shipcmo Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I feel sure the "Wayback machine" has a version of this thread, so forgive me of bringing it up again. What brought this up is that in getting rid of my boxes, I came upon my "silent" concertina. Many years ago I got a casting call from a producer who was putting on "Carnival". The show opens with an actor, alone on stage, playing the theme song "Love makes the World Go 'Round" on a concertina. The producer said he had tried an accordion in the pit, but it didn't sound right. So I did an audition, and got the position. Now, the next thing was to provide the actor with a concertina. So I took an old 20-button Anglo and gutted it. Then, during rehersals I had a spotlight trained on my hands so the actor could copy the moves. Mostly, they just pump away! Bob Hope in the Paleface Bing Crosby in High Society Desi Arnez in Forever Darling Stan Laurel in The Big Noise ? in The Milagro Beanfield War Alf Edwards in Moby Dick? Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipcmo Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 I should have posted a picture of the box.. I have always maintained this was an armoured Anglo-German made during WWII for use on the Eastern Front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipcmo Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Also, early Stealth Technology, guarenteed not to give your position away when playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 There was a thread in the old forum system that got up to maybe 60 movies. It happened that I manually archived all of it on my computer (don't ask me why, but I did go to an engineering school). It is on my long ought-to-do list to get it posted back up here - really! Meantime, good story. Think of us fellow addicts here when getting rid of boxes, Geo! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) Early in the movie North to Alaska, Fabian carries a 20 button Anglo into a saloon. Only some very brief playing, but it does make an appearance. Edited December 3, 2018 by mike_s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Just noted in the WWII Bogart movie “Passage to Marseille”, a deck hand playing what looks like an Anglo makes about a ten second appearance..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicx66 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Roy Rogers in The Trail of Robin Hood, Home Town Jubilee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 The new David Copperfield based film due out autumn this years stars a 20k Anglo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 13 hours ago, nicx66 said: Roy Rogers in The Trail of Robin Hood, Home Town Jubilee Appears to be an EC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 3 hours ago, SteveS said: Appears to be an EC. But sounds like an accordion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean M Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 When I first started on the concertina I was explaining what it was to someone and how it differs from an accordion. After I think I did a good enough job explaining what it is he said "Ohh.... like from Mary Poppins" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Selby Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Moby Dick-"A Roving" on what appears to be an EC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 1 hour ago, mike_s said: Moby Dick-"A Roving" on what appears to be an EC As far as I recall it was an EC and played by Alf Edwards , no less! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 If you do not have the album of whaling songs recorded by A.L. Lloyd in the 1960's I highly recommend finding a copy ... at least because of the wonderfull concertina playing of Alf Edwards. Topic Records. TSCD 497 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takayuki YAGI Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 That album is found on youtube, probably uploaded by TOPIC Records. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kBScS9byE7NVXUNDS89btd6uY2DZDrP7Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 On 8/15/2021 at 8:26 PM, Geoff Wooff said: As far as I recall it was an EC and played by Alf Edwards , no less! I think this is correct, though there seems to be some question about whether it was actually Alf Edwards on the screen in that early scene in the film. See: Arthur, D., Bert - The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd, pp.226-227, Pluto Press, London, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-7453-3252-9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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