hal Roach shorts and features that were popular, and co-starred in a series of feature-length comedies with Slim Summerville. Her brief stint in the Hildegarde Withers mystery series was not well received, however; by this time Pitts was so established as a comedienne that audiences didn't accept her as a brainy sleuth. The term B-movie originally referred to a film designed to be distributed as the lower half of a double feature, often a genre film featuring cowboys, gangsters or vampires. ... Thelma Todd cigarette card Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 – December 16, 1935) was a popular American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... It wont be my fault if I die an Old Maid. ... Harold Eugene Roach, Sr. ... Slim Summerville (July 10, 1892 – January 6, 1946) was an American film actor, best known as a comedy performer. ... Hildegarde Withers is a fictional character created by Stuart Palmer who appeared in several films and novels. ...

Trading off between comedy shorts and features, she earned additional kudos in such heavy dramas as Sins of the Fathers (1928), The Wedding March (1928), also helmed by von Stroheim, and War Nurse (1930). Still, by the advent of sound, which was an easy transition for Pitts, she was fully secured in comedy. One bitter and huge disappointment for her was when she was replaced in the war classic All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) by Beryl Mercer after her initial appearance in previews drew unintentional laughs. She decided, however, to make the most of a not-so-bad situation. She had them rolling in the aisles in such wonderful and wacky entertainment as The Dummy (1929), Finn and Hattie (1931), The Guardsman (1931), Blondie of the Follies (1932), Sing and Like It (1934) and Ruggles of Red Gap (1935). She also excelled deliciously in her comedy partnerships with stunning blonde comedienne Thelma Todd (in short films) and comedian Slim Summerville (in features). All Quiet on the Western Front is the name of two films based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel All Quiet on the Western Front, one a cinematic treatment directed by Lewis Milestone, the other a television film directed by Delbert Mann. ... Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1914 play by Harry Leon Wilson, made into a movie several times, mostly famously in 1935. ...

Breezing through the 1940s in assorted films, she found work in vaudeville and on radio as well, trading quivery banter with Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, and Rudy Vallee among others. She also tackled Broadway, making her debut in the mystery Ramshackle Inn in 1944. The play, which was written especially for her, faired quite well, and, as a result, took the show on the road frequently in later years. Post-war films continued to give Pitts the chance to play comic snoops and flighty relatives in such quality fare as Life with Father (1947), but into the 1950s she started focusing on TV. This culminated in her best known series role playing second banana to cruiseline social director Gale Storm in The Gale Storm Show (1956) [a.k.a. Oh, Susannah] as Nugie, the shipboard beautician. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Al Jolson was a highly acclaimed American singer, comedian and actor of Jewish heritage whose career lasted from 1911 until his death in 1950. ... Rudy Vallee (July 28, 1901 - July 3, 1986) was a popular United States singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer. ... The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Life with Father is the title of a humorous autobiographical book of stories written in 1936 by Clarence Day, Jr. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Gale Storm Show was a sitcom co-produced by ITC Entertainment and Hal Roach Studios. ... Cosmetology is the treatment of skin, hair and nails and includes, but is not limited to, manicures, pedicures, application of artificial nails, special occasion hairstyling, shampooing hair, cosmetic application, body hair removal, chemical hair relaxers or straighteners, permanent waves, coloring and highlighting of hair, and hair extensions or wig treatments. ...

Pitts' last role, shortly before her death, was as a voice actress (switchboard operator) in the Stanley Kramer comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World(1963). Stanley Kramer (September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001) was a Jewish-American film director and producer. ... Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is an American motion picture directed by Stanley Kramer about a madcap pursuit of $350,000 of stolen cash by a diverse group of strangers. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ...

Marriage

• John E. Woodall (8 October 1933 - 7 June 1963) (her death)
• Tom Gallery (23 July 1920 - 2 May 1933) (divorced); two children (one adopted): a daughter, Ann Gallery, and a son, Don Gallery (né Marvin Carville La Marr), whom they adopted after the 1926 death of his mother, silent film actress Barbara La Marr.

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Death

Ill health dominated Pitts' later years when she was diagnosed with cancer in the mid-1950s. She continued to work until the very end, making brief appearances in The Thrill of It All (1963) and the all-star comedy epic It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). She died at age 69 in Hollywood, California leaving behind a gallery of scene-stealing worryworts for all to enjoy. Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... The Thrill Of It All is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and James Garner. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

She was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery. Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. ...

