[78-L] Movie anachronisms

[Taylor Bowie]

There are endless such examples,  not even counting all the late 40s -50s 
musicals set in the 20s,  with 50s arrangements for the music, e.g. Love Me 
or Leave Me,  Tea For Two,  Lullaby of Broadway,  etc  hey,  those are all 
Doris Day!  Also Good News,  Singin' in the Rain, etc. etc.

It bothered me the first time I saw Love Me or Leave Me that it didn't sound 
"20s" but watching it again after some years I just enjoyed it as a fine 
movie...and with good music.  And I am one of those who thinks that Singin' 
in the Rain is pretty close to perfect in every department.

Taylor




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Movie anachronisms


> 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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