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Mechanical Music in the Movies
By Bill Chapman

In the chick-flick movie, "Break of Heart," there is a serious
scene where the man has fallen into an alcoholic depression and
the woman is there to rescue him.  The opening scene is set using
a National player piano.

The camera dwells on the piano for plenty of time to study it.
Curiously, the bar has a stage where there is a grand piano.  The
National is probably intended to indicate how far the man has
fallen.  The movie was made during the mid 1930s.

Bill Chapman - in sunny, windy La Quinta, California


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