Jimmy Durante (1893 - 1980)

American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor.

* February 10, 1893 Brooklyn, New York, USA
 as James Francis Durante
 January 29, 1980 Santa Monica, California, USA



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, March 1930
Photoplay, November 1931
Photoplay, December 1931

Photoplay, December 1931
Photoplay, December 1931
Photoplay, April 1932

Photoplay, May 1932
Photoplay, May 1932
Photoplay, May 1932


Books on Jimmy Durante

William Cahn Good Night, Mrs. Calabash William Cahn
Good Night, Mrs. Calabash, The Secret of Jimmy Durante
New York, 1963

Philippe Halsman and others The Candidate Philippe Halsman and others
The Candidate, A Photographic Interview with The Honorable James Durante
New York, 1952

Gene Fowler
Schnozzola, The Story of Jimmy Durante
New York, 1951

Books with substantial mentioning of Jimmy Durante

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Books with an entry on Jimmy Durante

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Anthony Slide (ed.) Selected Vaudeville Criticism Anthony Slide (ed.)
Selected Vaudeville Criticism
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1988

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Films

1930
Roadhouse Nights
The March of Time

1931
The Cuban Love Song
New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford

1932
The Passionate Plumber
Speak Easily
The Wet Parade
The Phantom President
Blondie of the Follies

1933
Hollywood on Parade
Hollywood on Parade No. A-9
Meet the Baron
What - No Beer?
Broadway to Hollywood

1934
Hollywood Party
Student Tour
Palooka
George White's Scandals
Strictly Dynamite

1935
Carnival

1936
Land Without Music

1938
Little Miss Broadway
Start Cheering
Sally, Irene and Mary

1940
Melody Ranch

1941
You're in the Army Now

1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner

1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
Music for Millions

1946
Two Sisters from Boston

1947
It Happened in Brooklyn
This Time for Keeps

1948
On an Island with You

1950
The Great Rupert
The Milkman

1957
Beau James
The Heart of Show Business

1960
Pepe

1962
Billy Rose's Jumbo

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1994
Thats Entertainment! III

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