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39-482: Little Brown Jug may refer to: "Little Brown Jug" (song) , an 1869 song by Joseph Winner Little Brown Jug (college football trophy) , an American award dating to 1892 Little Brown Jug (horse racing) , an American harness race for Standardbreds first run in 1946, or its namesake horse Little Brown Jug (actor) or Don Reynolds (1937–2019), American child performer Little Brown Jug (plant) or Hexastylis arifolia ,

78-431: A Catholic, but a discrepancy exists relating to her early life, and her studio biography was often the source of the confusion. Her paternal grandparents, Harry Geisman and Anna Hafner, were immigrants from Germany although Allyson claimed her last name was originally "Van Geisman", and was of Dutch origin. Studio biographies listed her as Jan Allyson born to Franco-English parents. Upon her death, her daughter said Allyson

117-478: A comedy with David Niven . She then made A Stranger in My Arms (1958) with Jeff Chandler . The box office failure of these films effectively ended her reign as an A-list movie star . The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–60) ran for one season on CBS and was an attempt to use a high budget formula. She later called it "the hardest thing I ever did." Her efforts were dismissed by an entertainment critic in

156-870: A hit version of the song on RCA Bluebird , as an A side 78 single, B-10286-A, in a new arrangement by Bill Finegan backed with "Pavanne". The recording was an early chart hit for Glenn Miller. The song was performed in Glenn Miller's Carnegie Hall concert that year and became a staple of the Glenn Miller Orchestra repertoire, and a classic of the Big Band era. The personnel on the Glenn Miller recording: Saxes: Hal McIntyre, Tex Beneke, Wilbur Schwartz, Stanley Aronson, Al Klink; Trumpets: Bob Price, R. D. McMickle, Legh Knowles; Trombones: Glenn Miller, Paul Tanner, Al Mastren; Piano: Chummy MacGregor; String Bass: Rowland Bundock; Guitar: Allen Reuss; Drums: Moe Purtill. The song

195-568: A stint as an understudy for the lead, Betty Hutton , and when Hutton contracted measles , Allyson appeared in five performances of Panama Hattie . Broadway director George Abbott caught one of performances and offered Allyson one of the lead roles in his production of Best Foot Forward (1941). After her appearance in the Broadway musical, Allyson was selected for the 1943 film version of Best Foot Forward . When she arrived in Hollywood ,

234-451: A wheelchair to crutches to braces, Allyson's true escape from her impoverished life was to go to the cinema, where she was enraptured by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies. As a teen, Allyson memorized the trademark dance routines of Ginger Rogers. She claimed later to have watched The Gay Divorcee 17 times. She also tried to emulate the singing styles of movie stars, but never mastered reading music. When her mother remarried and

273-493: A wildflower found in southeast United States Little Brown Jug , a 1941 painting by American Thomas Hart Benton See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "littel brown jug" on Misplaced Pages. Little Brown Jugette , a horse race in Delaware, USA All pages with titles beginning with Little Brown Jug All pages with titles containing Little Brown Jug Brown jug Topics referred to by

312-453: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Little Brown Jug (song) It was originally a drinking song . It remained well known as a folk song into the early 20th century. Like many songs which make reference to alcohol , it enjoyed new popularity during the Prohibition era . In 1939, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released

351-610: The LA Examiner as "reaching down to the level of mag fiction ." However, TV Guide and other fan magazines such as TV Magazine considered Allyson's foray into television as revitalizing her fame and career for a younger audience, and remarked that her typecasting by the movie industry as the "girl next door" was a "waste and neglect of talent on its own doorstep." She also appeared on shows like Zane Grey Theater , The Dick Powell Theatre , The Judy Garland Show , and Burke's Law before retiring for several years after

390-577: The chorus line at the Copacabana Club with acting roles at Vitaphone , the diminutive 5'1", below-100-pound Allyson landed a chorus job in the Broadway show Sing Out the News in 1938. The “legend” around her stage name is that the choreographer gave her a job and a new name: Allyson, a family name, and June, for the month, although like many aspects of her career resume, the story is highly unlikely as she

