A Nice Cup of Tea - Binnie Hale

Binnie Hale (22 May 1899 - 10 January 1984) was an English actress and musician. Both her father, Robert Hale and brother, Sonnie Hale were actors. She married West End actor Jack Raine, with whom she had one daughter. Among films and stage productions, she appeared in No, No, Nanette in 1925 at the Palace Theatre, London. Her recording of the song "Spread A Little Happiness" from the 1928 musical Mr. Cinders is possibly her best remembered work, and the rock musician Sting took a cover version of the song to number 16 in the UK Singles Chart 54 years later for the movie Brimstone & Treacle. Binnie Hale made many recordings between 1925 and 1941, the majority for the Columbia label in London

"As Time Goes By" (Binnie Hale, 1932)

This song is so indelibly stamped by Dooley Wilson's fine interpretation in Bogart's "Casablanca" that earlier renditions have been mostly forgotten. AS TIME GOES BY You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply as time goes by And when two lovers woo They still say "i love you" On that you can rely No matter what the future brings, as time goes by Moonlight and love songs never out of date Hearts full of passion, jealousy, and hate Woman needs man, and man must have his mate That no one can deny It's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will always welcome lovers as time goes by... Here's a performance by Liverpool music hall star Binnie Hale worth hauling out of the mothballs--she's joined here by the Savoy Orpheans and Carroll Gibbons, piano. More on the tune from Wiki: "As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld for the 1931 Broadway musical Everybody's Welcome. Frances Williams sang the song in the original show. It was recorded by several artists in 1931 including Rudy Vallee. The song was re-introduced in 1942 in the film Casablanca in which it was sung by Dooley Wilson. Wilson never released a single of the song because of a musicians' strike at the time of the film's release. A re-issue of Rudy Vallee's 1931 recording became a major seller in that year. The lyrics of the verse that contain the title phrase are: You must remember this: A kiss is just a kiss, a ...

Who - Binnie Hale and Jack Buchanan

From the musical 'Sunny' written by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach. Recorded in 1926.

Binnie Hale and Jack Buchanon...Who (J.Kern)....1926

A delightful period piece from the two stars of the British 1920s stage.Buchanon went on to being a moderate star in films in the 1930s.Binnie made her name with No No Nanette singing tea for two in 1925.Although Binnie came from Liverpool and Jack from Scotland,they both sang with the clipped tones of the English upper class,as with most theatre artists of the day.This is a charming record that makes me smile....

England 1930s... Home Movies...Spread A Little Happiness

Home Movies from the 1930s. The film is old footage shot in England in the early 30s of Mary, my next door neighbour here in London and her family. She turned 80 last week!

Spread a little happiness - Binnie Hale

Recorded in 1929, a tune from the 1928 musical 'Mr. Cinders'.

BOBBY HOWES and BINNIE HALE / I'M A ONE MAN GIRL

BOBBY HOWES AND BINNIE HALE With Al Starita and his Novelty Orch 1929

Binnie Hale "Spread a little happiness" 1929

From the today rather unknown British musical Mr. Cinders by Vivian Ellis and Richard Myers. It opened in February 1929 in London. Bob Howes and Binnie Hale were the stars of the original show.

Binnie Hale sings "Dreaming A Dream" from Yes, Madam? - 1934

A lovely song from the light musical comedy Yes, Madam?, produced at the London Hippdrome in 1934. Its stars Binnie Hale and Bobbie Howes had made a great success together in 1929 in the show Mr Cinders. This outing saw Miss Hale in her now familiar housemaid's uniform, engaging in romantic comedy capers with Howes, and such british stalwart musical comedy character performers as Wylie Watson, Bertha Belmore and the redoubtable Vera Pearce. The recording was made for Columbia records in London on 3rd October 1934, with the London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by the show's composer, Joseph Tunbridge.

Musical star Binnie Hale sings "Did You Get That Out Of A Book?" from "Hyde Park Corner" (film)1939