Tomorrow Is Another Day - Music

Allan Jones 14 October 1907 Old Forge Pennsylvania – 27 June 1992 New York New York Was An American Actor And Singer. For Many Years He Was Married To Actress Irene Hervey Their Son Is American Pop Singer Jack Jones. Jones Of Welsh Ancestry Starred In Many Film Musicals During The 1930s And 1940s. The Best-Known Of These Were Show Boat 1936 And The Firefly 1937 In Which He Sang The Popular "The Donkey Serenade" . However He Is Now Best Remembered As The Romantic Straight Man To The Marx Brothers In Their First Two MGM Productions A Night At The Opera And A Day At The Races. On The Strength Of His Appearance In A Night At The Opera However He Won The Coveted Role Of Gaylord Ravenal In The 1936 Film Version Of Show Boat Opposite Irene Dunne Right Out From Under The Noses Of Such Screen Musical Favorites As Nelson Eddy And John Boles Neither Of Whom Were Noted For Their Acting. This Was To Become Jones's Most Distinguished Screen Role In Which Under The Direction Of James Whale He Was To Display Dramatic Acting Ability As Well As Musical Talent. He Made A Brief Appearance In The 1936 Nelson Eddy - Jeanette MacDonald Film Rose Marie Singing Music From Charles Gounod's Roméo Et Juliette And Giacomo Puccini's Tosca But According To Merchant Of Dreams Charles Higham's Biography Of Louis B. Mayer Eddy Who Apparently Considered Jones A Rival And A Potential Threat Asked That Most Of Jones' Footage In Rose Marie Be Cut Including His Rendition Of The Great Puccini Aria E Lucevan Le Stelle - And MGM Agreed To Eddy's Demand. After 1940 The Year In Which Jones Starred In The Rather Unsuccessful Film Version Of Rodgers And Hart's The Boys From Syracuse He Was Relegated To Appearances Only In B-Films. In Later Years He Began Appearing Onstage In Touring Companies Of Such Shows As Man Of La Mancha. Jones Was Never A Dentist As Many Websites Report. Jones Had An Active Singing Career In Movies Television On The Stage And In Nightclubs From 1935 Until His Retirement. He Died In New York City Aged 84 From Lung Cancer. His Ashes Were Given Either To A Friend Or Family. read less