429-882: The "sad-looking before part" in a before-and-after bathing suit magazine ad. Her first career break came when Educational cast her as an ingenue opposite singer Lee Sullivan , comic dancers Herman Timberg, Jr. , and Pat Rooney, Jr. , and future comedy star Danny Kaye in a series of shorts. These included Swing for Sale (1937), Pixilated (1937), Ups and Downs (1937), Dime a Dance (1938), Dates and Nuts (1938) and Sing for Sweetie (1938). When Educational ceased operations, Allyson moved to Vitaphone in Brooklyn and starred or co-starred (with dancer Hal Le Roy ) in musical shorts . These included The Prisoner of Swing (1938), The Knight Is Young (1938), Rollin' in Rhythm (1939) and All Girl Revue (1940). Interspersing jobs in

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468-648: The Black Widow (1977), Three on a Date (1978), Vega$ (1978), Blackout (1978), House Calls , The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982) Simon & Simon , The Love Boat , Hart to Hart , Murder, She Wrote , Misfits of Science , Crazy Like a Fox , and Airwolf . Her last appearance was in These Old Broads (2001). Allyson made a special appearance in 1994 in That's Entertainment III , as one of

507-659: The Blackburn Twins. Allyson played the tomboy Jo March in Little Women (1949), which was a huge hit. She was adept at crying on cue, and many of her films incorporated a crying scene. Fellow MGM player Margaret O'Brien recalled that she and Allyson were known as "the town criers". "I cried once in a picture and they said 'Let's do it again', and I cried for the rest of my career", she later said. The same year, MGM announced Allyson would be in Forever by Mildred Crann, but

546-491: The June Allyson Foundation for Public Awareness and Medical Research and worked to raise money for research for urological and gynecological diseases affecting senior citizens. During the 1980s, Allyson also became a spokesperson for Depend undergarments , in a successful marketing campaign that has been credited in reducing the social stigma of incontinence . She made her final onscreen appearance in 2001. Allyson

585-576: The June Allyson Foundation in 1998, made possible by a grant from Kimberly-Clark . The foundation raises money for incontinence education and research. As the first celebrity to undertake the role of public spokesperson for promoting the use of the Depend undergarment, Allyson did "more than any other public figure to encourage and persuade people with incontinence to lead fuller and more active lives". On her arrival in Hollywood, studio heads attempted to enhance

624-518: The UK in 1954. Subsequently, in 1947 it was recorded by the accordionist John Serry Sr. and the guitarist Tony Mottola with the noted Joe Biviano Accordion & Rhythm Sextette for Sonora records. It was also sung by Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer and Harold "Slim" Switzer in an Our Gang (Little Rascals) short. The song's lyrics are about a man and his wife and their hard life due to alcoholism . The tone and tune, however, are bright and cheerful, indicating

663-652: The death of Powell in 1963. Allyson returned to acting with an appearance in The Name of the Game . In 1970, she briefly starred in Forty Carats on Broadway. Throughout the 1970s, she appeared regularly on television shows such as See the Man Run (1971), The Sixth Sense (1972), and Letters from Three Lovers (1973), as well as a cameo in the film They Only Kill Their Masters (1972). Later appearances include Curse of

702-828: The family was reunited with a more stable financial standing, Allyson was enrolled in the Ned Wayburn Dancing Academy and began to enter dance competitions with the stage name of Elaine Peters. With the death of her stepfather and a bleak future ahead, she left high school midway through her junior year to seek jobs as a dancer. Her first $ 60-a-week job was as a tap dancer at the Lido Club in Montreal . Returning to New York City, she found work as an actress in movie short subjects filmed by Educational Pictures at its Astoria, Queens NY studio. Fiercely ambitious, Allyson tried her hand at modeling, but to her consternation became