Trivia

• She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1994, she was honored with her image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

• Was an excellent cook and a collector of candy recipes, which culminated into a cook book entitled "Candy Hits by ZaSu Pitts", which was published posthumously in 1963.*

• When Hollywood switched to talkies Pitts, who had a distinctive nasal voice with a wavering vibrato, switched from dramas to comedy roles.
• Mae Questel caricatured Pitts's voice for the character Olive Oyl for the Fleischer Studios animated cartoon version of the comic strip Popeye.
• From the 1940s through the early 1960s, Pitts also made numerous television appearances, including her role in The Gale Storm Show|Oh! Susanna]] (1956-1960), with Gale Storm. As Nugie, the shipboard beautician and partner-in-crime, she made the most of her timid, twitchy mannerisms.

• She was on radio, appearing several times on the earliest Fibber McGee and Molly show. Her character was a somewhat dipsy dame who was constantly looking for a husband.
• Referred to sadistic gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as a "ferret".
• Conservative both politically and financially, she left her lucrative job with Thelma Todd over a money dispute with Hal Roach, and often complained about taxes.

• In Parsons, Kansas, there is a star tile at the Parsons Theatre to remember her by. It is placed at the entrance for movie-goers to see.

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Filmography

1917 See also: 1916 in film 1917 1918 in film years in film film Events Technicolor is introduced Top grossing films Cleopatra Movies released Movies released in 1917 include: The Adventurer, a Charlie Chaplin short. ...

• Uneasy Money (short subject)
• Tillie of the Nine Lives (short subject)
• A Desert Dilemma (short subject)
• His Fatal Beauty (short subject)
• Canning the Cannibal King (short subject)
• He Had 'em Buffaloed (short subject)
• The Battling Bellboy (short subject)
• O-My the Tent Mover (short subject)
• Behind the Map (short subject)
• Why They Left Home (short subject)
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (role unconfirmed)
• '49-'17
• The Little Princess
• A Modern Musketeer (short subject)

1918 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) is a silent film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin. ... The Little Princess (1917) is a silent film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. ... See also: 1917 in film 1918 1919 in film years in film film Events Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband. ...

• A Dog's Life (short subject) (scenes deleted)
• Who's Your Wife?
• Good Night, Paul (role unconfirmed)
• How Could You, Jean?
• The Pie Eyed Piper (short subject)
• A Society Sensation (short subject)
• The Talk of the Town
• The Greatest Thing in Life (scenes deleted)
• A Lady's Name

1919 A Dogs Life (1918) is a silent film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. ... See also: 1918 in film 1919 1920 in film years in film film // Events February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists Oscar Micheaux releases The Homesteader, becoming the first African-American to produce and direct a motion picture. ...

• As the Sun Went Down (1919)
• Sunnyside (short subject) (scenes deleted)
• Men, Women, and Money
• Better Times
• Poor Relations
• The Other Half

1920 Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Other Half is a 1919 film directed by King Vidor. ... See also: 1919 in film 1920 1921 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 28 - The Mask of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. ...

• Seeing It Through
• Bright Skies
• Heart of Twenty

1921 See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ...

• Patsy

1922 See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely...

• Is Matrimony a Failure?
• For the Defense
• Youth to Youth
• A Daughter of Luxury

1923 See also: 1922 in film 1923 1924 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers. ...

• Poor Men's Wives
• Souls for Sale (Cameo)
• The Girl Who Came Back
• Mary of the Movies (Cameo)
• Three Wise Fools
• Hollywood (Cameo)
• Tea: With a Kick!
• West of the Water Tower

1924 Souls for Sale is a 1923 silent film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes from his novel of the same name. ... See also: 1923 in film 1924 1925 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) considers making a silent film of The Wizard of Oz. ...

• Daughters of Today
• The Goldfish
• Triumph
• Changing Husbands
• Legend of Hollywood
• Wine of Youth (scenes deleted)
• The Fast Set
• Secrets of the Night
• Greed

1925 Changing Husbands was a 1924 American silent comedy starring Leatrice Joy, and Victor Varconi, directed by Frank Urson and written by Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin. ... Greed is a 1924 dramatic silent movie starring Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt and Chester Conklin. ... See also: 1924 in film 1925 1926 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Ben-Hur His People The Unholy Three The Freshman Movies released Movies released in 1925 include: Ben-Hur, starring Ramon Novarro. ...

• 1925 Studio Tour (short subject)
• The Great Divide
• The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
• Old Shoes
• Pretty Ladies
• A Woman's Faith
• The Business of Love
• Thunder Mountain
• Lazybones
• Wages for Wives
• The Great Love

1926 Pretty Ladies is a 1925 film starring Zasu Pitts, and marked the first credited appearance of Lucille Le Sueur. ... // August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ...

