[78-L] Warner Archives Hollywood Revue of 1929

[David Lennick]

Your average Technics SP-15 will still accommodate them. So will a Lenco but 
you'll have to disable the arm-lifter in the back corner since these discs are 
sometimes much thicker than regular transcription discs.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 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>
> Cc: <medusashaircut at erols.com>
> 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