[78-L] Cylinder machine sighting

[victrola78s at aol.com]

I suppose they used an Edison Standard phonograph inside that suit of armour because they knew a Victor V wouldn't fit the space. The leading man(Robert Alda) refers to it as a "gramophone"-which is not only wrong but ironic, since for years people have always referred to a gramophone as a phonograph. Turn about is fair play, to steal the old Vox slogan. Notice how deftly the cylinder was removed from the mandrel. Certainly a less trembling hand than the one belonging to "Shakey Jake" on YouTube, where the guy drops the cylinder onto the TechTV studio floor with a resounding shattering noise. You know, the video where the guy, after dropping the cylinder, starts to say "Oh, fu...", then settles for "sh.t" instead. And J. Carroll Naish getting "strangled" by the hand at the end was fun. Also ironic is the fact that Peter Lorre is in this "crawling hand" film after playing Gogol in "Mad Love" eleven years before-where that time Colin Clive had the hands problem.

Dennis "Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes" Forkel