PETER MINTUN: Too Many Tears (Al Dubin - Harry Warren) 1932 Peter Mintun 2024-10-23 | PETER MINTUN: Too Many Tears (Al Dubin - Harry Warren) 1932
Kenny Baker: For You (Werner Heymann-Ted Koehler) Peter Mintun 2023-08-23 | King and the Chorus Girl, with Fernand Gravet, Joan Blondell, Edward Evertt Horton, Mary Nash. Dance director, Bobby Connelly
Shaw and Lee (Al Shaw & Sam Lee) in 1937 film The King and the Chorus Girl Peter Mintun 2023-08-23 | In scene: Al Shaw and Sam Lee, Edward Everett Horton, Fernand Gravet, Mary Nash
Film of Constance Bennetts Rolls-Royce Brewster Town Car Peter Mintun 2023-08-16 | 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Town Car: Brewster Coachwork 1935Text from Pebble Beach Concours d’EléganceActress Constance Bennett first laid eyes on this Rolls-Royce at the New York Automobile Show of 1936. She immediately bought it and had it shipped to her home near Hollywood. It is said that Bennett paid approximately $17,000 for the car and then recouped that cost by renting the car to filmmakers. It had a substantial role in the 1937 Warner Bros. feature “The King and the Chorus Girl” starring Joan Blondell and Fernand Gravet and appeared in “Go West Young Man” starring Mae West.“It had quite a ‘movie career,’” wrote Bennett in a note to one of the car’s later owners. “For its ‘acting services’ it was a standing joke in Hollywood that the car received more salary than many players. Its salary was $250 a day with a minimum guarantee of three days.”The car was certainly adept at changing roles. Chassis 69 WJ was an experimental chassis produced in 1930, and the factory kept it initially for more than a year. In 1931, complete with Trouville Town Car body, it was sent to a Mr. Fitkin of New York, but the car was rebodied by Brewster in 1935, prior to its appearance at the auto show in 1936.Bennett’s ownership ended in the late forties—it is said that her husband lost it in a poker game in Oregon City, Oregon—and the car passed from owner to owner, residing for a time in Oregon, Washington and Florida.J.B. Nethercutt purchased the car in the late eighties and completely restored it. The intricate caning effect on the sides was recreated just as it was initially; each line was drawn by hand with a bead of paint, much as a decorator pipes frosting onto a cake. Even the runningboards are noteworthy; they were recreated of steam-bent mahogany. The restored car debuted at the 1992 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, winning Best of Show. It has since garnered many awards and accolades at other shows, including Best of Shows at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance and the San Marino Motor Classic. nethercuttcollection.org
Ginger Rogers Beach Hat, 1932 Peter Mintun 2023-08-14 | Scene with Joe E. Brown, Alvin (Farina) Hoskins, Ginger Rogers, Walter Walker, Preston Foster.Released December 8, 1932
Gottschalk: The Last Hope, played by Mettler Davis 1922 Peter Mintun 2023-08-03 | Copyright 1854 Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Welte- Mignon (Licensee) reproducing piano roll played by Enoch Mettler Davis , Jr. (American born, 1886-1971) , circa October 1922.
Drunk Trump Is Back Peter Mintun 2023-08-03 | Erie, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2023Thanks to Meidas Touch YouTube Channel
Grace Johnston & The Indiana Five (1929) Peter Mintun 2023-08-01 | Filmed in Brooklyn Vitaphone Studios. Released September 7, 1929. Cast includes Grace Johnston, The Original Indiana Five, Samuel Castino, Harry Ford, Michael Friselle, Tom Morton, Nick Vitale. Directed by Murray Roth. Bashful Baby, Glad Rag Doll, Clarinet Marmalade. Just before breaking up, the legendary Original Indiana Five made a Vitaphone short with pop singer Grace Johnston. The film existed for years, but the elusive accompanying soundtrack disk was one of the most sought after for 70+ years. It was finally located and UCLA restored it with funding from The Vitaphone Project. When Ron Hutchinson screened it at Film Forum (N.Y.) a few years ago, relatives of some of the band members were in the audience.
