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- TriviaVitaphone production reel #958.
- Quotes
Ben Bernie, Bandleader: Why didn't you show up at the rehearsal this morning?
Trumpet Player: Well, I couldn't get away. My wife wouldn't let me go.
Ben Bernie, Bandleader: Your wife wouldn't let you go? Pardon me a moment, please. I want you to understand young fella that your wife has nothing to do with this band!
Trumpet Player: I hope not!
- SoundtracksHave a Little Faith in Me
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Performed by Ben Bernie and His Orchestra and sung by an unidentified singer
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More Interesting for the Editing
Ben Bernie and his orchestra play a few songs in the standard medium-long shot showing all the musicians; wrangles briefly with with the members of the band and tells a couple of canned jokes fairly well. Frances McCoy sings in a baby-doll voice.
Musically, it's a fairly standard musical short for the era; Ben Bernie was a very popular band leader of the era, who billed himself as "The Old Maestro" but the style of music has not aged well; it comes off as wet, polished soap.
Visually, this is a very advanced picture. While many of the Vitaphone shorts of the era still set up with medium-long shot and never varied it, this one is edited more creatively, with close-ups of instruments at the beginning and cuts to show performers as it goes along. Although the camera never moves, the editor spins the image to end the short. My guess is that an optical printer showed up at the studio in Brooklyn.
Musically, it's a fairly standard musical short for the era; Ben Bernie was a very popular band leader of the era, who billed himself as "The Old Maestro" but the style of music has not aged well; it comes off as wet, polished soap.
Visually, this is a very advanced picture. While many of the Vitaphone shorts of the era still set up with medium-long shot and never varied it, this one is edited more creatively, with close-ups of instruments at the beginning and cuts to show performers as it goes along. Although the camera never moves, the editor spins the image to end the short. My guess is that an optical printer showed up at the studio in Brooklyn.
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- boblipton
- Jan 13, 2017
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- Vitaphone Varieties (1929-1930 Season): Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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