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Topic: Mr Roberts ; Steeler?? |
David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 24 Feb 2004 3:08 pm |
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Just saw this classic old movie, and when the ship comes to Elysseean Island there is some fine Hawaiian music in the background,
even if it's suposed to be set in Polynesia.
Who played on this Hollywood classic.
I also wouldn't want to bet some one knows the song titles and has tabbed it too. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 26 Feb 2004 12:14 am
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| Hmm, not a clue from anyone. Seems to be too late for Sol Ho'opii. [This message was edited by David L. Donald on 26 February 2004 at 12:14 AM.] |
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Michael Johnstone
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Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2004 12:58 am
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| What's the year of the movie? Freddy Tavares and Ralph Kolsiana played on a bunch of Hollywood movies in the 40s thru the 60s. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 26 Feb 2004 3:39 am
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| Mr. Roberts came out in 1955 - long after Ralph's film music career was over. Freddie is a good guess or possibly Noel Boggs - both were active in the studios - but I'd put my money on Freddie. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 26 Feb 2004 4:31 pm
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Well it was nice stuff, right in the genre.
If not the right island.
Thanks guys! |
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Jody Carver
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KNIGHT OF FENDER TWEED
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Posted 26 Feb 2004 8:21 pm
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Hmm, not a clue from anyone.
Smiley Roberts. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2004 1:42 am
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Mister Roberts (1955)
Warner Studios
Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his role as the knee-jerk compulsive and glib wheeler-dealer Ensign Pulver
....and....
Freddy Tavares Played the steel on the soundtrack..
He also played on:-
"The Pearls of Pauline"
"Devil at 4 O'Clock"
"Diamond Head"
"Gidget Goes Hawaiian"
Three Stooges Go Around"
"Move Over Darling"
"Tora Tora Tora"
"Donovans Reef"
"In Harms Way"
"Irma La Douce"
"It's A Date"
"None But The Brave"
"Blue Hawaii"
"Cocoanut Grove"
"Tahiti Nights"
and "Song Of The Islands".
(Source Lorraine Lewin's bio of the Tavares Bros.)
Baz
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basilh
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United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2004 1:55 am
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When Freddie was booked to play on the soundtrack of "Tora Tora Tora" the producer asked him to play in the style of the Royal hawaiians of 1941.......the steel player at that time was himself... so... out of devilment he deliberately played PEDAL steel on the soundtrack.. totally out of Genre..
Baz
BTW. I wonder how many Forum members have been asked to copy some of their previous signature licks and turnarounds ?
Might just be the title of a new thread.. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 27 Feb 2004 3:45 am
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Basil Cool post, thanks.
Jack Lemon was great, and it was also one of William Powell's last perfomances. And right on the mark too of course. He was inpsiration for Cary Grant, both could do high class and physical comedy, plus drama all at the same time and not reduce any of them.
I don't remember steel in Irma La Douce... curious. I wonder which scene.
Isn't that the PERILS OF Pauline???
`I bet the "Producer"of Tora Tora Tora had no clue there was a change.
Hi Jody, we have some clues now.
Happy aniversary again to you and Madam C. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2004 5:56 am
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David.... "The Pearls of Pauline"
is what it says in the Bio... I'd say it's a misprint so I don't know,, I'll check with Lorraine..She's probably the foremost authority on the Tavares "Lads"
Baz[This message was edited by basilh on 27 February 2004 at 05:58 AM.] |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Feb 2004 6:01 am
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Almost certainly a misprint.....
But what about this regarding misprints....
Printer's Error
As o'er my latest book I pored,
Enjoying it immensely
I suddenly exclaimed 'Good Lord! '
And gripped the volume tensely.
'Golly! ' I cried. I writhed in pain.
'They've done it on me once again!'
And furrows creased my brow.
I'd written (which I thought quite good)
'Ruth, ripening into womanhood,
Was now a girl who knocked men flat
And frequently got whistled at,'
And some vile, careless, casual gook
Had spoiled the best thing in the book
By printing 'not'
(Yes, 'not', great Scott!)
When I had written 'now'.
On murder in the first degree
The Law, I knew, is rigid:
Its attitude, if A kills B,
To A is always frigid.
It counts it not a trivial slip
If on behalf of authorship
You liquidate compositors.
This kind of conduct it abhors
And seldom will allow.
Nevertheless, I deemed it best
And in the public interest
To buy a gun, to oil it well,
Inserting what is called a shell;
And go and pot
With sudden shot
This printer who had printed 'not'
When I had written 'now',
I tracked the bounder to his den
Through private information:
I said 'Good afternoon' and then
-Explained the situation:
'I'm not a fussy man: I said,
'I smile when you put "rid" for "red"
And "bad" for "bed" and "hoad" for "head"
And "bolge" instead of "bough".
When "wone" appears in lieu of "wine"
Or if you alter "Cohn" to "Schine",
I never make a row.
I know how easy errors are.
But this time you have gone too far
By printing "not" when you knew what
I really wrote was "now".
Prepare,' I said, 'to meet your God
Or, as you'd say, your Goo or Bod
Or possibly your Gow.'
A few weeks later into court
I came to stand my trial
The Judge was quite a decent sort,
He said 'Well, cocky, I'll
Be passing sentence in a jiff,
And so, my poor unhappy stiff,
If you have anything to say,
Now is the moment. Fire away.
You have"?'
I said 'And how!
Me Iud, the facts I don't dispute.
I did, I own it freely, shoot
This printer through the collar stud.
What else could I have done, me Iud?
He's printed "not" . . :
The Judge said 'What!
When you had written "now"?
God bless my soul! Gadzooks !' said he.
The blighters did that once to me.
A dirty trick, I trow.
I hereby quash and override
The jury's verdict. Gosh! ' he cried.
'Give me your hand. Yes, I insist,
You splendid fellow! Case dismissed.'
(Cheers, and a Voice 'Wow-wow! ')
A statue stands against the sky,
Lifelike and rather pretty.
'Twas recently erected by
The PEN committee.
And many a passer-by is stirred,
For on the plinth, if that's the word,
In golden letters you may read
'This is the man who did the deed.
His hand set to the plough,
He did not sheathe the sword, but got
A gun at great expense and shot
The human blot who'd printed "not"
When he had written "now",
He acted with no thought of self,
Not for advancement, not for pelf,
But just because it made him hot
To think the man had printed "not"
When he had written 'now".'
Taken from Plum Pie by
P.G.Woodhouse 1966
Baz |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 27 Feb 2004 7:24 am
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Not, Wodehoose, their wod a riter! 
The Perils Of Pauline was a classic take off on those old movie serials where the heroine was always in some bad scrape in the final reel.
Come back next week and see how she escapes.
I vaguely remember one of the secens might have been an island scene, or maybe just a sound affect glissando.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 29 February 2004 at 04:50 PM.] |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 28 Feb 2004 5:42 pm
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In it Freddie played "Papio" (Merry-Go_Round)
Baz |
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John Kavanagh
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Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 29 Feb 2004 10:22 am
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| WODEhouse, pronounced Wood-house. My favourite writer, now that he's appeared on the Steel Guitar Forum my life is complete. |
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