The Three Radio Rogues (Radio Star Impersonators), 1933 Peter Mintun 2023-07-30 | Eddie Bartell, Jimmy Hollywood, Henry TaylorFilm (Going Hollywood) Release Date December 22, 1933
Cylinder Telephone Answering Machine, 1932 Peter Mintun 2023-07-28 | “…one of those recording telephones that take messages while you’re away."Film released 25 February 1932. In scene, Jack Holt, Bertha Mann, Willard Robertson.
Two Seconds (1932) Night Club Floosies Peter Mintun 2023-07-21 | “(You Knew You’d Hurt Somebody) Why did It Have To Be Me?" ©1932 by Carmen Lombardo, Sam H. Stept and Bud Green.
Roberts Records Peter Mintun 2023-06-09 | 1. There's A Lull In My Life (Gordon-Revel) from film Wake Up And Live; Kay Thompson & Her Orchestra. 2. Carelessly (Charles & Nick Kenny-Norman Ellis) Kay Thompson and Her Orchestra, Vocal by Kay Thompson and her Rhythm Singers [16-voice choir included Al Rinker and Bea Wain], April 13, 1937 3. You Do The Darn'dest Things, Baby (Sidney Mitchell-Lew Pollack) from film Pigskin Parade Joe Sanders & His Orchestra, Vocal: Joe Sanders, September 25, 1936 4. You're Slightly Terrific (Sidney Mitchell-Lew Pollack) from film Pigskin Parade Joe Sanders & His Orchestra, Vocal: Joe Swift, September 25, 1936 5. Savage Serenade (Herman Hupfeld) from show Murder At The Vanities. Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, Vocal: Pee Wee Hunt, August 25, 1933 6. The Yam (Irving Berlin) from film Carefree. Larry Clinton & His Orchestra, Vocal: Bea Wain, July 16, 1938 7. Star Gazing (Marty Symes-Al J. Neiburg-Jerry Levinson) Marjorie Stedeford and her Rhythm Boys, London, 1935 8. By Special Permission of the Copyright Owners I Love You (Robert A. Simon-Owen Murphy- Lewis E. Gensler) from The Gang's All Here Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra, Vocal: Chick Bullock, February 16, 1931 9. Lost In A Fog (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) from Ben Marden's Riviera Revue. Jane Froman, September 14, 1934 10. It's Great To Be In Love Again (Ted Koehler-Jimmy McHugh) Jane Froman, February 13, 193611. If You Love Me (Ray Noble) Jane Froman, February 13, 1936 12. Was That The Human Thing To Do? (Sammy Fain-Joe Young) Ben Selvin & His Orchestra, January 15, 1932 13. My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes (Jack Golden-Ted Koehler-Edward Pola) Sophie Tucker with Ted Shapiro's Orchestra, London, April, 1931 14. Strange Interlude (Walter Hirsch-Phil Baker-Ben Bernie) Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees, August 11, 1932 15. It's Love I'm After from Film Pigskin Parade (Sidney Mitchell-Lew Pollack) Tony Martin, September 17, 1936 16. When Did You Leave Heaven (Walter Bullock-Richard A. Whiting) from film Sing, Baby, Sing. Tony Martin, July 18, 1936 17. I Can't Believe It's True (Ben Bernie-Charles Newman-Isham Jones) Isham Jones And His Orchestra. Vocal: Eddie Stone, May 16, 1932 18. I Got Rhythm (Ira & George Gershwin) from Girl Crazy Kate Smith, November 6, 1930 19. It's An Old Southern Custom (Joseph Meyer-Jack Yellen) From film George White's Scandals George Hall & His Taft Hotel Orchestra. Vocal: Loretta Lee, March 5, 1935 20. This Is Romance (Edward Heyman-Vernon Duke) Leo Reisman & His Orchestra. Vocal: Arthur Wright, September 6, 1933 21. Excuse Me (Carroll Gibbons-Frances Day) Frances Day. London, 193? 22. Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (Irving Berlin) from film follow The Fleet Richard Himber & His Ritz Carlton Orchestra; Vocal: Stuart Allen, January 13, 1936 23. I'd Rather Lead a Band (Irving Berlin) from film follow The Fleet Richard Himber & His Ritz Carlton Orchestra; Vocal: Stuart Allen, January 13, 1936 24. I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze (Mack Gordon-Harry Revel) from film Collegiate Richard Himber & His Ritz Carlton Orchestra; Vocal: Stuart Allen, October 21, 1935 25. You Hit The Spot (Mack Gordon-Harry Revel) from film Collegiate Richard Himber & His Ritz Carlton Orchestra; Vocal: Stuart Allen, October 21, 1935 26. The Lady Is A Tramp (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) from Babes In Arms Jack and Loretta Clemens, vocal with guitar, 1937 27. Way Out West (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) from Babes In Arms Jack and Loretta Clemens, vocal with guitar, 1937 28. You've Got What Gets Me (Ira & George Gershwin) from film Girl Crazy) Lew Stone & His Orchestra. Vocal: Al Bowlly, London, 1932 29. I'm Nuts About Mutts (Mort Dixon-Harry Woods) The New Yorkers (Sid Peltyn Orchestra)vocal: Dick Robertson, February 10, 1933 30. You're A Sweetheart (Harold Adamson-Jimmy McHugh) from film You're A Sweetheart Dolly Dawn and Her Dawn Patrol, Vocal: Dolly Dawn, November 17, 1937
1984 Peter Mintun plays Irving Berlin on Grace Cathedral Carillon Peter Mintun 2023-05-11 | Irving Berlin’s Birthday, May 11, 1984Choirmaster-Organist John Fenstermaker invited me to play the enormous carillon in the bell tower of Grace Cathedral. I chose Irving Berlin’s birthday in 1984.One of the many cultural treasures that Grace Cathedral boasts is its carillon, a mighty assemblage of 44 bronze bells that can be operated like a sort of clangorous organ. Donated by Nathaniel Coulson, a San Francisco dentist, the carillon began life in 1939 on Treasure Island before moving to the cathedral’s North Tower the following year.The Grace Cathedral carillon is non-traditional, rung electronically rather than mechanically or by hand. It is the oldest and largest non-traditional carillon in the western United States, and one of only two in America made by Gillet and Johnston. The hour ring and tune are rung electronically, but the bells can also be played from a small piano-like console in the nave gallery. Forty three of the bells are “hung dead” while the clappers move inside each bell. The largest bell, the bourdon bell, is rung by an external disk-shaped hammer. It is the only bell that can also be tolled, or swung, on a huge wheel and yoke, so that its internal clapper strikes the inner surface. The bourdon bell rings the hour and when the last strike is heard, the bell will continue to vibrate for over a minute. At 6 tons, and about 6 feet tall, it is the largest carillon bell in the west. The bells range in weight from 11 ¾ pounds to 6 tons and cover 3 ½ octaves. Silver coins were added to the bell metal during casting, in the now-discredited legend that silver improves a bell’s tone. Maintenance of the bells and frame is a long term project. During the latest renovations in 2010-2011, new clappers and a new keyboard from the Royal Eijsbouts Foundry in the Netherlands were installed.
