[78-L] Paramount Publix -what have I got?
Malcolm Rockwell
malcolm at 78data.com
Sun Oct 6 10:18:07 PDT 2013
Wouldn't that be "... at the Mighty Wurlitzer"?
Or was "the Mighty" a specific Wurlitzer?
Mal
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On 10/6/2013 6:36 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Ann Leaf at the Wurlitzer.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3732996/
> http://theatreorgans.com/southerncross/radiogram/Ann-Leaf.jpg
>
> dl
>
> On 10/6/2013 12:32 PM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
>> I think I saw the words, "Screen Song" on some of the other disks. Are
>> there any "lost" soundtracks for which I should be looking?
>>
>> Just played a frequency disk with ever-changing frequencies being announced
>> and an organ selection by Ann Lief. Who she?
>>
>> Ron L
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
>> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Jessup
>> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 6:37 AM
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Paramount Publix -what have I got?
>>
>> Ron - Can't answer as to other discs, but the one you describe in detail in
>> the excerpt below sounds like the soundtrack disc for a November 1931
>> Fleischer / Paramount "Screen Song" short with that title. I didn't find any
>> readily available online copies to check, and the early Screen Songs haven't
>> gotten much circulation since their initial syndication to TV. If I ever saw
>> this, I'd have been about 5 years old (early 1960s, when a Syracuse NY TV
>> station had a *huge* package of NTA shorts).
>>
>> All best - Dave Jessup
>>
>>> From: "Ron L'Herault"<lherault at verizon.net>
>>> Subject: [78-L] Paramount Publix -what have I got?
>>> To: "'78-L Mail List'"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>>
>>> I was given a pile of disks today.
>>> (snip)
>>> One labeled disk is a Paramount Publix Corporation disk, white label
>>> No. SC1-6. Around the outside are 40 boxes and Times Played. The disk
>> is
>>> pressed by RCA Victor Inc. In the run out is a stamped "copyright 1931".
>>> Scratched in is a start point arrow (inside start), the words "By The
>> Light
>>> Of The Silvery Moon, " followed by PSc 1-6-1-1 and Take 1. The other
>> side
>>> of the disk is pressed with large letters saying "VICTOR" and that saw
>> tooth
>>> design. Soooo, what do I have here? It sounds like it could be a
>> cartoon
>>> sound track to me.
>>>
>>> The disks were given to me by the son of an engineer who worked for
>>> RCA Victor. (snip) Any information will be greatly appreciated!
>>>
>>> Ron L'Herault
>>>
>>
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