Aileen could conceivably have been on film; even sound film. The first I'd ever heard of her was in the early fifties, when a couple of local stations near here (Detroit) were playing recordings by the Music Hall Varieties orchestra. To me, it was like the teens recordings in new fidelity. So,she probably came out of retirement to do those recordings, and her voice and style were as fresh as in her early days.
It devaloped that the recordings were on broadcast transcriptions; probably 16 inch, and on the Thesaurus (RCA) label. Totally out of my reach, I just had to enjoy them, and remember hearing them. I had a disc recorder at the time, and cut a disc of one tune, but as most of them I made then, It came out extremely poor. But, Ada's era was so early in the days of motion picture filming, the prospects of finding footage of her would be pretty thin. But, as soon as someone says it's impossible, they're proven wrong. Let's hope it happens here!. > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/13/2009 5:50:13 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] Billy Murray on Film? > > Does anyone know if Billy Murray was ever filmed? I have heard that Ted > Turner owns the exclusive rights to the only footage that was taken of Billy, > and that was a cameo in a short film. Anyone having any information at all > would be greatly appreciated! > > Also, was Ada Jones or Aileen Stanley ever on film? Thanks to all that > have responded to my questions over the months. Your valuable information > and > input are very much appreciated. Let's all continue to do our part in > keeping this wonderful hobby alive and spinnin'! > > Brantley > Williston, S.C. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
