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Danny Kaye
[1913-1987]

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"I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to."
— Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye entry at Wikipedia
Danny Kaye credits [1935-86] at Internet Movie Database

Danny Kaye won an Honorary Oscar® in 1955 and received the Academy's Jean Herscholt Award in 1982

He also received
a Special Tony Award® for his Broadway variety show (1953)
an Emmy Award for his CBS-TV show (1963)
the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1983)
Kennedy Center Honors tribute (1984)
three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (for Movies, Radio & Recording)
and footprints in the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre {19 Oct 1969}

Movies & TV of Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye credits [1935-86] at Internet Movie Database
browse Danny Kaye on DVD at Amazon

"Danny Kaye Collection" on VHS [] $39.00
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kaye-Collection-VHS/dp/078311124X/
"Up In Arms" [1944], "Wonder Man"[1945], "The Kid From Booklyn" [1946], "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" [1947], "A Song Is Born" [1948], and "Han Christian Anderson" [1952]

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"Up In Arms" [1944]

"Wonder Man" [1945]
http://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Danny-Kaye-Virginia-Mayo/dp/B000EWHDJU/
http://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Man-Danny-Kaye/dp/6305082375/

"The Kid From Brooklyn" [1946]

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" feature film
[Samuel Goldwyn Co./R.K.O. Radio Pictures Aug 1947]

Walter Mitty is a minor editor at a pulp magazine publishing house who is kicked around by the people in his life. His daydreaming of a life of adventure & heroism often leads to trouble, until a real adventure appears: the girl of his dreams is after some Dutch crown jewels hidden from the Nazis. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by Norman Z. McLeod; screenplay by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman & Philip Rapp, based on the story by James Thurber; starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Ann Rutherford, Thurston Hall, Gordon Jones, Florence Bates, Konstantin Shayne, Reginald Denny, Fritz Feld, Minerva Urecal, Vernon Dent, Robert Altman, Chris-Pin Martin, and a bevy of Goldwyn Girls H.B.O. Home Video color DVD [8/98] for $40.22 11"x17" yellow poster from Amazon for $5.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"The Screen Guild Theater: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" [aired Nov 1947]
30-minute radio adaptation of the movie, with Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo reprising their film roles

"A Song Is Born" [1948] /tt0040820/
Directed by Howard Hawks; co-written by Thomas Monroe, Harry Tugend & Billy Wilder;
starring Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo
http://www.amazon.com/Song-Born-Danny-Kaye/dp/B001PPLINW/

"The Inspector General" [1949]
copy to MdE/philosFF; see also Russian "InspGen" 1954
http://www.amazon.com/Inspector-General-Danny-Kaye/dp/B0000AGWJ3/
http://www.amazon.com/Inspector-General-Danny-Kaye/dp/B000PDZS4K/
http://www.amazon.com/Inspector-General-Danny-Kaye/dp/B000X7SCO6/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Inspector-General/dp/B000FEXYCM/

"On The Riviera" [1951]
http://www.amazon.com/Riviera-Danny-Kaye/dp/B000ND91Z4/

"Hans Christian Andersen" musical [1952]
http://www.amazon.com/Hans-Christian-Andersen-Danny-Kaye/dp/B000056H2A/
http://www.amazon.com/Hans-Christian-Andersen-Danny-Kaye/dp/6305082324/

"Knock On Wood" [1954] starring Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling
http://www.amazon.com/Knock-Wood-Danny-Kaye/dp/B003UMW67K/

"White Christmas" [1954]
http://www.amazon.com/White-Christmas-Blu-ray-Bing-Crosby/dp/B001UHOWX8/
http://www.amazon.com/White-Christmas-Rosemary-Clooney/dp/B000TGJ8BW/

"The Court Jester" musical [1955]
http://www.amazon.com/Court-Jester-Danny-Kaye/dp/079215519X/
SK's movie fansite

"Merry Andrew" [1958] starring Danny Kaye, Pier Angeli, Baccaloni, Noel Purcell
http://www.amazon.com/Merry-Andrew-Remaster-Danny-Kaye/dp/B004VUR68O/

"Me and The Colonel" [1958]

"The Five Pennies" [1959]
http://www.amazon.com/Five-Pennies-Danny-Kaye/dp/B000BDH6B2/

