[78-L] It's a Wonderful Life

Mark S. Chester mschester at email.msn.com
Sun Jan 18 06:33:36 PST 2009


There were at least two machines in It's A Wonderful Life. The machine in
the parlor of the Hatch residence (on the corner of which Donna Reed smashes
the "Buffalo Gal" record after Jimmy Stewart departs without the romance she
had desired) was a nice L-door VV-XVI. The machine in the makeshift
honeymoon nest which was playing a Hawaiian record (IIRC) and which was
rigged, via its turntable spindle, to drive the rotisserie in the fireplace,
was a small table model like a VV-IV or VI.

The 1950 Cheaper By The Dozen had a similar L-door XVI in the Gilbreth home.

Mark

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martha wrote:
> I think the machine in It's a Wonderful Life is a table-top Victrola, 
> either IV or VI 





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