[78-L] Movie anachronisms

[David Lennick]

Oh well, if you're going to be picky!! Don't forget the scene in "The Jolson 
Story" where Asa discovers "jazz"..in a cellar, around 1910, and sounding like 
Bob Crosby's Bobcats. Yep, that's how it was.

dl

Harold Aherne wrote:
> One of the most egregious phono-related anachronisms is in "An American Tail" 
> (dare I admit that I actually watched that as a youngster?). I came across it on 
> a cable TV airing a few years ago, and I noticed an internal-horn cabinet phonograph
> in one scene--which wouldn't be so bad, except that the movie takes place in 1885!
>  
> "Angels with Dirty Faces" opens with a newspaper shot mentioning the nomination
> of a 1920 presidential candidate--I forgot whether it was Cox or Harding. Anyway, 
> a few minutes later a character mentions seeing "The Covered Wagon", which
> wasn't released until March 1923.
>  
> "Penny Serenade" has an early scene in a record/phono shop where Irene Dunne
> meets Cary Grant. "You Were Meant for Me" is playing, suggesting the rough period
> the scene is supposed to represent, but the arrangement and singing style are 
> definitely more typical of the early 40s than the late 20s. And some of the phonos 
> they used for the shop look like early 20s Victor consoles.
>  
> -Harold
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