Jack Scholl

Musical Merry-Go-Round #4

Jack Scholl

Martin Block, Virginia O'Brien

Virginia O'Brien visits Martin Block as he hosts a radio show devoted to Les Brown and His Band of Renown. A few numbers are heard from the band as Block gives a brief history of how they started. O'Brien also recalls her first movie song.

Holiday Rhythm

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Mary Beth Hughes, David Street

A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé that he may have to postpone their honeymoon, she goes off on him, and as he backs away from her he hits his head on a fire extinguisher and knocks himself out. While unconscious he dreams his own version of the show he's trying so hard to sell.

Let's Sing a Song of the West

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Art Gilmore

This musical short features four songs associated with the western United States.

Spade Cooley: King of Western Swing

Jack Scholl

This short chronicles the rise in popularity of Spade Cooley and his unique blend of country and swing music.

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

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Stan Kenton, June Christy

A brief history of Stan Kenton's musical career from taxi-dance gigs to his successful big band orchestra.

Let's Sing Grandfather's Favorites

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A retrospective of popular music from the 1890s and the turn of the century, with words for the audience to join in.

Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight

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Art Gilmore, Pat McKee

In this short film, four popular songs, "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Moonlight Bay", "In the Evening By the Moonlight", and "Shine on Harvest Moon", about moonlight are presented.

Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra

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Desi Arnaz

After a career on the stage and in movies, Desi Arnaz is introduced in this short as an orchestra leader.

Let's Sing an Old Time Song

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Art Gilmore

This short film focuses on four songs, "The Band Played On", "Daisy Bell" (a.k.a. "A Bicycle Built for Two"), "Come Josephine in My Flying Machine", and "The Man on the Flying Trapeze", that have become American standards.

Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 6

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Martin Block, Tex Beneke

In this musical short, Tex Beneke, Les Brown, and their Orchestras perform multiple numbers.

Let's Sing a Song from Movies

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Art Gilmore

This audience sing-along features tunes from four musicals with the lyrics appearing on screen. Numbers include "Am I Blue?" from 1929's On with the Show!.

Musical Merry-Go-Round #2

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Martin Block, Tex Beneke

Disc Jockey Martin Block talks with and plays music by Tex Beneke

Musical Merry-Go-Round No. 5

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Martin Block, Frankie Carle

In this episode of the Musical Merry-Go-Round we get music from Frankie Carle and His Orchestra and Marjorie Hughes.

Jan Savitt and His Band

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This "Melody Masters" short traces Jan Savitt's career from first violinist in a symphony orchestra to leader of a top-rated jazz and recording outfit. It features the Jan Savitt Band and vocalists Shirley Van, Bob Arthur and Helen Warren. Savitt and band accompany while an acrobatic act known as the Lipham Children do their stuff, and some bathing Beauties show up in the beach scene. Songs include "Some Sunday Morning", "Too Marvelous for Words", Dearest Darling" and "I'll Always Love You."

Hollywood Wonderland

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Robert Arthur, John Carroll

Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.

Let's Sing a Stephen Foster Song

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Art Gilmore, Craig Stevens

A short in the Memories From Melody Lane series. This dramatization of Stephen Foster's life shows how the songwriter came to write four of his most popular tunes: "My Old Kentucky Home", "Old Folks at Home", "Beautiful Dreamer", and " De Camptown Races". After each song is performed, the audience is invited to sing along with the Melody Makers as the lyrics are displayed on title cards.