Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Toby Wing

Toby Wing was an American actress and showgirl.

Toby Wing played a few leading roles in B features and short subjects. In 1936 and 1937 she worked opposite singer-songwriter Pinky Tomlin in two of his low budget musical features, With Love and Kisses and Sing While You're Able. The two stars were engaged briefly during late 1937.
Her last leading role was in The Marines Come Thru (filmed in Florida in 1938, but not seeing general release until 1942 as Fight On, Marines!). She retired from movies after marrying the pilot Dick Merrill, more than twenty years her senior, in 1938. Wing completed her acting career on Broadway in the unsuccessful Cole Porter, "You Never Know" that starred Lupe Velez, Clifton Webb, Libby Holman and Harold Murray. The couple retired to DiLido, Florida, where Merrill was assigned Eastern Airlnes' New York- Miami route for the remainder of his career. Wing became successful in real estate in California and Florida.

Toby Wing Filmography:

* A Boy of Flanders (1924)
* A Woman Who Sinned (1924)
* Circe, the Enchantress (1924)
* The Pony Express (1925)
* American Pluck (1925)
* Double Daring (1926)
* Palmy Days (1931)
* The Kid from Spain (1932)
* The King's Vacation (1933)
* 42nd Street (1933)
* The Little Giant (1933)
* Central Airport (1933) (scenes deleted)
* Private Detective 62 (1933)
* Baby Face (1933)
* College Humor (1933)
* She Had to Say Yes (1933)
* This Day and Age (1933)
* Torch Singer (1933)
* Search for Beauty (1934)
* School for Girls (1934)
* Come on Marines (1934)
* Murder at the Vanities (1934)
* Kiss and Make Up (1934)
* One Hour Late (1934)
* Thoroughbred (1935)
* Two for Tonight (1935)
* Forced Landing (1935)
* Mister Cinderella (1936)
* With Love and Kisses (1936)
* Silks and Saddles (1936)
* Sing While You're Able (1937)
* The Women Men Marry (1937)
* True Confession (1937)
* Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
* The Marines Come Thru (1938)
* Sweethearts (1938)

Short Subjects:

* Jimmy's New Yacht (1932)
* The Loud Mouth (1932)
* The Candid Camera (1932)
* Alaska Love (1932)
* Ma's Pride and Joy (1932)
* Blue of the Night (1933)
* Rhythm on the Roof (1934)
* Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)
* Hollywood Extra Girl (1935)
* La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
* Hill-Tillies (1936)
* Rhythmitis (1936)
* Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)

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