"The Millionairess" [1960]

"On The Double" [1961]
http://www.amazon.com/Double-Danny-Kayes-Roger-Fuller/dp/B000AOCEW8/

"The Danny Kaye Show with Lucille Ball" [1962 TV special]

"The Man From The Diner's Club" [1963]

"The Danny Kaye Show" CBS-TV series [1963-1967]
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kaye-Variety-Show-Starring/dp/1904533310/

"The Madwoman of Chaillot"
[Commonwealth United Oct 1969]

This adaptation of Jean Giraudoux's play pits the dotty team of Kate Hepburn, Giulietta Masina, Edith Evans & Margaret Leighton, with help from Danny Kaye and ingenues Richard Chamberlain & Nannete Newman, against villainous titans of the international business world portrayed by Charles Boyer, Yul Brynner, Oskar Homolka, Paul Henreid & Donald Pleasance Directed by Bryan Forbes, and the soundtrack by Michael J. Lewis is especially fine Warner Archive color DVD-R [11/2011] for $20.56 Warner Home Video color VHS [2/95] for 19.99 full credits from IMDb • play entry at Wikipedia • movie entry at Wikipedia playscript [1943] by Jean Giraudoux [1882-1944], translated by Maurice Valency Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 7½x5¼ pb [1998] for $7.20

"Here Comes Peter Cottontail" [1971 TV special]
http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Peter-Cottontail-Danny/dp/B0006IIOIQ/

"The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes" [1972 TV special]
http://www.amazon.com/Emperors-New-Clothes-30th-Anniversary/dp/B00006AUHJ/

"An Evening With Danny Kaye" [1981 TV special]

guest appearance on "The Muppet Show" [Feb 1979] /tt0653181/
watch "Muppets: Swedish Chef and His Uncle (Danny Kaye)" [2:53] on YouTube
Magic Lantern's 'The Muppets' Page
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Muppet-Show-Roger-Bergen/dp/B0009EP4JO/

"Skokie" [1981]
http://www.amazon.com/Skokie-Danny-Kaye/dp/B00009MEHI/

Recordings by Danny Kaye

Books by Danny Kaye
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kayes-Stories-Many-Lands/dp/B000EISCDU/
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kayes-Around-World-Story/dp/B000Q7RUSM/
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kayes-Stories-Faraway-Places/dp/B000KOKF8S/
http://www.amazon.com/Grimms-Fairy-Tales-Told-Danny/dp/B000KXVU6K/

Other Works by Danny Kaye

listen online to radio show episodes at Radio Lovers
Danny Kaye credits [1939-70] at the Internet Broadway Database
http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-of-Danny-Kaye/dp/1892562138/ VHS
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Danny-Kaye-Television-Years/dp/B00007CVS1/

Works About Danny Kaye
http://www.amazon.com/Nobodys-Fool-Lives-Danny-Kaye/dp/0671712276/
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Danny-Michael-Freedland/dp/0491039808/
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kaye-Story-Kurt-Singer/dp/B0013MU4EQ/
http://www.amazon.com/life-story-Danny-Kaye/dp/B0006DCFR2/
http://www.amazon.com/Danny-Kaye-saga-Kurt-Singer/dp/B0007JD1SM/

"The Kid From Brooklyn: The Danny Kaye Story"
stage musical [Florida 2006, Los Angeles 2007, Chicago 2008]

4-person stageplay focusing on Danny Kaye and his wife Sylvia Fine, supported by Eve Arden, Kitty Carlisle, Gertrude Lawrence, Cole Porter & Laurence Olivier; script by Mark Childers & Peter J. Loewy; directed by Peter J. Loewy; starring Brian Childers, Karin Leone, Christina Purcell, Adam LeBow 2008 stage run details at 'Theatre In Chicago' website

Family & Friends & Lovers

wife Silvia Fine

co-worker & lover Eve Arden

L i n k s
Danny Kaye credits [1935-86] at Internet Movie Database
Danny Kaye credits [1939-70] at the Internet Broadway Database
browse Danny Kaye on DVD at Amazon

Kennedy Center Honors biography page for Danny Kaye
SK's Danny Kaye Tribute fansite
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=dannykayewebrin1;id=5;prvw
Danny Kaye Media Center at UNICEF Headquarters in New York City

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