----- Original Message ----- From: <Philippe.Woessner at ac-strasbourg.fr> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 11:50 AM Subject: RE: [Phono-L] A fun old movie with phonograph content > Hello > Just look here: > http://www.coleccionfb.com/pagina_nueva_70.htm > Very charming, and from what I've read the procedure shown isn't all that inaccurate- Melchior did make acoustic recordings, so he certainly knew how it was done! I think it was Gladys Rice who wrote that she had to duck under the horn during the orchestral passages to avoud blocking the sound. Of course in the film you see a small studio ensemble, but you HEAR a full orchestra- typical Hollywood. They did the same in ballroom scenes- eight pieces on screen but 50 pieces on the soundtrack. Eric Stott