I'll go you one better, here is Edward M. Favor Singing the song. McGinty http://ia311532.us.archive.org/3/items/EdwardMFavor/EdwardMFavor-McGintyattheLivingPictures.mp3 goes absolutely wild over the Living Picture of the lady bathers, among others.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] McGinty at the Living Pictures > When I was in First Grade in Beaumont, Texas in 1951 students & teachers > were costumed & posed in a large picture frame on the > auditorium stage to re-create famous paintings - I was "Boy With a > Rabbit," > my former kindergarten teacher was "Whistler's Mother" & > "The Gleaners" & "Blueboy" were among the other "Living Pictures" > represented. Maybe the words of the song would aid in determining > whether it refers to these "Living Pictures" in which we had to pose > perfectly still or early motion pictures. > > Jim > Cartwright > > Immortal > Performances > > jimcip at earthlink.net > EarthLink Revolves Around You. > > >> [Original Message] >> From: BruceY <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> >> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l at oldcrank.org> >> Date: 09-Oct-2008 8:18:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] McGinty at the Living Pictures >> >> Two very nice additions to the list. What was the Difference between a >> Living Picture Show, as opposed to a Moving Picture show. I have tried to >> find an explanation on line but can't find one. I am just guessing, but >> maybe an early form of late 19th century amusement where the performers >> actually appeared on stage in a big giant frame in still form and then > came >> to life to perform? Just a guess, if anyone else knows please enlighten > me. >> I had never heard the reference to Living Pictures before and assumed it > was >> an early reference to the first motion pictures. An obvious mistake on my >> part. >> >> Bruce >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "john robles" <john9ten at pacbell.net> >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:06 PM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] McGinty at the Living Pictures >> >> >> > Don't forget Billy Murray's great Blue Amberols 'He's Working in the >> > Movies Now' and 'Since Mother Goes to Movie Shows'. >> > >> > --- On Thu, 10/9/08, BruceY <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> wrote: >> > >> > From: BruceY <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> >> > Subject: [Phono-L] McGinty at the Living Pictures >> > To: phonolist at yahoogroups.com >> > Cc: Phono-l at oldcrank.org >> > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 5:49 PM >> > >> > At a recent meeting of our MAPS chapter phonograph Society, one of our >> > members >> > demonstrated how early moving Pictures were shown using an Edison >> > Kinetoscope. >> > This brought to mind some of the early phonograph records made which > refer >> > to >> > early movies or motion pictures, some of which I have in my collection, >> > including "At the Moving Picture Ball" (on an Edison BA), Take your >> > Girlie to the Movies, on both Victor (by Billy Murray) & Columbia by >> > Irving >> > Kaufman, Ever Since the Movies learned to talk by Billy Murray, If I > had a >> > Talking Picture of you, by various artists, and the earliest "McGinty >> > at >> > the Living Pictures" by Edward M. Favor on Columbia black wax two >> > minute >> > Cylinder 32495. I am sure there are others, but I was curious if there >> > were any >> > earlier then the McGinty song which from what I understand was > originally >> > recorded by Favor in 1897, I believe my Columbia is a 1904 effort by >> > Favor. Also >> > feel free to add to the list of the others titles that I'm sure must > exist >> > from th >> > e first couple decades of the twentieth century. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Phono-L mailing list >> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Phono-L mailing list >> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