Sing Sing Serenade (Cliff Hess) Prison ballad, 1933 Peter Mintun 2023-03-17 | Film: "20,000,000 Cheers For The Chain Gang" (1933)
Scenes from Liliane Montevecchis last film (2016) English subtitles Peter Mintun 2023-03-13 | Liliane plays the aunt of "Pierre", played by Pascal Cervo
Scène finale de Liliane Montevecchi (2016) en langue originale Peter Mintun 2023-03-09 | Liliane plays the aunt of "Pierre", played by Pascal Cervo
Joan Crawford Charleston Scene from Sally, Irene and Mary (1925) With Music Peter Mintun 2023-03-05 | Music by Paul Whiteman Orchestra: "That Certain Feeling" (Ira Gershwin-George Gershwin) from "Tip-Toes" (1925)
Historic First: Kellyanne Conway Tells The Truth Peter Mintun 2023-03-03 | “Trump Derangement Syndrome is real: We lived it; there is no booster; there’s no vaccine. It’s just going to go on and on…”3/2/2023 Fox News
Lets Have Another Cup O Coffee - Anson Weeks Orchestra Peter Mintun 2023-01-28 | Vocal refrain by Bill Moreing - From the show "Face The Music," © 1932 Irving Berlin. Record label in video is fictitious. The selection is an excerpt from radio transcription.
1929 I May Be Wrong, But I Think Youre Wonderful Gladys Rice-Franklyn Baur, Ohman & Arden Peter Mintun 2023-01-19 | Lyrics by Harry Ruskin, Music by Henry Sullivan, from John Murray Anderson's First Almanac. Recorded November 26, 1929, Accompanied by Victor Arden and Phil Ohman, 2 Pianos
1929 - Just You Just Me: Gladys Rice, Franklyn Baur, Arden & Ohman Peter Mintun 2023-01-18 | November 26, 1929, accompanied by Phil Ohman, Victor Arden on two pianos
Erik Rhodes Quotation Chance Is The Fools Name For Fate Peter Mintun 2023-01-12 | Edward Everett Horton, Ginger Rogers
1932 Pansy Chorus Boys On The Lighted Cow Path with Joe E. Brown Peter Mintun 2023-01-12 | "The Tenderfoot" with Lew Cody, 1932
Tenderfoot Mechanical Ballet 1932 Peter Mintun 2023-01-12 | This scene contains is surviving ballet footage of the 1929 First National feature film "Lilies of The Field." Recycled in the Joe E. Brown feature "The Tenderfoot" (1932). Also in scene: Robert Greig.
Marilyn Miller Youre Baby-Minded Now (1931) Peter Mintun 2023-01-10 | Song by Al Dubin and Walter Jurmann, sung by Leon Errol, William Irving, Harry Stubbs, Marilyn Miller.
Vince Giordanos Nighthawks at Birdland 2023! Peter Mintun 2023-01-05 | NOW PLAYING AT BIRDLAND (birdlandjazz.com), 315 WEST 44TH STREET (between Eighth and Ninth Avenue), MANHATTAN. GRAMMY® Award winner, New York native, and multi-instrumentalist Vince Giordano leads The Nighthawks — an 11-piece band who have set the standard for recreating authentic jazz sounds of the 1920s and beyond. In addition to club and concert appearances around the world, the band has provided period soundtracks for film and television productions including The Cotton Club, The Aviator, Finding Forrester, Revolutionary Road, Cafe Society, HBOs Boardwalk Empire, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the upcoming Martin Scorsese film Killers of The Flower Moon, and many more.
Desk Lamp Base Weight Peter Mintun 2023-01-04 | The base of this desk lamp is too light (3 pounds) to extend the arms any distance. The addition of an eight-pound "add-on" weight (fitness stores sell them) was an easy solution, because the keyhole shape allowed you to slip it right around the stem of the lamp.
