[78-L] Cylinder machine sighting

[David Lennick]

Say, maybe it IS Brahms......

"The piece of piano music played by Francis Ingram (Victor Francen) and later, 
his disembodied left hand, is the Bach Chaconne in D minor, as arranged to be 
played by the left hand alone by Johannes Brahms. It was selected by Max 
Steiner because the story required a piece of music that could be performed by 
a pianist with only his left hand, and Steiner, who was born in Vienna and 
whose family were friendly with Brahms, rather than composing his own original 
piece, immediately recognized its potential in underscoring such a grim tale."

On 1/21/2011 12:18 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> On 1/21/2011 12:13 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>> On 1/21/2011 10:31 AM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> Just recording "The Beast with Five Fingers" on TCM checking to see if it was
>>> still playing, and noticed someone removing a cylinder from a machine. Well, well.
>>>
>>> Wonder if it's Brahms or Buddy Bolden?  dl
>>
>> Was he holding the cylinder with that famous two-finger grip?
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> Who? Brahms, Buddy, Robert Alda or J. Carroll Naish? It also looked like a Blue
> Amberol, not that you can tell in a B&W movie. Looks like fun.
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038338/
>
> dl
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