Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?

marcapra · Post by **marcapra** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 4:23 am

I saw this clip from a 1934 W. C. Fields movie, You're Telling Me!, and spotted a Victrola RE 75 I believe. You can even clearly see the decorated Victor albums in it. It appears about 3 minutes into the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m84OznAJWZw

Skihawx · Post by **Skihawx** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:39 am

Why do they go thru the trouble of blocking up the phonograph compartment?

Post by **Inigo** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:22 am

Just for the sake of consistency... You'd better move (or copy) this post to the "phonographs in movies" thread, already very long...
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marcapra · Post by **marcapra** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:43 am

If I put it in that old thread, no one would see my title and I would get probably no response.

Post by **CharliePhono** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:53 pm

Potent quotable from the film:

MRS. BISBEE: "Suppose she were entertaining a nice young man in her home, and you came in looking like that, with your shoes off, suspenders down, and your breath smelling of cheap liquor?"

SAM BISBEE: "Cheap? Four dollars a gallon!"

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:11 pm

Another one: (I'm paraphrasing)

Princess Lescaboura: Mrs. Bisbee, you're the luckiest woman on Earth.

Mrs. Bisbee: Is my husband dead?

marcapra · Post by **marcapra** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:06 pm

I think the reason the phonograph compartment is blocked out is because, being a movie set, the Victrola has probably been gutted to make it easier to move around. Those Re-75s were Heavy!

jukejunkie · Post by **jukejunkie** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:05 pm

Also missing the lower leg stretchers.

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