tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post5017560119018322111..comments2023-06-05T05:14:02.139-04:00Comments on = VITAPHONE VARIETIES =: "A Summer Idyll"Jeff Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-85829036062658229892007-12-20T21:48:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:48:00.000-05:00Hello, Henry!Yes indeed it does. If you scan Ebay...Hello, Henry!<BR/>Yes indeed it does. If you scan Ebay listings for "Voice of Hollywood" chances are you can find a compilation of these one-reel short subjects --- and that among them will be this particular offering. It's usually cited owing to a brief appearance by Buster Keaton --- but it clearly has a good deal more to offer.<BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-39270271911646250922007-12-20T21:42:00.000-05:002007-12-20T21:42:00.000-05:00Hello,Would you happen to know if the live perform...Hello,<BR/><BR/>Would you happen to know if the live performance of "When Buddha Smiles" by Gus Arnheim's orchestra from the 'Voice of Hollywood' reels survives in film? Ever since you provided the audio, I've been dying to see the film. Thanks!henry814https://www.blogger.com/profile/14680181249751352073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-80220106020308969022007-08-21T19:05:00.000-04:002007-08-21T19:05:00.000-04:00Regular Television broadcasts actually began in 19...Regular Television broadcasts actually began in 1932 in Britain and the USA followed in 1938. Most of major European countries had regular television broadcasts by the late 1930's. These broadcasts were interrupted by the Second World War, but was resumed in the late 1940's..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-30326396879493135962007-08-16T11:43:00.000-04:002007-08-16T11:43:00.000-04:00East Side: The next post will contain additional "...East Side: The next post will contain additional "March of Time" information! As for the end of the Old Timers, well --- I suspect as originally filmed that the number concluded with the stage being clouded by the proverbial "mists of time," and that the disconcerting flame effect was added for inclusion of footage in 1933's "Broadway to Hollywood," perhaps to obscure facial details as the group drew dangerously near the camera. Only a theory, mind you.<BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-28676390304617656392007-08-16T09:42:00.000-04:002007-08-16T09:42:00.000-04:00I wondered where all those musical numbers shoehor...I wondered where all those musical numbers shoehorned into the Ted Healy/Stooges shorts came from.<BR/><BR/>That "March of Time" clip was very strange. Did those "oldtimers" go up in smoke at the end?Kevin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14096763369719767861noreply@blogger.com