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Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 4:23 am
by marcapra
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
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:39 am
by Skihawx
Why do they go thru the trouble of blocking up the phonograph compartment?
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:22 am
by Inigo
Just for the sake of consistency... You'd better move (or copy) this post to the "phonographs in movies" thread, already very long...
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68&hilit=Phonographs+in+movies
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=68&hilit=Phonographs+in+movies
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:43 am
by marcapra
If I put it in that old thread, no one would see my title and I would get probably no response.
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:53 pm
by CharliePhono
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!"
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 3:11 pm
by Henry
Another one: (I'm paraphrasing)
Princess Lescaboura: Mrs. Bisbee, you're the luckiest woman on Earth.
Mrs. Bisbee: Is my husband dead?
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:06 pm
by marcapra
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!
Re: Is this a Victrola RE-75 in this W. C. Fields movie?
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:05 pm
by jukejunkie
Also missing the lower leg stretchers.
Kurt M