[78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet

[Jeff Sultanof]

Yes, when I saw Sterling Holloway, I was surprised. The voice of Winnie the
Pooh?


On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 8:16 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Er..Sterling (testicles never descended) Holloway? Try Norman Shelley.
>
> dl
>
>
> On 7/13/2013 2:31 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:
> > I believe Mike Biel is doing research on this very topic.
> >
> >> From what I remember, many think some of Churchill's wartime broadcasts
> are
> > thought to *possibly* be by Sterling Holloway because the PM couldn't
> make
> > it to the studio for the broadcast (no broadcats could originate from the
> > British House of Commons).
> >
> > Here's an article I just found:
> > http://www.fpp.co.uk/bookchapters/WSC/Observer291000.html
> >
> > It is important to remember that many of the audio clips from Churchill's
> > famous speeches that are floating around were made long after the fact by
> > Churchill for Decca, which may explain why they sound differently from
> > others recorded during the war.
> >
> > I have several lacquer recordings of Churchill from BBC shortwave
> broadcats
> > made by an American radio station during the war.  Now I've got to dig
> them
> > out and listen again!
> >
> > Sammy Jones
> >
> >
> > David Burnham wrote:
> >> I just listened to the complete broadcast and it was very interesting.
> >> ?They talk about there being a large number of Harry Lauder recordings
> but
> >> every example they played was from the single 12 inch disc, "Harry
> Lauder
> >> Medley". ?I wish they had identified the music they were playing
> >> throughout, it sounds like it may be from Vaughan-Williams but I
> couldn't
> >> recognize it. ?I have heard that most, if not all, of the recordings of
> >> Winston Churchill's speeches made during the war were in fact read by an
> >> actor and are not Churchill's voice at all. ?The recording from 1909
> >> sounds like a different voice than the recordings from 1941 but there's
> no
> >> mention of this in the text. ?I do agree that though there have been
> many
> >> great orators in the 20th century, he was perhaps the greatest.
> >>
> >> db?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: Sammy Jones<sjones69 at bellsouth.net>
> >>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 2:16:55 AM
> >>> Subject: [78-L] Churchill's Secret Cabinet
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Right now on BBC Radio 4's website, a documentary on Winston
> Churchill's
> >>> record collection - including homemade lacquers of some of his
> speeches.
> >>> I've only had time to listen to the first 15 minutes, but it seems
> >>> fascinating.
> >>>
> >>> Only a few days left to listen:
> >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b036j3r0
> >>>
> >>> Sammy Jones
> >
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