Danny Kaye
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Snake oil salesman Georgi (Danny Kaye) is too honest for his own good. After his partner fires him, Georgi wanders into a corrupt town where he is mistaken for a diplomat. As Georgi unknowingly enjoys his false identity, the townspeople make several attempts to assassinate him, believing he is a powerful politician. Matters get more tangled and amusing, when the real inspector general shows up.
4) Wonder Man
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After being murdered by gangsters, an exuberant nightclub entertainer returns as a ghost to persuade his meek twin brother to help bring his killers to justice.
5) Up in Arms
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Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted into the army and makes life miserable for his fellow GIs. He's also lovesick when it comes to pretty Mary Morgan, unaware that she's in love with his best friend Joe.
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This spectacular production features the tremendous pageantry and color of 12th century England and the considerable talents of Danny Kaye. Kaye plays a court jester who becomes involved with outlaws trying to overthrow the king. In between singing, dancing and clowning, he still finds time for some jousting with knights, dangerous duels with swordsmen, and rescuing damsels in distress. A delightful comedy for the whole family.
11) The Five Pennies
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Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun. And Barbara Bel Geddes (decades before Dallas) and debuting teen Tuesday Weld add to the excellent performances in The Five Pennies, the success-tempered-with-tears biopic of jazz great Red Nichols (portrayed by Kaye). Superb, too,...
12) White Christmas
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"Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act, and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts when [they] discover that the inn is run by their old army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff dreams are made of"--Container.
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Listeners will rediscover Hans Christian Andersen's best-known fairy tales, and find new favorites, all brought to life by a full cast. Recognizing the literary merit of Andersen's own simple colloquial language, which Victorian translators and their imitators very often altered to sentimentalize or vulgarize, translator Erik Haugaard has remained faithful to the original text.
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Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. They discover that the inn is run by the fella's old army general who's now in financial trouble.
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"Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure begins when they discover that the inn is run by their old Army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff that dreams are made of"--Container.