June Allyson - R.I.P. - Words & Music (1948 Film) Soundtrack

The next three posts are dedicated to some favorites who passed away recently.

The first post is for a favorite actress, June Allyson, who usually played the girl next door (although if you want to see a slightly different performance, see her in 'They Only Kill Their Masters'). Cheerful, spunky, desperate, or afraid - she played all those characters effectively. She was a welcome presence in any movie. She did mostly musicals and comedies in the 1940's, did a few more dramatic roles in the 1950's (as well as more comedies), and hosted the TV show, The Dupont Show with June Allyson from 1959-1961. Here's the great theme from that show:

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Theme from 'The June Allyson Show' (rapidshare)

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She had memorable performances in such films as, 'Two Girls and a Sailor', 'Good News', 'The Three Musketeers', 'Little Women', 'The Glenn Miller Story', and 'The Shrike', to name just a few. For a while she seemed married to Jimmy Stewart on-screen, but in real life was married to actor Dick Powell.

Here's the 1948 film soundtrack to the musical biopic of Rodgers & Hart, 'Words and Music'. She gave another memorable performance in the comedic number, 'Thou Swell', originally from the stage show, 'A Connecticut Yankee'.


Track List:

01 - Mickey Rooney & Chorus - Manhattan
02 - Judy Garland - Johnny One Note
03 - Betty Garrett - There's A Small Hotel
04 - Lena Horne - The Lady Is A Tramp
05 - Ann Sothern & Chorus - Where's That Rainbow?
06 - Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney - I Wish I Were In Love Again
07 - Lena Horne - Where Or When
08 - June Allyson & The Blackburn Twins - Thou Swell


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Words & Music (1948 Film) (rapidshare)

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Originally, I was thinking about putting up the soundtrack to 'Good News', in which she had a much bigger part, or even possibly, 'The Glenn Miller Story', but those, like so many others, are unfortunately in storage :(( But even though she only had the one or two scenes in 'Words in Music' (at least that I remember), considering the cast and the composers, this ain't exactly chopped liver. In any case, enjoy!