[78-L] Warner Archives Hollywood Revue of 1929

[Taylor Bowie]

I have some of the Hollywood Review soundtrack on those giant 16" records 
they used to use for early talkies ...I bought a shit-load of the things 
from a guy I ran into years ago.  We met in the parking lot of a local 
McDonald's (closest I've been to one in years) and I bought a big,  heavy 
stack of them...nothing complete but partial soundtracks from The Lost 
World,  City Lights,  etc. and happily for me,  the part of Reaching for the 
Moon which includes that Bing Crosby song about hi hats and low-downs.

Somewhere along the line in upgrading turntables, I realized that I no 
longer have anything to play the big ones on.   Too bad for me.

Taylor


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ramm" <steveramm78l at hotmail.com>
To: "78-l 78-l" <78-l at 78online.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:55 PM
Subject: [78-L] Warner Archives Hollywood Revue of 1929




Got my copy and watched last night! Talk about entertainment! Minstrel show 
opening number then Jack Benny then Cliff Edwards and then Joan Crawford 
singing a hot number and dancing up a storm. And that is in the first 10 
minutes. Shortly after that Edwards is back with a uke production number 
with a bevy of tap dancing girls with ukes! No plot. Just act after act 
after act.


This was an MGM film, not a Warner Brothers Vitaphone.

The print is not restored but more than serviceable for its age. The sound 
does get distorted at times. On my standard screen ratio 27 inch TV the film 
was cropped a bit too much and person on left is sometimes cut off.

But I'm pretty sure this has not been on TV and I really enjoyed it. And it 
runs nearly TWO hours!

Steve Ramm
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