Edward Duke: Jeeves Takes Charge (Wodehouse) adapted and read by Edward Duke Peter Mintun 2023-01-02 | AUDIO ONLYRecorded in Chicago, Summer of 1987
John McGlinn (1953-2009) discusses orchestrations of Annie Get Your Gun (1992) Peter Mintun 2022-12-26 | 1992 interview on Fresh Air, interviewed by Terry Gross, WHYY, PhiladelphiaConductor: John McGlinnLead Vocals: Kim CriswellOrchestra: London SinfoniettaLead Vocals: London SinfoniettaProducer: Simon WoodsBass- Baritone: Thomas HampsonComposer, Lyricist: Irving Berlin
The Great Waltz, Center Theatre, New York Peter Mintun 2022-11-23 | Narrated by Ted Husing. Performances Sep 22, 1934 - Jun 08, 1935Aug 5, 1935 - Sep 16, 1935
1930: Libby Holman - Body And Soul Ab Recording Peter Mintun 2022-10-01 | After “Body And Soul” became popular (it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence on the radio in London, February 1930), many British recordings were made using the original lyric, published in London. Gertrude Lawrence had purchased the song in America for use in her personal appearances. The music was composed by John W. Green and the lyrics are attributed to (depending on which edition you have) Edward Heyman, Robert Sour. Lyricist Frank Eyton’s name appears on the British publication. The composer exclusively praised Edward Heyman and claimed that Robert Sour added “a comma.”In America, for six months NBC refused to air the lyrics as they were first published (“My life a hell you’re making/You know I’m yours for just the taking/I’d gladly surrender/Myself to you, Body and Soul!”). In October 1930, the song was sung by Libby Holman in the Broadway revue “Three’s A Crowd.”When American recordings were made of “Body And Soul” in 1930, a different lyric was used: “My life revolved around him/What earthly good am I without him/My castles have crumbled/But I am his Body and Soul!” In October, Libby Holman recorded the song for Brunswick records, and used the original “hell” and “I’m yours for just the taking” lines. To add to the confusion, Brunswick recorded two different versions of Holman’s performance, and issued both of them under the same catalogue number 4910. The stamped matrix number is identical on each version.The commonly heard Holman recording is in the key of Ab. The variant Bb version has a unique counter melody in the second chorus with lyrics that have never been published. The variant lyrics are:“I can’t have his kisses/and no one knows what torture this is/My pride has been humbled/But I am his, Body and Soul. Guess I never knew much/Or I should not have loved him too much/Tho’ everything tumbled/I still am his, Body and Soul/The world has licked me/It’s cheated and tricked me/I’m broken beyond repair/This is the end now/My heart cannot mend now/What happens to me I don’t care: I’m finished.”The only other place I have heard this counter melody was on a 1935 broadcast (Socony Sketchbook) of Johnny Green’s Orchestra accompanying singer Virginia Verrill. On that recording the counter melody was played by the orchestra but not sung. That counter melody is labeled “Refrain #2” on a vintage manuscript given to me by the composer’s first wife, Carol Falk. That manuscript says: “Special Corrected Version, Especially Arranged for Miss Libby Holman by the Composer.” In America the song was published with a “Three’s A Crowd” sheet music cover, but lyrics vary in some editions, without any warning. The song remained popular, and hundreds of instrumental recordings were made, such as Coleman Hawkins’ famous version. The emphasis has always been on the structure of the music, not the lyrics. If one wants to present the song in a historic context, one can sing all the variant lyrics (yawn). But if I had to pick only ONE version, it would be based on recordings conducted by the composer himself.
