Betsy Gay, the Little Rascals child actress and award-winning yodeler, has died. She was 96.
Gay died in Bakersfield, California, on Friday, her friend Robert Satterfield wrote on Facebook.
Originally named Our Gang Comedies, she joined Little Rascals in 1935 when she was 6, where she went on to appear in several episodes. Gay eventually landed the role of Alfalfa’s girlfriend, Effie, and continued performing there until 1938, and went on to appear in a series of movies, including Tom Sawyer, A Day At The Races and Mystery Plane, among others.
In 1941, she ventured into music after being asked to appear in a Columbia Pictures film featuring Andy Clyde. There, she learned to yodel for the project and continued her yodeling career. Two years later, she appeared in What’s Buzzin Cousin, where she yodeled and acted.
Her talents led her to win the California State Yodeling Championship in 1945 and again in 1946. Throughout her career,...
Gay died in Bakersfield, California, on Friday, her friend Robert Satterfield wrote on Facebook.
Originally named Our Gang Comedies, she joined Little Rascals in 1935 when she was 6, where she went on to appear in several episodes. Gay eventually landed the role of Alfalfa’s girlfriend, Effie, and continued performing there until 1938, and went on to appear in a series of movies, including Tom Sawyer, A Day At The Races and Mystery Plane, among others.
In 1941, she ventured into music after being asked to appear in a Columbia Pictures film featuring Andy Clyde. There, she learned to yodel for the project and continued her yodeling career. Two years later, she appeared in What’s Buzzin Cousin, where she yodeled and acted.
Her talents led her to win the California State Yodeling Championship in 1945 and again in 1946. Throughout her career,...
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DVD
Time-Life
1934 – 1959 / 1.33:1 / Over 45 Hours (!)/ Street Date – June 6, 2018
Starring Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita
Cinematography by Benjamin Kline, Gert Andersen, Ray Cory
Directed by Jules White
Garden variety slapstick has always been fraught with physical peril but The Three Stooges took the concept to medieval levels, their persona defined by equal parts vaudeville and the Spanish Inquisition.
With clothes seemingly hijacked from clotheslines and manners borrowed from feral raccoons, the scrappy trio were nothing if not street survivors – always on the dole or making do with hardscrabble day jobs. Their raw brand of comedy, all simmering anger and violent outbursts, was the embodiment of depression-era resentment.
Ticket buyers loved them, so much so that Columbia president Harry Cohn used them as a bargaining chip when striking deals with hungry theater owners – if exhibitors wanted The Three Stooges, they were stuck with Blondie Plays Cupid.
DVD
Time-Life
1934 – 1959 / 1.33:1 / Over 45 Hours (!)/ Street Date – June 6, 2018
Starring Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita
Cinematography by Benjamin Kline, Gert Andersen, Ray Cory
Directed by Jules White
Garden variety slapstick has always been fraught with physical peril but The Three Stooges took the concept to medieval levels, their persona defined by equal parts vaudeville and the Spanish Inquisition.
With clothes seemingly hijacked from clotheslines and manners borrowed from feral raccoons, the scrappy trio were nothing if not street survivors – always on the dole or making do with hardscrabble day jobs. Their raw brand of comedy, all simmering anger and violent outbursts, was the embodiment of depression-era resentment.
Ticket buyers loved them, so much so that Columbia president Harry Cohn used them as a bargaining chip when striking deals with hungry theater owners – if exhibitors wanted The Three Stooges, they were stuck with Blondie Plays Cupid.
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