• Mannequin
• What Happened to Jones
• Monte Carlo
• Early to Wed
• Sunny Side Up
• Risky Business
• Her Big Night

1927 Fried egg Sunny Side Up, a 1929 film directed by David Butler starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, noted for its use of an almost wandering mobile camera in a way highly atypical of the early sound period. ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ...

• Casey at the Bat

1928 See also: 1927 in film 1928 1929 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Although some movies released in 1928 had sound, most were still silent. ...

• 13 Washington Run
• Wife Savers
• Buck Privates
• The Wedding March
• Sins of the Fathers

1929 The Wedding March is a 1928 film. ... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ...

• The Dummy
• The Squall
• Twin Beds
• The Argyle Case
• Her Private Life
• Oh, Yeah!
• Paris
• The Locked Door
• This Thing Called Love

1930 Paris is a 1928 Cole Porter musical, his first Broadway hit, which introduced the song Lets Do It. Lets Misbehave was written for Paris, but was not used in the production. ... See also: 1929 in film 1930 1931 in film 1930s in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films The Indians Are Coming Madam Satan Der Blaue Engel Academy Awards Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front - Universal Studios Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee...

• No, No, Nanette
• Honey
• All Quiet on the Western Front (appeared in silent version)
• The Devil's Holiday
• Little Accident
• The Squealer
• Monte Carlo
• War Nurse
• The Lottery Bride
• River's End
• Sin Takes a Holiday
• Passion Flower
• Free Love

1931 No, No, Nanette is an English musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. ... All Quiet on the Western Front is the name of two films based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel All Quiet on the Western Front, one a cinematic treatment directed by Lewis Milestone, the other a television film directed by Delbert Mann. ... The Devils Holiday is a 1930 film which tells the story of a golddigger who marries a young man for his money, but finds that she really loves him and wants to keep him despite his familys disapproval. ... // Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights starring Charles Chaplin Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ...

• Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931) (short subject)
• Finn and Hattie
• The Bad Sister
• Beyond Victory
• Seed
• Let's Do Things (short subject)
• A Woman of Experience
• Their Mad Moment
• Catch as Catch Can (short subject)
• The Big Gamble
• Penrod and Sam
• The Pajama Party (short subject)
• The Guardsman
• War Mamas (short subject)
• The Secret Witness
• On the Loose (short subject)

1932 Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bad Sister is a 1931 American drama film made by Universal Pictures, directed by Hobart Henley, produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. ... Penrod and Sam is a 1937 comedy/drama film. ... The Guardsman is a 1931 movie based on the play Testör by Ferenc Molnar and the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson. ... See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ...

• The Unexpected Father
• Broken Lullaby
• Seal Skins (short subject)
• Steady Company
• Red Noses (short subject)
• Shopworn
• Destry Rides Again
• Strictly Unreliable
• The Trial of Vivienne Ware
• Strangers of the Evening
• Westward Passage
• The Old Bull (short subject)
• Is My Face Red?
• Make Me a Star
• Roar of the Dragon
• The Vanishing Frontier
• Show Business (short subject)
• Blondie of the Follies
• Back Street
• Alum and Eve (short subject)
• The Crooked Circle
• Once in a Lifetime
• The Soilers (short subject)
• Madison Sq. Garden
• Sneak Easily (short subject)

1933 Red Noses is a bawdy comedy about the black death by Peter Barnes. ... James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western film directed by George Marshall, starring James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey and Una Merkel. ... Back Street is romance novel written by Fannie Hurst in 1931, with underlying themes of death and adultery. ... See also: 1932 in film 1933 1934 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events British Film Institute founded. ...

• They Just Had to Get Married
• Asleep in the Feet (short subject)
• Maids a la Mode (short subject)
• Out All Night
• The Bargain of the Century (short subject)
• Hello, Sister
• One Track Minds (short subject)
• Professional Sweethearts
• Her First Mate
• Love, Honor and Oh Baby!
• Aggie Appleby Maker of Men
• Meet the Baron
• Mr. Skitch

1934 See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ...

• The Meanest Gal in Town
• Two Alone
• Three on a Honeymoon
• Sing and Like It
• Love Birds
• Private Scandal
• Dames
• Their Big Moment
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
• The Gay Bride

1935 A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Mrs. ... The Gay Bride is a 1934 black-and-white gangster film starring Carole Lombard as a wisecracking gold-digger and Chester Morris as the poor man she despises. ... See also: 1934 in film 1935 1936 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). ...