741-432: The film's narrators. She spoke about MGM's golden era and introduced vintage film clips. Until 2003, Allyson remained busy touring the country making personal appearances, headlining celebrity cruises, and speaking on behalf of Kimberly-Clark, a long-time commercial interest. Allyson became the spokesperson for Depend , a diaper line for adults with incontinence, in 1984. The American Urogynecologic Society established

780-491: The following performers in addition to those listed above: June Allyson June Allyson (born Eleanor Geisman ; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943, and rose to fame the following year in Two Girls and a Sailor . Allyson's " girl next door " image

819-476: The irony of the singer not knowing his degraded condition. The first verse of the song is: My wife and I live all alone, In a little log hut, we called our own She loved gin, and I loved rum I tell you what we'd lots of fun. In the 1948 Famous Studios Screen Song animated short titled "Little Brown Jug", a " bouncing ball " cartoon, it is sung with the music credited to Winston Sharples and entirely new lyrics by Buddy Kaye. The song has been recorded by

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858-609: The pairing of Van Johnson and Allyson by sending out the two contracted players on a series of "official dates", which were highly publicized and led to a public perception that a romance had been kindled. Although dating David Rose , Peter Lawford , and John F. Kennedy , Allyson was actually being courted by Dick Powell , who was 13 years her senior and had been previously married to Mildred Maund and Joan Blondell . On August 19, 1945, Allyson caused MGM studio chief Louis B. Mayer some consternation by marrying Dick Powell. After defying him twice by refusing to stop seeing Powell, in

897-609: The production due to pregnancy. She was replaced initially by Judy Garland , who in turn was replaced by Jane Powell . Allyson played a doctor in The Girl in White (1952), which lost revenue, and a nurse in Battle Circus (1953), a hit. She starred in Remains to Be Seen (1953) with Johnson, which was a flop. In May 1953, she and MGM agreed to part ways by mutual consent. In 1954, Allyson

936-456: The production had not started, so MGM "placed her on the payroll" of Girl Crazy (1943). Despite playing a " bit part ", Allyson received good reviews as a sidekick to Best Foot Forward' s star, Lucille Ball , but was still relegated to the "drop list." MGM's musical supervisor Arthur Freed saw her screen test sent up by an agent and insisted that Allyson be put on contract immediately. Another musical, Thousands Cheer (1943),

975-671: The project was dropped. Instead, she starred in The Stratton Story (1949) with James Stewart , which she later said was her favorite film. She made two films with Dick Powell : The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) and Right Cross (1950), after which she was reunited with Johnson in Too Young to Kiss (1951). In 1950, Allyson had been signed to appear opposite her childhood idol Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding , but had to leave

1014-429: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Little Brown Jug . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_Brown_Jug&oldid=1241607499 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1053-429: Was The McConnell Story (1955) with Alan Ladd at Warner Bros. In 1956, Allyson did some musical remakes of classic films, The Opposite Sex, a remake of The Women at MGM, and You Can't Run Away from It, a remake of It Happened One Night at Columbia , which was directed by Powell. In 1957, she signed with Universal and did two more remakes: Interlude , a drama for Douglas Sirk , and My Man Godfrey ,

1092-450: Was "farmed" to her grandparents or other relatives. In 1925 (when Allyson was eight), a tree branch fell on her while she was riding her tricycle with her pet terrier in tow. Allyson sustained a fractured skull and broken back, and her dog was killed. Her doctors said she never would walk again and confined her to a heavy steel brace from neck to hips for four years. She ultimately regained her health, but when Allyson had become famous, she

1131-424: Was a showcase for her singing, albeit still in a minor role. As a new starlet , although Allyson had already been a performer on stage and screen for over five years, she was presented as an "overnight sensation", with Hollywood press agents attempting to portray her as an ingenue, selectively slicing years off her true age. Studio bios listed her variously as being born in 1922 and 1923. Allyson's breakthrough

