[78-L] 78-L Digest, Vol 75, Issue 24 Bert Ambrose on a George Pal Puppetoon

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 12/30/2014 4:17 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Ate van Delden (and all):
> Pal's Puppets
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> | Pal's Puppets |
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> | View on www.youtube.com | Preview by Yahoo |
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>    Philips Broadcast of 1938 - George Pal
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> |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
> | Philips Broadcast of 1938 - George Pal |
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> | View on www.youtube.com | Preview by Yahoo |
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>    So, now I have to decide if I should get the ol' 78 or try to find the recording on a CD or an .mp3. I know the perils of collecting, for me some sad stories of collecting comic books.Thank you all for some good memories.
> Charles Wilson
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>       On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:23 PM, Ate van Delden <ate.vandelden at worldonline.nl.invalid> wrote:
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> George Pal made them right here in Eindhoven during the Thirties. They were
> all for promotion of Philips products.
> I have been trying to get the full George (actually Georg, he was from
> Hungary) Pal story and in particular I like to know where and how the sound
> (Ambrose' band) was recorded. Maybe Philips-Miller system? There is film
> with Jack Hylton and another with the (dutch) Ranblers too.
> Pal went to the US and became famous for his special film effects.
> Ate van Delden
> (side-stepping from his Adrian Rollini Project)
> Netherlands
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>
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> Subject: 78-L Digest, Vol 75, Issue 24
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>>    1.  Kurt Nauck's Father RIP (Michael Biel)
>>    2.  Bert Ambrose Orchestra-"She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue"
>>        (Charles Wilson)
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>> If you are a friend or a customer of Kurt Nauck III (and I am both) I
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>> gentleman who I had the privilege to have met. Kurt has a 2-page eulogy
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>> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:21:37 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: Charles Wilson <charles_o_wilson at yahoo.com.invalid>
>> Subject: [78-L] Bert Ambrose Orchestra-"She Wore a Little Jacket of
>> Blue"
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>> Hello everyone-
>> Years ago - and I mean years ago - I would watch cartoons on the old
>> Philco.? Every now and then, a different type of cartoon would be shown.?
>> They were made from about 20 years prior to my birth and they were known
>> as George Pal's Puppetoons.? One of them was actually an advertisement for
>> Philips Radio.? It consisted of 3 vignettes, the first of which was of an
>> up-tempo dancer.? The part of the song I remembered was, "...and all the
>> sailors knew..." even if somewhat imperfectly.
>> Well...It's almost 60 years later and I found the
>> cartoon...ummm...Puppetoon...ummm...video and I know the music is from the
>> Bert Ambrose Orchestra, "She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue" and I even know
>> the Catalog number:
>> Decca 522
>> Should be easy, correct?? After all, it was a very famous cartoon, a very
>> famous song, so it should be on some Compilation CD or in someone's mp3
>> collection or SOMETHING, yes?
>> No.
>> There are other versions of "She Wore a Little Jacket of Blue" but, as far
>> as I can tell, there are no complete versions of the song from the Ambrose
>> Orchestra.? The version used in the cartoon is a shortened version!? I
>> have found about 5 copies of Decca 522 held in various University
>> Libraries but that's it!? YIKES!
>> Is there a complete Ambrose Orchestra version of this song somewhere??
>> Anywhere?? Thank you for your time,
>> Charles Wilson
>>
I have called universities and found them very willing to make 
recordings. find the number for the library and they should get you in 
touch with someone in the know.

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