[78-L] Musical Mobsters

[Michael Biel]

Ken "Silver Showcase" wrote:
> Michael Biel wrote:
>   
>>> The transition from Silent film to 'Talkies'
>>>     
>>>       
>> If I Had A Talking Picture of You
>> Take Your Girlie To The Movies
>>   
>>     
>
> Not quite.  "Take Your Girlie to the Movies" was published in 1919 so it 
> has nothing to do with the talkies.
>
> -- Ken, (bein' picky tonight.)
You have to have a before if you want to have an after.  Transition from 
Silent (before) to Sound (after).   This is a statement of the 
make-out-pit use of the movie theatre starting in silent era and 
continuing on through the transition to "You Can't Sleep In the Movies 
Anymore".  (Of course I could also mention that there were talking 
movies long before The Jazz Singer and before 1919.)  I can see this 
song being use as a bridge between the section of women of the era into 
the movies section.  

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com