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HadleyH

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V.C. Brunswick said:
Previously the clip from Showgirl in Hollywood could be seen in the superb documentary series Hollywood that was narrated by James Mason. It appeared in the final episode about the advent of the talkies heralding the end of the silent era.


You mean "Hollywood a Celebration of the American Silent Film" by Kevin Brownlow? I have that set of 13 videos, one of the best,if not the very best of documentaries about silent film ever, it's brilliant! :eusa_clap . I will have to check it now, that is a fantastic song !!!!! Thank you for posting it!
 

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V.C. Brunswick said:
Previously the clip from Showgirl in Hollywood could be seen in the superb documentary series Hollywood that was narrated by James Mason. It appeared in the final episode about the advent of the talkies heralding the end of the silent era.

Here's Belle Mann's recordings with the Ben Pollack orchestra:

Buy, Buy For Baby (Or Baby Will Bye Bye You) (1928)

She's One Sweet Showgirl (1928)

Those Pollack sides are among my favorites. I'm particularly fond of Goodman's chorus on "Buy Buy for Baby". My copy of "She's One Sweet Showgirl" has become a bit worn, unfortunately, so I'm looking for a better one.
 

Mysterious Mose

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After reading Peacoat's tribute in the observation bar.
The magnificent Little Walter Jacobs, here with Muddy Waters:
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Edit: Goosebumps...
 

HadleyH

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HadleyH said:
You mean "Hollywood a Celebration of the American Silent Film" by Kevin Brownlow? I have that set of 13 videos, one of the best,if not the very best of documentaries about silent film ever, it's brilliant! :eusa_clap . I will have to check it now, that is a fantastic song !!!!! Thank you for posting it!

Belle Mann(dubbing for Alice White) "I have got my eye on you" (1930)

I have just checked out the last video of the set and it is there! almost at the end and only very brief, some seconds or so, but it is there.

Now I will have to get that talkie , early musicals are so much fun! :)
 
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LizzieMaine said:
Blanche Sweet is *extraordinary* in that picture. The only reason she didn't get an Oscar is that they didn't award them to supporting performers yet.

I definitely agree. Eighty years later that scene still has a poignancy that really grabs you.

And here's one of my favorite versions of There's A Tear For Every Smile In Hollywood -- this time by Blue Steel and his Orchestra.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F-Vy2KD40Q&feature=related
 

anon`

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Epica - Tides of Time

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Words cannot explain how incredibly beautiful this song was last night. I only wish that the album version came close to what I heard live yesterday.
 

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HadleyH

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one of the best of the late 1970s!

In honor of Doug Fieger who died on Sunday (we've paid our respects in the OB, thank you Mr Bern )... I am listening to his amazing "My Sharona" .... :eusa_clap



watch


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Feeling a bit in a French mood

Jean Cocteau et l'orchestre Dan Parrish -- La Toison D'or (1929)
The Golden Fleece

This unusual recording features the French artist, poet, writer, and filmmaker Jean Cocteau doing a reading of one of his Dadaist poems to the accompaniment of a jazz band. At one point it sounds as if M. Cocteau was so swept up by the music that he's trying to fit his words into the song!

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Jean Cocteau

Alibert -- A Marseille Un Soir (foxtrot) (1937)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVLQUQ_054A

What I love about this recording is that to me it sounds like something you would hear in a newsreel or a travelogue of the period.
 

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