Of course Al Jolson entertained the troops in the 1940s. But if you think he was carrying around a 10-plus-year-old portable Victrola, then I guess he wasn't getting paid the kind of money his staredom would have merited. (Not getting paid to entertain the troops, but getting paid from his other entrainment activities to be able to afford a new Victrola.)
TF -----Original Message----- From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> To: phono-l <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 7:37 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SinJgcJQhII http://www.corbisimages.com/images/Corbis-NA001477.jpg?size=67&uid=dbb4b702-f7fe-420c-aa83-03a587d44190 Looks like he had a live piano player. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:27:22 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > What troops, exactly, was Al Jolson entertaining? We were not at war 1919-1941, and had relatively small armed forces during that period. > > If I told you the number of Edison Phonographs and other objects that were "personally owned" by Thomas Edison over the past 43 years, you'd be surprised --- or not! > > Tim Fabrizio > phonophan > PO Box 747 > Henrietta, NY 14467 > > TEL 585 582 1586 > Web site: www.phonophan.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Medved <[email protected]> > To: phono-l <[email protected]>; phonolist <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Dec 26, 2012 5:29 pm > Subject: [Phono-L] AL JOLSON'S VICTOR 2-65 ORTHOPHONIC VICTROLA? > > > > > > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/AL-JOLSONS-VICTOR-2-65-ORTHOPHONIC-VICTROLA-/181049044024 > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
