Cheers - Cheers

Japanese: 《喝采》 - かっさい

...A singer who left the greatest mark on the history of American popular music. His real name was Harry Lillis C. There are various theories about his birth year, including 1904, but at present, 1903 is considered the most reliable. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he sang a duet with Al Linker, but in 1926 he became popular when he became the exclusive singer for the popular band Paul Whiteman and his band. In 1931 he became a solo singer, and captured the hearts of Americans during the depression with his radio broadcasts and records. ...

From Kelly

...After working as a model and stage actress, she entered the film industry in 1951. She appeared in 11 films, including High Noon (1952) directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper, Mogambo (1953) directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Applause (1954) directed by George Seton, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, The Swan Lake (1956) in which she remade the heroine of the silent era's great actress Lillian Gish, and High Society (1956), a remake of the romantic comedy The Philadelphia Story (1940) starring the first great actress of the talkie era, Katharine Hepburn. However, at the height of her popularity, she retired in 1956 when she married Prince Rainier of Monaco. She became the heroine of a modern-day Cinderella story. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "applause" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカのポピュラー音楽の歴史に最大の足跡を残した歌手。本名Harry Lillis C.。生年に関しては1904年など諸説があるが現段階では1903年に最も信憑性があるとされている。ワシントン州タコマの生れで，アル･リンカーと二重唱をしていたが，26年に人気バンド，ポール･ホワイトマン楽団の専属歌手となって人気が出た。31年，ソロ歌手となり，ラジオ放送とレコードで不況時代のアメリカ人の心をつかんだ。…

【ケリー】より

…モデル，舞台女優をへて1951年映画界に入る。フレッド･ジンネマン監督，ゲーリー･クーパー主演の《真昼の決闘》(1952)，ジョン･フォード監督，クラーク･ゲーブル主演の《モガンボ》(1953)，アカデミー主演女優賞を受賞したジョージ･シートン監督《喝采》(1954)，サイレント時代の大女優リリアン･ギッシュのヒロイン像をリメークした《白鳥》(1956)，トーキー時代の最初の大女優キャサリン･ヘプバーン主演のロマンチック･コメディー《フィラデルフィア物語》(1940)のリメーク《上流社会》(1956)など，11本の映画に出演したが，人気の絶頂のまま，56年，モナコ公国のレーニエ大公と結婚して引退。〈現代のシンデレラ物語〉のヒロインになった。…

※「《喝采》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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