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I just got a print of TORCH SONG with Joan Crawford. The pit conductor is played by Adolph Deutsch, who was musical director on the picture. There are very few photos of Deutsch extant and this may be the only motion picture footage of him. And he has lines!
That was nice of them to put him and Charles Walters on the screen.
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EDITED; sorry, my mistake.
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Sep 27, 2022 - 9:11 PM
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manderley
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Don’t forget these…..
JOHNNY GREEN…..appears as conductor of the MGM Studio Orchestra in at least 3 of the MGM early CinemaScope/Stereo “Music Hall” shorts in the 1953-54 period, as well as the B&W Overture short of Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien”, which replaced Rozsa’s Overture on JULIUS CAESAR.
ANDRE PREVIN…..appears in THE SUBTERRANEANS as a jazz pianist.
ALFRED NEWMAN…..dressed in powdered wig and tights!, conducts a small musical ensemble, in the early Fox CinemaScope/Stereo ca 1954 short, “Haydn’s Farewell Symphony”. There is also a wonderful and rare appearance of Newman conducting the Fox Orchestra on the music scoring stage in an extended musical cue---for an upcoming film being promoted---in the very rare, feature-length Fox promo documentary, THE BIG SHOW (not to be confused with the 1961 Esther Williams’ THE BIG SHOW). This full-length feature was produced (I think, in 1957) for an exhibitor’s convention and was so well received that theater owners requested that it be cut to a 30-45 minute version to run to audiences at their theatres to promote the upcoming season’s films to appear there…..
RICHARD HAGEMAN…..seems to have been under a limited 1950-53 contract at MGM to appear as an on-screen conductor (and bit performer) in several films including THE TOAST OF NEW ORLEANS, THE GREAT CARUSO, and RHAPSODY. He is an imposing and often charming performer in these small moments, and, of course, his conducting is impeccable. I’ve never found any evidence he was doing any MGM composing during this period, however.
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In THE STORY OF THREE LOVES (1953), Miklos Rozsa is seen only from behind but is conducting the onscreen orchestra for as much as the film includes of the ballet staged by James Mason's character. Within the same camera shot, though, among the players is soundtrack pianist Jakob Gimpel... who appears in the first shot of the picture's first flashback as well, then seen at the piano accompanying ballet auditions. Of course, people here would know Gimpel better for his fabulous piano solos in his former student's scores for PLANET OF THE APES (1968) and THE MEPHISTO WALTZ.
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