Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
There's a great scene in the Coen Brothers' third movie, Miller's Crossing (1990), in which hit men come to kill mob boss Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) while he listens to "Danny Boy" on what appears to be a Victor II.
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
I was just watching an original Star Trek episode "A PIECE OF THE ACTION" and found a Brunswick console complete with a 3 way Ultona reproducer. Cool!
Sorry if this is a duplicate posting...
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Sorry if this is a duplicate posting...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
Nice catch.
I'm a big fan of Brunswick
I'm a big fan of Brunswick
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
An Edison Standard B as seen in the 1966 western “A Big Hand For The Little Lady” I’m not sure what year this takes place in but it seems a few decades too soon for a machine like this.
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
That machine was playing a brown cylinder in that scene where the old Doctor is darning his socks... Talk about a mundane way to get into the photoplays.
I wonder if it was actually running and playing, or if they pumped in audio from another source?
I wonder if it was actually running and playing, or if they pumped in audio from another source?
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The audio came from another source. It was more high fidelity than what you would hear from an acoustical recording with a 14 inch horn. Some canned singing trying to sound vintage.VanEpsFan1914 wrote:That machine was playing a brown cylinder in that scene where the old Doctor is darning his socks... Talk about a mundane way to get into the photoplays.
I wonder if it was actually running and playing, or if they pumped in audio from another source?
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Hey, That's Burgess Meredith.... He was the Penguin on the 1960's BATMAN TV Series...!!! It looks like there's a Edison Standard Model "C" in the pic..
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
Just by chance last night I was watching a deleted scene from Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein. A recording was made for Victor Frankenstein to be played at the reading of his will or rather the deceased read the will. It is an obvious Victrola Credenza which seems to have the lid missing since the record is turned over without lifting one.
It is also obvious why it was cut from the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr8xYH9ork8
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It is also obvious why it was cut from the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr8xYH9ork8
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
I agree, that was pretty drawn out, and really not all that funny.jukejunkie wrote:... It is an obvious Victrola Credenza which seems to have the lid missing since the record is turned over without lifting one. ...It is also obvious why it was cut from the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr8xYH9ork8
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I did like the part where the needle catches at the end of the record, though..
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Re: Wind-up Phonographs in Movies
A couple of shots of a Columbia Grafonola tabletop model from the 1985 film Out Of Africa.
Source is from a VHS tape recorded 25 years ago excuse the blurriness.
Source is from a VHS tape recorded 25 years ago excuse the blurriness.