Thursday, December 20, 2007
Cliffie at the Lido
Here's an amazing clip of Cliff Edwards managing to concentrate singing and strumming Hang on to Me while a sultry blonde does cigarette tricks. The clip is from the 1935 short, Starlit Days at the Lido. What I like best about this clip is that you can get a clear view of Cliff's unique strumming style: all fingers with thumb for accent notes. (If you can take your eyes off the girl, that is...) Link
(Starlit Days at the Lido is a bonus feature in this DVD collection, on the Roberta disc. Thanks to Vooper for the tip!)
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I googled this up though it might be a bit drastic to buy a boxed set to get it. Perhaps Netflix carries it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026942/dvd
Cliff Edwards in color???
My entire world is shaken. ;)
Best,
Gerald Ross
Kids, take up the ukulele and avoid smoking. Notice how Cliff's act rolls along so nicely, while the smoking girl's bit gets old. Quickly.
Gerald: not just color. TECHNICOLOR!
Gp
And I think perhaps that's Uni's grandmother doing the smoking...
Smoking still = sexy. mmmmm.
vooper,
Thanks for finding the DVD reference!
Gary
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