tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post8389151137726890413..comments2023-06-05T05:14:02.139-04:00Comments on = VITAPHONE VARIETIES =: "Are There Any More At Home Like You?"Jeff Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-72099077810314862972015-02-10T04:12:01.776-05:002015-02-10T04:12:01.776-05:00Much talk of the original Florodora girls but of c...Much talk of the original Florodora girls but of course these were not the originals. Florodora was an English musical which had premiered in London in 1899. It is there we must seek for the originals. Having said that though I must add that I loved the article, which is up to the incredibly high standard of your blog, which I do miss terribly.aldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287276294798907449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-81791211667916425762007-10-07T03:56:00.000-04:002007-10-07T03:56:00.000-04:00Nice to read a detailed history of the "Flora Dora...Nice to read a detailed history of the "Flora Dora" show and the original girls who made up the sextet. Marjorie Relyea was my grandfather's aunt, so it was nice to see so much on her posted here. Wish I could find more on her. Barbara in AZ <BR/>p e a c h y g o o d @ h o t m a i lAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-85693556773138234562007-04-15T15:08:00.000-04:002007-04-15T15:08:00.000-04:00Marmel: Time was I used to fret over how these aud...Marmel: Time was I used to fret over how these audio files were being listened to, as I'd hear from readers who claimed "everything sounds terrible" (they were using their monitor's built-in speakers) and other users who marveled at the fidelity of the material (they rigged their computer audio to play through their home's main home theater audio system) --- so, I just don't think about it now. As for me, I create and master all audio using a pair of Bose headphones --- and everything does indeed sound darn good! :)Jeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-28393143858601894502007-04-15T14:15:00.000-04:002007-04-15T14:15:00.000-04:00BTW, the 1900 Floradora tunes sound pretty good on...BTW, the 1900 Floradora tunes sound pretty good on a 2000 vintage PowerBook. Must be the teensy speakers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-41235401872072068532007-02-27T15:15:00.000-05:002007-02-27T15:15:00.000-05:00Jeff said he'd"carry back pristine 35mmm prints of...Jeff said he'd<BR/><BR/>"carry back pristine 35mmm prints of every film I could lay my hand on!"<BR/><BR/>And you'd make them available to us all on DVD or downloadable on the web would you not!!<BR/><BR/>No locking them up in archives and having a showing once every 20 years! <BR/><BR/>I've been humming "Tell me pretty maiden" all week now. I love that second chorus - "hotter boys"!alexa757https://www.blogger.com/profile/01994334161836184246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-40876526053365693922007-02-27T14:38:00.000-05:002007-02-27T14:38:00.000-05:00East Side : If I had the option to transport mysel...East Side : If I had the option to transport myself into these photos, do you think I'd be here now? ;)<BR/><BR/>Actually, I'd probably go on a gun toting rampage into the projection booth of every theater I can find, and carry back pristine 35mmm prints of every film I could lay my hand on!<BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-12107064252407874372007-02-27T14:33:00.000-05:002007-02-27T14:33:00.000-05:00Judge Crater: I'm sure references to "Florodora" i...Judge Crater: I'm sure references to "Florodora" in animation are many and varied, and I'm sure I recall one in a Fleisher cartoon, details of which escape me --- but it was a period piece, so to speak.<BR/><BR/>Then too, there's parodies in comedy shorts, such as "Our Gang Follies of 1936," in which the gang dresses up as Florodora Girls and do a less than dainty dance set to Ethelbert Nevin's "Narcissus," while being harassed by a monkey. (Odd the things one remembers!)<BR/><BR/>What's my name? Oh yes...<BR/><BR/>Jeff<BR/> <BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-50545265626455712142007-02-27T13:37:00.000-05:002007-02-27T13:37:00.000-05:00Each time you post old photos of New York, I find ...Each time you post old photos of New York, I find myself trying to physically put myself into the street scene. Let me know if you ever have that option available!Kevin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14096763369719767861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-66642971373607479472007-02-26T20:52:00.000-05:002007-02-26T20:52:00.000-05:00As usual, a WB cartoon comment. Friz Freleng, a g...As usual, a WB cartoon comment. Friz Freleng, a great lover of musical gags, was doing Floradora jokes even unto the late 1940s, with his cartoon "The Gay Anties," showing a sextette of ant-ettes doing a Floradora-like dance, complete with bustle (olive-induced) and flower gown and parasol. The sequence is done with a charm that indicates Friz was fond of the original.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-3439566322873946322007-02-26T16:57:00.000-05:002007-02-26T16:57:00.000-05:00In regards to long skirts, and streetcars, it's al...In regards to long skirts, and streetcars, it's always fun to watch period films to note how beautifully they handled the task!<BR/><BR/>So unlike the starlets on view at the Oscar ceremonies, all of whom seemed completely baffled as to how to walk, move or sit in a gown that extended past their knee. <BR/><BR/>Just one of many simple, graceful everyday, common place acts --- like tipping a hat, (or wearing one, for that matter) that have fallen by the wayside in our current definition of progress.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing, Joe!<BR/><BR/>JeffJeff Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397346655785197799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9980139.post-34260168916018200692007-02-26T00:02:00.000-05:002007-02-26T00:02:00.000-05:00Jeff: What a nice tale about "Floradora", somethi...Jeff: What a nice tale about "Floradora", something often mentioned in books, but rarely described. Note the streetcars visible in the 1919 Broadway photo. The entrance doors are in the center and the cars are what would now be called "low floor" transit vehicles. At the time these were called "hobbleskirt" cars because the long, tight skirt styles popular in the teens made it difficult for women to step up into streetcars. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Joe Thompson ;0)Joe Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18432403721377989684noreply@blogger.com