Good morning Buddies 
A cool but sunny start to the day here 
Enjoy your day everyone 
@slimfern posted:
Love a good whodunnit film
Back in 1930 a book was published called "The Invisible Host" by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. It was filmed in 1934 as "The 9th Guest" and directed by Roy William Neill, est know for his Universal series of Sherlock Holmes films (Basil Rathbone).
Agatha Christie wrote her novel "And Now Then There None" as it's now known in 1939. There are similarities with the 1930 book.
"The 9th Guest" is on Youtube though the Rene Clair "And Then There Were None" is a far better film.
@El Loro posted:Back in 1930 a book was published called "The Invisible Host" by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning. It was filmed in 1934 as "The 9th Guest" and directed by Roy William Neill, est know for his Universal series of Sherlock Holmes films (Basil Rathbone).
Agatha Christie wrote her novel "And Now Then There None" as it's now known in 1939. There are similarities with the 1930 book.
"The 9th Guest" is on Youtube though the Rene Clair "And Then There Were None" is a far better film.
I love a whodunnit too âĶ.especially the old ones 
A mad day of golf awaits. The mollycuddled Yanks can't handle links golf.
It' is funny.
Hope all are A1 - a mad road. Should be dual carrageway - not suicide attempts.
There was a short 20 minutes American film made in 1939 called "Gals and Gallons" which seems to be lost, It was a collection of entertainment acts.
One of the acts was Pansy the Dancing Horse. In the 1944 short film "Kehoe's Marimba Band" the third act has another appearance by Pansy the Dancing Horse. That can be seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...CI7_Ym0lg&t=518s
Starts at 5 minutes 11 seconds. The "trainer" was Connie Haas.
Pansy the Dancing Horse was a popular vaudeville act. The "horse" was Andy Mayo and Nonnie Morton. For much of the 1930s the "trainer" was Andy's wife Florence. When Florence had her first child, the "trainer" was Virgina Jones. She was in that lost film "Gals and Gallons".
In the early 1940s Virginia Jones became a film actress though used what had become her stage name Virginia Mayo.
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Short film from 1929 called "Black and Tan" of musical interest as it starred Duke Ellington, his earliest film appearance. Very slight storyline which ends tragically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHc0rxm628
@El Loro posted:Short film from 1929 called "Black and Tan" of musical interest as it starred Duke Ellington, his earliest film appearance. Very slight storyline which ends tragically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qHc0rxm628
Great music, but a sad story El 
@slimfern posted:Great music, but a sad story El
The same director, Dudley Murphy, made "St Louis Blues" in the same year. It is the only film appearance of Bessie Smith. A slight storyline and is bleak, effectively built around her song of that title. Great song but sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA
A more lighthearted clip from another 1929 film called "Happy Days".
I think the singer was Sharon Lynn and the central dancer Ann Pennington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0aS2dgzWY
@El Loro posted:The same director, Dudley Murphy, made "St Louis Blues" in the same year. It is the only film appearance of Bessie Smith. A slight storyline and is bleak, effectively built around her song of that title. Great song but sad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAIWkANToPA
Slightly brighter than the last film El
@El Loro posted:A more lighthearted clip from another 1929 film called "Happy Days".
I think the singer was Sharon Lynn and the central dancer Ann Pennington.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t0aS2dgzWY
Looks exhausting...
@slimfern posted:
Looks exhausting...
Another clip from a 1929 film called "Tanned Legs" (Ann Pennington on the left and June Clyde on the right at the start of the clip). Closer to an exercise routine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9eDRJlz26M
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@El Loro posted:
Brilliant El, loved it ðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢðĪĢ
@El Loro posted:
loved it EL =-very talented musicians -thank you
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Another clip of Rita Rio and her orchestra from 1942, She doesn't sing in this one, instead there's someone not known for his singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8wYUJgcCj0
@El Loro posted:Another clip of Rita Rio and her orchestra from 1942, She doesn't sing in this one, instead there's someone not known for his singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8wYUJgcCj0
The comments are in doubt it was him actually singing...
Cheery tune though El
@slimfern posted:The comments are in doubt it was him actually singing...
Cheery tune though El
A five minute clip from a radio programme where he sings at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HLNg5uo3s
He also sang a song with Dorothy Lamour in "Variety Girl" (1947).
https://www.facebook.com/dotla...pen/925250542558177/
At the time, he was yet to become well known. The only famous film he had been in was "Citizen Kane" where he had an uncredited role as a reporter
@El Loro posted:A five minute clip from a radio programme where he sings at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HLNg5uo3s
He also sang a song with Dorothy Lamour in "Variety Girl" (1947).
https://www.facebook.com/dotla...pen/925250542558177/At the time, he was yet to become well known. The only famous film he had been in was "Citizen Kane" where he had an uncredited role as a reporter
He's a bit of a crooner isn't he.
I've always thought Dorothy Lamour had a very deep singing voice...lovely, but deep.
@El Loro posted:A five minute clip from a radio programme where he sings at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HLNg5uo3s
He also sang a song with Dorothy Lamour in "Variety Girl" (1947).
https://www.facebook.com/dotla...pen/925250542558177/At the time, he was yet to become well known. The only famous film he had been in was "Citizen Kane" where he had an uncredited role as a reporter
His appearance in "Citizen Kane" is in the final scene, the reporter with a pipe, most recognisable when he says "or Rosebud? How about it Jerry?"
@slimfern posted:I know it's known as a classic film ...but, I don't think I've seen 'Citizen Kane' El.
"Citizen Kane" is on the BBC iplayer, Slim:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074n82
99% rating by critics on the Rotten Tomato site, 90% rating by the public. That is a fair reflection on the film in that it's a film to admire but isn't a likeable one.
@El Loro posted:"Citizen Kane" is on the BBC iplayer, Slim:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074n82
99% rating by critics on the Rotten Tomato site, 90% rating by the public. That is a fair reflection on the film in that it's a film to admire but isn't a likeable one.
Perhaps that's what I've heard and chosen not to watch it in the past...I'll take a look on iPlayer.
Am older and a little braver now 
@slimfern posted:Perhaps that's what I've heard and chosen not to watch it in the past...I'll take a look on iPlayer.
Am older and a little braver now
Besides being Welles' first feature film, it was also the debut for Joseph Cotten. Also the first film scored by Bernard Hermann.
Although not his first film, it was a key film for Robert Wise who edited the film, He would go on to become a film director making such films as the original "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music"