Ted Billings Frankenstein", starring Boris Karloff; the 1937 version of "The Prince and the Pauper", Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Billy and Bobby Mauch; "Stagecoach" (1939), starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor; "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; the Bob Hope comedy, "The Princess and the Pirate"; and the 1947 classic comedy, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. His final screen appearance was in a small, unnamed role in Otto Preminger's "Forever Amber", starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde; the film was released in October 1947, three months after Billings' death on July
Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder played during the holiday, sometimes edited to remove elements of the song that can be construed to disparage the Irish. The song was used in the 1943 film "Coney Island" when it was performed by Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, George Montgomery and Frank Orth and later reprised by Winninger at the piano. Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder "Who Threw the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder?" is a popular song, sometimes known as "Who Threw the Overalls in Mistress Murphy's Chowder". It was written by George L. Giefer in 1898 and originally recorded by Edward M. Favor in