Bread And Butter (ver. 1) by Larry Parks - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

Larry Parks (December 13, 1914 – April 13, 1975), was an American stage and movie actor. His birth name is believed to have been Samuel Klusman (or Klausman) Lawrence Parks. His career was virtually ended when he admitted to having once been a member of a Communist party cell, an admission that led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios. Parks grew up in Joliet, Illinois, and graduated from Joliet Township High School in 1932. He attended the University of Illinois as a pre-med student, and played in stock companies for a few years before signing a movie contract with Columbia Pictures in 1941. Like most Columbia contract players, he played supporting roles in important films, and larger roles in B pictures. When Columbia was preparing a screen biography of Al Jolson, many big-name stars were considered for the title role, including James Cagney and Danny Thomas (both of whom turned it down), but resident contractee Larry Parks was reportedly the first actor to be interviewed. Despite bearing little physical resemblance to Jolson, who was very much alive at the time, Parks impressed the producers and won the role. At the age 31 his convincing performance in The Jolson Story (1946) earned him a "Best Actor" Academy Award nomination. The real Jolson was tapped to provide the singing. The film was a big box office success. Now that Parks was a full-fledged star, Columbia kept him busy in elaborate productions (including a couple of costume epics) until he appeared in the sequel, Jolson Sings Again (1949), which was another huge boxoffice hit. His co-star in the film, Barbara Hale, teamed with him again in the comedy feature Emergency Wedding.