This short subject begins with Frédéric Chopin, continues with José Iturbi playing Chopin-inspired piano playing, and then some other songs and music from the silver screen. It's a promotional video showing a goodly selection of musical talent, classical, operatic, orchestral and popular songs by talents such as Yehudi Menuhin, Bing Crosby, Harry James.... well, the list goes on and on, with a good third of the named talent requiring accents and diacritical marks.
And Danny Kaye singing one of his tongue-twister songs. This was 1950, after all, and the movies had been in a downtown caused by the rise of television. That's why it ends with the offer that "All this music is yours at your neighborhood theater when you go to the movies."
And Danny Kaye singing one of his tongue-twister songs. This was 1950, after all, and the movies had been in a downtown caused by the rise of television. That's why it ends with the offer that "All this music is yours at your neighborhood theater when you go to the movies."