Kate Smith

Kate Smith

Birthday: 1907-05-01

Place of Birth: Greenville, Virginia, USA

Biography: Kate Smith was an American contralto. Known as The First Lady of Radio, she was famed for her rendition of "God Bless America" (which in her later years she sang live for the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers.) Beloved as the "Songbird of the South" she recorded dozens of albums and chart topping songs.

Movies

This Is the Army
This Is the Army

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded i...

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The Dean Martin Christmas Show
The Dean Martin Christmas Show

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends....

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Hello, Everybody!
Hello, Everybody!

The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sis...

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The Big Broadcast
The Big Broadcast

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to h...

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Night Shift
Night Shift

Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift cons...

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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1

Jerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for h...

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Christmas with Crosby & Kate
Christmas with Crosby & Kate

The holidays just wouldn't be the holidays without Mr. White Christmas himself - Bing Crosby. His se...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...

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Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy

One of America's best loved comedians, Tim Conway (The Carol Burnett Show, Mchale's Navy) is feature...

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America Sings with Kate Smith
America Sings with Kate Smith

Kate Smith sings four United States patriotic songs and invites the audience to sing with her....

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The Three Stooges Follies
The Three Stooges Follies

Released to theaters in 1974, this collection of vintage Columbia short subjects included: "Yes, We ...

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Triumph and Tragedy: The Story of the 1985-86 Philadelphia Flyers
Triumph and Tragedy: The Story of the 1985-86 Philadelphia Flyers

Documentary about the Philadelphia Flyers' 1985 - 86 season. Following their loss in the Stanley Cu...

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Broad Street Bullies
Broad Street Bullies

The HBO Sports documentary Broad Street Bullies, a look at one of pro sport’s most polarizing teams,...

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History of the Philadelphia Flyers
History of the Philadelphia Flyers

Relive four decades of triumphs and trials with this look back at one of the most colorful teams on ...

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