[78-L] Weiniawski

David Lennick dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid
Mon Sep 15 07:32:24 PDT 2014


Yeah, who could commit suicide to Wieniawski? Wagner, on the other hand....

Not OT since Columbia issued a 78 set of Isaac Stern playing the music from 
that film. (Album was titled "Humoresque" in the US and "A Violin Recital by 
Isaac Stern" in Canada. Odd.)

dl

On 9/15/2014 10:26 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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> No I suspect you're right and that my memory of which concerto was playing is wrong.  I was very young at the time.
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> db
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> On Monday, September 15, 2014 8:32 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>  wrote:
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>> And I'm wrong because in that one, Crawford commits suicide to Wagner's
>> Liebestod, tastefully arranged by Oscar Levant (yes, for violin and orchestra).
>> So back to the drawing board.
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>> dl
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>> On 9/15/2014 1:22 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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>>> It looks like you must be right but I can't find any mention of Weiniawski in the music credits so perhaps I made that part up, but I always remembered the scene with that concerto running.
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>>> db
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>>> On Monday, September 15, 2014 12:50 AM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca.invalid>   wrote:
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>>>> Betcha it's Humoresque. Joan Crawford, John Garfield, and 3 sets of hands
>>>> playing the fiddle.
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>>>> dl
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>>>> On 9/15/2014 12:32 AM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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>>>>> When I was a kid I saw an old movie on television of which I know nothing, except that towards the end a woman who, I think, is about to commit suicide, is seen running along a beach at night while Weiniawski's 2nd Violin Concerto is playing.  Although she is running away from the source of the music, it doesn't get any quieter.  Does anyone recall this movie or know what it was?
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>>>>> db


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