[78-L] Poor Butterfly in Dawn Patrol 1938
David Lennick
dlennick at sympatico.ca
Sat Sep 17 09:44:39 PDT 2011
According to IMDB, the movie is set in France in 1915.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030044/
I can't imagine Warner Brothers using an actual existing record in 1938 but I
haven't seen the film so I don't know what it sounds like in context.
dl
On 9/17/2011 12:35 PM, Julian Vein wrote:
> On 17/09/11 16:57, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
>> On 9/17/2011 6:08, JOHN WRIGHT wrote:
>>> Thanks Mark, but yes the enquiry is aimed at folks who have seen the film
>>> rather than those who can cut and paste discographical listings :o)))
>>>
>>> Anyway the enquirer (who has seen the film) indicates Poor Butterfly
>>> 'record' is instrumental and he has ruled out Fritz Kreisler (1917), Victor
>>> Marching Band (1916), Joseph C Smith Orch (1917) and Paul Whiteman (1920)
>>> versions, he says the film track is a more orchestral and melodic foxtrot,
>>> so it may not be a 'period' recording (the film is set in WWI).
>>>
>>>
> =================
> Red Nichols did a non-vocal version for Brunswick in 1928.
>
> Julian Vein
More information about the 78-L
mailing list