1170-689: Was already dubbing herself "June Allyson" prior to her Broadway engagement. At one point she attributed the name to a director she worked with even later. Allyson subsequently appeared in the chorus in the Jerome Kern – Oscar Hammerstein II musical Very Warm for May (1939). When Vitaphone discontinued New York production in 1940, Allyson returned to the stage to take on more chorus roles in Rodgers and Hart 's Higher and Higher (1940) and Cole Porter 's Panama Hattie (1940). Her dancing and musical talent led to

1209-754: Was billed after Robert Walker and Hedy Lamarr in the romantic comedy Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945). Allyson was top-billed along with Walker in The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945). She had a role in Two Sisters from Boston (1946) with Kathryn Grayson and Peter Lawford , and was one of several MGM stars in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946). She also appeared in her first drama , The Secret Heart , in 1946 with Claudette Colbert and Walter Pidgeon . She

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1248-531: Was born "Eleanor Geisman to a French mother and Dutch father." In an interview with Larry King Allyson denied being of German Jewish descent. In April 1918 (when Allyson was six months old), her alcoholic father, who had worked as a janitor, abandoned the family. Allyson was brought up in near poverty, living with her maternal grandparents. To make ends meet, her mother worked as a telephone operator and restaurant cashier. When she had enough funds, she occasionally reunited with her daughter, but more often Allyson

1287-420: Was featured in and was central to the plot of the 1954 Universal Pictures film biography The Glenn Miller Story starring James Stewart and June Allyson . The Universal International Orchestra under the direction of Joseph Gershenson released a recording of the song from The Glenn Miller Story soundtrack as a single backed with " A String of Pearls " on Decca Records in the U.S. and on Brunswick Records in

1326-671: Was in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) where the studio image of the " girl next door " was fostered by her being cast alongside long-time acting chum Van Johnson , the quintessential "boy next door." As the "sweetheart team", Johnson and Allyson were to appear together in four later films. Allyson supported Lucille Ball again in Meet the People (1944), which was a flop . It was on this film she met Dick Powell , whom she later married. She supported Margaret O'Brien in Music for Millions (1944) and

1365-596: Was in a huge Universal Pictures hit, The Glenn Miller Story , as well as another successful MGM film, Executive Suite . She also starred the Fox Film Woman's World , which was less successful. Allyson was teamed with Stewart again in Strategic Air Command (1955) at Paramount , another success. She had a change of pace in The Shrike (1955) with José Ferrer at Universal; it flopped. More popular

1404-514: Was married four times (to three husbands) and had two children with her first husband, Dick Powell . She died of respiratory failure and bronchitis in July 2006 at the age of 88. Allyson was born Eleanor Geisman, nicknamed Ella, in The Bronx , New York City. She was the daughter of Clara (née Provost) and Robert Geisman. She had a brother, Henry, who was two years older. She said she had been raised as

1443-484: Was reunited with Johnson in High Barbaree (1947) and followed with the musical Good News , also in 1947. Allyson starred with Johnson in the 1948 comedy The Bride Goes Wild , then played Constance in the hugely popular 1948 The Three Musketeers (1948). Her song " Thou Swell " was a high point of the Rodgers and Hart biopic Words and Music (1948), as performed in the " A Connecticut Yankee " segment with

1482-718: Was solidified during the mid-1940s when she was paired with actor Van Johnson in six films. In 1951, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Young to Kiss . From 1959 to 1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own anthology series , The DuPont Show with June Allyson , which aired on CBS from 1959 to 1961. In the 1970s, she returned to the stage, starring in Forty Carats and No, No, Nanette . In 1982, Allyson released her autobiography June Allyson by June Allyson , and continued her career with guest starring roles on television and occasional film appearances. She later established

1521-413: Was terrified that people would discover her background from the "tenement side of New York City", and she readily agreed to studio tales of a "rosy life", including a concocted story that she underwent months of swimming exercises in rehabilitation to emerge as a star swimmer. In her later memoirs, Allyson describes a summer program of swimming that did help her recovery. After gradually progressing from

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