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Kitty wrote: ↑

Wed May 01, 2024 6:55 pm

(why do you associate "james" with "home"?)

From that old colloquial phrase of the gentleman to the chauffeur, "Home, James."

Apartment

An odd ad juxtaposition from a 1951 issue. Actually, movie ads were quite rare in PS.

Ricochet

Home

Thanks for your detailed review! Oh, man. This sounds like Garbáge with a capital G. :( ...HOWEVER... if you approach the book as it is, a trashy old Hollywood fantasy novel, you can at least appreciate the trashiness and the unintentional hilarity of the phony dialogue. No. I don't think I could ap...

Kitty wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:21 am

There are apps where you can scan sheet music and it will play it for you! You should look around and see what works best for you.

I wasn't thinking of that. Thanks!

BettyLouSpence wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:18 pm

Wow. How did I miss that collection?

Yes, I was surprised at having never run across that also.

I like to hear what that waltz-song sounded like. (I'm not a pianist, though I suppose I could approximate it on uke.)

BettyLouSpence wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:14 am

Is it Vilma Banky?

A good guess, but no, I don't think so. The shape of the nose in profile seems to rule it out.

Ooh! Got the link? Here you go! https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll6/id/119 Looking at it, a couple of questions: The one-line samples of songs from the other film is interesting; I didn't know they did that. But I wonder what you could get from just that little bit ...