[78-L] Song from 1933 film Viktor und Viktoria by Franz Doelle

[David Lennick]

Speaking of soundtracks, we were just watching Hans Christian Andersen (part of 
TCM's 100th Birthday Danny Kaye blitz, which they turn out to be doing on the 
wrong day and the wrong year). Haven't seen this one in over 50 years and my 
over-familiarity with the Decca album and Gordon Jenkins' arrangements had kept 
me away from it on purpose. Two things (aside from far more interesting 
scoring) jump out.

(1) The Little Mermaid Ballet..no credit for the arranger, but this is one of 
the best pastiches I've ever heard of music from one composer, in this case 
Franz Liszt. Far better than what usually passes for ballet in film, the worst 
example being the mutilated American In Paris (which is even worse on the album 
because it was further chopped to fit 4 78RPM sides).

(2) Frank Loesser got his reprise! (Read the stories about Guys And Dolls to 
understand that one.)

dl

On 1/20/2013 10:53 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> Wandering a bit off topic, but is this movie available on DVD?
>
> joe salerno
>
> On 1/20/2013 7:38 PM, Steve Shapiro wrote:
>>
>> I have it on an Italian 78 by Enzo Fusco.  E Giunta La Fortuna.
>>
>> I sort of recognize the tune.
>>
>> Does anyone know what its German and English titles were?
>>
>> And who recorded it in German, in English, and in French?
>>
>> Thanks./steve