[78-L] It's a Wonderful Life

[David Lennick]

That Batwing style was used almost every time a mock-up record label had to be 
made..except for a close imitation of a Brunswick label at the end of one of 
the early Warner Brothers classics (it might be Little Caesar). Odd because I 
don't think Warners had bought Brunswick yet, but I could be wrong. Marilyn 
Monroe pulls a batwing label out of her blouse in "Niagara". Amazingly, it's 
not warped.

I've never managed to get through It's A Wonderful Life. Call me cynical, but 
the two times I've tried, I've (a) run screaming to turn it off or (b) fallen 
asleep. Anyway, here are the music credits from IMDB:
Original Music by
Dimitri Tiomkin	 	
Leigh Harline	 	(uncredited)
Leith Stevens	 	(uncredited)
Dave Torbett	 	(uncredited)
Roy Webb	 	(uncredited)

Arthur S. Black was indeed the assistant or second unit director..guess they 
needed a name, if they were going to go to all the trouble of making up a 
record label anyway. Good thing they didn't put something filthy on it.

dl

DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> I just watched "It's a Wonderful life", for the first time in my life believe it or not, and there is a quick shot of a record on a Gramophone.  There's no way anyone could have seen it at the time but with a DVD's freeze frame capability, it is possible to stop it and read the label of the record.  The title correctly says "Buffalo Gals" and the artist is shown as Arthur Black and his orchestra.  The label is a late 20s batwing label but there is no indication of Victor Talking Machine; there is some sort of logo which can't be seen clearly and the words "Velvet Tone".  Arthur Black is listed in the opening credits as the assistant director.  The music heard when the record is playing is Buffalo Gals but the sound certainly isn't that of an acoustic Gramophone.  Does anyone know if this was a real record?  As I said, I'm surprised they took this effort to put all this information on the label when it couldn't have been read anyway back in 1947.
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