1930: Libby Holman - Body And Soul Bb Alternate Recording Peter Mintun 2022-10-01 | After “Body And Soul” became popular (it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence on the radio in London, February 1930), many British recordings were made using the original lyric, published in London. Gertrude Lawrence had purchased the song in America for use in her personal appearances. The music was composed by John W. Green and the lyrics are attributed to (depending on which edition you have) Edward Heyman, Robert Sour. Lyricist Frank Eyton’s name appears on the British publication. The composer exclusively praised Edward Heyman and claimed that Robert Sour added “a comma.”In America, for six months NBC refused to air the lyrics as they were first published (“My life a hell you’re making/You know I’m yours for just the taking/I’d gladly surrender/Myself to you, Body and Soul!”). In October 1930, the song was sung by Libby Holman in the Broadway revue “Three’s A Crowd.”When American recordings were made of “Body And Soul” in 1930, a different lyric was used: “My life revolved around him/What earthly good am I without him/My castles have crumbled/But I am his Body and Soul!” In October, Libby Holman recorded the song for Brunswick records, and used the original “hell” and “I’m yours for just the taking” lines. To add to the confusion, Brunswick recorded two different versions of Holman’s performance, and issued both of them under the same catalogue number 4910. The stamped matrix number is identical on each version.The commonly heard Holman recording is in the key of Ab. The variant Bb version has a unique counter melody in the second chorus with lyrics that have never been published. The variant lyrics are:“I can’t have his kisses/and no one knows what torture this is/My pride has been humbled/But I am his, Body and Soul. Guess I never knew much/Or I should not have loved him too much/Tho’ everything tumbled/I still am his, Body and Soul/The world has licked me/It’s cheated and tricked me/I’m broken beyond repair/This is the end now/My heart cannot mend now/What happens to me I don’t care: I’m finished.”The only other place I have heard this counter melody was on a 1935 broadcast (Socony Sketchbook) of Johnny Green’s Orchestra accompanying singer Virginia Verrill. On that recording the counter melody was played by the orchestra but not sung. That counter melody is labeled “Refrain #2” on a vintage manuscript given to me by the composer’s first wife, Carol Falk. That manuscript says: “Special Corrected Version, Especially Arranged for Miss Libby Holman by the Composer.” In America the song was published with a “Three’s A Crowd” sheet music cover, but lyrics vary in some editions, without any warning. The song remained popular, and hundreds of instrumental recordings were made, such as Coleman Hawkins’ famous version. The emphasis has always been on the structure of the music, not the lyrics. If one wants to present the song in a historic context, one can sing all the variant lyrics (yawn). But if I had to pick only ONE version, it would be based on recordings conducted by the composer himself.
Brodsky & Triggs: “The Jockey On the Carrousel” Warings Pennsylvanians Peter Mintun 2022-09-09 | “The Jockey On the Carrousel” (Dorothy Fields-Jerome Kern) from the film ”I Dream Too Much" (1935) starring Lily Pons, Henry Fonda and Osgood Perkins. Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians broadcast from November 26, 1935. Featured pianists: Vera Brodsky & Harold Triggs.
Brodsky & Triggs: I Dream Too Much with Stuart Churchill, vocal Peter Mintun 2022-09-09 | “I Dream Too Much” (Dorothy Fields-Jerome Kern) from the film of the same name (1935) starring Lily Pons, Henry Fonda and Osgood Perkins. Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians broadcast from January 17, 1936. Featured pianists: Vera Brodsky & Harold Triggs. Vocalist: Stuart Churchill
EDWARD DUKE reads Jeeves Takes Charge (P.G. Wodehouse) Peter Mintun 2022-09-08 | Recorded in London, circa 1984
1935 Brodsky & Triggs: Carnival Of The Animals (Saint-Saëns) Peter Mintun 2022-09-05 | Abridged "Le carnaval des animaux" (The Carnival Of Animals) (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1886 ; Published 1922); Vera Brodsky, Harold Triggs (Two pianos) with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, Chorus and Glee Club.Broadcast December 24, 1935. Narration: Fred Waring.
Swing Time Selections (1936) Brodsky & Triggs Peter Mintun 2022-08-20 | The Way You Look Tonight (Vocal by Tom Waring)Pick Yourself Up (Vocal by Fred Waring Glee Club and Poley McClintock)The Waltz In Swing Time (Brodsky & Triggs, Glee Club, Orchestra)from the 1936 film “Swing Time” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger RogersLyrics: Dorothy Fields; Music by Jerome KernFred Waring & His Pennsylvanians, featuring Vera Brodsky & Harold Triggs (two pianos), Tom Waring, The Wring Glee club and Poley McClintock, Broadcast October, 1936
Cole Porters Ridin High Fred Warings Pennsylvanians. Vera Brodsky & Harold Triggs, two pianos Peter Mintun 2022-08-07 | Broadcast December 6, 1936: Cole Porter’s "Ridin’ High” from “Red, Hot and Blue” played by Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, with Tom Waring, Chorus, and two-piano team Vera Brodsky & Harold Triggs. The show opened at the Alvin Theatre 29 October 1936 and closed 10 April 1937.
