Larry Clinton and His Orchestra
- Themselves
- (as Larry Clinton & His Orchestra)
Gower Champion
- Self - Dancer
- (as Gower)
Jeanne Tyler
- Self - Dancer
- (as Jeanne)
The Six Philharmonicas
- Themselves
- (as The Philharmonicas)
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- TriviaVitaphone release # B247.
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Smooth and Hot
Here's another of the innumerable Vitaphone band shorts. They were among the first commercially released sound shorts. It's directed by Lloyd French, who had spent many years at the Roach Studios. He brings nothing special to the project. By this point the entire series had become absolutely standardized. It would not be until Jean Negulesco began directing some of them that there was much variation.
The band itself is a bog standard night club band. Everyone wears tails and band leader Larry Clinton wears the same sort of triangular toupee that Fred Astaire did. The music is always smooth, although they show they are with it by running some of the tunes very hot: the Big Band influence is showing, although there are no outstanding solos.
The one outstanding number is the variety piece: there's a harmonica group that plays Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" -- a tune familiar to any fan of Looney Tunes. The harmonicas add a peculiarly appropriate hum to the piece, like electricity sizzling through the air.
The band itself is a bog standard night club band. Everyone wears tails and band leader Larry Clinton wears the same sort of triangular toupee that Fred Astaire did. The music is always smooth, although they show they are with it by running some of the tunes very hot: the Big Band influence is showing, although there are no outstanding solos.
The one outstanding number is the variety piece: there's a harmonica group that plays Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" -- a tune familiar to any fan of Looney Tunes. The harmonicas add a peculiarly appropriate hum to the piece, like electricity sizzling through the air.
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- boblipton
- Feb 1, 2014
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- Melody Masters (1939-1940 season) #8: The Dipsy Doodler
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- Runtime11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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