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In the famous "Lady and the Tramp" scene where they're eating spaghetti, the waiter is in the background playing "La Bella Notte" on the concertina.

 

In "Mary Poppins" doesn't Bert play the concertina when we first meet him (the one-man-band scene)?

Are you dead sure about the waiter (the proprietor)? I have a strong feeling it was piano accordion.

I thought the chef was playing a melodeon?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCISixwMuQA

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Hi All

Bet you didn't know that Bing Crosby played the Anglo? At the end of one his films (Road to ??? perhaps) he is sitting on the back of a wild west wagon with his true love, squeezing away like billy-o, accompanying himself singing "True Love".

Absolutely amazing that he can make the Anglo sound just like a Piano Accordion with full Orchestral Accompaniment....What aguy!!

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In the famous "Lady and the Tramp" scene where they're eating spaghetti, the waiter is in the background playing "La Bella Notte" on the concertina.

Are you dead sure about the waiter (the proprietor)? I have a strong feeling it was piano accordion.

I thought the chef was playing a melodeon?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCISixwMuQA

Looks like the chef is playing a mandolin, and the waiter/proprietor has a melodeon.

 

In "Mary Poppins" doesn't Bert play the concertina when we first meet him (the one-man-band scene)?

That one looks like a green-celluloid 20-key Scholer:

 

There's also a concertina at the beginning of Me Ole Bamboo

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Hi All

Bet you didn't know that Bing Crosby played the Anglo? At the end of one his films (Road to ??? perhaps) he is sitting on the back of a wild west wagon with his true love, squeezing away like billy-o, accompanying himself singing "True Love".

Absolutely amazing that he can make the Anglo sound just like a Piano Accordion with full Orchestral Accompaniment....What aguy!!

Hi Ralph

 

I'll take that bet. It was a boat with Grace Kelly.

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php...ost&p=82566

 

Now if you were to suggest Bob Hope in the movie Paleface where he sings "Buttons and Bows" to Jane Russell in the back of a wagon I wouldn't take that bet.

I don't think it's a "Road to" movie though. At least he's moving his fingers.

 

Thanks :D

Leo

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Hi All

Bet you didn't know that Bing Crosby played the Anglo? At the end of one his films (Road to ??? perhaps) he is sitting on the back of a wild west wagon with his true love, squeezing away like billy-o, accompanying himself singing "True Love".

Absolutely amazing that he can make the Anglo sound just like a Piano Accordion with full Orchestral Accompaniment....What aguy!!

Hi Ralph

 

I'll take that bet. It was a boat with Grace Kelly.

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php...ost&p=82566

 

Now if you were to suggest Bob Hope in the movie Paleface where he sings "Buttons and Bows" to Jane Russell in the back of a wagon I wouldn't take that bet.

I don't think it's a "Road to" movie though. At least he's moving his fingers.

 

Thanks for puttung me straight Leo!! It's been years since I saw it...But then learnt True Love on the Duet just to prove it could be done!!!

 

Thanks :D

Leo

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  • 4 weeks later...

I was watching the Aristocats on tv tonight, and saw the concertina playing cat ... and remembered this thread.

 

I can see that the film is mentioned right at the start of the thread, but just in case it's of interest, here's a link to the number in which that tina playing cat appears ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q5Hks2Kd8w

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A good friend of mine bought this gem for a small amount...

 

The strange thing is the background: a maypole - which is a very Swedish thing.

 

So was it done in America, done in Sweden, or was the maypole added (clearly, the "PIP, pip" (sound) was added).

 

My friend is richer now -

 

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/Henrik

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So was it done in America, done in Sweden, or was the maypole added (clearly, the "PIP, pip" (sound) was added).

.....

/Henrik

Hi Henrik

According to this article, it was a mostly locally created magazine in Sweden:

http://www.pizarro.net/didier/_private/tomart/Disney_MagazinesI.htm

 

Here's the cover art for the two years it was printed.

http://www.seriesam.com/cgi-bin/guide?s=musse+pigg-tidningen&covers=ON

 

Thanks

Leo

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Thanks, Leo -

 

Amazing - how do you find this stuff (I mean the Swedish site)?!

 

/Henrik

Hi Henrik

 

Just too much time with a misspent youth in a library looking up "stuff". We couldn't afford to do much, and it was free. I just consider the internet as a big library, only easier. And a long time curiosity about unanswered questions. It really didn't take much time to find an answer, and in most cases it's how I ask the question.

 

Thanks

Leo

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