Musical Merry-Go-Round #4

1948
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11 Min.

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Martin Block, Buddy Clark, and Ray Noble in Musical Merry-Go-Round #3 (1948)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuVirginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as Block gives a brief history of how they st... Alles lesenVirginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as Block gives a brief history of how they started. O'Brien also recalls her first movie song.Virginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as Block gives a brief history of how they started. O'Brien also recalls her first movie song.

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Martin Block

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Les Brown

Self

Les Brown and His Band of Renown

Themselves
(as Les Brown and His Orchestra)

Virginia O'Brien

Self

Eileen Wilson

Self
(Nicht genannt)

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This is a rare instance of Virginia O'Brien smiling on camera; she explains to Martin Block that she adopted the deadpan face because "It just comes second-nature to me."

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Virginia O'Brien: That was my introduction to the movies - all in my imagination, of course.

Verbindungen
Followed by Musical Merry-Go-Round #5 (1948)

Soundtracks
Leap Frog
Written by Joe Garland (music) and Leo Corday (lyrics)
Performed by Les Brown and His Band of Renown (as Les Brown and His Orchestra)

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Les Brown's music is featured in this one....

Apparently, back in the late 1940s Martin Block was a famous disc jockey...though I'd never heard of him until I saw his series of shorts for MGM. They all came out in 1948 and all are called "Musical Merry-Go-Round"...so it's hard to tell them apart and you need to see who the guests are with each one to keep them straight.

This installment of the Block films highlights Les Brown and his Orchestra. However, instead of interviewing Brown, he talks to Virginia O'Brien about the band (I have no idea why). Among the lovely songs you hear, "Sentimental Journey" is a dandy. Originally, the singer was Doris Day, though an unidentified blonde sings it instead, as Day had gone on to a film career shortly after hitting it big with the song.

If you don't know who Virginia O'Brien is, she was an odd singer and made a few films. Her shtick was deliberately singing almost zombie-like--with zero emotion. She had a lovely voice though I have no idea why she did this odd singing style and I am NOT a fan of this sort of thing.

Overall, even with O'Brien's odd song, a very pleasant outing and well worth seeing in order to enjoy the lovely old tunes.