• Ruggles of Red Gap
• Spring Tonic
• She Gets Her Man
• Hot Tip
• Going Highbrow
• The Affair of Susan

1936 Ruggles of Red Gap is a 1914 play by Harry Leon Wilson, made into a movie several times, mostly famously in 1935. ... See also: 1935 in film 1936 1937 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon September 28 - The Marx Brothers Harpo Marx marries actress Susan Fleming Top grossing films in North America Red River Valley Academy Awards Best Picture: The Great...

• Thirteen Hours by Air
• Mad Holiday
• The Plot Thickens
• Sing Me a Love Song

1937 The Plot Thickens is a compliation of old and new tracks from the Houston, Texas band The Jonbenet. ... See also: 1936 in film 1937 category:1937 films 1938 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US. May 7 - Shall We Dance premieres in the US. Top grossing films Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Conquest Damaged Lives...

• Merry Comes to Town
• Wanted
• Forty Naughty Girls
• 52nd Street

1939 Wanted is a 2008 film adaptation of the comic book miniseries Wanted by Mark Millar. ... // Movie historians and film buffs often look back on the year 1939 as the greatest year in film history (see below: 1939 in film#Films released in 1939, for a list with over 20 classics). ...

• The Lady's from Kentucky
• Naughty But Nice
• Mickey the Kid
• Nurse Edith Cavell
• Eternally Yours

1940s '1940 The Ladys from Kentucky is a 1939 film starring George Raft and Ellen Drew. ... Eternally Yours is a 1939 comedy film made by Walter Wanger and released by United Artists. ... Other Lists of Movies List of years in film in the 1940s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Decades in Film: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s List of movies See also Film, History of cinema Categories: 1940s ... See also: 1939 in film 1940 1941 in film 1940s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events February 7 - Walt Disneys animated film Pinocchio is released. ...

• It All Came True
• No, No, Nanette

1941 No, No, Nanette is an English musical comedy with lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, music by Vincent Youmans, and a book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. ... The year 1941 in film involved some significant events. ...

• Uncle Joe
• Broadway Limited
• Niagara Falls
• Weekend for Three
• Miss Polly
• Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1942 See also: 1941 in film 1942 1943 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash when returning from a War Bond tour. ...

• Mexican Spitfire at Sea
• The Bashful Bachelor
• So's Your Aunt Emma
• Tish

1943 The year 1943 in film involved some significant events. ...

• Let's Face It

1946 See also: 1945 in film 1946 1947 in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events Top grossing films North America The Bells of St. ...

• Breakfast in Hollywood

1947 The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. ...

• The Perfect Marriage
• Life with Father

1950s Life with Father is the title of a humorous autobiographical book of stories written in 1936 by Clarence Day, Jr. ... The decade of the 1950s in film involved many significant films. ...

• Francis (1950)
• Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
• Francis Joins the WACs (1954)
• This Could Be the Night (1957)

1960s Francis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. ... See also: 1949 in film 1950 1951 in film 1950s in film 1940s in film years in film film // Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios animated film Cinderella debuts. ... // Events February 20 - The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater in New York City). ... Francis the Talking Mule was a mule celebrity, featured in seven movie comedies in the 1950s. ... The year 1954 in film involved some significant events. ... The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ... This list includes popular, acclaimed, and otherwise significant (for whatever reason) films of all countries from 1960 to 1969. ...

• The Teenage Millionaire (1961)
• The Thrill of It All (1963)
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

See also: 1960 in film 1961 1962 in film 1960s in film years in film film Events Last Year at Marienbad (Lannée dernière à Marienbad) released Top grossing films North America The Guns of Navarone Exodus The Parent Trap The Absent-Minded Professor The Alamo Swiss Family Robinson... The Thrill Of It All is a 1963 romantic comedy film starring Doris Day and James Garner. ... // Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. ... Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is an American motion picture directed by Stanley Kramer about a madcap pursuit of $350,000 of stolen cash by a diverse group of strangers. ...

References

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See also

• ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra

The ZaSu Pitts Memorial Orchestra was formed in San Francisco by Stephen Ashman, a bass-player. ...

External links

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• ZaSu Pitts at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/December/24/local/stories/07local.htm
• http://katgyrl.com/gyrl/zasupitts.htm
• http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/films/zaphoto.shtml
• http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/films/pitts.shtml
• http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/zasupitts.html
• http://www.parsonstheatre.com