Friday, August 24, 2018, 2:07 pm — Forgot that I have a soft spot for bassoons …
As Martin told me: ‘I gave the bird something to eat but it didn’t want it, instead it just kept singing to me!
I was practicing in the practice room, and it came at the window and knocked on the window with it’s beak…
Later I had to call [for advice] the animal protection center for birds in Basel [Switzerland], because the bird did not stop following me.
This is a true story.’ … Video was recorded in 2012 … from Facebook
The bassoon … I’m sure this goes back to Disney’s Peter and the Wolf, 1946 … which I saw on tv as a child … narrator, Sterling Holloway … music, Sergei Prokofiev / Prokofieff … here’s the sound recording …
Sterling Holloway, 1905-1992 …
Always liked him, especially as a character actor in the 1930s …
- Blondie Johnson, 1933 – Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Sterling Holloway … (this ISN’T Penny Singleton in her pre-Dagwood Bumstead, Blondie series days!)
“Blondell plays the title character, a woman who’s suffered through a hardscrabble life and decides she wants a lot of dough, and fast. She starts running cons with the help of a genial taxi driver (Sterling Holloway) and immediately attracts the attention of Danny Jones (Morris), a big shot with the local racketeers.” — plus more! — Laura’s Miscellaneous Musings
The ha-cha-cha-cha, Pre-Code, Blondie Johnson trailer! … “Hard-hearted, but sweet as SIN!” …
Movies, Of Course! 